FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: March 14, 2017
Time Requested: 01:04 PM |
| Agency: |
Higher Education Policy Commission |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 2887 |
Introduced |
HB2987 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Corrections |
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FUND(S):
0589
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Neither Program nor Fund
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
House bill 2987, if enacted, would make Promise Scholarship funds available for use at community and technical colleges; and provide certain employees of the West Virginia Division of Corrections access to Promise Scholarship funding if they maintain a 2.0 grade point average in high school and work for two consecutive years as a correctional officer.
It is estimated that 37 Promise awards will be made the first year (21 fall awards and 16 spring awards) for a total cost of $87,281. As additional cohorts become eligible in subsequent years, the total program cost is expected to peak at $630,563, before stabilizing at $575,938 per year.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2017
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2018
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
87,281 |
630,563 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
87,281 |
630,563 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
The Division of Corrections provided a de-identified list, obtained from OASIS, of 168 currently-employed correctional officers aged 23 years or younger. Dates of birth were used to approximate high school graduation dates with the assumption that most high school students graduate at age 18. Employee hire date was used to determine years of consecutive service.
Annual cost estimates assume that all eligible employees will enroll in college the first year they become eligible and that they will be retained at a rate comparable to that of the traditional student population. The estimates further assume that program participants will maintain a qualifying college grade point average at a higher rate than traditional students who enroll in college with a high school grade point average below 3.0. Traditional first-time, full-time freshmen with high school GPAs below 3.0 finish the first semester of college with an average GPA of 1.7. Promise recipients must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 at the end of each academic year to remain eligible. Because high school GPA data were not available, the assumption was also made that all eligible employees earned the minimum qualifying high school GPA.
Approximately 21 currently-employed correctional officers will be eligible for Promise awards in the fall of the first year. That number increases to 43 the second year and 73 the third year. Based upon the number of eligible employees hired within each of the last five years, it is estimated that 50 additional eligible employees will qualify for Promise awards each year thereafter.
Memorandum
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Ed Magee
Email Address: edward.magee@wvhepc.edu