Sec. 3333.122. (A) The chancellor of the Ohio board of | 10 |
regents
shall adopt
rules to carry out this section and as | 11 |
authorized
under section
3333.123 of the Revised Code. The rules | 12 |
shall
include definitions
of the terms "resident," "expected | 13 |
family
contribution,"
"full-time student," "three-quarters-time | 14 |
student," "half-time
student," "one-quarter-time student," "state | 15 |
cost of attendance,"
and
"accredited" for the
purpose of those | 16 |
sections. | 17 |
(a) An undergraduate
program, or a
nursing diploma program | 23 |
approved by the board of
nursing under
division (A)(5) of | 24 |
section 4723.06 of the Revised
Code, at a
state-assisted state | 25 |
institution of higher education,
as defined
in section 3345.12 | 26 |
of the Revised Code, that meets the
requirements of Title VI of | 27 |
the Civil Rights Act of 1964;. For
purposes of division (B)(2)(a) | 28 |
of this section, enrollment in an undergraduate program
shall | 29 |
include enrollment in a community college or state community | 30 |
college in a program for which credit is not awarded. | 31 |
(c) An undergraduate program, or a nursing diploma program | 37 |
approved by the board of nursing under division (A)(5) of section | 38 |
4723.06 of the Revised Code, at a career college in this state | 39 |
that holds a certificate of registration from the state board of | 40 |
career colleges and schools under Chapter 3332. of the Revised | 41 |
Code or at a private institution exempt from regulation under | 42 |
Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section | 43 |
3333.046 of the Revised Code, if the program has a certificate of | 44 |
authorization pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code. | 45 |
(C)(1) The chancellor shall establish and
administer
a | 46 |
needs-based financial aid grants program based on the United | 47 |
States
department of education's method of determining financial | 48 |
need. The program
shall be
known as the Ohio college | 49 |
opportunity grant program. The
general
assembly shall support | 50 |
the
needs-based financial aid
program by
such sums and in such | 51 |
manner as it
may provide, but
the chancellor
also may receive | 52 |
funds from other
sources to
support the program.
If, for any | 53 |
academic year, the amounts
available for
support of the program | 54 |
are inadequate
to provide
grants to all
eligible students, the | 55 |
chancellor shall do one of
the following: | 56 |
(2) The needs-based financial aid grant shall be paid to
the | 66 |
eligible student
through the institution in which the student
is | 67 |
enrolled,
except
that no
needs-based financial aid grant shall
be | 68 |
paid to any person serving a
term of
imprisonment.
Applications | 69 |
for
the grants shall be made
as prescribed by
the chancellor, and | 70 |
such applications may be made in
conjunction
with and upon the | 71 |
basis of information provided in
conjunction
with student | 72 |
assistance programs funded by agencies of
the United
States | 73 |
government or from financial resources of the
institution
of | 74 |
higher education. The institution shall certify
that the
student | 75 |
applicant meets the requirements set forth in
division (B) of this | 76 |
section. Needs-based
financial aid grants
shall be
provided
to | 77 |
an eligible student
only as long as the
student is
making | 78 |
appropriate progress toward
a nursing diploma or
an
associate | 79 |
or
bachelor's
degree or, if the student is enrolled in a program | 80 |
for which credit is not awarded, is meeting progress standards | 81 |
adopted by the chancellor. No
student shall be eligible
to | 82 |
receive a
grant for more
than ten
semesters, fifteen quarters, | 83 |
or
the
equivalent of five
academic
years. A grant made to an | 84 |
eligible
student on the basis
of less
than full-time enrollment | 85 |
shall be
based on the number of
credit
hours for which the | 86 |
student
is
enrolled and shall be
computed in
accordance with a | 87 |
formula
adopted by rule issued by
the
chancellor. No student | 88 |
shall
receive more than one
grant on
the
basis of less than | 89 |
full-time
enrollment. | 90 |
(2) Subject to divisions (D)(1), (3), and (4) of this | 94 |
section,
the amount of a grant awarded to a student under this | 95 |
section shall equal the student's remaining
state cost of | 96 |
attendance after the student's Pell grant and
expected family | 97 |
contribution are applied to the instructional and
general charges | 98 |
for the undergraduate program. However, for
students enrolled in | 99 |
a
state university or college as defined in
section 3345.12 of | 100 |
the
Revised Code or a university branch, the
chancellor may | 101 |
provide
that the grant amount shall equal the
student's | 102 |
remaining
instructional and general charges for the | 103 |
undergraduate program
after the student's Pell grant and expected | 104 |
family contribution
have been applied to those charges, but, in | 105 |
no case, shall the
grant amount for such a student exceed any | 106 |
maximum that the
chancellor may set by rule. | 107 |
(3) For a student enrolled for a semester or quarter in | 108 |
addition to the portion
of
the
academic year covered by a grant | 109 |
under this section, the
maximum grant amount shall be a
percentage | 110 |
of the maximum
specified in
any table established in rules | 111 |
adopted by the
chancellor as provided in division (A) of this | 112 |
section. The
maximum grant for a fourth quarter shall be
one-third | 113 |
of the
maximum amount so prescribed.
