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Brad D. Smith, president of Marshall University, expresses appreciation for Gov. Jim Justice, Chancellor Sarah Tucker, and the West Virginia Legislature during a ceremonial signing of SB 1007, which allocates more than $80 million to the stateƵs higher education system.

CHARLESTON Ƶ Gov. Jim Justice ceremonially signed a bill Friday that allocates $83 million in funding for higher education in West Virginia.

The legislation, , would reappropriate surplus funds of $40 million to the Higher Education Grant Program, $32 million for support for colleges and universities and $11,215,351 to the College Access Emergency Grant for fiscal year 2025.

Katelyn Aluise is an education and courts reporter for The Herald-Dispatch.

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