Article 5 - COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
- Section 18-5-1 - Supervision and control of county school districts; number, nomination and election of members
- Section 18-5-1a - Eligibility of members; training requirements
- Section 18-5-1b - Election; terms of office
- Section 18-5-1c - Organization of board; evaluation
- Section 18-5-2 - Filling vacancies
- Section 18-5-3 - Oath of members
- Section 18-5-4 - Meetings; employment and assignment of teachers; budget hearing; compensation of members; affiliation with state and national associations
- Section 18-5-5 - Corporate character and general powers of board; exemption of school property from legal process and taxes
- Section 18-5-6 - Validation of titles to land in possession of board
- Section 18-5-7 - Sale of school property at public auction; rights of grantor of lands in rural communities; oil and gas leases; disposition of proceeds; lease of school property
- Section 18-5-7a - Disposition of school property in flood control projects
- Section 18-5-7b - Charitable or community use of unneeded buildings
- Section 18-5-8 - Condemnation of land necessary for educational purposes
- Section 18-5-9 - Schoolhouses, buildings and equipment; health of pupils; repairs; medical and dental clinics
- Section 18-5-9a - Energy-savings contracts
- Section 18-5-9b - Implementation of the Integrated Pest Management Program
- Section 18-5-10 - Approval by state board of plans and specifications for buildings
- Section 18-5-11 - Joint establishment of schools
- Section 18-5-11a - Joint governing partnership board pilot initiative
- Section 18-5-12 - Bond of contractors
- Section 18-5-12a - Repealed
- Section 18-5-13 - Authority of boards generally
- Section 18-5-13a - School closing or consolidation
- Section 18-5-13b - County Superintendents' Advisory Council, purpose, reports
- Section 18-5-13c - Educational services cooperatives; purpose; establishment; governance; authorized functions and services
- Section 18-5-13d - Use of school facilities for funeral and memorial services
- Section 18-5-14 - Policies to promote school board effectiveness
- Section 18-5-15 - Ages of persons to whom schools are open; enrollment of suspended or expelled student
- Section 18-5-15a - Study of multicultural education for school personnel
- Section 18-5-15b - Pledge of allegiance to the flag
- Section 18-5-15c - County boards of education; training in prevention of child abuse and neglect and child assault; regulations; funding
- Section 18-5-15d - In-service training programs in the prevention, transmission, spread and treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome; parent attendance
- Section 18-5-15e - [Repealed]
- Section 18-5-15f - Affirmation regarding the suspension or expulsion of a pupil from school
- Section 18-5-15g - Vocational education classes for homeschooled and private schooled students
- Section 18-5-16 - Student transfers; definitions; appeals; calculating net enrollment; fees for transfer
- Section 18-5-16a - Authorization to transfer pupils from one district to another; mandatory transfer; payment of tuition; net enrollment
- Section 18-5-16b - Expired
- Section 18-5-17 - Compulsory preenrollment hearing, vision and speech and language testing; developmental screening for children under compulsory school age
- Section 18-5-18 - Kindergarten programs
- Section 18-5-18a - Maximum teacher-pupil ratio
- Section 18-5-18b - School counselors in public schools
- Section 18-5-18c - Early childhood programs; eligibility and standards for placement; guidelines and criteria
- Section 18-5-18d - Repealed
- Section 18-5-18e - [Repealed]
- Section 18-5-19 - Night schools and other school extension activities; use of school property for public meetings, etc
- Section 18-5-19a - Special classes for war veterans; authority of county boards to contract therefor and to receive assistance
- Section 18-5-19b - Adult education classes and programs; tuition and student assistance loans; authority of county boards to contract with federal agencies
- Section 18-5-19c - Division of Technical and Adult Education Services
- Section 18-5-19d - Conditional immunity from liability for community activities; liability insurance; authority of State Board of Risk and Insurance Management
- Section 18-5-19e - [Effective 6/4/2024] Computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners
- Section 18-5-20 - School libraries; librarian
- Section 18-5-21 - Free textbooks
- Section 18-5-21a - Textbooks to be furnished pupils whose parents are unable to provide same
- Section 18-5-21b - Textbooks may be furnished to pupils in private schools whose parents are unable to provide same
- Section 18-5-21c - Distribution of free textbook funds; determination of amount county shall receive
- Section 18-5-21d - "Free textbook account"; use of surplus; order of preference in providing free textbooks; purchase of library books, supplementary materials, and used textbooks
- Section 18-5-21e - Rules and regulations for care, distribution and use of free textbooks; reports by county boards; funds may be withheld from county for violation of rules
- Section 18-5-22 - Medical and dental inspection; school nurses; specialized health procedures; establishment of council of school nurses
- Section 18-5-22a - Policy for the administration of medications
- Section 18-5-22b - Providing for self-administration of asthma medication; definitions; conditions; indemnity from liability; rules
- Section 18-5-22c - Providing for the maintenance and use of epinephrine auto-injectors; administration of injections; notice; indemnity from liability; rules
- Section 18-5-22d - Providing for the maintenance and use of opioid antagonist; administration; notice; indemnity from liability; rules
- Section 18-5-22e - [Effective 5/30/2024] Cardiac response plans
- Section 18-5-23 - Dental clinics and treatment
- Section 18-5-24 - Purchase and display of United States flag; penalty for failure to display
- Section 18-5-25 - Duties of superintendent as secretary of board
- Section 18-5-26 - School buildings as child care facilities
- Section 18-5-27 - Requirement to publish curriculum online; parental right to inspect instructional materials; listing books on syllabus; right to file complaint
- Section 18-5-28 - Meetings among county boards of education to explore and discuss the feasibility of consolidating school districts or sharing certain services
- Section 18-5-29 - Repealed
- Section 18-5-30 - Repealed
- Section 18-5-31 - Repealed
- Section 18-5-32 - Assistant superintendents; directors and supervisors of instruction and other educational activities
- Section 18-5-33 - Board may fix special salary schedules
- Section 18-5-34 - Other authority and duties of district boards
- Section 18-5-35 - Group insurance
- Section 18-5-36 - Payment for fire services on public school property
- Section 18-5-36a - Authority to offer rewards
- Section 18-5-37 - [Repealed]
- Section 18-5-38 - [Repealed]
- Section 18-5-39 - Establishment of summer school programs; tuition
- Section 18-5-40 - [Repealed]
- Section 18-5-41 - Content based censorship of American history prohibited
- Section 18-5-41a - [Effective 6/7/2024] Allowing discussion of certain scientific theories
- Section 18-5-42 - County-wide council on productive and safe schools
- Section 18-5-43 - [Repealed]
- Section 18-5-44 - Early childhood education programs
- Section 18-5-45 - School calendar
- Section 18-5-45a - Legislative findings; time lost due to work stoppage or strike; effect on pay and extracurricular activities; closure of schools due to work stoppage or strike prohibited
- Section 18-5-46 - Requiring teacher to change grade prohibited; teacher recommendation relating to promotion
- Section 18-5-47 - County board flood insurance requirements
- Section 18-5-48 - Safety and security measures for school facilities; Safe Schools Fund created
- Section 18-5-49 - County board exceptional needs expenditures from surplus funds
- Section 18-5-50 - West Virginia Tutoring Program
- Section 18-5-51 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instruction Fund