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To amend sections 1713.02, 1713.03, 3332.02, | 1 |
3333.042, 3333.043, 3333.12, 3333.18, 3333.21, | 2 |
3333.26, 3333.37, 3365.01, 3366.01, 5107.58, | 3 |
5910.04, and 5919.34 and to enact section 3333.046 | 4 |
of the Revised Code to permit institutions that | 5 |
grant baccalaureate degrees approved by the board | 6 |
of regents under section 3332.05 of the Revised | 7 |
Code on the effective date of this act, are | 8 |
operated by a for- profit corporation, and are not | 9 |
state-assisted to be regulated exclusively by the | 10 |
board of regents. | 11 |
Section 1. That sections 1713.02, 1713.03, 3332.02, 3333.042, | 12 |
3333.043, 3333.12, 3333.18, 3333.21, 3333.26, 3333.37, 3365.01, | 13 |
3366.01, 5107.58, 5910.04, and 5919.34 be amended and that section | 14 |
3333.046 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 15 |
Sec. 1713.02. (A) Any institution described in division (A) | 16 |
of section 1713.01 of the Revised Code may become incorporated | 17 |
under sections 1702.01 to 1702.58 of the Revised Code. | 18 |
(B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no | 19 |
nonprofit institution or corporation of the type described in | 20 |
division (A) of section 1713.01 of the Revised Code that is | 21 |
established after October 13, 1967, may confer degrees, diplomas, | 22 |
or other written evidences of proficiency or achievement, until it | 23 |
has received a certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio | 24 |
board of regents, nor shall any such institution or corporation | 25 |
identify itself as a "college" or "university" unless it has | 26 |
received a certificate of authorization from the board. | 27 |
(C) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no | 28 |
institution of the type described in division (A)(3) or (B) of | 29 |
section 1713.01 of the Revised Code that intends to offer or | 30 |
offers a course or courses within this state, but that did not | 31 |
offer a course or courses within this state on or before October | 32 |
13, 1967, may confer degrees, diplomas, or other written evidences | 33 |
of proficiency or achievement or offer any course or courses | 34 |
within this state until it has received a certificate of | 35 |
authorization from the Ohio board of regents, nor shall the | 36 |
institution identify itself as a "college" or "university" unless | 37 |
it has received such a certificate from the board. | 38 |
(D) Each certificate of authorization shall specify the | 39 |
diplomas or degrees authorized to be given, courses authorized to | 40 |
be offered, and the sites at which courses are to be conducted. A | 41 |
copy of such certificate shall be filed with the secretary of | 42 |
state if the institution is incorporated. Any institution or | 43 |
corporation established or that offered a course or courses of | 44 |
instruction in this state prior to October 13, 1967, may apply to | 45 |
the board for a certificate of authorization, and the board shall | 46 |
issue a certificate if it finds that such institution or | 47 |
corporation meets the requirements established pursuant to | 48 |
sections 1713.01, 1713.02, 1713.03, 1713.04, 1713.06, 1713.09, and | 49 |
1713.25 of the Revised Code. | 50 |
(E) An institution that clearly identifies itself in its | 51 |
name with the phrase "bible college" or "bible institute" and has | 52 |
not received a certificate of authorization may confer diplomas | 53 |
and other written evidences of proficiency or achievement other | 54 |
than associate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees or | 55 |
any other type of degree and may identify itself as a "bible | 56 |
college" if such institution: | 57 |
(1) Prominently discloses on any transcripts, diplomas, or | 58 |
other written evidences of proficiency or achievement, and | 59 |
includes with any promotional material or other literature | 60 |
intended for the public, the statement: "this institution is not | 61 |
certified by the board of regents or the state of Ohio." | 62 |
(2) Limits its course of instruction to religion, theology, | 63 |
or preparation for a religious vocation, or is operated by a | 64 |
church or religious organization and limits its instruction to | 65 |
preparation for service to churches or other religious | 66 |
organizations. | 67 |
(3) Confers only diplomas and other written evidences of | 68 |
proficiency or achievement that bear titles clearly signifying the | 69 |
religious nature of the instruction offered by the institution. | 70 |
(F)
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the Revised Code, no school of the type described in division (E) | 72 |
of section 3332.01 of the Revised Code that intends to offer or | 73 |
offers a degree program within this state or solicits students | 74 |
within this state may confer a baccalaureate, master's, or | 75 |
doctoral degree or solicit students for such degree programs until | 76 |
it has received both a certificate of authorization from the board | 77 |
of regents under this chapter and program authorization from the | 78 |
state board of proprietary school registration for such degree | 79 |
program under section 3332.05 of the Revised Code. | 80 |
Sec. 1713.03. The Ohio board of regents shall establish | 81 |
standards for certificates of authorization to be issued to | 82 |
institutions as defined in section 1713.01 of the Revised Code, to | 83 |
private institutions governed by the board of regents under | 84 |
section 3333.046 of the Revised Code, and to schools holding | 85 |
certificates of registration issued by the state board of | 86 |
proprietary school registration pursuant to division (C) of | 87 |
section 3332.05
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authorization may permit an institution or school to award one or | 89 |
more types of degrees. | 90 |
The standards for a certificate of authorization may include, | 91 |
for various types of institutions, schools, or degrees, minimum | 92 |
qualifications for faculty, library, laboratories, and other | 93 |
facilities as adopted and published by the Ohio board of regents. | 94 |
The standards shall be adopted by the board pursuant to Chapter | 95 |
119. of the Revised Code. | 96 |
An institution or school shall apply to the board for a | 97 |
certificate of authorization on forms containing such information | 98 |
as is prescribed by the board. Each institution or school with a | 99 |
certificate of authorization shall file an annual report with the | 100 |
board in such form and containing such information as the board | 101 |
prescribes. | 102 |
Sec. 3332.02. This chapter does not apply to the following | 103 |
categories of courses, schools, or colleges: | 104 |
(A) Tuition-free courses or schools conducted by employers | 105 |
exclusively for their own employees; | 106 |
(B) Nonprofit institutions with certificates of | 107 |
authorization issued pursuant to section 1713.02 of the Revised | 108 |
Code or that are nonprofit institutions exempted from the | 109 |
requirement to obtain a certificate by division (E) of that | 110 |
section; | 111 |
(C) Schools, colleges, technical colleges, or universities | 112 |
established by law or chartered by the Ohio board of regents; | 113 |
(D) Courses of instruction required by law to be approved or | 114 |
licensed, or given by institutions approved or licensed, by a | 115 |
state board or agency other than the state board of school and | 116 |
college registration, except that a school so approved or licensed | 117 |
may apply to the state board of proprietary school registration | 118 |
for a certificate of registration to be issued in accordance with | 119 |
this chapter; | 120 |
(E) Schools for which minimum standards are prescribed by | 121 |
the state board of education pursuant to division (D) of section | 122 |
3301.07 of the Revised Code; | 123 |
(F) Courses of instruction conducted by a public school | 124 |
district or a combination of public school districts; | 125 |
(G) Courses of instruction conducted outside the United | 126 |
States; | 127 |
(H) Private institutions governed by the board of regents | 128 |
under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code. | 129 |
Sec. 3333.042. The Ohio board of regents may grant money to | 130 |
a nonprofit entity that provides a statewide resource for | 131 |
aerospace research, education, and technology, so long as the | 132 |
nonprofit entity makes its resources accessible to state colleges | 133 |
and universities and to agencies of this and other states and the | 134 |
United States. The board, by rule adopted in accordance with | 135 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall establish procedures and | 136 |
forms whereby nonprofit entities may apply for grants; standards | 137 |
and procedures for reviewing applications for and awarding grants; | 138 |
procedures for distributing grants to recipients; procedures for | 139 |
monitoring the use of grants by recipients; requirements, | 140 |
procedures, and forms whereby grant recipients shall report upon | 141 |
their use of grants; and standards and procedures for terminating | 142 |
and requiring repayment of grants in the event of their improper | 143 |
use. | 144 |
A state college or university or private institution governed | 145 |
by the board of regents under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code | 146 |
and any agency of state government may provide assistance, in any | 147 |
form, to any nonprofit entity that receives a grant under this | 148 |
section. Such assistance shall be solely for the purpose of | 149 |
assisting the nonprofit entity in making proper use of the grant. | 150 |
A nonprofit entity that expends a grant under this section | 151 |
for a capital project is not thereby subject to Chapter 123. or | 152 |
153. of the Revised Code. An officer or employee of, or a person | 153 |
who serves on a governing or advisory board or committee of, a | 154 |
nonprofit entity that receives a grant under this section is not | 155 |
thereby an officer or employee of a state college or university or | 156 |
