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Senate panel advances adjunct‑teacher permit, liability substitute and leave sellback bills to full Senate
Summary
The Education Committee voted to report SB155 (adjunct teaching permit), the committee substitute for SB196 (reduced liability insurance requirements for community use of school property), and SB11 (sellback of unused leave for certain retirement members) to the full Senate, with SB196 and SB11 first referred to Finance under double committee reference.
The West Virginia Senate Education Committee on Thursday voted to report three bills to the full Senate: SB155 (adjunct teaching permits), the committee substitute for SB196 (limits and licensing requirements for liability insurance when organizations use school property), and SB11 (allowing certain teachers to sell up to 10 unused personal‑leave days back to county boards for a salary enhancement).
Counsel summarized SB155 as a measure permitting an adjunct teaching permit for individuals with at least four years’ experience in a subject area or a college degree in the content area; permits would be valid for one year, renewable based on evaluation, and would not authorize special‑education instruction. Counsel said counties would contract with adjuncts, could employ them full‑ or part‑time, and would have to post vacancies and report specified information to the Department of Education. The committee voted to report SB155 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass.
For SB196, counsel explained the proposed committee substitute reduces the liability insurance amount required of organizations using school property for community activity and requires that the insurance be purchased from a company licensed in West Virginia. The committee agreed to the substitute language and voted to report the committee substitute to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass; under the bill’s original double committee reference, members voted to first refer the matter to the Committee on Finance.
Counsel explained SB11 would let classroom teachers who first joined the teacher retirement system on or after July 1, 2015, sell up to 10 unused personal‑leave days back to the county board in exchange for a salary enhancement equal to 80% per day of the substitute pay rate used by county boards. The committee voted to report SB11 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass, and members voted to refer the bill first to the Committee on Finance under the double committee reference.
All three actions were taken by voice votes; no roll‑call tallies were read into the record during the meeting. SB196 and SB11 carry the additional procedural step of a Finance referral before final consideration by the full Senate.
