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S. B. No. 256 As IntroducedAs Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Widener, Stewart, Niehaus, Coughlin, Faber, Morano, Cafaro, Strahorn, Miller, R., Schiavoni
A BILL
To amend sections 3333.38 and 3345.32 and to enact
sections 3333.46 and 3333.47 of the Revised Code
to establish the Career Training Workforce
Development Grant Program and to allocate a
portion of casino license fees to finance the
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3333.38 and 3345.32 be amended and
sections 3333.46 and 3333.47 of the Revised Code be enacted to
read as follows:
Sec. 3333.38. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Institution of higher education" includes all of the
following:
(a) A state institution of higher education, as defined in
section 3345.011 of the Revised Code;
(b) A nonprofit institution issued a certificate of
authorization under Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code;
(c) A private institution exempt from regulation under
Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code, as prescribed in section
3333.046 of the Revised Code;
(d) An institution of higher education with a certificate of
registration from the state board of career colleges and schools
under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code.
(2) "Student financial assistance supported by state funds"
includes assistance granted under sections 3315.33, 3333.12,
3333.122, 3333.21, 3333.26, 3333.28, 3333.372, 3333.391, 3333.46,
5910.03, 5910.032, and 5919.34 of the Revised Code, financed by an
award under the choose Ohio first scholarship program established
under section 3333.61 of the Revised Code, or financed by an award
under the Ohio co-op/internship program established under section
3333.72 of the Revised Code, and any other post-secondary student
financial assistance supported by state funds.
(B) An individual who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or
is adjudicated a delinquent child for one of the following
violations shall be ineligible to receive any student financial
assistance supported by state funds at an institution of higher
education for two calendar years from the time the individual
applies for assistance of that nature:
(1) A violation of section 2917.02 or 2917.03 of the Revised
Code;
(2) A violation of section 2917.04 of the Revised Code that
is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree;
(3) A violation of section 2917.13 of the Revised Code that
is a misdemeanor of the fourth or first degree and occurs within
the proximate area where four or more others are acting in a
course of conduct in violation of section 2917.11 of the Revised
Code.
(C) If an individual is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or is
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a violation of
section 2917.02 or 2917.03 of the Revised Code, and if the
individual is enrolled in a state-supported institution of higher
education, the institution in which the individual is enrolled
shall immediately dismiss the individual. No state-supported
institution of higher education shall admit an individual of that
nature for one academic year after the individual applies for
admission to a state-supported institution of higher education.
This division does not limit or affect the ability of a
state-supported institution of higher education to suspend or
otherwise discipline its students.
Sec. 3333.46. (A) As used in this section, "eligible
student" means a student who meets both of the following
conditions:
(1) The student has an expected family contribution, as
defined by the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents under
section 3333.122 of the Revised Code, of two thousand one hundred
ninety dollars or less.
(2) The student is enrolled, in a bachelor's or associate's
degree program or course of study in the fields of business
administration or management, finance, information technology or
application, health care, or hospitality, at either:
(a) A private institution that holds a certificate of
registration from the state board of career colleges and schools
under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code;
(b) A private institution exempt from regulation under
Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section
3333.046 of the Revised Code.
(B) The career training workforce development grant program
is hereby established. The director of development shall
administer the program and shall award grants, in amounts
determined by the director, to eligible students using moneys from
the career training workforce development grant fund established
in section 3333.47 of the Revised Code.
(C) The director shall prescribe, by rule adopted in
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, procedures
necessary to carry out this section, including, but not limited
to, the following:
(1) Application procedures for a grant;
(2) Conditions and terms under which an eligible student may
receive a grant;
(3) Limitations on a grant award, including a maximum period
of time for which an eligible student may receive a grant;
(4) Calculations of the amount of a grant awarded to an
eligible student;
(5) Disbursement of grants to eligible students.
Sec. 3333.47. The career training workforce development
grant fund is hereby established in the state treasury. The fund
shall consist of twenty per cent of the proceeds from the upfront
license fees paid for the casino facilities authorized under
division (C) of Section 6 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution. The
fund shall be used by the director of development to award grants
under section 3333.46 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3345.32. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "State university or college" means the institutions
described in section 3345.27 of the Revised Code and the
northeastern Ohio universities college of medicine.
(2) "Resident" has the meaning specified by rule of the
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents.
(3) "Statement of selective service status" means a statement
certifying one of the following:
(a) That the individual filing the statement has registered
with the selective service system in accordance with the "Military
Selective Service Act," 62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C. App. 453, as
amended;
(b) That the individual filing the statement is not required
to register with the selective service for one of the following
reasons:
(i) The individual is under eighteen or over twenty-six years
of age.
(ii) The individual is on active duty with the armed forces
of the United States other than for training in a reserve or
national guard unit.
(iii) The individual is a nonimmigrant alien lawfully in the
United States in accordance with section 101 (a)(15) of the
"Immigration and Nationality Act," 8 U.S.C. 1101, as amended.
(iv) The individual is not a citizen of the United States and
is a permanent resident of the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands or the Northern Mariana Islands.
(4) "Institution of higher education" means any eligible
institution approved by the United States department of education
pursuant to the "Higher Education Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 1219, as
amended, or any institution whose students are eligible for
financial assistance under any of the programs described by
division (E) of this section.
(B) The chancellor shall, by rule, specify the form of
statements of selective service status to be filed in compliance
with divisions (C) to (F)(E) of this section. Each statement of
selective service status shall contain a section wherein a male
student born after December 31, 1959, certifies that the student
has registered with the selective service system in accordance
with the "Military Selective Service Act," 62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C.
App. 453, as amended. For those students not required to register
with the selective service, as specified in divisions (A)(2)(b)(i)
to (iv) of this section, a section shall be provided on the
statement of selective service status for the certification of
nonregistration and for an explanation of the reason for the
exemption. The chancellor may require that such statements be
accompanied by documentation specified by rule of the chancellor.
(C) A state university or college that enrolls in any course,
class, or program a male student born after December 31, 1959, who
has not filed a statement of selective service status with the
university or college shall, regardless of the student's
residency, charge the student any tuition surcharge charged
students who are not residents of this state.
(D) No male born after December 31, 1959, shall be eligible
to receive any loan, grant, scholarship, or other financial
assistance for educational expenses granted under section 3315.33,
3333.12, 3333.122, 3333.21, 3333.22, 3333.26, 3333.391, 3333.46,
5910.03, 5910.032, or 5919.34 of the Revised Code, financed by an
award under the choose Ohio first scholarship program established
under section 3333.61 of the Revised Code, or financed by an award
under the Ohio co-op/internship program established under section
3333.72 of the Revised Code, unless that person has filed a
statement of selective service status with that person's
institution of higher education.
(E) If an institution of higher education receives a
statement from an individual certifying that the individual has
registered with the selective service system in accordance with
the "Military Selective Service Act," 62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C. App.
453, as amended or that the individual is exempt from registration
for a reason other than that the individual is under eighteen
years of age, the institution shall not require the individual to
file any further statements. If it receives a statement certifying
that the individual is not required to register because the
individual is under eighteen years of age, the institution shall
require the individual to file a new statement of selective
service status each time the individual seeks to enroll for a new
academic term or makes application for a new loan or loan
guarantee or for any form of financial assistance for educational
expenses, until it receives a statement certifying that the
individual has registered with the selective service system or is
exempt from registration for a reason other than that the
individual is under eighteen years of age.
Section 2. That existing sections 3333.38 and 3345.32 of the
Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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