of the state. An officer or employee of a state college or | 157 |
university or of the state who is assigned to assist a nonprofit | 158 |
entity in making proper use of a grant does not, to the extent
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the officer or employee provides such assistance, thereby hold an | 160 |
incompatible office or employment, or have a direct or indirect | 161 |
interest in a contract or expenditure of the entity. | 162 |
Sec. 3333.043. (A) As used in this section: | 163 |
(1) "Institution of higher education" means the state | 164 |
universities listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, | 165 |
municipal educational institutions established under Chapter 3349. | 166 |
of the Revised Code, community colleges established under Chapter | 167 |
3354. of the Revised Code, university branches established under | 168 |
Chapter 3355. of the Revised Code, technical colleges established | 169 |
under Chapter 3357. of the Revised Code, state community colleges | 170 |
established under Chapter 3358. of the Revised Code, any | 171 |
institution of higher education with a certificate of registration | 172 |
from the state board of proprietary school registration, and any | 173 |
institution for which the Ohio board of regents receives a notice | 174 |
pursuant to division (C) of this section. | 175 |
(2) "Community service" has the same meaning as in section | 176 |
3313.605 of the Revised Code. | 177 |
(B)(1) The board of trustees or other governing entity of | 178 |
each institution of higher education shall encourage and promote | 179 |
participation of students in community service through a program | 180 |
appropriate to the mission, student population, and environment of | 181 |
each institution. The program may include, but not be limited to, | 182 |
providing information about community service opportunities during | 183 |
student orientation or in student publications; providing awards | 184 |
for exemplary community service; encouraging faculty members to | 185 |
incorporate community service into students' academic experiences | 186 |
wherever appropriate to the curriculum; encouraging recognized | 187 |
student organizations to undertake community service projects as | 188 |
part of their purposes; establishing advisory committees of | 189 |
students, faculty members, and community and business leaders to | 190 |
develop cooperative programs that benefit the community and | 191 |
enhance student experience. The program shall be flexible in | 192 |
design so as to permit participation by the greatest possible | 193 |
number of students, including part-time students and students for | 194 |
whom participation may be difficult due to financial, academic, | 195 |
personal, or other considerations. The program shall emphasize | 196 |
community service opportunities that can most effectively use the | 197 |
skills of students, such as tutoring or literacy programs. The | 198 |
programs shall encourage students to perform services that will | 199 |
not supplant the hiring of, result in the displacement of, or | 200 |
impair any existing employment contracts of any particular | 201 |
employee of any private or governmental entity for which services | 202 |
are performed. | 203 |
(2) The Ohio board of regents shall encourage all | 204 |
institutions of higher education in the development of community | 205 |
service programs. With the assistance of the state community | 206 |
service advisory committee created in section 121.40 of the | 207 |
Revised Code, the board of regents shall make available | 208 |
information about higher education community service programs to | 209 |
institutions of higher education and to statewide organizations | 210 |
involved with or promoting volunteerism, including information | 211 |
about model community service programs, teacher training courses, | 212 |
and community service curricula and teaching materials for | 213 |
possible use by institutions of higher education in their | 214 |
programs. The board shall encourage institutions of higher | 215 |
education to jointly coordinate higher education community service | 216 |
programs through consortia of institutions or other appropriate | 217 |
means of coordination. | 218 |
(C) The board of trustees of any nonprofit institution with | 219 |
a certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio board of regents | 220 |
pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code or the governing | 221 |
authority of a private institution governed by the board of | 222 |
regents under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code may notify the | 223 |
board of regents that it is making itself subject to divisions (A) | 224 |
and (B) of this section. Upon receipt of such a notice, these | 225 |
divisions shall apply to that institution. | 226 |
Sec. 3333.046. Any institution that grants baccalaureate or | 227 |
master's degrees approved by the board of regents under division | 228 |
(C) of section 3332.05 of the Revised Code on the effective date | 229 |
of this section, that is accredited by the appropriate regional | 230 |
and, when appropriate, professional accrediting associations | 231 |
within whose jurisdiction it falls, and that is operated by a | 232 |
for-profit corporation may apply to be governed exclusively by the | 233 |
Ohio board of regents. The board shall determine the applicable | 234 |
accreditations that each applicant institution is required to | 235 |
possess under this section. | 236 |
Application shall be made in writing to the board of regents | 237 |
by the highest ranking officer of the corporation whose office is | 238 |
in this state. The board may accept or reject the application. If | 239 |
the board decides to accept the application, the board shall | 240 |
assume regulation of all the programs of the institution in | 241 |
accordance with Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code and the | 242 |
institution ceases to be subject to any regulation under Chapter | 243 |
3332 of the Revised Code. | 244 |
Upon acceptance of the application, the board of regents | 245 |
shall notify the officer of the corporation and the state board of | 246 |
proprietary school registration of the effective date of the | 247 |
institution's governance exclusively by the board of regents. | 248 |
Sec. 3333.12. (A) As used in this section: | 249 |
(1) "Eligible student" means an undergraduate student who | 250 |
is: | 251 |
(a) An Ohio resident; | 252 |
(b) Enrolled in either of the following: | 253 |
(i) An accredited institution of higher education in this | 254 |
state that meets the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights | 255 |
Act of 1964 and is state-assisted, is nonprofit and has a | 256 |
certificate of authorization from the Ohio board of regents | 257 |
pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code,
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certificate of registration from the state board of proprietary | 259 |
school registration and program authorization to award an | 260 |
associate or bachelor's degree, or is a private institution | 261 |
governed by the board of regents under section 3333.046 of the | 262 |
Revised Code. Students who attend an institution that holds a | 263 |
certificate of registration shall be enrolled in a program leading | 264 |
to an associate or bachelor's degree for which associate or | 265 |
bachelor's degree program the institution has program | 266 |
authorization issued under section 3332.05 of the Revised Code. | 267 |
(ii) A technical education program of at least two years' | 268 |
duration sponsored by a private institution of higher education in | 269 |
this state that meets the requirements of Title VI of the Civil | 270 |
Rights Act of 1964. | 271 |
(c) Enrolled as a full-time student or enrolled as a less | 272 |
than full-time student for the term expected to be the student's | 273 |
final term of enrollment and is enrolled for the number of credit | 274 |
hours necessary to complete the requirements of the program in | 275 |
which the student is enrolled. | 276 |
(2) "Gross income" includes all taxable and nontaxable | 277 |
income of the parents, the student, and the student's spouse, | 278 |
except income derived from an Ohio academic scholarship, income | 279 |
earned by the student between the last day of the spring term and | 280 |
the first day of the fall term, and other income exclusions | 281 |
designated by the board. Gross income may be verified to the | 282 |
board by the institution in which the student is enrolled using | 283 |
the federal financial aid eligibility verification process or by | 284 |
other means satisfactory to the board. | 285 |
(3) "Resident," "full-time student," "dependent," | 286 |
"financially independent," and "accredited" shall be defined by | 287 |
rules adopted by the board. | 288 |
(B) The Ohio board of regents shall establish and administer | 289 |
an instructional grant program and may adopt rules to carry out | 290 |
this section. The general assembly shall support the | 291 |
instructional grant program by such sums and in such manner as it | 292 |
may provide, but the board may also receive funds from other | 293 |
sources to support the program. If the amounts available for | 294 |
support of the program are inadequate to provide grants to all | 295 |
eligible students, preference in the payment of grants shall be | 296 |
given in terms of income, beginning with the lowest income | 297 |
category of gross income and proceeding upward by category to the | 298 |
highest gross income category. | 299 |
An instructional grant shall be paid to an eligible student | 300 |
through the institution in which the student is enrolled, except | 301 |
that no instructional grant shall be paid to any person serving a | 302 |
term of imprisonment. Applications for such grants shall be made | 303 |
as prescribed by the board, and such applications may be made in | 304 |
conjunction with and upon the basis of information provided in | 305 |
conjunction with student assistance programs funded by agencies of | 306 |
the United States government or from financial resources of the | 307 |
