Sec. 3333.122. (A) The chancellor of the Ohio board of | 12 |
regents
shall adopt
rules to carry out this section and as | 13 |
authorized
under section
3333.123 of the Revised Code. The rules | 14 |
shall
include definitions
of the terms "resident," "expected | 15 |
family
contribution,"
"full-time student," "three-quarters-time | 16 |
student," "half-time
student," "one-quarter-time student," "state | 17 |
cost of attendance,"
and
"accredited" for the
purpose of those | 18 |
sections. | 19 |
(a) An undergraduate
program, or a
nursing diploma program | 25 |
approved by the board of
nursing under
division (A)(5) of | 26 |
section 4723.06 of the Revised
Code, at a
state-assisted state | 27 |
institution of higher education,
as defined
in section 3345.12 | 28 |
of the Revised Code, that meets the
requirements of Title VI of | 29 |
the Civil Rights Act of 1964;. For
purposes of division (B)(2)(a) | 30 |
of this section, enrollment in an undergraduate program
shall | 31 |
include enrollment in a training program approved under section | 32 |
3333.91 of the Revised Code. | 33 |
(c) An undergraduate program, or a nursing diploma program | 39 |
approved by the board of nursing under division (A)(5) of section | 40 |
4723.06 of the Revised Code, at a career college in this state | 41 |
that holds a certificate of registration from the state board of | 42 |
career colleges and schools under Chapter 3332. of the Revised | 43 |
Code or at a private institution exempt from regulation under | 44 |
Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section | 45 |
3333.046 of the Revised Code, if the program has a certificate of | 46 |
authorization pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code. | 47 |
(C)(1) The chancellor shall establish and
administer
a | 48 |
needs-based financial aid grants program based on the United | 49 |
States
department of education's method of determining financial | 50 |
need. The program
shall be
known as the Ohio college | 51 |
opportunity grant program. The
general
assembly shall support | 52 |
the
needs-based financial aid
program by
such sums and in such | 53 |
manner as it
may provide, but
the chancellor
also may receive | 54 |
funds from other
sources to
support the program.
If, for any | 55 |
academic year, the amounts
available for
support of the program | 56 |
are inadequate
to provide
grants to all
eligible students, the | 57 |
chancellor shall do one of
the following: | 58 |
(2) The needs-based financial aid grant shall be paid to
the | 68 |
eligible student
through the institution in which the student
is | 69 |
enrolled,
except
that no
needs-based financial aid grant shall
be | 70 |
paid to any person serving a
term of
imprisonment.
Applications | 71 |
for
the grants shall be made
as prescribed by
the chancellor, and | 72 |
such applications may be made in
conjunction
with and upon the | 73 |
basis of information provided in
conjunction
with student | 74 |
assistance programs funded by agencies of
the United
States | 75 |
government or from financial resources of the
institution
of | 76 |
higher education. The institution shall certify
that the
student | 77 |
applicant meets the requirements set forth in
division (B) of this | 78 |
section. Needs-based
financial aid grants
shall be
provided
to | 79 |
an eligible student
only as long as the
student is
making | 80 |
appropriate progress toward
a nursing diploma or,
an
associate | 81 |
or
bachelor's
degree, or a regionally developed | 82 |
industry-recognized credential under section 3333.91 of the | 83 |
Revised Code. No
student shall be eligible
to
receive a
grant | 84 |
for more
than ten
semesters, fifteen quarters,
or
the | 85 |
equivalent of five
academic
years. A grant made to an
eligible | 86 |
student on the basis
of less
than full-time enrollment
shall be | 87 |
based on the number of
credit
hours for which the student
is | 88 |
enrolled and shall be
computed in
accordance with a formula | 89 |
adopted by rule issued by
the
chancellor. No student
shall | 90 |
receive more than one
grant on
the
basis of less than
full-time | 91 |
enrollment. | 92 |
(2) Subject to divisions (D)(1), (3), and (4) of this | 96 |
section,
the amount of a grant awarded to a student under this | 97 |
section shall equal the student's remaining
state cost of | 98 |
attendance after the student's Pell grant and
expected family | 99 |
contribution are applied to the instructional and
general charges | 100 |
for the undergraduate program. However, for
students enrolled in | 101 |
a
state university or college as defined in
section 3345.12 of | 102 |
the
Revised Code or a university branch, the
chancellor may | 103 |
provide
that the grant amount shall equal the
student's | 104 |
remaining
instructional and general charges for the | 105 |
undergraduate program
after the student's Pell grant and expected | 106 |
family contribution
have been applied to those charges, but, in | 107 |
no case, shall the
grant amount for such a student exceed any | 108 |
maximum that the
chancellor may set by rule. | 109 |
(3) For a student enrolled for a semester or quarter in | 110 |
addition to the portion
of
the
academic year covered by a grant | 111 |
under this section, the
maximum grant amount shall be a
percentage | 112 |
of the maximum
specified in
any table established in rules | 113 |
adopted by the
chancellor as provided in division (A) of this | 114 |
section. The
maximum grant for a fourth quarter shall be
one-third | 115 |
of the
maximum amount so prescribed.
