WV House Finance Committee mulls change to Hope Scholarship school voucher due to $230M price tag

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 1,021

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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The House Finance Committee is considering some significant changes to West Virginia’s education voucher program, the Hope Scholarship, as the cost has ballooned to an estimated $230 million.

The school voucher program is one of the state’s biggest budget pressures for the coming fiscal year as lawmakers work on the state budget.

“We were watching the numbers in the previous three or four years that we’ve had the program, that we were seeing …

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