HB 4619 — Relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Committee Substitute for House Bill 4619 By Delegates Espinosa, statler, upson, folk, cooper, rohrbach, And atkinson and Cowles [Originating in the Committee on Finance;Education] (February 12, 2018) A BILL to amend and reenact §18-9A-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth;

February 20, 2018] A BILL to amend and reenact §18-9A-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to supporting implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth;

providing county may not receive less than the 2016-2017 allocation from certain line items;

and requiring moneys allocated to be used for implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth;growth.

and removing obsolete cross-references.

Foundation allowance to improve instructional programs, and instructional technology, and teacher and leader induction and professional growth.growth and instructional technology.

(1) For instructional improvement, in accordance with county and school electronic strategic improvement plans required by section five, article two-e of this chapterchapter, §18-2E-5 of this code, an amount equal to ten percent of the increase in the local share amount for the next school year above any required allocation pursuant to section six-b of this article shall be added to the amount of the appropriation for this purpose for the immediately preceding school year.

Moneys allocated by this subdivision shall be used to improve instructional programs according to the county and school strategic improvement plans required by section five, article two-e of this chapter §18-2E-5 of this code and approved by the state board.

County boards shall make application for the use of funds for personnel for the next fiscal year by May 1 of each year.

plus (2) For the purposespurpose of improvingsupporting instructionalcounty-level technology,implementation of the comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth pursuant to §18A-3C-3 of this code, an amount equal to twenty percent of the increase in the local share amount for the next school year above any required allocation pursuant to section six-b of this article shall be added to the amount of the appropriation for this purpose for the immediately preceding school year.

The sum of these amounts shall be allocated to the counties as follows:

(A) Thirty thousand dollars shall be allocated to each county;

and (B) Allocation to the counties of the remainder of these funds shall be made proportional to the average of each county's average daily attendance for the preceding year and the county's second month net enrollment.

Moneys allocated by this subdivision shall be used to improve instructional technology programs according to the county board’s strategic technology learning plan.

This allocation for the improvement of instructional technology programs may also be used for the employment of technology system specialists essential for the technology systems of the schools of the county to be fully functional and readily available when needed by classroom teachers.  The amount of this allocation used for the employment of technology system specialists shall be included and justified in the county board’s strategic technology learning plan;

plus (3) One percent of the state average per pupil state aid multiplied by the number of students enrolled in dual credit, advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses, as defined by the state board, distributed to the counties proportionate to enrollment in these courses in each county;

plus (4) For the purpose of supporting county-level implementation of the comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth pursuant to §18A-3C-3 of this code, an amount equal to twenty percent of the increase in the local share amount for the next school year shall be added to the amount of the appropriation for this purpose for the immediately preceding school year.

Provided, That no county may receive an allocation which is less than the county’s total 2016-2017 allocation from the Teacher Mentor and Principals Mentorship appropriation to the Department of Education:

Nothwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the contrary, no county may receive an allocation for the purposes of this subdivision which is less than the county’s total 2016-2017 allocation from the Teacher Mentor and Principals Mentorship appropriations to the Department of Education.  Moneys allocated by this subdivision shall be used for implementation of the comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth pursuant to §18A-3C-3 of this code;code.

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The sum of these amounts shall be allocated to the counties as follows:

(A) Thirty thousand dollars shall be allocated to each county;

and (B) Allocation to the counties of the remainder of these funds shall be made proportional to the average of each county's average daily attendance for the preceding year and the county's second month net enrollment.

Moneys allocated by this subdivision shall be used to improve instructional technology programs according to the county board’s strategic technology learning plan.

This allocation for the improvement of instructional technology programs may also be used for the employment of technology system specialists essential for the technology systems of the schools of the county to be fully functional and readily available when needed by classroom teachers.  The amount of this allocation used for the employment of technology system specialists shall be included and justified in the county board’s strategic technology learning plan;

plus (3) (4) One percent of the state average per pupil state aid multiplied by the number of students enrolled in dual credit, advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses, as defined by the state board, distributed to the counties proportionate to enrollment in these courses in each county;

plus (4) (5) An amount not less than the amount required to meet debt service requirements on any revenue bonds issued prior to January 1, 1994, and the debt service requirements on any revenue bonds issued for the purpose of refunding revenue bonds issued prior to January 1, 1994, shall be paid by the Department of Education in accordance with the expenditure schedule approved by the state budget office into the School Building Capital Improvements Fund created by section six, article nine-d of this chapter and shall be used solely for the purposes of that article.

(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions on the use of funds pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2), (3), subsection (a) of this section, a county board may:

(c) When the school improvement bonds secured by funds from the School Building Capital Improvements Fund mature, the State Board of Education shall annually deposit an amount equal to $24,000,000 from the funds allocated in this section into the School Construction Fund created pursuant to the provisions of section six, article nine-d of this chapter §18-9D-6 of this code to continue funding school facility construction and improvements.

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The purpose of this bill is direct 20% of the growth in local share to be used to support the implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth.

The new provisions also include the factors to be taken into account in making allocations to the counties, provide that county may not receive less than 2016-2017 allocation from the line items for Teacher Mentos and Principal Mentorships, and require that the moneys allocated are to be used for implementation of comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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