institution of higher education. The institution shall certify | 308 |
that the student applicant meets the requirements set forth in | 309 |
divisions (A)(1)(b) and (c) of this section. Instructional grants | 310 |
shall be provided to an eligible student only as long as the | 311 |
student is making appropriate progress toward a nursing diploma or | 312 |
an associate or bachelor's degree. No student shall be eligible | 313 |
to receive a grant for more than ten semesters, fifteen quarters, | 314 |
or the equivalent of five academic years. A grant made to an | 315 |
eligible student on the basis of less than full-time enrollment | 316 |
shall be based on the number of credit hours for which the student | 317 |
is enrolled and shall be computed in accordance with a formula | 318 |
adopted by the board. No student shall receive more than one | 319 |
grant on the basis of less than full-time enrollment. | 320 |
An instructional grant shall not exceed the total | 321 |
instructional and general charges of the institution. | 322 |
(C) The tables in this division prescribe the maximum grant | 323 |
amounts covering two semesters, three quarters, or a comparable | 324 |
portion of one academic year. Grant amounts for additional terms | 325 |
in the same academic year shall be determined under division (D) | 326 |
of this section. | 327 |
For a full-time student who is a dependent and enrolled in a | 328 |
nonprofit educational institution that is not a state-assisted | 329 |
institution and that has a certificate of authorization issued | 330 |
pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, the amount of the | 331 |
instructional grant for two semesters, three quarters, or a | 332 |
comparable portion of the academic year shall be determined in | 333 |
accordance with the following table: | 334 |
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Maximum Grant $4,872 | 336 | ||
Gross Income | Number of Dependents | 337 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or more | 338 |
Under $13,001 | $4,872 | $4,872 | $4,872 | $4,872 | $4,872 | 339 | ||||||
$13,001 - $14,000 | 4,386 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 340 | ||||||
$14,001 - $15,000 | 3,888 | 4,386 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 341 | ||||||
$15,001 - $16,000 | 3,408 | 3,888 | 4,386 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 342 | ||||||
$16,001 - $17,000 | 2,928 | 3,408 | 3,888 | 4,386 | 4,872 | 343 | ||||||
$17,001 - $20,000 | 2,442 | 2,928 | 3,408 | 3,888 | 4,386 | 344 | ||||||
$20,001 - $23,000 | 1,944 | 2,442 | 2,928 | 3,408 | 3,888 | 345 | ||||||
$23,001 - $26,000 | 1,452 | 1,944 | 2,442 | 2,928 | 3,408 | 346 | ||||||
$26,001 - $29,000 | 1,200 | 1,452 | 1,944 | 2,442 | 2,928 | 347 | ||||||
$29,001 - $30,000 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,452 | 1,944 | 2,442 | 348 | ||||||
$30,001 - $31,000 | 882 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,452 | 1,944 | 349 | ||||||
$31,001 - $32,000 | 792 | 882 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,452 | 350 | ||||||
$32,001 - $33,000 | 396 | 792 | 882 | 966 | 1,200 | 351 | ||||||
$33,001 - $34,000 | -0- | 396 | 792 | 882 | 966 | 352 | ||||||
$34,001 - $35,000 | -0- | -0- | 396 | 792 | 882 | 353 | ||||||
$35,001 - $36,000 | -0- | -0- | -0- | 396 | 792 | 354 | ||||||
$36,001 - $37,000 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 396 | 355 | ||||||
Over $37,000 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 356 |
For a full-time student who is financially independent and | 357 |
enrolled in a nonprofit educational institution that is not a | 358 |
state-assisted institution and that has a certificate of | 359 |
authorization issued pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised | 360 |
Code, the amount of the instructional grant for two semesters, | 361 |
three quarters, or a comparable portion of the academic year shall | 362 |
be determined in accordance with the following table: | 363 |
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Maximum Grant $4,872 | 365 | ||
Gross Income | Number of Dependents | 366 |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or more | 367 |
Under $4,201 | $4,872 | $4,872 | $4,872 | $4,872 | $4,872 | $4,872 | 368 | ||||
$4,201 - $4,800 | 4,386 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 369 | ||||
$4,801 - $5,300 | 3,888 | 4,386 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 370 | ||||
$5,301 - $5,800 | 3,408 | 3,888 | 4,386 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 371 | ||||
$5,801 - $6,300 | 2,928 | 3,408 | 3,888 | 4,386 | 4,872 | 4,872 | 372 | ||||
$6,301 - $6,800 | 2,442 | 2,928 | 3,408 | 3,888 | 4,386 | 4,872 | 373 | ||||
$6,801 - $7,800 | 1,944 | 2,442 | 2,928 | 3,408 | 3,888 | 4,386 | 374 | ||||
$7,801 - $8,800 | 1,452 | 1,944 | 2,442 | 2,928 | 3,408 | 3,888 | 375 | ||||
$8,801 - $9,800 | 1,200 | 1,452 | 1,944 | 2,442 | 2,928 | 3,408 | 376 | ||||
$9,801 - $11,300 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,452 | 1,944 | 2,442 | 2,928 | 377 | ||||
$11,301 - $12,800 | 882 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,452 | 1,944 | 2,442 | 378 | ||||
$12,801 - $14,300 | 792 | 882 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,452 | 1,944 | 379 | ||||
$14,301 - $15,800 | 396 | 792 | 882 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,452 | 380 | ||||
$15,801 - $18,800 | -0- | 396 | 792 | 882 | 966 | 1,200 | 381 | ||||
$18,801 - $21,800 | -0- | -0- | 396 | 792 | 882 | 966 | 382 | ||||
$21,801 - $24,800 | -0- | -0- | -0- | 396 | 792 | 882 | 383 | ||||
$24,801 - $29,500 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 396 | 792 | 384 | ||||
$29,501 - $34,500 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 396 | 385 | ||||
Over $34,500 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 386 |
For a full-time student who is a dependent and enrolled in an | 387 |
educational institution that holds a certificate of registration | 388 |
from the state board of proprietary school registration or a | 389 |
private institution governed by the board of regents under section | 390 |
3333.046 of the Revised Code, the amount of the instructional | 391 |
grant for two semesters, three quarters, or a comparable portion | 392 |
of the academic year shall be determined in accordance with the | 393 |
following table: | 394 |
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Maximum Grant $4,128 | 396 | ||
Gross Income | Number of Dependents | 397 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or more | 398 |
Under $13,001 | $4,128 | $4,128 | $4,128 | $4,128 | $4,128 | 399 | ||||||
$13,001 - $14,000 | 3,726 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 400 | ||||||
$14,001 - $15,000 | 3,288 | 3,726 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 401 | ||||||
$15,001 - $16,000 | 2,874 | 3,288 | 3,726 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 402 | ||||||
$16,001 - $17,000 | 2,490 | 2,874 | 3,288 | 3,726 | 4,128 | 403 | ||||||
$17,001 - $20,000 | 2,046 | 2,490 | 2,874 | 3,288 | 3,726 | 404 | ||||||
$20,001 - $23,000 | 1,656 | 2,046 | 2,490 | 2,874 | 3,288 | 405 | ||||||
$23,001 - $26,000 | 1,266 | 1,656 | 2,046 | 2,490 | 2,874 | 406 | ||||||
$26,001 - $29,000 | 1,014 | 1,266 | 1,656 | 2,046 | 2,490 | 407 | ||||||
$29,001 - $30,000 | 810 | 1,014 | 1,266 | 1,656 | 2,046 | 408 | ||||||
$30,001 - $31,000 | 762 | 810 | 1,014 | 1,266 | 1,656 | 409 | ||||||
$31,001 - $32,000 | 672 | 762 | 810 | 1,014 | 1,266 | 410 | ||||||
$32,001 - $33,000 | 336 | 672 | 762 | 810 | 1,014 | 411 | ||||||
$33,001 - $34,000 | -0- | 336 | 672 | 762 | 810 | 412 | ||||||
$34,001 - $35,000 | -0- | -0- | 336 | 672 | 762 | 413 | ||||||
$35,001 - $36,000 | -0- | -0- | -0- | 336 | 672 | 414 | ||||||
$36,001 - $37,000 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 336 | 415 | ||||||
Over $37,000 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 416 |
For a full-time student who is financially independent and | 417 |
enrolled in an educational institution that holds a certificate of | 418 |
registration from the state board of proprietary school | 419 |
registration or a private institution governed by the board of | 420 |
regents under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code, the amount of | 421 |
the instructional grant for two semesters, three quarters, or a | 422 |
comparable portion of the academic year shall be determined in | 423 |
accordance with the following table: | 424 |
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Maximum Grant $4,128 | 426 | ||
Gross Income | Number of Dependents | 427 |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or more | 428 |
Under $4,201 | $4,128 | $4,128 | $4,128 | $4,128 | $4,128 | $4,128 | 429 | ||||
$4,201 - $4,800 | 3,726 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 430 | ||||
$4,801 - $5,300 | 3,288 | 3,726 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 431 | ||||
$5,301 - $5,800 | 2,874 | 3,288 | 3,726 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 432 | ||||
$5,801 - $6,300 | 2,490 | 2,874 | 3,288 | 3,726 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 433 | ||||
$6,301 - $6,800 | 2,046 | 2,490 | 2,874 | 3,288 | 3,726 | 4,128 | 434 | ||||
$6,801 - $7,800 | 1,656 | 2,046 | 2,490 | 2,874 | 3,288 | 3,726 | 435 | ||||
$7,801 - $8,800 | 1,266 | 1,656 | 2,046 | 2,490 | 2,874 | 3,288 | 436 | ||||
$8,801 - $9,800 | 1,014 | 1,266 | 1,656 | 2,046 | 2,490 | 2,874 | 437 | ||||
$9,801 - $11,300 | 810 | 1,014 | 1,266 | 1,656 | 2,046 | 2,490 | 438 | ||||
$11,301 - $12,800 | 762 | 810 | 1,014 | 1,266 | 1,656 | 2,046 | 439 | ||||
$12,801 - $14,300 | 672 | 762 | 810 | 1,014 | 1,266 | 1,656 | 440 | ||||
$14,301 - $15,800 | 336 | 672 | 762 | 810 | 1,014 | 1,266 | 441 | ||||
$15,801 - $18,800 | -0- | 336 | 672 | 762 | 810 | 1,014 | 442 | ||||
$18,801 - $21,800 | -0- | -0- | 336 | 672 | 762 | 810 | 443 | ||||
$21,801 - $24,800 | -0- | -0- | -0- | 336 | 672 | 762 | 444 | ||||
$24,801 - $29,500 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 336 | 672 | 445 | ||||
$29,501 - $34,500 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 336 | 446 | ||||
Over $34,500 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 447 |
