Making Supplemental Appropriation to State Board of Education, the official text

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

         2026 REGULAR SESSION

                   ENROLLED

           House Bill 4575

          BY DELEGATES MCGEEHAN, DEAN, CRISS, RILEY
       [Passed February 27, 2026; in effect from passage]
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1 AN ACT supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury

2   from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State

3   Fund, General Revenue, to the State Board of Education — State Department of

4   Education, fund 0313, fiscal year 2026, organization 0402, by supplementing and

5   amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

6   WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature

7 on January 14, 2026, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth

8 therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2025, and further included the estimate of revenue for the

9 fiscal year 2026, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus

10 appropriations for the fiscal year 2026, and further included recommended expirations to the

11 unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and

12  WHEREAS, It appears from the Governor’s Statement of the State Fund, General

13 Revenue, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the Treasury which is

14 available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; therefore

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1   That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0313, fiscal

2 year 2026, organization 0402, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of

3 appropriation as follows:

                             TITLE II – APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

1                            DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

2                            49 - State Board of Education –

3                            State Department of Education

4                            (W.V. Code Chapters 18 and 18A)

5                            Fund 0313 FY 2026 Org 0402

6                                                                                      General

7                                                             Appro-                   Revenue

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8                                               priation                 Fund

9 38a Hancock County Board of Education

10  Financial Stability Loan Program - Surplus  xxxxx                    8,000,000

11  The above appropriation for State Board of Education – Surplus (fund 0313, appropriation

12 xxxxx) shall be transferred to the State Board of Education Temporary Shortfall Supplement Fund

13 for County Boards of Education (fund xxxx) for expenditure pursuant to the provisions of W. Va.

14 Code §18-2E-5b as amended and reenacted in the 2026 Regular Session.

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              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
                           ...............................................................
                                        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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                                                                                         Governor

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