West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is lauding a state Supreme Court ruling that upholds the state's Hope Scholarship Act, a year-old law allowing parents to send children to private and often faith-based schools.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is lauding a state Supreme Court ruling that upholds the state's Hope Scholarship Act, a year-old law allowing parents to send children to private and often faith-based schools.
CHARLESTON The West Virginia Christian Education Association has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the state’s appeal of an injunction that kept the Hope Scholarship Act from going into effect.
WV lawmakers jump ahead of nation with school choice program
Monday, April 5, 2021 |
Bob Kellogg, Billy Davis (OneNewsNow.com)
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West Virginia is implementing a state education program that is setting aside millions of dollars for families to choose an educational path.
Gov. Jim Justice signed legislation last week implementing the Hope Scholarship program, which gives parents a portion of the per-pupil expenditure to use for education expenses such as private-school tuition and home tutoring.
The Inter-Mountain newspaper reported the signing of HB 2013 means West Virginia has approved the “most expansive” education savings account program that is offered anywhere in the nation.
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