Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3333 - Department of Higher Education › Chapter 3333-5 › Section 3333-5-01 - Ohio national guard scholarship program expansion

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Authority
This rule is established and approved
				by the adjutant general and the chancellor of higher education, in consultation
				with the governor's office of workforce transformation (OWT), in accordance
				with and pursuant to section
				5919.34 of the Revised
				Code.
(B)
								Policy and Intent
In accordance with section
				5919.34 of the Revised Code, the
				purpose of establishing this rule for the Ohio national guard scholarship
				program is to set forth guidelines for the implementation and administration of
				the scholarship program for an award to an eligible student enrolled in a
				credential certifying program, licensing program, trade certificate program or
				apprenticeship program for an in-demand occupation as identified by the
				adjutant general and the chancellor of higher education, in consultation with
				the governor's office of workforce transformation.
The following programs offered by an
				Ohio provider are identified and approved to be eligible for the scholarship
				program:
(1)
									A credential, license, trade certificate or
			 apprenticeship program that has an equivalent one-year option pathway approved
			 by the chancellor that provides training for an occupation that appears on
			 OWT's Ohio's top jobs list (or its successor) at the start of a student's
			 enrollment in the program. If an occupation is subsequently removed from Ohio's
			 top jobs list (or its successor), students that have already begun the program
			 may continue to apply units through the scholarship program while continuously
			 enrolled until completion.
(2)
									A credential,
			 license, trade certificate or apprenticeship program that does not have an
			 equivalency approved by the chancellor, for up to the cost of six units in the
			 following areas:
(a)
										Crane operator and any other program that is aligned
			 with OWT's Ohio's top jobs list (or its successor), at the time of the
			 student's first enrollment; a student that is continuously enrolled is
			 permitted to complete the program if the program is subsequently removed from
			 the list.
(b)
										A provider may submit a request to increase the number
			 of units by following the process under paragraph (D) of this
			 rule.
(c)
										The chancellor and adjutant general may remove a
			 program approved under this paragraph by following the process under paragraph
			 (C)(3) of this rule.
(3)
									In addition to
			 the areas listed in paragraphs (C)(1) and (C)(2) of this rule, the chancellor
			 and the adjutant general, in consultation with OWT, may jointly identify and
			 approve additional programs. If such programs are identified, the chancellor
			 and the adjutant general will post on each agency's website the additional
			 programs.
To remove a program, the chancellor and
				adjutant general will update the website to include information regarding the
				date new enrollees are no longer permitted to start the program and send
				notices to all institutions that have enrolled students in the program within
				one year of the decision to remove the program. Students already enrolled in
				the program may continue to apply scholarship units if the student remains
				continuously enrolled.