For a full-time student who is a dependent and enrolled in a | 448 |
state-assisted educational institution, the amount of the | 449 |
instructional grant for two semesters, three quarters, or a | 450 |
comparable portion of the academic year shall be determined in | 451 |
accordance with the following table: | 452 |
453 |
Maximum Grant $1,956 | 454 | ||
Gross Income | Number of Dependents | 455 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or more | 456 |
Under $13,001 | $1,956 | $1,956 | $1,956 | $1,956 | $1,956 | 457 | ||||||
$13,001 - $14,000 | 1,764 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 458 | ||||||
$14,001 - $15,000 | 1,554 | 1,764 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 459 | ||||||
$15,001 - $16,000 | 1,380 | 1,554 | 1,764 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 460 | ||||||
$16,001 - $17,000 | 1,182 | 1,380 | 1,554 | 1,764 | 1,956 | 461 | ||||||
$17,001 - $20,000 | 966 | 1,182 | 1,380 | 1,554 | 1,764 | 462 | ||||||
$20,001 - $23,000 | 774 | 966 | 1,182 | 1,380 | 1,554 | 463 | ||||||
$23,001 - $26,000 | 582 | 774 | 966 | 1,182 | 1,380 | 464 | ||||||
$26,001 - $29,000 | 468 | 582 | 774 | 966 | 1,182 | 465 | ||||||
$29,001 - $30,000 | 378 | 468 | 582 | 774 | 966 | 466 | ||||||
$30,001 - $31,000 | 348 | 378 | 468 | 582 | 774 | 467 | ||||||
$31,001 - $32,000 | 318 | 348 | 378 | 468 | 582 | 468 | ||||||
$32,001 - $33,000 | 162 | 318 | 348 | 378 | 468 | 469 | ||||||
$33,001 - $34,000 | -0- | 162 | 318 | 348 | 378 | 470 | ||||||
$34,001 - $35,000 | -0- | -0- | 162 | 318 | 348 | 471 | ||||||
$35,001 - $36,000 | -0- | -0- | -0- | 162 | 318 | 472 | ||||||
$36,001 - $37,000 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 162 | 473 | ||||||
Over $37,000 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 474 |
For a full-time student who is financially independent and | 475 |
enrolled in a state-assisted educational institution, the amount | 476 |
of the instructional grant for two semesters, three quarters, or a | 477 |
comparable portion of the academic year shall be determined in | 478 |
accordance with the following table: | 479 |
480 |
Maximum Grant $1,956 | 481 | ||
Gross Income | Number of Dependents | 482 |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or more | 483 |
Under $4,201 | $1,956 | $1,956 | $1,956 | $1,956 | $1,956 | $1,956 | 484 | ||||
$4,201 - $4,800 | 1,764 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 485 | ||||
$4,801 - $5,300 | 1,554 | 1,764 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 486 | ||||
$5,301 - $5,800 | 1,380 | 1,554 | 1,764 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 487 | ||||
$5,801 - $6,300 | 1,182 | 1,380 | 1,554 | 1,764 | 1,956 | 1,956 | 488 | ||||
$6,301 - $6,800 | 966 | 1,182 | 1,380 | 1,554 | 1,764 | 1,956 | 489 | ||||
$6,801 - $7,800 | 774 | 966 | 1,182 | 1,380 | 1,554 | 1,764 | 490 | ||||
$7,801 - $8,800 | 582 | 774 | 966 | 1,182 | 1,380 | 1,554 | 491 | ||||
$8,801 - $9,800 | 468 | 582 | 774 | 966 | 1,182 | 1,380 | 492 | ||||
$9,801 - $11,300 | 378 | 468 | 582 | 774 | 966 | 1,182 | 493 | ||||
$11,301 - $12,800 | 348 | 378 | 468 | 582 | 774 | 966 | 494 | ||||
$12,801 - $14,300 | 318 | 348 | 378 | 468 | 582 | 774 | 495 | ||||
$14,301 - $15,800 | 162 | 318 | 348 | 378 | 468 | 582 | 496 | ||||
$15,801 - $18,800 | -0- | 162 | 318 | 348 | 378 | 468 | 497 | ||||
$18,801 - $21,800 | -0- | -0- | 162 | 318 | 348 | 378 | 498 | ||||
$21,801 - $24,800 | -0- | -0- | -0- | 162 | 318 | 348 | 499 | ||||
$24,801 - $29,500 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 162 | 318 | 500 | ||||
$29,501 - $34,500 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 162 | 501 | ||||
Over $34,500 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | 502 |
(D) For a full-time student enrolled in an eligible | 503 |
institution for a semester or quarter in addition to the portion | 504 |
of the academic year covered by a grant determined under division | 505 |
(C) of this section, the maximum grant amount shall be a | 506 |
percentage of the maximum prescribed in the applicable table of | 507 |
that division. The maximum grant for a fourth quarter shall be | 508 |
one-third of the maximum amount prescribed under that division. | 509 |
The maximum grant for a third semester shall be one-half of the | 510 |
maximum amount prescribed under that division. | 511 |
(E) No grant shall be made to any student in a course of | 512 |
study in theology, religion, or other field of preparation for a | 513 |
religious profession unless such course of study leads to an | 514 |
accredited bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, associate of | 515 |
arts, or associate of science degree. | 516 |
(F)(1) Except as provided in division (F)(2) of this | 517 |
section, no grant shall be made to any student for enrollment | 518 |
during a fiscal year in an institution with a cohort default rate | 519 |
determined by the United States secretary of education pursuant to | 520 |
the "Higher Education Amendments of 1986," 100 Stat. 1278, 1408, | 521 |
20 U.S.C.A. 1085, as amended, as of the fifteenth day of June | 522 |
preceding the fiscal year, equal to or greater than thirty per | 523 |
cent for each of the preceding two fiscal years. | 524 |
(2) Division (F)(1) of this section does not apply to the | 525 |
following: | 526 |
(a) Any student enrolled in an institution that under the | 527 |
federal law appeals its loss of eligibility for federal financial | 528 |
aid and the United States secretary of education determines its | 529 |
cohort default rate after recalculation is lower than the rate | 530 |
specified in division (F)(1) of this section or the secretary | 531 |
determines due to mitigating circumstances the institution may | 532 |
continue to participate in federal financial aid programs. The | 533 |
board shall adopt rules requiring institutions to provide | 534 |
information regarding an appeal to the board. | 535 |
(b) Any student who has previously received a grant under | 536 |
this section who meets all other requirements of this section. | 537 |
(3) The board shall adopt rules for the notification of all | 538 |
institutions whose students will be ineligible to participate in | 539 |
the grant program pursuant to division (F)(1) of this section. | 540 |
(4) A student's attendance at an institution whose students | 541 |
lose eligibility for grants under division (F)(1) of this section | 542 |
shall not affect that student's eligibility to receive a grant | 543 |
when enrolled in another institution. | 544 |
(G) Institutions of higher education that enroll students | 545 |
receiving instructional grants under this section shall report to | 546 |
the board all students who have received instructional grants but | 547 |
are no longer eligible for all or part of such grants and shall | 548 |
refund any moneys due the state within thirty days after the | 549 |
beginning of the quarter or term immediately following the quarter | 550 |
or term in which the student was no longer eligible to receive all | 551 |
or part of the student's grant. There shall be an interest charge | 552 |
of one per cent per month on all moneys due and payable after such | 553 |
thirty-day period. The board shall immediately notify the office | 554 |
of budget and management and
| 555 |
legislative service commission of all refunds so received. | 556 |
Sec. 3333.18. The Ohio board of regents may enter into | 557 |
contracts with the appropriate agency in a contiguous state | 558 |
whereby financial aids from the funds of each state may be used by | 559 |
qualified student recipients to attend approved post-secondary | 560 |
educational institutions in the other state. Approved | 561 |
institutions in Ohio are those that are state-assisted or are | 562 |
nonprofit and have received certificates of authorization from the | 563 |
Ohio board of regents pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised | 564 |
Code, or are private institutions governed by the board of regents | 565 |
under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code. Eligible | 566 |
post-secondary educational institutions in the contiguous state | 567 |
shall be similarly approved by the appropriate agency of that | 568 |
state. In formulating and executing such contracts with a | 569 |
contiguous state, the board shall assure that the total cost to | 570 |
this state approximates the total cost to the contiguous state. | 571 |
Any contract entered into under this section shall be subject to | 572 |
the periodic review of, and approval by, the controlling board. | 573 |
Sec. 3333.21. As used in sections 3333.21 to 3333.23 of the | 574 |
Revised Code, "term" and "academic year" mean "term" and "academic | 575 |
year" as defined by the Ohio board of regents. | 576 |
The board shall establish and administer an academic | 577 |
scholarship program. Under the program, a total of one thousand | 578 |
new scholarships shall be awarded annually in the amount of two | 579 |
thousand dollars per award. At least one such new scholarship | 580 |
shall be awarded annually to a student in each public high school | 581 |
and joint vocational school and each nonpublic high school for | 582 |
which the state board of education prescribes minimum standards in | 583 |
accordance with section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. | 584 |
To be eligible for the award of a scholarship, a student | 585 |
shall be a resident of Ohio and shall be enrolled as a full-time | 586 |
undergraduate student in an Ohio institution of higher education | 587 |
that meets the requirements of Title VI of the "Civil Rights Act | 588 |
of 1964" and is state-assisted, is nonprofit and holds a | 589 |
certificate of authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the | 590 |
Revised Code, is a private institution governed by the board of | 591 |
regents under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code, or holds a | 592 |
certificate of registration and program authorization issued under | 593 |
section 3332.05 of the Revised Code and awards an associate or | 594 |
bachelor's degree. Students who attend an institution holding a | 595 |
