Senate Bill No. 63
(By Senators Schoonover and Love)
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[Introduced January 14, 1998;
referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and
then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section seven, article nine, chapter
nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to adding full-time college
students to eligibility requirements for state works
program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seven, article nine, chapter nine of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. WEST VIRGINIA WORKS PROGRAM.
§9-9-7. Work requirements.
Unless otherwise exempted by the provisions of section eight
of this article, the West Virginia works program shall require that anyone who possesses a high school diploma, or its
equivalent, or anyone who is of the age of twenty years or more,
to work or attend an educational or training program for a
minimum of twenty hours per week, or to be full-time college
student to receive any form of cash assistance. In accordance
with federal law or regulation, the work, education and training
requirements of this section are waived for any qualifying
participant with a child under six years of age if the
participant is unable to obtain appropriate and available child
care services. In order for any participant to receive cash
assistance, he or she shall enter into personal responsibility
contracts pursuant to the provisions of section nine of this
article.
For purposes of this section, the term "full-time college
student" is defined as a person attending an accredited college
or university and carrying at least twelve semester hours, or its
equivalent, each semester.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to add full-time college
students to the list of persons eligible for the West Virginia
Works Program.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.