OH HB274

Creates a subprogram of the College Credit Plus Program beginning in the 2016-2017 school year allowing eligible Ohio students aged 16 and older enrolled in public or chartered nonpublic secondary schools to participate in U.S. Department of Labor certified or registered apprenticeship programs.

Requires the Ohio Board of Regents chancellor and superintendent of public instruction to develop implementation proposals by December 31, 2015, and the state board of education to adopt rules by June 30, 2016, addressing student requirements, apprenticeship approval processes, work hour limits, and cost determination methods.

Establishes a minimum 2.5 grade point average requirement for student participation and requires rules on maximum work hours per week and business cost compensation including workers' compensation and training expenses.

Funds public school student participation through deductions from school foundation payments or community/STEM/college-preparatory school payments, and funds chartered nonpublic school student participation through general assembly appropriations.

Requires colleges to determine independently whether to accept apprenticeship certificates for college credit and mandates effectiveness reports to the governor and general assembly by July 1, 2018, and every fifth year thereafter.