certificate of registration shall be enrolled in a program leading | 596 |
to an associate or bachelor's degree for which associate or | 597 |
bachelor's degree program the institution has program | 598 |
authorization to offer the program issued under section 3332.05 of | 599 |
the Revised Code. | 600 |
"Resident" and "full-time student" shall be defined by board | 601 |
rule. | 602 |
The board shall award the scholarships on the basis of a | 603 |
formula designed by it to identify students with the highest | 604 |
capability for successful college study. The formula shall weigh | 605 |
the factor of achievement, as measured by grade point average, and | 606 |
the factor of ability, as measured by performance on a competitive | 607 |
examination specified by the board. Students receiving | 608 |
scholarships shall be known as "Ohio academic scholars." Annually, | 609 |
not later than the thirty-first day of July, the board shall | 610 |
report to the governor and the general assembly on the performance | 611 |
of current Ohio academic scholars and the effectiveness of its | 612 |
formula. | 613 |
Sec. 3333.26. (A) Any citizen of this state who has resided | 614 |
within the state for one year and who was in the active service of | 615 |
the United States as a soldier, sailor, nurse, or marine between | 616 |
April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, and who has been honorably | 617 |
discharged from such service, shall be admitted to any school, | 618 |
college, or university that receives state funds in support | 619 |
thereof, without being required to pay any tuition or | 620 |
matriculation fee, but is not relieved from the payment of | 621 |
laboratory or similar fees. | 622 |
(B)(1) As used in this division: | 623 |
(a) "Volunteer
| 624 |
given in division (B)(1) of section 146.01 of the Revised Code; | 625 |
(b) "Public service officer" means an Ohio
| 626 |
firefighter,
volunteer
| 627 |
member of the highway patrol, employee designated to exercise the | 628 |
powers of police officers pursuant to section 1545.13 of the | 629 |
Revised Code, or other peace officer as defined by division (B) of | 630 |
section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, or a person holding any | 631 |
equivalent position in another state; | 632 |
(c) "Qualified former spouse" means the former spouse of a | 633 |
public service officer who is the custodial parent of a minor | 634 |
child of that marriage pursuant to an order allocating the | 635 |
parental rights and responsibilities for care of the child issued | 636 |
pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised Code. | 637 |
(2) Any resident of this state who is under twenty-six years | 638 |
of age, or under thirty years of age if the resident has been | 639 |
honorably discharged from the armed services of the United States, | 640 |
and who is the child of a public service officer killed in the | 641 |
line of duty, and who is admitted to any state university or | 642 |
college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the | 643 |
Revised Code, community college, state community college, | 644 |
university branch, or technical college, shall not be required to | 645 |
pay any tuition or any student fee for up to four academic years | 646 |
of education, which shall be at the undergraduate level. | 647 |
(3) Any resident of this state who is the spouse or | 648 |
qualified former spouse of a public service officer killed in the | 649 |
line of duty, and who is admitted to any state university or | 650 |
college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the | 651 |
Revised Code, community college, state community college, | 652 |
university branch, or technical college, shall not be required to | 653 |
pay any tuition or any student fee for up to four academic years | 654 |
of education, which shall be at the undergraduate level. | 655 |
(C) Any institution that is not subject to division (B) of | 656 |
this section and that holds a valid certificate of registration | 657 |
issued under Chapter 3332., a valid certificate issued under | 658 |
Chapter 4709., or a valid license issued under Chapter 4713. of | 659 |
the Revised Code, or that is nonprofit and has a certificate of | 660 |
authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the Revised Code or | 661 |
that is a private institution governed by the board of regents | 662 |
under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code that reduces tuition | 663 |
and student fees of a student who is eligible to attend an | 664 |
institution of higher education under the provisions of division | 665 |
(B) of this section by an amount indicated by the Ohio board of | 666 |
regents shall be eligible to receive a grant in that amount from | 667 |
the board. Each institution that enrolls students under division | 668 |
(B) of this section shall report to the board, by the first day of | 669 |
July of each year, the number of students who were so enrolled and | 670 |
the average amount of all such tuition and fees waived during the | 671 |
preceding year. The board shall determine the average amount of | 672 |
all such tuition and fees waived during the preceding year. The | 673 |
average amount of tuition and fees waived under division (B) of | 674 |
this section during the preceding year shall be the amount of | 675 |
grants that participating institutions shall receive under this | 676 |
division during the current year, but no grant under this division | 677 |
shall exceed the tuition and student fees due and payable by the | 678 |
student prior to the reduction referred to in this division. Such | 679 |
grants shall be made for four years of undergraduate education of | 680 |
an eligible student. | 681 |
Sec. 3333.37. As used in sections 3333.37 to 3333.375 of the | 682 |
Revised Code, the following words and terms have the following | 683 |
meanings unless the context indicates a different meaning or | 684 |
intent: | 685 |
(A) "Cost of attendance" means all costs of a student | 686 |
incurred in connection with a program of study at an eligible | 687 |
institution, as determined by the institution, including tuition; | 688 |
instructional fees; room and board; books, computers, and | 689 |
supplies; and other related fees, charges, and expenses. | 690 |
(B)
"Eligible institution" means
| 691 |
(1) A state-assisted post-secondary educational institution | 692 |
within the state; | 693 |
(2) A nonprofit institution of higher education within the | 694 |
state that holds a certificate of authorization from the Ohio | 695 |
board of regents pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, | 696 |
that is accredited by the appropriate regional and, when | 697 |
appropriate, professional accrediting associations within whose | 698 |
jurisdiction it falls, is authorized to grant a bachelor's degree | 699 |
or higher, and satisfies other conditions as set forth in the | 700 |
policy guidelines; | 701 |
(3) A private institution governed by the board of regents | 702 |
under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code. | 703 |
(C) "Eligible student" means either of the following: | 704 |
(1) An undergraduate student who meets all of the following: | 705 |
(a) Is a resident of this state; | 706 |
(b) Has graduated from any Ohio secondary school for which | 707 |
the state board of education prescribes minimum standards in | 708 |
accordance with section 3301.07 of the Revised Code; | 709 |
(c) Is attending and in good standing, or has been accepted | 710 |
for attendance, at any eligible institution as a full-time student | 711 |
to pursue a bachelor's degree. | 712 |
(2) A graduate student who is a resident of this state, and | 713 |
is attending and in good standing, or has been accepted for | 714 |
attendance, at any eligible institution. | 715 |
(D) "Fellowship" or "fellowship program" means the Ohio | 716 |
priority needs fellowship created by sections 3333.37 to 3333.375 | 717 |
of the Revised Code. | 718 |
(E) "Full-time student" has the meaning as defined by rule of | 719 |
the Ohio board of regents. | 720 |
(F) "Ohio outstanding scholar" means a student who is the | 721 |
recipient of a scholarship under sections 3333.37 to 3333.375 of | 722 |
the Revised Code. | 723 |
(G) "Policy guidelines" means the rules adopted by the Ohio | 724 |
board of regents pursuant to section 3333.374 of the Revised Code. | 725 |
(H) "Priority needs fellow" means a student who is the | 726 |
recipient of a fellowship under sections 3333.37 to 3333.375 of | 727 |
the Revised Code. | 728 |
(I) "Priority needs field of study" means those academic | 729 |
majors and disciplines as determined by the Ohio board of regents | 730 |
that support the purposes and intent of sections 3333.37 to | 731 |
3333.375 of the Revised Code as described in section 3333.371 of | 732 |
the Revised Code. | 733 |
(J) "Scholarship" or "scholarship program" means the Ohio | 734 |
outstanding scholarship created by sections 3333.37 to 3333.375 of | 735 |
the Revised Code. | 736 |
Sec. 3365.01. As used in sections 3365.01 to 3365.10 of the | 737 |
Revised Code: | 738 |
(A) "College" means any state-assisted college or university | 739 |
described in section 3333.041 of the Revised Code, any nonprofit | 740 |
institution holding a certificate of authorization pursuant to | 741 |
Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, any private institution | 742 |
governed by the board of regents under section 3333.046 of the | 743 |
Revised Code, and any institution holding a certificate of | 744 |
registration from the state board of proprietary school | 745 |
registration and program authorization for an associate or | 746 |
bachelor's degree program issued under section 3332.05 of the | 747 |
Revised Code. | 748 |
(B) "School district," | 749 |
of this section, means any school district to which a student is | 750 |
admitted under section 3313.64, 3313.65, 3313.98, or 3317.08 of | 751 |
the Revised Code and does not include a joint vocational or | 752 |
cooperative education school district. | 753 |
(C) "Parent" has the same meaning as in section 3313.64 of | 754 |
the Revised Code. | 755 |
