We are now less than a month away from the launch of the new application schedule for WV’s Hope Scholarship. We’re in the middle of the 2024 legislative session, and it looks like the program could be getting a new vendor to oversee applications and monetary transactions soon. All of this and more below! HOPE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS Starting March 1st of 2024, parents will be able to apply for eligible Hope Scholars for the 24-25 academic year. The window will not close on May 15th as it has the previous 2 years, it will remain open and funding at a prorated amount through February 28th of ..read more

Whether your child is exempt from compulsory attendance as a traditional homeschooler under exemption (c) or is using Hope Scholarship’s Individualized Instructional Program under exemption (m), you are required to instruct and assess your child every year in math, reading, language, social studies, and science. Under the current law, traditional homeschoolers submit their annual assessments in grades 3, 5, 8 and 11 by June 30th. This doesn’t mean they aren’t required to assess in the other years, it simply means they aren’t required to submit them. Hope Scholars using IIP to educate at home a ..read more

If you haven’t put a plan into place to collect the portfolio artifacts you need for the end of the year assessment requirements, it is time to do so. In West Virginia, Hope Scholarship recipients are required to submit either a portfolio review each year or the results of standardized testing each year. The deadline for these requirements is June 8th. Prepare for a successful portfolio review with these tips. Create a Plan Do you have a place to put papers such as quizzes, worksheets, science labs, etc. that you want to include in your child’s portfolio? Do you have a place to put digital p ..read more

If your child was 4 or 5 by July 1st of 2023, and you: chose not to send them to school, district, charter, or private, and did not file a Notice of Intent for homeschooling, microschooling, or a learning pod, then congratulations, they are eligible to apply for the Hope Scholarship for the 24-25 academic year as a kindergartener. If you are unsure about eligibility, see this post. How can you prepare? In order to be prepared for the 2024 Hope Scholarship application season we would recommend you gather necessary documents. You will need a birth certificate, issued by the state ..read more

The answer is, it depends. The child must be a WV resident. Not sure? Here you go. If you read these and still need help, reach out. If you read these and want to be signed up for our newsletters and updates to stay informed, reach out. We do our best to inform you, not spam you. Current Public School - 1st-12th grade If your child is currently enrolled in 1st through 12th grade in a public district school, whether in person or virtual, or in a public charter school, whether in person or virtual, and they were also enrolled in that option, or another public option, during March 1st thro ..read more

My three children recently qualified for the Hope Scholarship through attending a virtual charter for 45 days, plus the time it took to become approved. In all, it took 58 days. While in the long run I believe it will be worth it, it was a challenging nearly two months. All three of my learners are elementary school aged. We are a neurodiverse family with a heaping dose of dyslexia in the mix. My kids are bright, creative, imaginative, and gifted. I knew this process would be challenging for them, but I believed that with my support, we could work through the challenges and then use the Hope S ..read more

For decades you, the parents of WV, have had 3 basic options for schooling: in-person public, private, and home. In 2017, virtual public school was added for 6th through 12th grades. Leading up to the 22-23 academic year, parents could choose from in-person public school, virtual public school, in-person charters (in some areas), virtual charters, private schools, homeschool, learning pods, microschools, or the state’s ESA, Hope Scholarship, which has a couple different ways it can be used. The expansion of options ushered in incredible opportunity. And along with it came confusion and overw ..read more

West Virginia’s Hope Scholarship Program provides eligible students with roughly $4,400 per year to use towards qualifying expenses for their education. These students must be leaving the public school system or coming up into kindergarten for the first time to qualify. Once awarded the scholarship, they have two pathways to choose from. A ) Enroll in a brick & mortar nonpublic school. The school does not have to be located within the state of WV. The school must be a participating school to accept funds. Students from Emmanuel Christian School in Clarksburg listening to a fellow studen ..read more

If you were with us this past January for southern WV’s first-ever school fair, you saw for yourself how amazing it was to join over 500 fellow attendees to celebrate school options in the Mountain State. We’re thrilled to partner, yet again, with the amazing team at National School Choice Week with expectations to TRIPLE attendance! Will you help us make that happen? Who: All families AND any business/organization you know that serves K-12 students What: Workshops & Exhibitor Tables for you to find out about programs, schools, support networks and more (also face painting, balloon animals ..read more

Fostering Unbundled Education It can be overwhelming to choose from all the options you have when you’re educating at home. In an effort to support moms and dads who may be looking for expert guidance for the instruction of their child, we’ve developed the FUE Academy. Led by certified teacher and veteran home educator Megan Sangster Santini, the FUE Academy offers several services, all of which are available to Hope Scholars. We can also process payments for traditional homeschoolers. Benchmark and Bundle $650 Benchmark- with guidance from Megan, parents administer an assessment that lo ..read more