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| To amend sections 3333.38 and 3345.32 and to enact | 1 |
| section 3333.46 of the Revised Code to establish | 2 |
| the Career Training Workforce Development Grant | 3 |
| Program and to allocate a portion of casino | 4 |
| license fees to finance the program. | 5 |
| Section 1. That sections 3333.38 and 3345.32 be amended and | 6 |
| section 3333.46 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 3333.38. (A) As used in this section: | 8 |
| (1) "Institution of higher education" includes all of the | 9 |
| following: | 10 |
| (a) A state institution of higher education, as defined in | 11 |
| section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; | 12 |
| (b) A nonprofit institution issued a certificate of | 13 |
| authorization under Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code; | 14 |
| (c) A private institution exempt from regulation under | 15 |
| Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code, as prescribed in section | 16 |
| 3333.046 of the Revised Code; | 17 |
| (d) An institution of higher education with a certificate of | 18 |
| registration from the state board of career colleges and schools | 19 |
| under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code. | 20 |
| (2) "Student financial assistance supported by state funds" | 21 |
| includes assistance granted under sections 3315.33, 3333.12, | 22 |
| 3333.122, 3333.21, 3333.26, 3333.28, 3333.372, 3333.391, 3333.46, | 23 |
| 5910.03, 5910.032, and 5919.34 of the Revised Code, financed by an | 24 |
| award under the choose Ohio first scholarship program established | 25 |
| under section 3333.61 of the Revised Code, or financed by an award | 26 |
| under the Ohio co-op/internship program established under section | 27 |
| 3333.72 of the Revised Code, and any other post-secondary student | 28 |
| financial assistance supported by state funds. | 29 |
| (B) An individual who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or | 30 |
| is adjudicated a delinquent child for one of the following | 31 |
| violations shall be ineligible to receive any student financial | 32 |
| assistance supported by state funds at an institution of higher | 33 |
| education for two calendar years from the time the individual | 34 |
| applies for assistance of that nature: | 35 |
| (1) A violation of section 2917.02 or 2917.03 of the Revised | 36 |
| Code; | 37 |
| (2) A violation of section 2917.04 of the Revised Code that | 38 |
| is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; | 39 |
| (3) A violation of section 2917.13 of the Revised Code that | 40 |
| is a misdemeanor of the fourth or first degree and occurs within | 41 |
| the proximate area where four or more others are acting in a | 42 |
| course of conduct in violation of section 2917.11 of the Revised | 43 |
| Code. | 44 |
| (C) If an individual is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or is | 45 |
| adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a violation of | 46 |
| section 2917.02 or 2917.03 of the Revised Code, and if the | 47 |
| individual is enrolled in a state-supported institution of higher | 48 |
| education, the institution in which the individual is enrolled | 49 |
| shall immediately dismiss the individual. No state-supported | 50 |
| institution of higher education shall admit an individual of that | 51 |
| nature for one academic year after the individual applies for | 52 |
| admission to a state-supported institution of higher education. | 53 |
| This division does not limit or affect the ability of a | 54 |
| state-supported institution of higher education to suspend or | 55 |
| otherwise discipline its students. | 56 |
| Sec. 3333.46. (A) As used in this section, "eligible | 57 |
| student" means a student who meets both of the following | 58 |
| conditions: | 59 |
| (1) The student has an expected family contribution, as | 60 |
| defined by the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents under | 61 |
| section 3333.122 of the Revised Code, of two thousand one hundred | 62 |
| ninety dollars or less. | 63 |
| (2) The student is enrolled, in a bachelor's or associate's | 64 |
| degree program or course of study in the field of business | 65 |
| administration or management, finance, information technology or | 66 |
| application, health care, or hospitality, at either: | 67 |
| (a) A private institution that holds a certificate of | 68 |
| registration from the state board of career colleges and schools | 69 |
| under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code; | 70 |
| (b) A private institution exempt from regulation under | 71 |
| Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section | 72 |
| 3333.046 of the Revised Code. | 73 |
| (B) The career training workforce development grant program | 74 |
| is hereby established. Under the program, the director of | 75 |
| development shall award grants, in amounts determined by the | 76 |
| director, to eligible students. The director shall finance the | 77 |
| grants using twenty per cent of the total amount of the up front | 78 |
| casino license fees paid into the economic development programs | 79 |
| fund established in section 3772.17 of the Revised Code. | 80 |
| (C) The director shall prescribe, by rule adopted in | 81 |
| accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, procedures | 82 |
| necessary to carry out this section, including, but not limited | 83 |
| to, the following: | 84 |
| (1) Application procedures for a grant; | 85 |
| (2) Conditions and terms under which an eligible student may | 86 |
| receive a grant; | 87 |
| (3) Limitations on a grant award, including a maximum period | 88 |
| of time for which an eligible student may receive a grant; | 89 |
| (4) Calculations of the amount of a grant awarded to an | 90 |
