2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-38. School committees and school teams; legislative findings; state board study.

§18-2-38. School committees and school teams; legislative findings; state board study.
(a) Legislative findings. --

(1) The Legislature finds that the ultimate purpose of public education is to create the best possible environment to foster the teaching and learning process and that this purpose is best accomplished when professional educators are involved in direct interaction with students.

(2) The Legislature finds further that a number of school committees and school teams have been created over the years, both by state board rule and by state statute, designed to meet the needs of a specific time or place and that these committees and teams sometimes linger long after the specific purpose or need that created them has passed. The time and paperwork required to keep these committees and teams functioning may create a burden for school personnel in certain circumstances.

(3) The Legislature finds further that a thorough study is needed to determine the feasibility, effectiveness and necessity of each of these committees and teams in relation to one another and to the needs of the students and schools they are intended to serve.

(b) State board study. --

(1) Therefore, in view of the findings in subsection (a) of this section, it is the intent of the Legislature that the state board undertake a study of each school committee or school team created by statute or by state board rule and determine its organizational goals, effectiveness in meeting those goals, and viability in relation to the demands of time and paperwork it places on principals, teachers and other school personnel. The study further shall consider alternative ways that the goals of these teams and committees may be met to involve stakeholders in the education process while reducing the time demands and the paperwork burden they place on school personnel.

(2) The state board shall report its study findings and recommendations, together with draft legislation to implement the recommendations, to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability and the Joint Standing Committee on Education by November 1, 2010.