West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore spoke on Feb. 7 to parents of students at Saint Joseph School about the Hope Scholarship. He explained that the current state aid formula calls for every student eligible for the Hope Scholarship to receive about $4,300 annually, a figure that will fluctuate each year based on that formula. Recipients can spend the funds on tuition and fees for private schools, nonpublic online programs or microschools; school uniforms; services provided by a public school, such as extracurriculars and individual courses; tutoring; supplemental materials; and fees for standardized or advanced-placement exams, preparation courses, educational services and therapies, dual-credit courses and transportation; Moore said those eligible for the scholarship include students entering kindergarten and those who were enrolled full time in a public elementary or secondary school in West Virginia the previous academic year.
He added that those who withdrew from a public school system must re-enroll in a public program for at least 45 calendar days during an instructional term and remain enrolled until a Hope Scholarship award letter is issued.
Those attending a private school or who are homeschooled do not qualify for the funds.
For more information about the Hope Scholarship, go to wvhopescholarship.com.
For more information about Saint Joseph School, go to sjswv.org.
