OH HB296

Amends section 3333.07 of the Revised Code to allow career-technical planning districts to offer technical education programs leading to degrees, with an exception created for districts meeting approval standards under the new section 3333.43.

Requires the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents to establish standards and protocols for approving career-technical planning districts to award associate degrees to high school students and adult learners.

Standards and protocols must specify types of associate degrees allowed, minimum course requirements for degree credit, and required qualifications including accreditation requirements for each degree type.

Requires career-technical planning districts seeking approval to apply to the Chancellor and file annual reports in prescribed formats; authorizes the Chancellor to adopt rules establishing fees for application reviews and subsequent examinations.

Directs the Chancellor to establish criteria, policies, and procedures enabling students to transfer courses completed in career-technical associate degree programs to state institutions of higher education without unnecessary duplication or barriers.