{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-18c-6-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 18C-6-4","heading":"Scholarship agreement.","body":"(a) Each recipient of a West Virginia STEM scholarship shall enter into an agreement with the commission under which the recipient shall:\n(1) Provide the commission with evidence of compliance with §18C-6-5(a) of this code;\n(2) Agree that within one year following the date the recipient ceases to be a full-time student at an eligible institution in a STEM program for which the scholarship was awarded he or she will:\n(A) Begin working full-time in a STEM-related field in this state for a duration of not less than one year for each year the scholarship was received. Provided, That recipients who are serving as members of the United States armed forces in a STEM-related field and maintaining legal residency in West Virginia while posted to a different location shall be considered as meeting this employment requirement; or\n(B) Begin repayment of all or part of the West Virginia STEM scholarship received under this article plus interest and, if applicable, reasonable collection fees, in accordance with §18C-6-5(b) of this code, except as provided in subsections §18C-6-5(c) and (d) of this code.\n(b) A scholarship agreement shall disclose fully the terms and conditions of this article under which the scholarship is provided and under which repayment of the scholarship may be required.","path":["CHAPTER 18C. STUDENT LOANS; SCHOLARSHIPS AND STATE AID.","ARTICLE 6. WEST VIRGINIA ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/18C-6-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:25:08Z","sha256":"17e608e29eee14a6d1fecd9ddda13ca44ccf4664578557cb54982998859ba021","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-18c-6-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-18c-6-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}