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S. B. No. 69 As Introduced

As Introduced

130th General Assembly

Regular Session

2013-2014

S. B. No. 69

Senator Beagle

Cosponsors: Senators Balderson, Hite, Patton, Uecker, Widener

A BILL

To establish the Course and Program Sharing Network and to make an appropriation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. All items in this act are hereby appropriated as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund. For all appropriations made in this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2014 and those in the second column are for fiscal year 2015. The appropriations made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium.

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BOR BOARD OF REGENTS

General Revenue Fund

GRF	235485	Course and Program Sharing Network	$	459,500	$
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund			$	459,500	$
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS			$	459,500	$

COURSE AND PROGRAM SHARING NETWORK

The foregoing appropriation item 235485, Course and Program Sharing Network, shall be used to support the Course and Program Sharing Network administered by the Chancellor of the Board of Regents. The Network shall consist of course-share programs that share existing curricula, increase course availability, and avoid unnecessary course duplication. Programs shall be developed through agreements among Ohio colleges, universities, and adult career centers. The Chancellor shall develop administrative rules and procedures for course-share programs and the Network.

Of the foregoing appropriation item 235485, Course and Program Sharing Network, $149,500 in fiscal year 2014 shall be used by the Chancellor for the administration of the Course and Program Sharing Network.

Of the foregoing appropriation item 235485, Course and Program Sharing Network, $300,000 in fiscal year 2014 shall be used by the Chancellor to provide incentive grants to pay a portion of the cost of developing a course-share program. The Chancellor shall develop rules and procedures for the distribution of grants that will encourage network partners to establish course sharing programs.

Section 2. Within the limits set forth in this act, the Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as though made in the main operating appropriations act of the 130th General Assembly.

The appropriations made in this act are subject to all provisions of the main operating appropriations act of the 130th General Assembly that are generally applicable to such appropriations.

Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act are not subject to the referendum. Therefore, under Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d and section 1.471 of the Revised Code, these sections go into immediate effect when this act becomes law.