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Committee debates broad WVSSAC reform bill; members raise concerns about funding, authority and competitive balance
Summary
The committee spent an hour on a committee substitute for Senate Bill 8804, a wide-ranging proposal to reorganize the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission into a state agency, change membership and rulemaking, and expand eligibility for nonpublic students. No vote was taken; members asked for further study and public input.
The West Virginia Senate Education Committee devoted extensive discussion to the committee substitute for Senate Bill 8804, titled the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission Reform Act. Counsel explained the substitute would incorporate public charter schools, shift membership representation from principals to athletic directors, require the commission’s rules to follow standard state agency rulemaking and legislative review, provide for an executive director whose decisions could be appealed to the intermediate court of appeals, and expand commission oversight to certain nonpublic students, including homeschool and HOPE scholarship students.
Counsel summarized the substitute: “The proposed committee substitute for this bill creates the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission Reform Act. It requires public charter schools to exercise the control of all…
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