West Virginia Watch, Times West Virginian – The price tag for the Hope Scholarship, the state’s education savings account program, will double next year, climbing to more than $100 million. As budget concerns loom, lawmakers are questioning if the state can afford the program that is a hallmark of the Republican-heavy Legislature’s education freedom push.
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It’s the largest funding increase requested by Gov. Patrick Morrisey in his first budget proposal.
“I believe, based on the information we have so far, which is preliminary, I think there should be a modification to it, but I don’t know what it will be yet to what we’re considering or what we’re going to do,” said House Finance Chair Vernon Criss, R-Wood.
