OH SB32

Appropriates $2,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year 2011 to provide state matching funds for eight federal TRIO programs at Ohio institutions of higher education.

Appropriates $2,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year 2012 for the same purpose, distributed according to the same allocation formula.

Funds are distributed across eight TRIO programs: Talent Search ($312,500), Upward Bound ($500,000), Upward Bound Mathematics/Science ($312,500), Veterans Upward Bound ($312,500), Student Support Services ($312,500), Educational Opportunity Centers ($312,500), Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Programs ($312,500), and Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs Staff ($125,000).

The Board of Regents determines the specific manner of disbursement to match federal funds received by Ohio institutions of higher education for these programs.

Sections 2 and 3 take effect immediately upon enactment and are not subject to referendum.