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West Virginia School Board Association
| West Virginia School Board Association | |
 | |
| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Charleston, W.Va. |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Top official: | Howard M. O'Cull, Executive Director |
| Year founded: | 1954 |
| Website: | Official website |
The West Virginia School Board Association is a 501(c)(3) organization of school boards in West Virginia.
Background
As of July 2025, association's constitution said "[T]he West Virginia School Board Association is dedicated to effecting and preserving the principles of effective school board governance through lay control of public education and to improving the quality and effectiveness of boardsmanship."[1]
On February 19, 2022, delegates to the association's annual business meeting voted to end their participation in the National School Boards Association as of June 30, 2022.[2]
Leadership
As of July 2025, the following individuals held leadership positions at the West Virginia School Board Association.
- Howard M. O'Cull, executive director[3]
- Pat Gray, executive committee member [3]
- Torie Jackson, executive committee member [3]
- Kenna Seal, executive committee member [3]
- Jim Crawford, executive committee member [3]
- Jared Billings, executive committee member [3]
Work and activities
Legislative and policy work
The West Virginia School Board Association works to train and develop school board members, hosts two annual conferences and has a registered lobbyist with the West Virginia Ethics Commission. [4][5] It "works to promote school boards, school board service and the resolution of problems facing school boards," according to the organization's website. [4]
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Finances
The following is a breakdown of the West Virginia School Board Association revenues and expenses for the 2020 to 2024 fiscal years, according to documents submitted to the Internal Revenue Service and compiled by ProPublica:
| Annual revenue and expenses for the West Virginia School Board Association, 2021–2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tax Year | Total Revenue | Total Expenses |
| 2024[6] | $781,507 | $624,590 |
| 2023[6] | $769,169 | $659,816 |
| 2022[6] | $720,585 | $612,409 |
| 2021[6] | $554,940 | $528,492 |
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ West Virginia School Board Association, "Constitution and Bylaws," accessed July 23, 2025
- ↑ West Virginia School Board Association, "Homepage," archived March 12, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 https://www.wvsba.org/page/west-virginia-school-board-association-executive-board West Virginia School Board Association , "Association Leadership," accessed July 22, 2025]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 West Virginia School Board Association , "About Us," accessed July 22, 2025
- ↑ West Virginia Ethics Commission , "Employers Represented by Lobbyists," accessed July 22, 2025
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 ProPublica, "West Virginia School Boards," accessed July 22, 2025
