WEST virginia legislature

2026 regular session

House Bill 5694

By Delegate McGeehan

[Introduced; Reported March 14, 2026]

A BILL 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

21^st Century Learners (R) 88600 1,675,127

BRIM Premium 91300 342,859

Allowance for Extraordinary Sustained Growth 94300 71,980

Education Programs XXXXX 0

21^st Century Assessment and Professional Development 93100 2,015,254

21^st 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), 21^st Century Learners (fund 0313, appropriation 88600), 21^st 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.

NOTE: The purpose of supplemental appropriation bill is to amend an item of appropriation in the aforesaid section and account for the designated spending units for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.