(D) "Participant" means a student enrolled in a college | 756 |
under the post-secondary enrollment options program established by | 757 |
this chapter. | 758 |
(E) "Secondary grade" means the ninth through twelfth | 759 |
grades. | 760 |
(F) "School foundation payments" means the amount required | 761 |
to be paid to a school district for a fiscal year under Chapter | 762 |
3317. of the Revised Code. | 763 |
(G) "Tuition base" means, with respect to a participant's | 764 |
school district, the formula amount defined in division (B) of | 765 |
section 3317.02 of the Revised Code multiplied by the district's | 766 |
cost-of-doing-business factor defined in division (N) of section | 767 |
3317.02 of the Revised Code. The participant's "school district" | 768 |
in the case of a participant enrolled in a community school shall | 769 |
be the school district in which the student is entitled to attend | 770 |
school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. | 771 |
(H) "Educational program" means enrollment in one or more | 772 |
school districts, in a nonpublic school, or in a college under | 773 |
division (B) of section 3365.04 of the Revised Code. | 774 |
(I) "Nonpublic school" means a chartered or nonchartered | 775 |
school for which minimum standards are prescribed by the state | 776 |
board of education pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of | 777 |
the Revised Code. | 778 |
(J) "School year" means the year beginning on the first day | 779 |
of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June. | 780 |
(K) "Community school" means any school established pursuant | 781 |
to Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that includes secondary | 782 |
grades. | 783 |
(L) "Community school payments" means payments made by the | 784 |
department of education to a community school pursuant to division | 785 |
(D) of section 3314.08 of the Revised Code. | 786 |
Sec. 3366.01. As used in this chapter, the following words | 787 |
and terms have the following meanings unless the context indicates | 788 |
a different meaning or intent: | 789 |
(A) "Bond proceedings" means the order, trust, agreement, | 790 |
indenture and other agreements, or amendments and supplements to | 791 |
the foregoing, or any one or more or combination thereof, | 792 |
authorizing or providing for the terms and conditions applicable | 793 |
to, or providing for the issuance, security, or liquidity of, | 794 |
obligations and the provisions contained in such obligations. | 795 |
(B) "Bond service charges" means principal, including | 796 |
mandatory sinking fund requirements for retirement of obligations, | 797 |
and interest, and redemption premium, if any, required to be paid | 798 |
on obligations. | 799 |
(C) "Bond service fund" means the applicable fund and | 800 |
accounts therein created in the bond proceedings for and pledged | 801 |
to the payment of bond service charges, including all moneys and | 802 |
investments, and earnings from investments, credited and to be | 803 |
credited thereto. | 804 |
(D) "Costs of attendance" means all costs of a student | 805 |
incurred in connection with a program of study at an eligible | 806 |
institution, as determined by the institution, including tuition; | 807 |
instructional fees; room and board; books, computers, and | 808 |
supplies; and other related fees, charges, and expenses. | 809 |
(E) "Designated administrator" means, with respect to all | 810 |
obligations issued prior to September 1, 1999, and to all | 811 |
nonfederal education loans, the nonprofit corporation designated | 812 |
on November 10, 1992, under division (D) of section 3351.07 of the | 813 |
Revised Code to operate exclusively for charitable and educational | 814 |
purposes by expanding access to higher education financing | 815 |
programs for students and families in need of student financial | 816 |
aid. For all other purposes, "designated administrator" means the | 817 |
Ohio corporation that is a subsidiary of the nonprofit corporation | 818 |
designated under division (D) of section 3351.07 of the Revised | 819 |
Code and that has agreed to enter into an administration agreement | 820 |
with the issuing authority and the director of development, or any | 821 |
other person that enters into an administration agreement with the | 822 |
issuing authority and the director of development. | 823 |
(F) "Education loan" means a loan made by an eligible lender | 824 |
pursuant to the policy guidelines to or for the benefit of a | 825 |
student for the purpose of financing part or all of the student's | 826 |
costs of attendance. | 827 |
(G) "Eligible borrower" means any of the following: | 828 |
(1) Individuals who are residents of the state, and who are | 829 |
attending and are in good standing in, or who have been accepted | 830 |
for attendance at, any eligible institution located in this state | 831 |
or elsewhere, on a part-time or full-time basis, to pursue an | 832 |
associate, baccalaureate, or advanced degree or a nursing diploma; | 833 |
(2) Individuals who reside outside the state and who have | 834 |
been accepted for attendance at, or who are attending and are in | 835 |
good standing in, any eligible institution located in this state, | 836 |
on a part-time or full-time basis, to pursue an associate, | 837 |
baccalaureate, or advanced degree or a nursing diploma; | 838 |
(3) Individuals who are parents or legal guardians of, or | 839 |
other persons, as set forth in the policy guidelines, borrowing | 840 |
under an education loan for the benefit of individuals meeting | 841 |
requirements set forth in division (G)(1) or (2) of this section, | 842 |
in order to assist them in paying costs of attendance. | 843 |
(H)(1) "Eligible institution" means an institution described | 844 |
in any of divisions
(H)(1)(a), (b),
| 845 |
that satisfies all of the requirements set forth in divisions | 846 |
(H)(2), (3), and (4) of this section. | 847 |
(a) The institution is a state-assisted post-secondary | 848 |
educational institution within this state. | 849 |
(b) The institution is a nonprofit institution within this | 850 |
state having a certificate of authorization from the Ohio board of | 851 |
regents pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code. | 852 |
(c) The institution is a post-secondary educational | 853 |
institution similar to one described in division (H)(1)(a) or (b) | 854 |
of this section that is located outside this state and that is | 855 |
similarly approved by the appropriate agency of that state. | 856 |
(d) The institution is a private institution governed by the | 857 |
board of regents under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code. | 858 |
(2) The institution is accredited by the appropriate | 859 |
regional and, when appropriate, professional accrediting | 860 |
associations within whose jurisdiction it falls. | 861 |
(3) The institution satisfies the eligibility requirements | 862 |
for participation in the federal family education loan program | 863 |
authorized under Title IV, Part B, of the "Higher Education Act of | 864 |
1965," 20 U.S.C.A. 1071 et seq., as amended, as long as that | 865 |
program remains in existence. | 866 |
(4) The institution satisfies the other conditions set forth | 867 |
in the policy guidelines. | 868 |
(I) "Eligible lender" means, with respect to lenders making | 869 |
nonfederal education loans, a bank, national banking association, | 870 |
savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union having | 871 |
an office in this state that satisfies the criteria for eligible | 872 |
lenders established pursuant to the policy guidelines. With | 873 |
respect to lenders making federal education loans, "eligible | 874 |
lender" means any person that is permitted to make loans under the | 875 |
federal family education loan program authorized under Title IV, | 876 |
Part B, of the "Higher Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C.A. 1071 et | 877 |
seq., as amended; that has an office in this state; and that | 878 |
satisfies the criteria for eligible lenders established pursuant | 879 |
to the policy guidelines. | 880 |
(J) "Federal education loan" means an education loan that is | 881 |
originated in compliance with the federal family education loan | 882 |
program authorized under Title IV, Part B, of the "Higher | 883 |
Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C.A. 1071 et seq., as amended. | 884 |
(K) "Governmental agency" means the state and any state | 885 |
department, division, commission, institution, or authority; the | 886 |
United States or any agency thereof; or any agency, commission, or | 887 |
authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or | 888 |
agreement; or any combination of the foregoing. | 889 |
(L) "Issuing authority" means the treasurer of state, or the | 890 |
officer who by law performs the functions of the treasurer of | 891 |
state. | 892 |
(M) "Nonfederal education loan" means any education loan | 893 |
that is not a federal education loan. | 894 |
(N) "Obligations" means the bonds, notes, or securities of | 895 |
this state issued by the issuing authority pursuant to this | 896 |
chapter. | 897 |
(O) "Person" means any individual, corporation, business | 898 |
trust, estate, trust, partnership, or association, any federal, | 899 |
state, interstate, regional, or local governmental agency, any | 900 |
subdivision of the state, or any combination of these. | 901 |
(P) "Pledged receipts" means, to the extent the following | 902 |
are pledged by the bond proceedings for the payment of bond | 903 |
service charges: all receipts representing moneys accruing from | 904 |
or in connection with the repayment of education loans, including | 905 |
interest and payments from any guarantee or insurance in respect | 906 |
to such education loans; accrued interest received from the sale | 907 |
of obligations; the balances in the special funds; income from the | 908 |
investment of the special funds; all right, title, and interest of | 909 |
the state and the designated administrator in the education loans | 910 |
and any guarantees or insurance in respect thereof, and any money | 911 |
