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...Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall adopt a policy that reasonably accommodates the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to all examinations or other academic requirements and absences for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief system. The policy shall satisfy all of the following conditions: (A...

...(A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) A state institution of higher education shall not withhold a student's official transcripts from a potential employer because the student owes money to the institution, provided the student has authorized the transcripts to be sent to the employer and the employer affirms to the...

...No state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall charge an additional fee to a student for an employee of the university, or an entity contracting with the institution, to complete any academic activity associated with regular coursework, including grading student assignments.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Community college" has the same meaning as in section 3333.168 of the Revised Code. (2) "Qualifying student" means a newly admitted full-time student who is seeking a degree. (3) "State university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, each state university shall, prior to the student ...

...(A) As used in this section and sections 3345.0212 to 3345.0214 of the Revised Code: (1) "Benefits" has the same meaning as in section 3345.023 of the Revised Code. (2) "Campus community" means students, student groups, faculty, staff, and employees of a state institution of higher education and their invited guests. (3) "Expressive activities" means any lawful verbal, written, audiovisual, or electronic means ...

...(A) Except as permitted by this section and sections 3345.0213 and 3345.12 of the Revised Code, no state institution of higher education, or any of its administrators acting in their official capacity, shall prohibit any individual from engaging in noncommercial expressive activity on campus, so long as the individual's conduct is lawful and does not materially and substantially disrupt the functioning of the institu...

...(A)(1) Outdoor areas of campuses of state institutions of higher education are public forums for campus communities. (2) State institutions of higher education shall not create "free speech zones" or designate other outdoor areas of campuses where expressive activities are prohibited. (3) State institutions of higher education may maintain and enforce reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions specifically d...

...(A) Within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, and in a manner that complies with the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 571, 20 U.S.C. 1232g, each state institution of higher education shall submit to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and president of the senate a report detailing its course of action in accordance with sections 3345.0212 ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Constitutional time, place, and manner restrictions" means restrictions on the time, place, and manner of free speech that do not violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Sections 3 and 11 of the Ohio Constitution that are reasonable, content- and viewpoint-neutral, narrowly tailored to satisfy a significant institutional interest, and leave open ...

...The expenditure of all moneys under sections 3345.01 to 3345.07 of the Revised Code, or for the purpose of carrying out such sections raised or secured from any source, shall be subject to the audit of the auditor of state, the cost thereof to be paid by the university or college audited.

...(A) As used in this section: "Rule" includes the enactment of a new rule or the amendment or rescission of an existing rule. "State institution of higher education" means a state university identified in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, the northeast Ohio medical university, or a community college, state community college, or technical college. (B) When a state institution of higher education adopts a r...

...(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the board of trustees of a state university, the board of trustees of the northeast Ohio medical university, the board of trustees of a state community college, and the board of trustees of a technical college or community college district operating a technical or a...

...ny police function, exercise any police power, or render any police service on behalf of the contracting political subdivision, or state university or college, that it may perform, exercise, or render. (B) Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code applies to a state university or college when its law enforcement officers are serving outside the university or college pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to division...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Community college" has the same meaning as in section 3354.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Countywide emergency management agency," "participating political subdivision," "program for emergency management within a political subdivision," and "regional authority for emergency management" have the same meanings as in section 5502.41 of the Revised Code. (3) "Technical college" ha...

...(A) All registration fees, nonresident tuition fees, academic fees for the support of off-campus instruction, laboratory and course fees when so assessed and collected, student health fees for the support of a student health service, all other fees, deposits, charges, receipts, and income from all or part of the students, all subsidy or other payments from state appropriations, and all other fees, deposits, charges, ...

...(A) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, a graduate of the twelfth grade shall be entitled to admission without examination to any college or university which is supported wholly or in part by the state, but for unconditional admission may be required to complete such units not included in the graduate's high school course as may be prescribed, not less than two years prior to the graduate's entrance, by...

...(A) Ohio's two-year institutions of higher education are respected points of entry for students embarking on post-secondary careers and courses completed at those institutions are transferable to state universities in accordance with articulation and transfer agreements developed under sections 3333.16, 3333.161, and 3333.162 of the Revised Code. (B) Beginning with undergraduate students who commence undergraduate...

...(A) Annually, not later than the thirty-first day of December, the president, or equivalent position, of each state university shall issue a report regarding the remediation of students that includes all of the following: (1) The number of enrolled students that require remedial education; (2) The cost of remedial coursework the state university provides; (3) The specific areas of remediation provided by the...

...(A) As used in this section, "state university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, each state university shall recognize the successful completion of a course in advanced computer science in high school, as described in the standards adopted pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code, as a unit for admission to th...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Ohio resident" means a resident of this state under rules adopted by the chancellor of higher education under section 3333.31 of the Revised Code. (2) "State university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Each state university shall endeavor to avoid prioritizing the admission of an applicant who is not an Ohio resident over an applicant who is...

...Each state university or college may acquire, by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with option to purchase, or otherwise, construct, equip, furnish, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, repair, and operate, and lease to or from others, housing and dining facilities, and may pay for the same out of available receipts of such state university or college. To pay all or pa...

...The board of trustees of a state university may continue to maintain and operate the temporary dwelling accommodations made available by the federal government under Public Law No. 849, 76th Congress, as amended by Public Law No. 292, 79th Congress, to be used as temporary dwelling accommodations for students and employees in said institutions, their spouses, children, and in the case of disabled students so qualifyi...

...For purpose of this section, American sign language is hereby recognized as a foreign language, and any state institution of higher education may offer a course in American sign language. An undergraduate student who successfully completes a course in American sign language is entitled to receive credit for that course toward satisfaction of an undergraduate foreign language requirement of the state institution of hi...

...(A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Each state institution of higher education shall establish competitive bidding procedures for the purchase of printed material and shall award all contracts for the purchase of printed material in accordance with those procedures. The procedures shall require the institution to ...

...Each state university or college may acquire, by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with option to purchase, or otherwise, construct, equip, furnish, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, repair, and operate, and lease to or from others, auxiliary facilities or education facilities, and may pay for the facilities out of available receipts of such state university or coll...