| eligible student; | 91 |
| (5) Disbursement of grants to eligible students. | 92 |
| Sec. 3345.32. (A) As used in this section: | 93 |
| (1) "State university or college" means the institutions | 94 |
| described in section 3345.27 of the Revised Code and the | 95 |
| northeastern Ohio universities college of medicine. | 96 |
| (2) "Resident" has the meaning specified by rule of the | 97 |
| chancellor of the Ohio board of regents. | 98 |
| (3) "Statement of selective service status" means a statement | 99 |
| certifying one of the following: | 100 |
| (a) That the individual filing the statement has registered | 101 |
| with the selective service system in accordance with the "Military | 102 |
| Selective Service Act," 62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C. App. 453, as | 103 |
| amended; | 104 |
| (b) That the individual filing the statement is not required | 105 |
| to register with the selective service for one of the following | 106 |
| reasons: | 107 |
| (i) The individual is under eighteen or over twenty-six years | 108 |
| of age. | 109 |
| (ii) The individual is on active duty with the armed forces | 110 |
| of the United States other than for training in a reserve or | 111 |
| national guard unit. | 112 |
| (iii) The individual is a nonimmigrant alien lawfully in the | 113 |
| United States in accordance with section 101 (a)(15) of the | 114 |
| "Immigration and Nationality Act," 8 U.S.C. 1101, as amended. | 115 |
| (iv) The individual is not a citizen of the United States and | 116 |
| is a permanent resident of the Trust Territory of the Pacific | 117 |
| Islands or the Northern Mariana Islands. | 118 |
| (4) "Institution of higher education" means any eligible | 119 |
| institution approved by the United States department of education | 120 |
| pursuant to the "Higher Education Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 1219, as | 121 |
| amended, or any institution whose students are eligible for | 122 |
| financial assistance under any of the programs described by | 123 |
| division (E) of this section. | 124 |
| (B) The chancellor shall, by rule, specify the form of | 125 |
| statements of selective service status to be filed in compliance | 126 |
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with divisions (C) to | 127 |
| selective service status shall contain a section wherein a male | 128 |
| student born after December 31, 1959, certifies that the student | 129 |
| has registered with the selective service system in accordance | 130 |
| with the "Military Selective Service Act," 62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C. | 131 |
| App. 453, as amended. For those students not required to register | 132 |
| with the selective service, as specified in divisions (A)(2)(b)(i) | 133 |
| to (iv) of this section, a section shall be provided on the | 134 |
| statement of selective service status for the certification of | 135 |
| nonregistration and for an explanation of the reason for the | 136 |
| exemption. The chancellor may require that such statements be | 137 |
| accompanied by documentation specified by rule of the chancellor. | 138 |
| (C) A state university or college that enrolls in any course, | 139 |
| class, or program a male student born after December 31, 1959, who | 140 |
| has not filed a statement of selective service status with the | 141 |
| university or college shall, regardless of the student's | 142 |
| residency, charge the student any tuition surcharge charged | 143 |
| students who are not residents of this state. | 144 |
| (D) No male born after December 31, 1959, shall be eligible | 145 |
| to receive any loan, grant, scholarship, or other financial | 146 |
| assistance for educational expenses granted under section 3315.33, | 147 |
| 3333.12, 3333.122, 3333.21, 3333.22, 3333.26, 3333.391, 3333.46, | 148 |
| 5910.03, 5910.032, or 5919.34 of the Revised Code, financed by an | 149 |
| award under the choose Ohio first scholarship program established | 150 |
| under section 3333.61 of the Revised Code, or financed by an award | 151 |
| under the Ohio co-op/internship program established under section | 152 |
| 3333.72 of the Revised Code, unless that person has filed a | 153 |
| statement of selective service status with that person's | 154 |
| institution of higher education. | 155 |
| (E) If an institution of higher education receives a | 156 |
| statement from an individual certifying that the individual has | 157 |
| registered with the selective service system in accordance with | 158 |
| the "Military Selective Service Act," 62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C. App. | 159 |
| 453, as amended or that the individual is exempt from registration | 160 |
| for a reason other than that the individual is under eighteen | 161 |
| years of age, the institution shall not require the individual to | 162 |
| file any further statements. If it receives a statement certifying | 163 |
| that the individual is not required to register because the | 164 |
| individual is under eighteen years of age, the institution shall | 165 |
| require the individual to file a new statement of selective | 166 |
| service status each time the individual seeks to enroll for a new | 167 |
| academic term or makes application for a new loan or loan | 168 |
| guarantee or for any form of financial assistance for educational | 169 |
| expenses, until it receives a statement certifying that the | 170 |
| individual has registered with the selective service system or is | 171 |
| exempt from registration for a reason other than that the | 172 |
| individual is under eighteen years of age. | 173 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 3333.38 and 3345.32 of the | 174 |
| Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 175 |