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| To establish the Course and Program Sharing Network | 1 |
| and to make an appropriation. | 2 |
| Section 1. All items in this act are hereby appropriated as | 3 |
| designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit | 4 |
| of the General Revenue Fund. For all appropriations made in this | 5 |
| act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2014 and those | 6 |
| in the second column are for fiscal year 2015. The appropriations | 7 |
| made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made | 8 |
| for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium. | 9 |
| Appropriations |
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| General Revenue Fund | 11 |
| GRF | 235485 | Course and Program Sharing Network | $ | 459,500 | $ | 0 | 12 | ||||
| TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund | $ | 459,500 | $ | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS | $ | 459,500 | $ | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| COURSE AND PROGRAM SHARING NETWORK | 15 |
| The foregoing appropriation item 235485, Course and Program | 16 |
| Sharing Network, shall be used to support the Course and Program | 17 |
| Sharing Network administered by the Chancellor of the Board of | 18 |
| Regents. The Network shall consist of course-share programs that | 19 |
| share existing curricula, increase course availability, and avoid | 20 |
| unnecessary course duplication. Programs shall be developed | 21 |
| through agreements among Ohio colleges, universities, and adult | 22 |
| career centers. The Chancellor shall develop administrative rules | 23 |
| and procedures for course-share programs and the Network. | 24 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 235485, Course and | 25 |
| Program Sharing Network, $149,500 in fiscal year 2014 shall be | 26 |
| used by the Chancellor for the administration of the Course and | 27 |
| Program Sharing Network. | 28 |
| Of the foregoing appropriation item 235485, Course and | 29 |
| Program Sharing Network, $300,000 in fiscal year 2014 shall be | 30 |
| used by the Chancellor to provide incentive grants to pay a | 31 |
| portion of the cost of developing a course-share program. The | 32 |
| Chancellor shall develop rules and procedures for the distribution | 33 |
| of grants that will encourage network partners to establish course | 34 |
| sharing programs. | 35 |
| Section 2. Within the limits set forth in this act, the | 36 |
| Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts | 37 |
| indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation | 38 |
| made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which | 39 |
| appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from | 40 |
| appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as | 41 |
| though made in the main operating appropriations act of the 130th | 42 |
| General Assembly. | 43 |
| The appropriations made in this act are subject to all | 44 |
| provisions of the main operating appropriations act of the 130th | 45 |
| General Assembly that are generally applicable to such | 46 |
| appropriations. | 47 |
| Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act are not subject to | 48 |
| the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio Constitution, Article II, | 49 |
| Section 1d and section 1.471 of the Revised Code, these sections | 50 |
| go into immediate effect when this act becomes law. | 51 |