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This bill is a supplemental appropriation that increases funding for the Hope Scholarship Program within the State Board of Education and State Department of Education budget for fiscal year 2025. Specifically, the bill appropriates an additional $28,400,666 from the General Revenue Fund to the Hope Scholarship Program (account code 30401). The bill is based on the Governor's Executive Budget Document submitted on February 12, 2025, which identified an available unappropriated balance in the State Treasury that can be used for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. The Hope Scholarship Program, which is referenced in West Virginia Code Chapters 18 and 18A, appears to be an existing educational funding initiative that will receive this supplemental funding. The bill follows standard legislative procedures, beginning with legislative recitals that outline the budgetary context and followed by a formal enactment clause that authorizes the appropriation.

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