Bill Title: To require the Department of Education to waive fees for certain Ohio residents taking the GED test.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-10-06 - To Education
[HB305 Detail]Download: Ohio-2009-HB305-Introduced.html
As Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Murray, Weddington, Sears, Hagan, Williams, B., Boyd, Letson, Belcher, Fende, Yuko, Lehner, Domenick, Brown, Harris, Derickson, Stewart, Luckie, Harwood
A BILL
| To enact section 3301.41 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
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require the Department of Education to waive fees | 2 |
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for certain Ohio residents taking the GED test. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3301.41 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 3301.41. (A) As used in this section, "GED test" means | 6 |
the test of general educational development published by the | 7 |
American council on education, as required for issuance of a high | 8 |
school equivalence diploma by the state board of education. | 9 |
(B) The department of education shall waive the application | 10 |
and test fee for the GED test for each applicant who meets the | 11 |
following conditions: | 12 |
(1) The applicant is a resident of the state. | 13 |
(2) The applicant attained on the official practice GED test | 14 |
administered through a public or private nonprofit adult education | 15 |
program at least the score or scores prescribed by rule of the | 16 |
state board for purposes of this section. | 17 |
(3) The applicant's practice GED test scores are certified to | 18 |
the department by the director of a public or private nonprofit | 19 |
adult education program. | 20 |
(C) The state board shall prescribe by rule adopted in | 21 |
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code a score or scores | 22 |
that an applicant shall attain on the practice GED test for | 23 |
purposes of the fee waiver required under this section. | 24 |