Bill Text: OH SB220 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To remove the prohibition on charging students fees for participating in dual enrollment programs or in alternative funding arrangements under the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program, to require the Chancellor of the Board of Regents, not later than December 31, 2013, to make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the charging of students for costs associated with the College Credit Plus Program, and to declare an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-10-29 - To Education [SB220 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-SB220-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

S. B. No. 220

Senator Gardner 

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A BILL

To amend sections 3313.6013 and 3365.12 of the

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Revised Code to remove the prohibition on charging

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students fees for participating in dual enrollment

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programs or in alternative funding arrangements

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under the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options

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Program, to require the Chancellor of the Board of

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Regents, not later than December 31, 2013, to make

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recommendations to the General Assembly regarding

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the charging of students for costs associated with

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the College Credit Plus Program, and to declare an

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emergency.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 3313.6013 and 3365.12 of the Revised	12
Code be amended to read as follows:	13

Sec. 3313.6013. (A) As used in this section, "dual enrollment	14
program" means a program that enables a student to earn credit	15
toward a degree from an institution of higher education while	16
enrolled in high school or that enables a student to complete	17
coursework while enrolled in high school that may earn credit	18
toward a degree from an institution of higher education upon the	19
student's attainment of a specified score on an examination	20
covering the coursework. Dual enrollment programs may include any	21
of the following:	22

(1) The post-secondary enrollment options program established	23
under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code;	24

(2) Advanced placement courses;

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(3) Any similar program established pursuant to an agreement	26
between a school district or chartered nonpublic high school and	27
an institution of higher education;	28

(4) Early college high schools.

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(B) Each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational	30
school district and each chartered nonpublic high school shall	31
provide students enrolled in grades nine through twelve with the	32
opportunity to participate in a dual enrollment program. For this	33
purpose, each school district and chartered nonpublic high school	34
shall offer at least one dual enrollment program in accordance	35
with division (B)(1) or (2) of this section, as applicable.	36

(1) A city, local, or exempted village school district meets	37
the requirements of this division through its mandatory	38
participation in the post-secondary enrollment options program	39
established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code. However, a	40
city, local, or exempted village school district may offer any	41
other dual enrollment program, in addition to the post-secondary	42
enrollment options program, and each joint vocational school	43
district shall offer at least one other dual enrollment program,	44
to students in good standing, as defined by the partnership for	45
continued learning under section 3301.42 of the Revised Code as it	46
existed prior to October 16, 2009, or as subsequently defined by	47
the department of education.	48

(2) A chartered nonpublic high school that elects to	49
participate in the post-secondary enrollment options program	50
established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code meets the	51
requirements of this division. Each chartered nonpublic high	52
school that elects not to participate in the post-secondary	53
enrollment options program instead shall offer at least one other	54
dual enrollment program to students in good standing, as defined	55
by the partnership for continued learning under section 3301.42 of	56
the Revised Code as it existed prior to October 16, 2009, or as	57
subsequently defined by the department of education.	58

(C) Each school district and each chartered nonpublic high	59
school shall provide information about the dual enrollment	60
programs offered by the district or school to all students	61
enrolled in grades eight through eleven.	62

(D) No city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational	63
school district shall charge an enrolled student an additional fee	64
or tuition for participation in any dual enrollment program	65
offered by the district. Students may be required to pay the costs	66
associated with taking an advanced placement or international	67
baccalaureate examination.	68

Sec. 3365.12. The superintendent of public instruction and	69
the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents jointly may adopt	70
rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code	71
permitting a board of education of a school district or joint	72
vocational school district, governing authority of a community	73
school, governing body of a STEM school, or governing authority of	74
a participating nonpublic school to enter into an agreement with a	75
college or university to use an alternate funding formula to	76
calculate, or an alternate method to transmit, the amount the	77
college or university would be paid for a student participating in	78
a program under this chapter, including the program known as	79
seniors to sophomores.	80

Rules adopted under this section may include, but need not be	81
limited to, any of the following alternative funding options:	82

(A) Direct payment of funds necessary to support students	83
participating in a program under this chapter, including the	84
seniors to sophomores program, by the school district, joint	85
vocational school district, community school, STEM school, or any	86
combination thereof, to the college or university in which the	87
student enrolled;	88

(B) Alternate funding formulas to calculate the amount of	89
money to be paid to colleges for participants;	90

(C) A negotiated amount to be paid, as agreed by the school	91
district, joint vocational school district, community school, or	92
STEM school and the college or university.	93

Rules adopted under this section shall prohibit any	94
alternative funding option to include charging a student	95
participating in the program under this chapter any tuition or	96
fees.	97

Section 2.  That existing sections 3313.6013 and 3365.12 of	98
the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	99

Section 3.  Not later than December 31, 2013, the Chancellor	100
of the Ohio Board of Regents shall make recommendations to the	101
General Assembly, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised	102
Code, regarding whether to permit institutions of higher	103
education, school districts, and schools to charge students for	104
costs associated with the College Credit Plus Program, as provided	105
for by section 363.590 of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General	106
Assembly. The Chancellor shall consult with the Inter-University	107
Council of Ohio, the Association of Independent Colleges and	108
Universities of Ohio, the Ohio Association of Community Colleges,	109
the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Ohio School	110
Boards Association in developing the recommendations.	111

Section 4. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency	112
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public	113
peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is to	114
timely provide for recommendations regarding student fees for the	115
College Credit Plus Program before that program is implemented.	116
Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.	117