representing the proceeds of obligations or any income from or | 912 |
interest on those proceeds; or any other gifts, grants, donations, | 913 |
and pledges and any income and receipts therefrom, available and | 914 |
pledged for the payment of bond service charges. | 915 |
(Q) "Policy guidelines" means the rules adopted pursuant to | 916 |
division (A) of section 3366.03 of the Revised Code. | 917 |
(R) "Proceeds loan" means the transfer, pursuant to a loan | 918 |
agreement or agency agreement, of the proceeds of the obligations, | 919 |
or the deposit of the proceeds of the obligations with a trustee | 920 |
in trust under a trust agreement, indenture, or other trust | 921 |
document under the bond proceedings pending their disbursement for | 922 |
the purposes authorized by this chapter. | 923 |
(S) "Resident" means any student who would qualify as a | 924 |
resident of this state for state subsidy and tuition surcharge | 925 |
purposes under rules adopted by the Ohio board of regents under | 926 |
section 3333.31 of the Revised Code. | 927 |
(T) "Special funds" or "funds" means the bond service fund | 928 |
and any other funds, including reserve funds, created under the | 929 |
bond proceedings, including all moneys and investments, and | 930 |
earnings from investment, credited and to be credited thereto. | 931 |
(U) "Student" means an individual described in division | 932 |
(G)(1) or (2) of this section who meets requirements established | 933 |
under the policy guidelines. "Student" includes dependent and | 934 |
independent undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. | 935 |
(V) "Subdivision" has the same meaning as in division (MM) | 936 |
of section 133.01 of the Revised Code. | 937 |
Sec. 5107.58. In accordance with a federal waiver granted by | 938 |
the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant | 939 |
to a request made under former section 5101.09 of the Revised | 940 |
Code, county departments of job and family services may establish | 941 |
and administer as a work activity for minor heads of households | 942 |
and adults participating in Ohio works first an education program | 943 |
under which the participant is enrolled full-time in | 944 |
post-secondary education leading to vocation at a state | 945 |
institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.031 of | 946 |
the Revised Code; a private nonprofit college or university that | 947 |
possesses a certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio board | 948 |
of regents pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, or is | 949 |
exempted by division (E) of section 1713.02 of the Revised Code | 950 |
from the requirement of a certificate; a school that holds a | 951 |
certificate of registration and program authorization issued by | 952 |
the state board of proprietary school registration under Chapter | 953 |
3332. of the Revised Code; a private institution governed by the | 954 |
board of regents under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code; or a | 955 |
school that has entered into a contract with the county department | 956 |
of job and family services. The participant shall make reasonable | 957 |
efforts, as determined by the county department, to obtain a loan, | 958 |
scholarship, grant, or other assistance to pay for the tuition, | 959 |
including a federal Pell grant under 20 U.S.C.A. 1070a and an Ohio | 960 |
instructional grant under section 3333.12 of the Revised Code. If | 961 |
the participant has made reasonable efforts but is unable to | 962 |
obtain sufficient assistance to pay the tuition the program may | 963 |
pay the tuition. On or after October 1, 1998, the county | 964 |
department may enter into a loan agreement with the participant to | 965 |
pay the tuition. The total period for which tuition is paid and | 966 |
loans made shall not exceed two years. If the participant, | 967 |
pursuant to division (B)(3) of section 5107.43 of the Revised | 968 |
Code, volunteers to participate in the education program for more | 969 |
hours each week than the participant is assigned to the program, | 970 |
the program may pay or the county department may loan the cost of | 971 |
the tuition for the additional voluntary hours as well as the cost | 972 |
of the tuition for the assigned number of hours. The participant | 973 |
may receive, for not more than three years, support services, | 974 |
including publicly funded child day-care under Chapter 5104. of | 975 |
the Revised Code and transportation, that the participant needs to | 976 |
participate in the program. To receive support services in the | 977 |
third year, the participant must be, as determined by the | 978 |
educational institution in which the participant is enrolled, in | 979 |
good standing with the institution. | 980 |
A county department that provides loans under this section | 981 |
shall establish procedures governing loan application for and | 982 |
approval and administration of loans granted pursuant to this | 983 |
section. | 984 |
Sec. 5910.04. Scholarships granted under sections 5910.01 to | 985 |
5910.06 of the Revised Code shall consist of either of the | 986 |
following: | 987 |
(A) An exemption from the payment of one hundred per cent of | 988 |
the general and instructional fees at colleges and universities | 989 |
which receive support from the state of Ohio and are approved by | 990 |
the chancellor of the board of regents, except that the percentage | 991 |
may be reduced by the war orphans scholarship board in any year | 992 |
that insufficient funds are appropriated to fully fund | 993 |
scholarships for all eligible students; | 994 |
(B) A grant to an eligible child who is enrolled in an | 995 |
institution that has received a certificate of authorization from | 996 |
the board of regents under Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, or a | 997 |
private institution governed by the board of regents under section | 998 |
3333.046 of the Revised Code, or
| 999 |
that has received a certificate of registration from the state | 1000 |
board of
proprietary school
| 1001 |
who attend an institution that holds a certificate of registration | 1002 |
shall be enrolled in either a program leading to an associate | 1003 |
degree or a program leading to a bachelor's degree for which | 1004 |
associate or bachelor's degree program the institution has | 1005 |
received program authorization issued under section 3332.05 of the | 1006 |
Revised Code to offer such degree program. The grant shall be paid | 1007 |
to the child through the institution in which the child is | 1008 |
enrolled, and shall equal one hundred per cent of the average | 1009 |
value of all scholarships granted under division (A) of this | 1010 |
section during the preceding year, except that the percentage may | 1011 |
be reduced by the war orphans scholarship board in any year that | 1012 |
insufficient funds are appropriated to fully fund scholarships for | 1013 |
all eligible students. In no case shall the grant exceed the | 1014 |
total general and instructional charges of the institution. | 1015 |
The board shall not reduce the percentage to be paid for | 1016 |
scholarships awarded pursuant to section 5910.032 of the Revised | 1017 |
Code below one hundred per cent. | 1018 |
Sec. 5919.34. (A) As used in this section: | 1019 |
(1) "Academic term" means any one of the following: | 1020 |
(a) Fall term, which consists of fall semester or fall | 1021 |
quarter, as appropriate; | 1022 |
(b) Winter term, which consists of winter semester, winter | 1023 |
quarter, or spring semester, as appropriate; | 1024 |
(c) Spring term, which consists of spring quarter; | 1025 |
(d) Summer term, which consists of summer semester or summer | 1026 |
quarter, as appropriate. | 1027 |
(2) "Eligible applicant" means any individual to whom all of | 1028 |
the following apply: | 1029 |
(a) The individual does not possess a baccalaureate degree. | 1030 |
(b) The individual has enlisted, re-enlisted, or extended | 1031 |
current enlistment in the Ohio national guard. | 1032 |
(c) The individual is actively enrolled as a full-time or | 1033 |
part-time student for at least six credit hours of course work in | 1034 |
a semester or quarter in a two-year or four-year degree-granting | 1035 |
program at an institution of higher education or in a | 1036 |
diploma-granting program at an institution of higher education | 1037 |
that is a school of nursing. | 1038 |
(d) The individual has not accumulated ninety-six | 1039 |
eligibility units under division (E) of this section. | 1040 |
(3) "Institution of higher education" means an Ohio | 1041 |
institution of higher education that is state-assisted, that is | 1042 |
nonprofit and has received a certificate of authorization from the | 1043 |
Ohio board of regents pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised | 1044 |
Code, that is a private institution governed by the board of | 1045 |
regents under section 3333.046 of the Revised Code, or that holds | 1046 |
a certificate of registration and program authorization issued by | 1047 |
the state board of proprietary school registration pursuant to | 1048 |
section 3332.05 of the Revised Code. | 1049 |
(4) "State university" has the same meaning as in section | 1050 |
3345.011 of the Revised Code. | 1051 |
(B)(1) There is hereby created a scholarship program to be | 1052 |
known as the Ohio national guard scholarship program. For the | 1053 |
fiscal year 2000, the number of participants in the program for | 1054 |
the fall term is limited to the equivalent of two thousand five | 1055 |
hundred full-time participants; the number of participants in the | 1056 |
program for the winter term is limited to the equivalent of two | 1057 |
thousand five hundred full-time participants; the number of | 1058 |
participants in the program for the spring term is limited to the | 1059 |
equivalent of one thousand six hundred seventy-five full-time | 1060 |
participants; and the number of participants in the program for | 1061 |
the summer term is limited to the equivalent of six hundred | 1062 |
