2005 West Virginia Code - §18-20-2. — Providing suitable educational facilities, equipment and services.

§18-20-2. Providing suitable educational facilities, equipment and services.

The board of education of each county is empowered and is responsible for providing suitable educational facilities, special equipment and such special services as may be necessary. Special services include provisions and procedures for finding and enumerating exceptional children of each type, diagnosis by appropriate specialists who will certify the child's need and eligibility for special education and make recommendations for such treatment and prosthesis as may alleviate his disability, special teaching by qualified and especially trained teachers, transportation, lunches and remedial therapeutic services. Qualifications of teachers and therapists shall be in accordance with standards prescribed or approved by the state board of education.
Counties may provide for educating their resident exceptional children by contracting with other counties or other educational agencies which maintain such special education facilities. Fiscal matters will follow policies approved by the state board of education.
Any teacher aide employed to assist teachers in providing services to exceptional children under this article shall, prior to assuming such duties, complete a four-clock-hour course of training in areas specifically related to the education of exceptional children, to be provided by the county in accordance with rules and regulations of the state board of education. Such training shall occur during normal working hours and an opportunity to be trained shall be provided such employee prior to the filling of a vacancy in accordance with the provisions of section eight-b, article four, chapter eighteen-a of this code.