The bill amends the Code of West Virginia to provide classroom teachers who joined the Teachers Retirement System on or after July 1, 2015, with the option to sell up to 10 unused personal leave days back to their county board of education for monetary compensation. This compensation will be calculated as 80 percent of the daily pay rate for substitute teachers with a bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience. The payment for these sold leave days must be made on or before June 30 of each year.

Additionally, the bill stipulates that once a teacher sells their unused personal leave days, those days are forfeited and will no longer be available for any purpose. The language of the bill modifies existing provisions by changing the authorization for county boards of education to "may" and introduces specific conditions under which teachers can sell their leave days, emphasizing the incentive for attendance and the forfeiture of sold days.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 18A-4-10a
Committee Substitute: 18A-4-10a
Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute: 18A-4-10a