West Virginia Senate Bill 579: Improving school district efficiency

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

The purpose of this bill is to allow a county board to exempt itself and all noncharter public schools under its jurisdiction from all statutes and rules as provided for public charter schools; require any county board making such an election to engage an external auditor to perform an independent audit of the county's finances once every three years; and limit the county board's annual cost for the salaries of administrators to not more than six percent of the overall total annual budget of the county.

Latest action

To Education (2026-01-22)

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