WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced House Bill 4012 FISCAL
NOTE
By Delegate Toney [Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred to the Committee on Education then Finance]
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1 A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-2-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating
2 to changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum
3 ratio of one cook for every 110 meals prepared and served.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
§18A-2-13. Recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks.
1 The following guidelines are optional guidelines mandatory that county boards may shall
2 use when scheduling full-day and half-day cooks:
3 Number of Number of Average Number of
4 Meals Cooks Meals Served Per
5 Cook's Hours Worked
6 1-90 1-110 1 12.00 14.67
7 91-135 111-166 1.5 12.00 14.67
8 136-180 167-222 2 12.00 14.67
9 181-225 223-278 2.5 12.00 14.67
10 226-270 279-334 3 12.00 14.67
11 271-315 335-390 3.5 12.00 14.67
12 316-360 391-446 4 12.00 14.67
13 361-405 447-558 4.5 12.00 14.67
14 406-450 559-614 5 12.00 14.67
15 451-495 615-670 5.5 12.00 14.67
16 496-540 671-726 6 12.00 14.67
17 541-585 727-782 6.5 12.00 14.67
18 586-630 783-838 7 12.00 14.67
19 631-675 839-894 7.5 12.00 14.67
20 676-720 895-950 8 12.00 14.67
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21 721-765 951-1006 8.5 12.00 14.67
22 766-810 1007-1062 9 12.00 14.67
23 811-855 1063-1118 9.5 12.00 14.67
24 856-900 1119-1194 10 12.00 14.67
25 A meal prepared for a school lunch shall be established as a whole meal. Other meals shall
26 be equal to three fourths of a school lunch meal.
27 Beginning with the school year 2024-2025, the minimum ratio of school cooks shall be one
28 cook for every 110 meals prepared and served.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the minimum ratio of school cooks to one cook for every 110 meals prepared and served.
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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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 18A-2-13