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OH HB424
Bill
Status
1/27/2010
Primary Sponsor
Sandra Williams
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AI Summary
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Expands Ohio College Opportunity Grant eligibility to include students enrolled in non-credit community college programs, treating them as undergraduate program enrollees for grant purposes.
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Requires the Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor to establish policies and procedures for awarding academic credit for career or technical certification programs offered by community colleges and state community colleges.
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Mandates that community colleges and state community colleges award credit for career or technical certification programs and apply that credit toward an associate degree in a related field.
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Maintains existing grant eligibility requirements including expected family contribution limit of $2,190 and Ohio residency while expanding eligible programs.
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Establishes progress standards for non-credit program students receiving grants, to be adopted by the Chancellor.
Legislative Description
To qualify students in non-credit community college programs for Ohio College Opportunity Grants and to require the awarding of academic credit for community colleges' career certification programs.
Community college-noncredit courses-qualify for grants/career certification-credit
Last Action
To Education
1/27/2010