H. B. 4661
(By Delegates Doyle, Michael, Hall and Ashley)
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
[February 26, 2002]
A BILL to amend article seven, chapter eighteen-c of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
five-a, relating to providing eligibility for state funded
higher education financial aid, grants, or scholarships to
students who attended a private high school outside the state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article seven, chapter eighteen-c of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section five-a,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. WEST VIRGINIA PROVIDING REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
MAXIMIZING IN-STATE STUDENT EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
§18C-7-5a.Eligibility of commuting students for state financial aid, grants, or scholarships.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or rule of
the higher education policy commission to the contrary, a person
who has met all other conditions of eligibility for state funded
financial aid, grants, or scholarships shall not be deemed
ineligible for state funded financial aid, grants, or scholarships
based solely upon his or her attendance at a private high school
outside the state if:
(1) During his or her attendance at the school outside the
state, the student was residing with his or her parent or legal
guardian in this state and that parent or legal guardian was a
resident of this state;
(2) The student commuted during the school term on a daily
basis from this state to attend the school in another state;
(3) The student is a dependent of the parent or legal guardian
upon which eligibility is based and the student has not established
domicile outside the state;
(4) The school is fully accredited in the state of its
location to the degree acceptable to the superintendent of schools
of this state in his or her discretion; and
(5) The school's curriculum requirements for graduation are
the same as the curriculum requirements for graduation in this
state, or sufficiently similar to those requirements, as determined by the superintendent of schools of this state in his or her
discretion.
§18C-7-5a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.