full-time participants. Except as provided in division (B)(2) of | 1063 |
this section for the fiscal year 2001 and succeeding fiscal years, | 1064 |
the number of participants in the program for the fall term is | 1065 |
limited to the equivalent of three thousand five hundred full-time | 1066 |
participants; the number of participants in the program for the | 1067 |
winter term is limited to the equivalent of three thousand five | 1068 |
hundred full-time participants; the number of participants in the | 1069 |
program for the spring term is limited to the equivalent of two | 1070 |
thousand three hundred forty-five full-time participants; and the | 1071 |
number of participants in the program for the summer term is | 1072 |
limited to the equivalent of eight hundred full-time participants. | 1073 |
(2) After the application deadline for any academic term in | 1074 |
fiscal year 2001, the adjutant general may request the controlling | 1075 |
board, if sufficient appropriated funds are available, to approve | 1076 |
the following number of additional participants for that term: | 1077 |
(a) For the fall or winter academic term, up to the | 1078 |
equivalent of five hundred additional full-time participants; | 1079 |
(b) For the spring academic term, up to the equivalent of | 1080 |
three hundred seventy-five additional full-time participants; | 1081 |
(c) For the summer academic term, up to the equivalent of | 1082 |
one hundred twenty-five additional full-time participants. | 1083 |
(C) If the adjutant general estimates that appropriations | 1084 |
for all scholarships applied for under this section and likely to | 1085 |
be used during an academic term are inadequate for all eligible | 1086 |
applicants for that academic term to receive scholarships, the | 1087 |
adjutant general shall promptly inform all applicants not | 1088 |
receiving scholarships for that academic term of the next academic | 1089 |
term that appropriations will be adequate for the scholarships. | 1090 |
Any such eligible applicant may again apply for a scholarship | 1091 |
beginning that academic term if the applicant is in compliance | 1092 |
with all requirements established by this section and the adjutant | 1093 |
general for the program. The adjutant general shall process all | 1094 |
applications for scholarships for each academic term in the order | 1095 |
in which they are received. The scholarships shall be made | 1096 |
without regard to financial need. At no time shall one person be | 1097 |
placed in priority over another because of sex, race, or religion. | 1098 |
(D) Except as provided in division (H) of this section, for | 1099 |
each academic term that an eligible applicant is approved for a | 1100 |
scholarship under this section and remains a current member in | 1101 |
good standing of the Ohio national guard, the institution of | 1102 |
higher education in which the applicant is enrolled shall, if the | 1103 |
applicant's enlistment obligation extends beyond the end of that | 1104 |
academic term, be paid on the applicant's behalf the applicable | 1105 |
one of the following amounts: | 1106 |
(1) If the institution is state-assisted, an amount equal to | 1107 |
one hundred per cent of the institution's tuition charges; | 1108 |
(2) If the institution is a nonprofit private institution or | 1109 |
a private institution governed by the board of regents under | 1110 |
section 3333.046 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to one | 1111 |
hundred per cent of the average tuition charges of all state | 1112 |
universities; | 1113 |
(3) If the institution is an institution that holds a | 1114 |
certificate of registration from the state board of proprietary | 1115 |
school registration, the lesser of the following: | 1116 |
(a) An amount equal to one hundred per cent of the total | 1117 |
instructional and general charges of the institution; | 1118 |
(b) An amount equal to one hundred per cent of the average | 1119 |
tuition charges of all state universities. | 1120 |
(4) An eligible applicant's scholarship shall not be reduced | 1121 |
by the amount of that applicant's benefits under "the Montgomery | 1122 |
G.I. Bill Act of 1984," Pub. L. No. 98-525, 98 Stat. 2553 (1984). | 1123 |
(E) A scholarship recipient under this section shall be | 1124 |
entitled to receive scholarships under this section for the number | 1125 |
of quarters or semesters it takes the recipient to accumulate | 1126 |
ninety-six eligibility units as determined under divisions (E)(1) | 1127 |
to (3) of this section. | 1128 |
(1) To determine the maximum number of semesters or quarters | 1129 |
for which a recipient is entitled to a scholarship under this | 1130 |
section, the adjutant general shall convert a recipient's credit | 1131 |
hours of enrollment for each academic term into eligibility units | 1132 |
in accordance with the following table: | 1133 |
Number of | The following | The following | 1134 | |||
credit hours | number of | number of | 1135 | |||
of enrollment | eligibility | eligibility | 1136 | |||
in an academic | units if a | units if a | 1137 | |||
term | equals | semester | or | quarter | 1138 | |
12 or more hours | 12 units | 8 units | 1139 | |||
9 but less than 12 | 9 units | 6 units | 1140 | |||
6 but less than 9 | 6 units | 4 units | 1141 |
(2) A scholarship recipient under this section may continue | 1142 |
to apply for scholarships under this section until the recipient | 1143 |
has accumulated ninety-six eligibility units. | 1144 |
(3) If a scholarship recipient withdraws from courses prior | 1145 |
to the end of an academic term so that the recipient's enrollment | 1146 |
for that academic term is less than six credit hours, no | 1147 |
scholarship shall be paid on behalf of that person for that | 1148 |
academic term except that, if a scholarship has already been paid | 1149 |
on behalf of the person for that academic term, the adjutant | 1150 |
general shall add to that person's accumulated eligibility units | 1151 |
the number of eligibility units for which the scholarship was | 1152 |
paid. | 1153 |
(F) A scholarship recipient under this section who fails to | 1154 |
complete the term of enlistment, re-enlistment, or extension of | 1155 |
current enlistment the recipient was serving at the time a | 1156 |
scholarship was paid on behalf of the recipient under this section | 1157 |
is liable to the state for repayment of a percentage of all Ohio | 1158 |
national guard scholarships paid on behalf of the recipient under | 1159 |
this section, plus interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum | 1160 |
calculated from the dates the scholarships were paid. This | 1161 |
percentage shall equal the percentage of the current term of | 1162 |
enlistment, re-enlistment, or extension of enlistment a recipient | 1163 |
has not completed as of the date the recipient is discharged from | 1164 |
the Ohio national guard. | 1165 |
The attorney general may commence a civil action on behalf of | 1166 |
the adjutant general to recover the amount of the scholarships and | 1167 |
the interest provided for in this division and the expenses | 1168 |
incurred in prosecuting the action, including court costs and | 1169 |
reasonable attorney's fees. A scholarship recipient is not liable | 1170 |
under this division if the recipient's failure to complete the | 1171 |
term of enlistment being served at the time a scholarship was paid | 1172 |
on behalf of the recipient under this section is due to the | 1173 |
recipient's death; discharge from the national guard due to | 1174 |
disability; or the recipient's enlistment, for a term not less | 1175 |
than the recipient's remaining term in the national guard, in the | 1176 |
active component of the United States armed forces or the active | 1177 |
reserve component of the United States armed forces. | 1178 |
(G) On or before the first day of each academic term, the | 1179 |
adjutant general shall provide an eligibility roster to each | 1180 |
institution of higher education at which one or more scholarship | 1181 |
recipients have applied for enrollment. The institution shall use | 1182 |
the roster to certify the actual full-time or part-time enrollment | 1183 |
of each scholarship recipient listed as enrolled at the | 1184 |
institution and return the roster to the adjutant general within | 1185 |
thirty days after the first day of the academic term. The | 1186 |
adjutant general shall report to the Ohio board of regents the | 1187 |
number of students in the Ohio national guard scholarship program | 1188 |
at each institution of higher education. The Ohio board of | 1189 |
regents shall provide for payment of the appropriate number and | 1190 |
amount of scholarships to each institution of higher education | 1191 |
pursuant to division (D) of this section. The adjutant general | 1192 |
shall report on a quarterly basis to the director of budget and | 1193 |
management, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the | 1194 |
president of the senate the number of Ohio national guard | 1195 |
scholarship recipients and a projection of the cost of the program | 1196 |
for the remainder of the biennium. | 1197 |
(H) The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents and the | 1198 |
adjutant general may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the | 1199 |
Revised Code governing the administration and fiscal management of | 1200 |
the Ohio national gaurd scholarship program and the procedure by | 1201 |
which the Ohio board of regents and the department of the adjutant | 1202 |
general may modify the amount of scholarships a member receives | 1203 |
based on the amount other state financial aid a member recives. | 1204 |
(I) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 127.14 of the | 1205 |
Revised Code, the controlling board shall not transfer all or part | 1206 |
of any appropriation for the Ohio national guard scholarship | 1207 |
program. | 1208 |
Section 2. That existing sections 1713.02, 1713.03, 3332.02, | 1209 |
3333.042, 3333.043, 3333.12, 3333.18, 3333.21, 3333.26, 3333.37, | 1210 |
3365.01, 3366.01, 5107.58, 5910.04, and 5919.34 of the Revised | 1211 |
Code are hereby repealed. | 1212 |