WV HB3279

West Virginia University Board of Governors increases from 16 to 19 members, with 15 lay members appointed by the Governor (up from previous number), while Marshall University remains at 16 members and other state institutions at 12 members

Faculty, student, and classified/non-classified employee representatives on all institutional boards of governors are reclassified as nonvoting advisory members rather than full voting members

WVU Board of Governors must include one member with a background in agriculture, forestry, or agricultural/silvicultural sciences, plus one graduate each from WVU Institute of Technology and Potomac State College of WVU

West Virginia State University Board of Governors must include one member with a background in agriculture, forestry, or agricultural/silvicultural sciences

Governor must consider "the needs of the State of West Virginia and its citizens" when making appointments to institutional boards of governors, particularly for land grant institutions (WVU and WVSU)