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OH HB595

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/25/2020

Primary Sponsor

Bride Sweeney

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Origin

House of Representatives

133rd General Assembly (2019-2020)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits Ohio institutions of higher education from refusing to provide transcripts to current or former students based on outstanding institutional debt
  • Bars conditioning transcript release on payment of institutional debt, except for reasonable fees charged to provide the transcript itself
  • Prohibits charging higher transcript fees or providing less favorable treatment of transcript requests based on student debt owed
  • Prohibits using transcript issuance as a debt collection tool
  • Applies to state universities, private nonprofit institutions with certificates of authorization, and career colleges with proper certifications

Legislative Description

Release college transcript regardless of student debt

Education : Higher Education

Last Action

Refer to Committee: Higher Education

5/5/2020

Committee Referrals

Higher Education5/5/2020

Full Bill Text

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