By Katelyn Aluise, Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — About 15,000 students applied for the Hope Scholarship and will receive full funding for the 2025-26 school year.
Of that total, more than 1,700 are from Kanawha County.
According to a news release from West Virginia Treasurer Larry Pack’s oce, this is more than 4,000 more students than the 2024-25 school year, when 10,750 students received some level of funding.
Anyone who missed the June 15 deadline for the full award amount may still apply. Those who apply between June 16 and Sept. 15 will receive 75% of the award amount. Anyone applying between Sept. 16 and Nov. 30 will receive 50% of the award, and anyone applying between Dec. 1 and Feb. 28 will receive 25%.
“This is really just investing more money in education for children in West Virginia,” Pack told HD Media.
