CHARLESTON — A couple of programs related to “school choice” policies could call for millions of dollars more in state spending in the coming year. The state treasurer has told legislators that an additional $27 million will be necessary for the Hope Scholarship program, which ...
West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore is pushing to quickly grow the Hope Scholarship. He’s asking for a year-round application period, which currently only runs March 1 to May 15, and for scholarship funds to be dispersed quarterly instead of twice a year. He’s also advocating for the Hope ...
West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore wants to lower some barriers for the Hope Scholarship, which provides money for students leaving the public school system to use for a variety of education costs. At the top of his list is elimination of a Hope Scholarship deadline in future academic ...
Good: SB 577 is the resurrected insulin copay cap. Last year’s iteration, HB 4252, passed both chambers, but the House didn’t concur with the Senate’s changes before the session ended, so the bill died. SB 577 might actually be improved: It limits the copay for insulin (even if the ...
We’ve made our stance clear on syphoning education funds from public schools and distributing them to private, parochial or charter schools or even individuals: You can’t expect the public education system to improve if it’s been drained of money and resources. However, when it comes ...
Delegates passed a bill that would allow Hope Scholarship recipients who are educated in non-public settings to participate on public school athletic teams. “All it is doing is allowing kids to play,” said Delegate Kathie Hess Crouse, R-Putnam, lead sponsor of the bill. The Hope ...