WV HB4855

Abolishes the West Virginia Department of Education effective July 1 of the fiscal year following enactment, transferring all functions, records, assets, and liabilities to other entities

Reduces the State Superintendent of Schools to a constitutional supervisory role focused on compliance and reporting, with salary capped at the level of a Board of Public Works member

Creates a new School Fund administered by the State Treasurer to hold all state and federal education appropriations

Distributes funds to county boards of education using a formula weighted two-thirds by county population and one-third by inhabitable land mass, with funds generally unrestricted

Requires county boards to use purchase cards for routine procurement and mandates public disclosure of all purchase-card transactions including vendor, date, amount, and purpose