West Virginia2026Enacted

HB4087

Creating the West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance

Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 11:08 AM

In one sentence

This law creates a new group to connect schools in West Virginia with schools in Ireland and sets rules for giving money to support student exchanges.

Creates the West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance to partner West Virginia higher education institutions with Irish higher education institutions.
Supports student and faculty exchange programs and collaborative educational initiatives through these partnerships.
Requires a state four-year college and a state two-year college to work together to be eligible for grant funding.
Allows eligible school partnerships to receive up to $50,000 in grants if the Legislature approves the money.
Gives the Higher Education Policy Commission the power to decide which partnered schools get the grants.
Updates membership rules so that members of the West Virginia-Ireland Trade Commission can have an interest in education.

Grants are only available if the Legislature approves and sets aside funds.
Only partnerships between one state four-year school and one state two-year school can apply for grants.
The law does not state how many total grants will be given out.

Plain language

Higher Education Policy Commission: A state group that decides which partnered schools are eligible to receive grant money.
Appropriation: The act of the Legislature officially setting aside money for a specific purpose, such as these grants.

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To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance.

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