The maximum
grant for a | 114 |
third semester shall be one-half of the
maximum
amount
so | 115 |
prescribed. | 116 |
(4) If a student is enrolled in a two-year institution of | 117 |
higher education and is eligible for an education and training | 118 |
voucher through the Ohio education and training voucher program | 119 |
that receives federal funding under the John H. Chafee foster care | 120 |
independence program, 42 U.S.C. 677, the amount of a grant awarded | 121 |
under this section may exceed the total state cost
of attendance | 122 |
to additionally cover housing costs. | 123 |
(F)(1) Except as provided in division (F)(2) of this
section, | 129 |
no grant shall be made to any student for enrollment
during a | 130 |
fiscal year in an institution with a
cohort default rate | 131 |
determined
by the United
States secretary of education
pursuant | 132 |
to
the
"Higher Education
Amendments of 1986," 100
Stat. 1278, | 133 |
1408,
20
U.S.C.A. 1085, as amended, as of
the fifteenth day of | 134 |
June
preceding the fiscal year,
equal to or greater than thirty | 135 |
per
cent for each of the preceding two
fiscal years. | 136 |
(a) The institution
pursuant to
federal law appeals its | 139 |
loss of eligibility for
federal financial
aid and the United | 140 |
States secretary of
education determines its
cohort default rate | 141 |
after recalculation
is lower than the rate
specified
in division | 142 |
(F)(1) of this
section or the secretary
determines due to | 143 |
mitigating
circumstances that the institution may
continue to | 144 |
participate in
federal financial aid programs. The
chancellor | 145 |
shall adopt rules
requiring any such
appellant to
provide | 146 |
information
to the chancellor regarding an
appeal. | 147 |
(G) Institutions of higher education that enroll students | 161 |
receiving needs-based financial aid grants under this section | 162 |
shall report to
the chancellor all
students who have received | 163 |
such needs-based financial aid
grants
but
are no longer eligible | 164 |
for
all or part of those grants
and shall
refund any moneys
due | 165 |
the
state within thirty days
after the
beginning of the
quarter | 166 |
or
term immediately following
the quarter
or term in
which the | 167 |
student was no longer eligible
to receive all
or part
of the | 168 |
student's grant. There shall
be an
interest
charge
of one
per | 169 |
cent
per month on all moneys due and
payable
after such | 170 |
thirty-day
period. The chancellor shall
immediately
notify the | 171 |
office
of
budget and management and
the
legislative service | 172 |
commission
of
all
refunds so received. | 173 |
Sec. 3333.20. (A) The chancellor of the
Ohio board of | 179 |
regents shall adopt educational service standards
that shall apply | 180 |
to all community colleges, university branches,
technical | 181 |
colleges, and state community colleges established
under Chapters | 182 |
3354., 3355., 3357., and 3358. of the Revised
Code, respectively. | 183 |
These standards shall provide for such
institutions to offer or | 184 |
demonstrate at least the following: | 185 |
(1) An appropriate range of career or technical programs | 186 |
designed to prepare individuals for employment in specific
careers | 187 |
at the technical or paraprofessional level;. The standards shall | 188 |
require community colleges and state community colleges to award | 189 |
credit for career or technical certification programs and to apply | 190 |
that credit toward an associate degree in a related field in | 191 |
accordance with the policies and procedures established under | 192 |
section 3333.164 of the Revised Code. | 193 |