West Virginia Code 18-5E-1 – Purpose
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The purpose of this act is to encourage and incentivize public schools to improve overall student outcomes through the implementation of key innovational priorities for improving education in the following areas:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 18-5E-1
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- School: means the students and teachers assembled in one or more buildings, organized as a unit. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
- State board: means the West Virginia Board of Education. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
(1) Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM);
(2) Community school partnership;
(3) Entrepreneurship;
(4) Career pathways; and
(5) The arts.
This act provides a mechanism for public schools designated by the state board as Innovation in Education schools to redesign their curriculum, instructional delivery and instructional strategies, to enhance student engagement, to develop meaningful community partnerships and to operate under greater flexibility to increase student achievement.