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- W. Va. Code § 18-5-42 · County-wide council on productive and safe schools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-43 · Duty of the county board of education to report the county-wide productive and safe school plans to the West Virginia Board of Education.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-44 · Early childhood education programs.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-45 · School calendar.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-45a · Legislative findings; time lost due to work stoppage or strike; effect on pay and extracurricular activities; closure of schools due to work stoppage or strike prohibited.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-46 · Requiring teacher to change grade prohibited; teacher recommendation relating to promotion.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-47 · County board flood insurance requirements.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-48 · Safety and security measures for school facilities; Safe Schools Fund created.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-49 · County board exceptional needs expenditures from surplus funds.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-50 · Legal compliance offices.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-51 · Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instruction Fund.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-52 · School safety officers.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-53 · Contracting with private security as a school safety officer.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5-54 · Public school West Virginia Guardian Program.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5A-1 · Intent and purpose of article.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5A-2 · Local school improvement councils; election and appointment of members and officers; meetings; required meetings with county board; assistance from state board.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5A-2a · Local school improvement council modification for certain jointly established and across county schools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5A-3 · County board authority to designate innovation schools; local school improvement council proposals of alternatives to operation of school; process for requesting waivers of rules, policies, interpretations and statutes to implement alternatives.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5A-3a · Waivers of statutes granted to public schools pursuant to recommendations submitted by local school improvement councils; limitations.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5A-4 · State board to establish criteria for selecting schools of excellence; annual school of excellence awards.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5A-5 · Public school faculty senates established; election of officers; powers and duties.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5A-6 · Establishment of school curriculum teams; process for teacher collaboration to improve learning.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-1 · Title.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-2 · Legislative findings and purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-3 · School innovation zones; application for designation; state board rule.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-4 · Innovation zones; required plans; plan approval; state board rule.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-5 · Approval of innovation zone plans; waiver of statutes, policies, rules or interpretations.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-6 · Employee approval of innovation plan application and plan; transfer of employees.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-7 · Progress reviews and annual reports.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-8 · Teacher vacancies in an innovation zone; job postings exceeding certain qualifications and requirements; approval of postings.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-9 · Establishment of new innovation zone schools by state institutions of higher education.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-10 · Exceptions to statutes granted to innovation zones; limitations.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-11 · Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-12 · School system collaborative innovation zone; requirements to qualify; application for designation; required plans for innovation zones; plan approval; waiver of statutes, policies, rules or interpretations; progress reviews and annual reports; teacher vacancies, job postings and approval.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-13 · Innovation school district Act; legislative findings, intent and purpose; eligibility; application; innovation plan and plan approval; designation; waiver of statutes, policies, rules or interpretations; exceptions; progress reviews and annual reports; state board rule.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5B-14 · Termination of funding for School Innovation Zones and Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5C-1 · Purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5C-2 · Application to create or augment existing collaborative teams; contents and approval of application; grant of rule waivers for certain school-level committees required by state board rule.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5C-3 · Rulemaking.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5D-1 · Short title.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5D-2 · Legislative findings; intent.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5D-3 · School nutrition programs.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5D-3a · Unsafe food additives prohibited.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5D-4 · Creating public-private partnerships; creating nonprofit foundation or fund; audit.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5D-5 · Shared table initiative.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5D-6 · West Virginia Emergency School Food Act.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5E-1 · Purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5E-2 · Innovation in Education school defined.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5E-3 · Application for Innovation in Education school designation; application review and approval; state board rule.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5E-4 · Innovation in Education Plan; required contents; measurable annual performance goals; uses.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5E-5 · Operational agreement between Innovation in Education school and county board.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5E-6 · Evaluation of Innovation in Education designated schools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5E-7 · Innovation in education fund.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5E-8 · Innovation in Education/Mastery-Based schools; legislative findings, purpose and intent; definitions; applicability of other provisions; state board duties for implementation; student credentials upon transfer and matriculation.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5F-1 · Short title.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5F-2 · Legislative findings; purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5F-3 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5F-4 · County board policy adoption.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5F-5 · Compliance with existing state law.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5F-6 · Report to Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-1 · Legislative purpose and intent; liberal interpretation; prohibiting conversion of private schools; prohibiting profit or monetary consideration by elected officials; limiting authorization of public charter schools; legislative auditor report.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-3 · Public charter school criteria, governance structure and statutory compliance requirements; applicable federal and state laws.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-4 · West Virginia Board of Education; powers and duties for implementation, general supervision, and support of public charter schools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-5 · State board rule relating to funding for public charter school enrollment and other necessary provisions; local education agency status; authorizer oversight fee.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-6 · Authorizer powers and duties.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-7 · Public charter school governing board.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-8 · Application to establish public charter school.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-9 · Charter contract requirements; term of contract.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-10 · Charter contract renewal; performance report by authorizer and renewal guidance; renewal application; renewal term; nonrenewal; closure and dissolution.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-11 · Public charter school students; enrollment and eligibility; enrollment preferences; random selection lottery; enrollment discrimination prohibited; credit transfers; participation in interscholastic sports.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-12 · Access to public facilities.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-13 · Appeal of authorizer’s decision to West Virginia Board of Education.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-14 · Virtual public charter schools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-14a · Alternative high-risk population public charter schools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-15 · West Virginia Professional Charter School Board; members; appointments; meetings.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-16 · Charter contract and enrollment application deadlines for schools opening in 2022, only.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-17 · Charter Schools Stimulus Fund.
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-18 · Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act (SOAR).
- W. Va. Code § 18-5G-19 · Higher education institution public charter microschool; public charter school assistance to learning pods and microschools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-6-1 · Purpose and objectives of article.
- W. Va. Code § 18-6-2 · Where provided; permit or certificate for persons who are not professional educators to teach course.
- W. Va. Code § 18-6-3 · State board to establish minimum course standards; students with mental or physical defects; minimum standards specified.
- W. Va. Code § 18-6-4 · Rules.
- W. Va. Code § 18-6-5 · Establishment and maintenance of driver education course; who may enroll; exemption from learner's permit requirement; nonpermit student drivers.
- W. Va. Code § 18-6-6 · Expenditure of school funds for driver education courses; appropriations.
- W. Va. Code § 18-6-7 · Automobile liability insurance covering vehicles used in driver education.
- W. Va. Code § 18-6-8 · Driver education course to be made available to all secondary school pupils prior to their graduation; exemption; application by pupil for unrestricted operator's license.
- W. Va. Code § 18-6-9 · §18-6-9.
- W. Va. Code § 18-6-10 · §18-6-10.
- W. Va. Code § 18-7-1 · §18-7-1.
- W. Va. Code § 18-7-2 · §18-7-2.
- W. Va. Code § 18-7-3 · §18-7-3.
- W. Va. Code § 18-7A-1 · Establishment of retirement system.
- W. Va. Code § 18-7A-2 · Supplemental benefits.
- W. Va. Code § 18-7A-2a · Governing boards of educational institutions authorized to pay supplemental retirement benefits.
- W. Va. Code § 18-7A-3 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 18-7A-3a · Federal qualification requirements.
- W. Va. Code § 18-7A-4 · Teachers retirement board.
- W. Va. Code § 18-7A-5 · §18-7A-5.