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| To enact section 3301.41 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require the Department of Education to waive fees | 2 |
| for certain Ohio residents taking the GED test. | 3 |
| 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 |