Monongalia County Board of Education v. American Federation of Teachers—West Virginia

Davis, Justice:

In this case, the Monongalia County Board of Education challenges a ruling by the Circuit Court of Monongalia County that found a county board of education could not contract with a Regional Education Service Agency (“RESA”) to provide educational interventionists to county elementary and middle school students when those interventionists are hired by the West Virginia Board of Education (“State Board”) operating through a RESA. The circuit court rested its conclusion on its determination that an interventionist met the statutory definition of a teacher and, therefore, must be…