West Virginia立法者提议自2026年7月1日起将希望奖学金上限定为每位学生5 435.62美元, West Virginia lawmakers propose capping its Hope Scholarship at $5,435.62 per student starting July 1, 2026, restricting fund use and requiring testing for homeschoolers.

西弗吉尼亚州立法者正在推动一项法案,从2026年7月1日起,将希望奖学金上限定为每名学生5 435.62美元,将资金使用限制在学费、课程和技术上,并设定使用寿命,取消广泛的支出灵活性,并要求每年对家庭学生进行标准化测试。 West Virginia lawmakers are advancing a bill to cap the Hope Scholarship at $5,435.62 per student starting July 1, 2026, limiting fund use to tuition, curriculum, and technology with a defined useful life, removing broad spending flexibility, and requiring annual standardized testing for homeschoolers. 这些改革是在该方案扩大到所有学龄儿童之前的几个星期提出的,其目的是控制在方案普及的第一个整年中预计增加的费用2.3亿美元。 The changes, introduced just weeks before the program expands to all school-age children, aim to control rising costs projected at $230 million in its first full year of universal access. 国家财务主任拉里·帕克(Larry Pack)和教育倡导者警告最后一刻轮班可能会扰乱近25 000个家庭的入学率,并破坏该计划的初衷,而一些学区则担心公立学校会蒙受资金损失。 State Treasurer Larry Pack and education advocates warn the last-minute shifts could disrupt enrollment for nearly 25,000 families and undermine the program’s original intent, while some school districts fear funding losses to public schools.