House 4465

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4465

By Delegates Foggin, Shamblin, Dean, Heckert, and Bell

[Introduced ; referred
to the Committee on ]

A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-4-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to making the pay of substitute teachers the same as a full time teacher.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.

§18A-4-7. Substitute teachers pay.

The daily rate of pay of a substitute teacher shall not be less than eighty percent of the daily rate of the state basic salary paid to teachers: Provided, That any substitute teacher who teaches in excess of ten consecutive instructional days in the same position shall, thereafter, not be paid less than eighty percent of the daily rate of the state advanced salary based upon teaching experience: Provided, however, That any substitute teacher who teaches in excess of thirty days in the same position shall be paid the daily rate of the advanced salary, within that teacher's county. shall be equivalent to the daily rate of the advanced salary of a full-time teacher within the county, regardless of the number of days worked.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the pay of substitute teachers to be the same as a full time teacher.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.