Each county board is authorized to pay, entirely from local funds, $500 or less to any service employee, or to any professional employee who is not a classroom teacher, who gives written notice to the county board on or before March 1 of the school year of his or her retirement from employment with the board at the conclusion of the school year.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 18A-2-5a

  • Classroom teacher: means a professional educator who has a direct instructional or counseling relationship with students and who spends the majority of his or her time in this capacity. See West Virginia Code 18A-1-1