FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: February 26, 2018
Time Requested: 08:15 AM |
| Agency: |
Higher Education Policy Commission |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1801 |
Comm. Sub2 |
SB319 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Education (Higher) |
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FUND(S):
appropriated
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Increases Existing Expenses
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
Senate Bill 319, if enacted, would allow in certain instances, individuals completing a secondary education program in a public, private, or home school and individuals obtaining a GED or equivalent to be eligible for the PROMISE scholarship. The bill eliminates the requirement for home school students to take the GED or equivalent examination to qualify for a PROMISE scholarship. It would also eliminate the grade point requirement for eligibility for all students, leaving a minimum score on a
college entrance exam as the sole academic requirement for PROMISE eligibility.
If the current entrance exam requirements of 22 on the ACT and 1100 on the SAT are maintained, the additional cost to provide the PROMISE scholarship at the mandated level of $4,750 per student would range between $4.3 million to $5 million.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2018
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2019
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
5,000,000 |
5,000,000 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
5,000,000 |
5,000,000 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Under current requirements, a student must be a high school graduate with a minimum 3.0 core and cumulative grade-point average or, for those students provided instruction in the home or otherwise unable to obtain a public or private high school diploma, have a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) or equivalent exam with a prescribed minimum score equivalent to a 3.0 high school grade-point average. Students also must receive a score of at least 22 on the ACT entrance exam with a minimum of 20 in each subsection (or 1100 on the SAT with a 540 in Evidence Based Reading and Writing and a 510 in Math) to qualify for the PROMISE scholarship.
Senate Bill 319 would remove the GED requirement for home-schooled students and also eliminate the grade-point average requirement to qualify for PROMISE. If the grade-point average requirement for PROMISE were removed, it is estimated that the increase in the number of PROMISE awardees would range from 956 to 1,106. West Virginia Code sets a minimum annual PROMISE scholarship award of $4,750 per qualifying student.
Memorandum
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Person submitting Fiscal Note: Ed Magee
Email Address: edward.magee@wvhepc.edu