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WV HB3195

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kathie Crouse

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Changes three positions on the West Virginia Hope Scholarship Board from voting to nonvoting members: the State Attorney General (or designee), the State Superintendent of Schools (or designee), and the Chancellor of Higher Education (or designee)

  • Removes the provision allowing initial board appointees to be parents who merely "intend to apply" for Hope Scholarships, requiring all appointed parent members to be actual parents of Hope Scholarship students

  • Maintains the nine-member board structure, with the State Treasurer serving as chairman and presiding officer

  • Retains requirements that the three Governor-appointed parent members reside in geographically diverse areas and represent parents of students in diverse educational options such as microschools

Legislative Description

Relating to the membership of the Hope Scholarship Board

Education (Higher)

Last Action

To House Education

3/6/2025

Committee Referrals

Education3/6/2025

Full Bill Text

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