×
Thank you for Reading.
Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Please purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Your current subscription does not provide access to this content.
CHARLESTON The West Virginia House of Delegates voted Thursday to approve, for a second time, a bill creating an education savings account program after the
CHARLESTON The West Virginia House of Delegates voted Thursday to approve, for a second time, a bill creating an education savings account program after the
STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS
File Photo by Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography
Delegate Mark Zatezalo, R-Hancock, reviews a report at the state Capitol in Charleston.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia House of Delegates voted Thursday to approve, for a second time, a bill creating an education savings account program after the House Finance Committee fixed issues with the legislation.
House Bill 2013 creating the Hope Scholarship passed 57-42 Thursday after it previously passed 60-39 on Feb. 18. Delegates George Miller, R-Morgan, Jeffrey Pack, R-Raleigh, and Steve Westfall, R-Jackson, voted for the bill on Feb. 18, but against the bill Thursday.
The Hope Scholarship would give parents the option to use a portion of their per-pupil expenditure from the state School Aid Formula for educational expenses, such as private school tuition, home tutoring, learning aids and other acceptable expenses. If passed, West Virginia would become the seventh state with an ESA program.