West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia SB694: Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools
Status: Signed into law, March 17, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §18-4-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to removing the requirement for a county superintendent of schools to reside in the county in which he or she serves or in a contiguous county; allowing the county board to require that the county superintendent reside within the county in which he or she serves; and allowing the county board to prohibit the county superintendent from working remotely and to establish exceptions to this prohibition. ARTICLE 4. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. §18-4-1. Election and term; interim superintendent. (a) The.
From the enrolled text, March 9, 2026:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-4-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to removing the requirement for a county superintendent of schools to reside in the county in which he or she serves or in a contiguous county; allowing the county board to require that the county superintendent reside within the county in which he or she serves; and allowing the county board to prohibit the county superintendent from working remotely and to establish exceptions to this prohibition. ARTICLE 4. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. §18-4-1. Election and term; interim superintendent. (a) The county superintendent shall be appointed by the board upon a majority vote of the members thereof to serve for a term of not less than one, nor more than four years. At the expiration of the term or terms for which he or she shall have been appointed, each county superintendent shall be eligible for reappointment for additional terms of not less than one, nor more than four years. (1) At the expiration of his or her term or terms of service the county superintendent may transfer to any teaching position in the county for which he or she is qualified and has seniority, unless dismissed for statutory reasons. (2) The appointment of the county superintendent shall be made between January 1 and …