The maximum
grant for a | 116 |
third semester shall be one-half of the
maximum
amount
so | 117 |
prescribed. | 118 |
(4) If a student is enrolled in a two-year institution of | 119 |
higher education and is eligible for an education and training | 120 |
voucher through the Ohio education and training voucher program | 121 |
that receives federal funding under the John H. Chafee foster care | 122 |
independence program, 42 U.S.C. 677, the amount of a grant awarded | 123 |
under this section may exceed the total state cost
of attendance | 124 |
to additionally cover housing costs. | 125 |
(F)(1) Except as provided in division (F)(2) of this
section, | 131 |
no grant shall be made to any student for enrollment
during a | 132 |
fiscal year in an institution with a
cohort default rate | 133 |
determined
by the United
States secretary of education
pursuant | 134 |
to
the
"Higher Education
Amendments of 1986," 100
Stat. 1278, | 135 |
1408,
20
U.S.C.A. 1085, as amended, as of
the fifteenth day of | 136 |
June
preceding the fiscal year,
equal to or greater than thirty | 137 |
per
cent for each of the preceding two
fiscal years. | 138 |
(a) The institution
pursuant to
federal law appeals its | 141 |
loss of eligibility for
federal financial
aid and the United | 142 |
States secretary of
education determines its
cohort default rate | 143 |
after recalculation
is lower than the rate
specified
in division | 144 |
(F)(1) of this
section or the secretary
determines due to | 145 |
mitigating
circumstances that the institution may
continue to | 146 |
participate in
federal financial aid programs. The
chancellor | 147 |
shall adopt rules
requiring any such
appellant to
provide | 148 |
information
to the chancellor regarding an
appeal. | 149 |
(G) Institutions of higher education that enroll students | 163 |
receiving needs-based financial aid grants under this section | 164 |
shall report to
the chancellor all
students who have received | 165 |
such needs-based financial aid
grants
but
are no longer eligible | 166 |
for
all or part of those grants
and shall
refund any moneys
due | 167 |
the
state within thirty days
after the
beginning of the
quarter | 168 |
or
term immediately following
the quarter
or term in
which the | 169 |
student was no longer eligible
to receive all
or part
of the | 170 |
student's grant. There shall
be an
interest
charge
of one
per | 171 |
cent
per month on all moneys due and
payable
after such | 172 |
thirty-day
period. The chancellor shall
immediately
notify the | 173 |
office
of
budget and management and
the
legislative service | 174 |
commission
of
all
refunds so received. | 175 |
Sec. 3333.20. (A) The chancellor of the
Ohio board of | 176 |
regents shall adopt educational service standards
that shall apply | 177 |
to all community colleges, university branches,
technical | 178 |
colleges, and state community colleges established
under Chapters | 179 |
3354., 3355., 3357., and 3358. of the Revised
Code, respectively. | 180 |
These standards shall provide for such
institutions to offer or | 181 |
demonstrate at least the following: | 182 |
Sec. 3333.91. (A) There is hereby created the industry | 225 |
sector strategy training program. The chancellor of the Ohio board | 226 |
of regents shall meet with each industry operating within this | 227 |
state to develop regionally developed credentials for each | 228 |
respective industry based on industry sector strategies for high | 229 |
demand jobs or for employers who can demonstrate a defined need | 230 |
for defined employment. The chancellor shall use statistics | 231 |
produced by the bureau of labor market information within the | 232 |
department of job and family services to determine which jobs are | 233 |
considered high demand jobs. | 234 |
(C) An individual who wishes to participate in an employer | 254 |
training program approved under division (B) of this section may | 255 |
use funding provided under the "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," | 256 |
112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C. 2801, as amended, or other financial aid | 257 |
available to the individual. If the individual is unable to secure | 258 |
financial aid, the individual may apply for and use funding | 259 |
available under the Ohio college opportunity grant program created | 260 |
in section 3333.122 of the Revised Code. To be eligible to receive | 261 |
funding from the grant program, the individual shall demonstrate | 262 |
that the individual was unable to secure funding from other | 263 |
sources in addition to satisfying the requirements for eligibility | 264 |
specified in division (B) of section 3333.122 of the Revised Code. | 265 |
Sec. 6301.02. The director of job and family services shall | 273 |
administer the "Workforce Investment Act of 1998,"
112 Stat. 936, | 274 |
29
U.S.C.A.
2801, as amended, the
"Wagner-Peyser
Act," 48
Stat. | 275 |
113 (1933), 29
U.S.C.A.
49, as amended, and the funds received | 276 |
pursuant to those acts. In
administering those acts and funds | 277 |
received pursuant to those
acts, the director shall establish and | 278 |
administer a workforce
development system that is designed to | 279 |
provide leadership, support, and
oversight to locally designed | 280 |
workforce development and family
services systems
and that | 281 |
provides the
maximum amount of flexibility and authority to | 282 |
counties and municipal
corporations, as permitted under the | 283 |
"Workforce
Investment
Act of 1998," 112
Stat. 936, 29
U.S.C.A. | 284 |
2801, as amended. To the extent possible and in accordance with | 285 |
the "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C. | 286 |
2801, as amended, the director shall streamline the provision of | 287 |
core services regarding the sequence of providing those services. | 288 |
The director
shall conduct investigations and hold hearings as | 289 |
necessary for the
administration of this chapter. | 290 |
To the extent permitted by state and federal law, the | 291 |
director may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the
Revised | 292 |
Code to establish any program or pilot program for the purposes of | 293 |
providing workforce development activities or family services to | 294 |
individuals who do not meet eligibility criteria for those | 295 |
activities or services under applicable federal law. Prior to the | 296 |
initiation of any program of that nature, the director of budget | 297 |
and management shall certify to the governor that sufficient funds | 298 |
are available to administer a program of that nature. | 299 |