Substitute House Bill 98 Summary

• School district boards must provide equal access to career information presentations by armed forces, skilled trades, institutions of higher education, career-technical providers, businesses, and other employers without imposing restrictions that don't apply uniformly to all entities.

• Districts must offer at least two opportunities per school year for grades 9-12 students to hear in-person presentations from these entities and speak directly with representatives, which can be satisfied through career fairs or common area access.

• Creates new career-technical workforce development educator licenses (2-year initial and 5-year advanced) requiring applicants to have 5 years of work experience, high school diploma, and enrollment in an approved teacher preparation program with at least 24 semester hours.

• Provides additional state education aid payments to school districts with nuclear power plants in their territory for fiscal years 2019-2021 if the district experienced a 50% or greater decline in public utility personal property tax value between 2016 and 2017.

• Modifies Ohio College Opportunity Grant award calculations to determine maximum per-student amounts by subtracting maximum Pell grant and expected family contribution from average institutional sector fees.