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WEST virginia legislature
2026 regular session
ENROLLED
House Bill 5694
By Delegate McGeehan
[Passed March 14, 2026; in effect from passage]
AN ACT supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the State Board of Education, State Department of Education, fund 0313, fiscal year 2026, organization 0402, by supplementing and amending Chapter 37, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session 2025, known as the budget bill  for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, as amended by enrolled H.B. 4575 enacted by the Legislature, Regular Session 2026.
WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature on January 14, 2026, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2025, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2026, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2026, and further included recommended expirations to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and
WHEREAS, It appears from the Governor’s Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the Treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That Chapter 37, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session 2025, known as the budget bill, as amended by enrolled H.B. 4575 enacted by the Legislature, Regular Session 2026, fund 0313, fiscal year 2026, organization 0402, be supplemented and amended to read as follows:
		Title II – Appropriations.
		Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
49 - State Board of Education –
State Department of Education
(W.V. Code Chapter 18 and 18A)
Fund 0313 FY 2026 Org 0402
  General
	Appro-	Revenue
	priation	Fund
Personal Services and Employee Benefits			00100	$	4,983,544
Teachers’ Retirement Savings Realized			09500		39,831,000
Unclassified (R)			09900		420,000
Current Expenses (R)			13000		3,517,816
Increased Enrollment			14000		13,653,041
Safe Schools			14300		7,243,900
Attendance Incentive Bonus (R)			15001		2,262,389
National Teacher Certification (R)			16100		100,000
Jobs & Hope – Childhood Drug Prevention Education			21901		2,000,000
Technology Repair and Modernization			29800		951,003
Hope Scholarship Program (R)			30401		24,610,523
HVAC Technicians			35500		555,872
Early Retirement Notification Incentive			36600		300,000
MATH Program			36800		836,532
Assessment Programs (R)			39600		3,750,759
Governor’s Honors Academy (R)			47800		979,853
English as a Second Language			52800		96,000
Teacher Reimbursement			57300		297,188
Hospitality Training			60000		281,051
Youth in Government			61600		100,000
High Acuity Special Needs (R)			63400		2,700,000
Computer Science Education			43801		600,000
Foreign Student Education			63600		102,133
State Board of Education Administrative Costs			68400		200,000
Early Literacy Program			75600		5,724,015
School Based Truancy Prevention (R)			78101		2,000,000
Communities in Schools (R)			78103		4,912,637
Mastery Based Education			78104		125,000
Mountain State Digital Literacy Program			86401		1,000,000
21st Century Learners (R)			88600		1,675,127
BRIM Premium			91300		342,859
Allowance for Extraordinary Sustained Growth			94300		71,980
Education Programs			XXXXX		0
21st Century Assessment and Professional Development			93100		2,015,254
21st Century Technology Infrastructure Network
	Tools and Support (R)			93300		9,256,714
Special Olympic Games			96600		25,000
Educational Program Allowance			99600		716,250
Hancock County Board of Education
	Financial Stability Loan Program – Surplus			xxxxx		8,000,000
	Total					$	146,237,440
		The above appropriations include funding for the State Board of Education and its executive office.
		From the above appropriation for Current Expenses (fund 0313, appropriation 13000), $2,000,000 shall be used for the Department of Education Child Nutrition Program – Non-traditional Child Hunger Solutions.
		Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriations for Unclassified (fund 0313, appropriation 09900), Current Expenses (fund 0313, appropriation 13000), Center for Professional Development (fund 0313, appropriation 11500), Attendance Incentive Bonus (fund 0313, appropriation 15001), National Teacher Certification (fund 0313, appropriation 16100), Hope Scholarship Program (fund 0313, appropriation 30401), Assessment Programs (fund 0313, appropriation 39600), Benedum Professional Development Collaborative (fund 0313, appropriation 42700), Governor’s Honors Academy (fund 0313, appropriation 47800), High Acuity Special Needs (fund 0313, appropriation 63400), IT Academy (fund 0313, appropriation 72100),  School Based Truancy Prevention (fund 0313, appropriation 78101), Communities in Schools (fund 0313, appropriation 78103), 21st Century Learners (fund 0313, appropriation 88600), 21st Century Technology Infrastructure Network Tools and Support (fund 0313, appropriation 93300), and Communities in Schools – Surplus (fund 0313, appropriation 78199) at the close of the fiscal year 2025 are hereby reappropriated for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.
		The above appropriation for Teachers’ Retirement Savings Realized (fund 0313, appropriation 09500) shall be transferred to the Employee Pension and Health Care Benefit Fund (fund 2044).
		From the above appropriation for Unclassified (fund 0313, appropriation 09900), $120,000 shall be for assisting low income students with AP and CLEP exam fees.
		From the appropriation for Safe Schools (fund 0313, appropriation 14300), $2,900,000 shall be used for school mapping.
		From the above appropriation for Educational Program Allowance (fund 0313, appropriation 99600), $100,000 shall be expended for the Morgan County Board of Education for Paw Paw Schools; $250,000 shall be for the Randolph County Board of Education for Pickens School; $100,000 shall be for the Randolph County Board of Education for the Harman School, $100,000 shall be for the Preston County Board of Education for the Aurora School; $100,000 shall be for the Fayette County Board of Education for Meadow Bridge; and $66,250 is for Project Based Learning in STEM fields
The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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	Clerk of the House of Delegates
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	Clerk of the Senate
Originated in the House of Delegates.
In effect from passage.
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	Speaker of the House of Delegates
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	President of the Senate
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	The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.
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