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| To amend section 3333.07 and to enact section 3333.43 | 1 |
| of the Revised Code to require the Chancellor of | 2 |
| the Ohio Board of Regents to establish standards | 3 |
| and protocols for approving career-technical | 4 |
| planning districts to award associate degrees. | 5 |
| Section 1. That section 3333.07 be amended and section | 6 |
| 3333.43 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 3333.07. (A) Colleges, universities, and other | 8 |
| institutions of higher education which receive state assistance, | 9 |
| but are not supported primarily by the state, shall submit to the | 10 |
| chancellor of the Ohio board of regents such accounting of the | 11 |
| expenditure of state funds at such time and in such form as the | 12 |
| chancellor prescribes. | 13 |
| (B) No state institution of higher education shall establish | 14 |
| a new branch or academic center without the approval of the | 15 |
| chancellor. | 16 |
| (C) No state institution of higher education shall offer a | 17 |
| new degree or establish a new degree program without the approval | 18 |
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of the chancellor. | 19 |
| Revised Code, no degree approval shall be given for a technical | 20 |
| education program unless such program is offered by a state | 21 |
| assisted university, a university branch, a technical college, or | 22 |
| a community college. | 23 |
| (D) Any state college, university, or other state assisted | 24 |
| institution of higher education not complying with a | 25 |
| recommendation of the chancellor pursuant to division (F) or (G) | 26 |
| of section 3333.04 of the Revised Code shall so notify the | 27 |
| chancellor in writing within one hundred twenty days after receipt | 28 |
| of the recommendation, stating the reasons why it cannot or should | 29 |
| not comply. | 30 |
| (E) The officers, trustees, and employees of all institutions | 31 |
| of higher education which are state supported or state assisted | 32 |
| shall cooperate with the chancellor in supplying information | 33 |
| regarding their institutions, and advising and assisting the | 34 |
| chancellor on matters of higher education in this state in every | 35 |
| way possible when so requested by the chancellor. | 36 |
| (F) Persons associated with the public school systems in this | 37 |
| state, personnel of the state department of education, and members | 38 |
| of the state board of education shall provide such data about high | 39 |
| school students as are requested by the chancellor to aid in the | 40 |
| development of state higher education plans. | 41 |
| Sec. 3333.43. (A) As used in this section, "career-technical | 42 |
| planning district" means a school district or group of school | 43 |
| districts designated by the department of education as being | 44 |
| responsible for the planning for and provision of career-technical | 45 |
| education services to students within the district or group. | 46 |
| (B) The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents shall | 47 |
| establish standards and protocols by which the chancellor shall | 48 |
| approve career-technical planning districts to award associate | 49 |
| degrees to graduating high school students, and to adult learners, | 50 |
| who successfully complete courses of study that are substantially | 51 |
| similar to associate degree programs of community colleges, state | 52 |
| community colleges, and technical colleges. The standards and | 53 |
| protocols shall include: | 54 |
| (1) Specification of the types of associate degrees that | 55 |
| career-technical planning districts may offer; | 56 |
| (2) Minimum requirements for courses awarding credit toward | 57 |
| an associate degree; | 58 |
| (3) Qualifications that a career-technical planning district | 59 |
| must meet, including accreditation requirements for each type of | 60 |
| associate degree authorized. | 61 |
| (C) A career-technical planning district seeking approval to | 62 |
| issue associate degrees shall apply to the chancellor for approval | 63 |
| in the manner prescribed by the chancellor. Each district | 64 |
| receiving approval shall file an annual report with the chancellor | 65 |
| in the form and containing the information prescribed by the | 66 |
| chancellor. | 67 |
| (D) The chancellor shall adopt a rule in accordance with | 68 |
| Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing fees to pay the cost | 69 |
| of reviewing an application from a career-technical planning | 70 |
| district for approval to award associate degrees, which the | 71 |
| district shall pay when it applies for approval, and establishing | 72 |
| fees that a district shall pay for any further reviews the | 73 |
| chancellor determines necessary after examining a district's | 74 |
| annual report. | 75 |
| (E) The chancellor shall establish criteria, policies, and | 76 |
| procedures that enable students to transfer courses completed | 77 |
| through an associate degree program offered by a career-technical | 78 |
| planning district to a state institution of higher education | 79 |
| without unnecessary duplication or institutional barriers. | 80 |
| Section 2. That existing section 3333.07 of the Revised Code | 81 |
| is hereby repealed. | 82 |