West Virginia Supreme Court allows students to use scholarship funds for private schools
October 9, 2022 | West Virginia
The West Virginia Supreme Court this week upheld the state’s Hope Scholarship Act, which gives parents money to help pay for private and faith-based schools or homeschool education if they opt to take their children out of public school.
The court reversed a circuit court injunction that blocked the Hope Scholarship Program, which allows eligible students to receive funding that is “equal to 100 percent of the prior year’s statewide average net share aid allotted per pupil based on net enrollment adjusted for state purposes.”
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey called the ruling “a tremendous victory for the hard-working families across West Virginia who deserve increased options for their children’s individual educational needs.”
“It has always been my goal to help make our state first in the nation when it comes to educational opportunities for West Virginia’s kids,” Morrisey said in a statement.
He said the victory will make “an incredible difference.”… (Excerpt from The Christian Post)
