The West Virginia Senate did something rare Wednesday.
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Applications for the Hope Scholarship, the state’s education voucher program, have opened up to all West Virginia children in grades K-12 for the first time. The potential massive expansion of the program is impacting lawmakers’ budget making right now, as they are trying to allocate enough money for an undetermined number of students who may […]
After more than two hours of debate, the House of Delegates passed its budget bill on Wednesday afternoon, notably leaving out Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s requested personal income tax cut. The budget bill debate showcased little to no love between House Finance Chairman Vernon Criss, R-Wood, and the Republican governor. “We’ve never had a conversation with […]
As members of the West Virginia House of Delegates Finance Committee have scrambled to come up with a bill that would reduce the cost of the s…
Long before the Hope Scholarship came into being, West Virginia lawmakers and officials favoring the voucher program were warned of a lack of …
On Friday morning, dozens of homeschooling parents and their children and other “school choice” advocates lined the hallway outside of the House Finance Committee. A helium tank was propped up on a chair so families could blow up balloons. Kids held posters with phrases like, “Don’t take the hope out of Hope Scholarship.” They’d shown […]
Earlier this month, we authored an editorial about Patrick Morrisey's proposed 10% income tax cut, and previous income tax cuts, pointing to d…
The House Finance Committee is considering some significant changes to West Virginia’s education voucher program, the Hope Scholarship, as the…
The Senate Finance Committee rolled out their changes Monday to the governor’s proposed budget, making notable changes like a 10% tax cut instead of 5%, and a new plan for paying for the expensive education voucher program. It’s much earlier than usual for the committee to reveal its proposed budget and send it to the […]
Just days before the West Virginia Department of Education took over another school district, lawmakers were told they should cap private educ…
