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 […]
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Force-feeding ideology
It was just a matter of time before choice became mandatory. Last week, a federal judge denied a request by parents of students in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Montgomery […]
Campbell: Hope scholarship amendment won’t affect Mon Schools
The first reading of Policy 2371 proceeded without fanfare during Tuesday night’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education. That’s because it was a formality. Policy 2371 will be […]
New bill would open up Hope Scholarships to non-public students
All non-public students in West Virginia schools would be eligible for the Hope Scholarship under a bill advanced by the House Education Committee. West Virginia’s law is already one of […]
Lessons from a rural state: School vouchers not conservative gov’t
by Scott McIntosh The debate over school vouchers this legislative session in Idaho very well could be “the most important debate we have had since statehood,” predicts Rod Gramer, executive […]
Hope and public schools can coexist
The West Virginia Supreme Court now has before it the question of whether the Hope Scholarship violates the state Constitution. The Legislature created the program to award state taxpayer dollars […]
Supreme Court takes over Hope Scholarship appeal: Promises hearing soon, says no to stay
West Virginia’s Supreme Court has taken over consideration of whether a scholarship for students leaving the public school system violates the state constitution. A majority of justices rejected a motion […]
Back to school 2022
As parents prepare to send their children back to school, many will have made decisions about their child’s education that will not only put them on a different trajectory, but […]
Court rightly stops Hope Scholarship
A week ago, Kanawha Circuit Court Judge Joanna Tabit ruled, correctly, the Hope Scholarship violates the West Virginia Constitution. Judge Tabit said, “The Hope Scholarship Program in my view undermines […]
Will courts see Hope Scholarship violates W.Va.’s Constitution?
It’s not often a defendant in a lawsuit takes the plaintiff’s side. But such is the case when a statement was released on behalf of the state superintendent and the […]
