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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Bill 1027 creates High School Dual Enrollment Accessibility Act and expands grant eligibility
Last action · February 20, 2026: To EducationSponsors: Tom Willis and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 1027 creates the High School Dual Enrollment Accessibility Act and expands eligibility for the West Virginia Invests Grant, Higher Education Grant, and s to 11th and 12th-grade students without requiring a high school diploma. High school students must maintain academic good standing, meet criteria, and fulfill standard financial aid requirements to qualify. The bill is currently pending in the Senate Committee on Education.
Eleventh and twelfth-grade students in West Virginia gain access to state-funded higher education grants and programs prior to high school graduation, changing eligibility criteria that previously required a completed high school diploma.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
West Virginia high school students in grades 11 and 12
Students gain eligibility to apply for state higher education and dual-enrollment grants without needing a completed high school diploma.
Higher education institutions
Institutions admit dual-enrollment grant recipients, administer required drug tests for WV Invests students, and receive direct tuition payments.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can high school students receive state grants for college courses under this bill?
Are high school students required to take drug tests to receive the WV Invests Grant?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 20, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Education
- Feb 20, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Feb 20, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Education then Finance
- Feb 20, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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