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...Nothing in sections 3333.81 to 3333.87 of the Revised Code, or in rules implementing those sections, shall prohibit a school district, community school, STEM school, or college or university from offering an interactive distance learning course or other distance learning course using a computer-based method through any means other than the clearinghouse established and maintained under those sections.

...(A) The chancellor of higher education shall establish a course and program sharing network that enables members of the university system of Ohio and adult career centers to share curricula for existing courses and academic programs with one another. The purpose of the network shall be to increase course availability across the state and to avoid unnecessary course duplication through the sharing of existing curricul...

...aboration with the chancellor of higher education, the director of education and workforce, and the department of job and family services, shall develop and submit to the appropriate federal agency a single, state unified plan required under the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act," 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq., which shall include the information required for the adult basic and literacy education program administer...

...ticipant in an adult basic and literacy education funded training or education program shall create an account with the OhioMeansJobs web site at the twelfth week of the program. (2) Each participant in an Ohio technical center funded training or education program shall create an account with the OhioMeansJobs web site at the time of enrollment in the program. (C) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any ...

...ng: (1) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (2) A private college as defined in section 3365.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A college or university and employers may establish a workforce-education partnership program to provide assistance to students to allow the students to graduate from the college or university with no student loan indebtedness. The chanc...

... a center that provides adult technical education services and is recognized by the chancellor of higher education. (3) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than January 1, 2018, the chancellor of higher education shall create an inventory of both credit and non-credit certificate programs and industry-recognized credentials offered a...

...The chancellor of higher education shall maintain an efficiency advisory committee for the purpose of generating institutional efficiency reports for campuses, identifying shared services opportunities, streamlining administrative operations, and sharing best practices in efficiencies among public institutions of higher education. The committee shall meet at the call of the chancellor or the chancellor's designee. Ea...

...s 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 that is co-located with another state institution of higher education annually shall review best practices and shared services in order to improve academic and other services and reduce costs for students. Each state institution shall report its findings t...

...(A) The chancellor of higher education, in collaboration with the department of education and workforce, the department of job and family services, the inter-university council, the association of independent colleges and universities, and any other relevant entities, shall establish the public policy research consortium on higher education. The consortium shall develop and maintain a biennial statewide research agen...

...g loans to state institutions of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, that enable the voluntary reduction of physical square footage. (C) The chancellor of higher education shall administer and award, in consultation with the Ohio facilities construction commission, the revolving loans described in division (B) of this section. The chancellor, in consultation with the commission, sh...

...s section, "state institution of higher education" and "state university" have the same meanings as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The chancellor of higher education shall do all of the following: (1) Determine and provide the criteria for approving accelerated ninety-hour degree programs established under the accelerated college and career pathways program established under section 3345.89 of the R...

...eges and universities of the duties and powers conferred upon them by law in the government of the institutions under their control.

...mmission, body, agency, or individual empowered by the Ohio Constitution or the Revised Code to issue bonds or any other debt obligation of the state or any agency or department thereof. "Issuer" means the issuing authority or, if so designated under division (B) of section 3334.04 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state. (H) "Tuition" means the charges imposed to attend an institution of higher education as an ...

...(A) In order to help make higher education affordable and accessible to all citizens of Ohio, to maintain state institutions of higher education by helping to provide a stable financial base to these institutions, to provide the citizens of Ohio with financing assistance for higher education and protection against rising tuition costs, to encourage saving to enhance the ability of citizens of Ohio to obtain financial...

... board of regents, which shall have the powers enumerated in this chapter and which shall operate as a qualified state tuition program within the meaning of section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. The exercise by the authority of its powers shall be and is hereby declared an essential state governmental function. The authority is subject to all provisions of law generally applicable to state agencies which do not c...

... of tuition at an institution of higher education; however, neither the authority, the treasurer of state, nor the issuing authority or the issuer shall provide any guarantee, nor shall any guarantee be inferred, to the effect that the value at maturity of the bonds held by a person shall be an amount sufficient to pay for the cost of tuition at any institution of higher education attended by that person for such pur...

...(A) The Ohio tuition trust authority shall, after consultation with the issuer, develop a plan for the sale of college savings bonds. The plan shall include: (1) An advertising program to inform the public about the availability of college savings bonds; (2) The estimated cost of financing and administering the plan; (3) A description of the ongoing administrative authority and responsibility for the plan. (B) Th...

...quitably among institutions of higher education, the state, the Ohio tuition trust authority, and the investors in the program. (B) Annually, the authority shall determine the weighted average tuition of four-year state universities in the academic year that begins on or after the first day of August of the current calendar year, and shall establish the price of a tuition unit in the ensuing sales period. S...

...and consent of the chancellor of higher education. (12) Contract with financial consultants, actuaries, auditors, and other consultants as necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter; (13) Enter into agreements with any agency of the state or its political subdivisions or with private employers under which an employee may agree to have a designated amount deducted in each payroll period from the ...

...authority, or any institution of higher education that a beneficiary will be admitted to an institution of higher education, or, upon admission to an institution of higher education, will be permitted to continue to attend or will receive a degree from an institution of higher education. Nothing in this chapter or in any tuition payment contract entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be considered a guarantee th...

...Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to scholarship programs established under section 3334.17 of the Revised Code. (A) Unless otherwise provided for in the tuition payment contract, the purchaser may rollover amounts to another qualified tuition program under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code or terminate the contract for any reason by filing written notice with the Ohio tuition trust authorit...

...on with the exercise of the investment powers of the authority pursuant to divisions (D) and (E) of this section shall be paid from the assets of the fund. (B) Unless otherwise provided by the authority, the assets of the Ohio tuition trust fund shall be expended in the following order: (1) To make payments to beneficiaries, or institutions of higher education on behalf of beneficiaries, under division (B) of ...

...Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 3334.07 and 3334.09 of the Revised Code: (A) Annually, the Ohio tuition trust authority shall have the actuarial soundness of the Ohio tuition trust fund evaluated by a nationally recognized actuary and shall determine whether additional assets are necessary to defray the obligations of the authority. If, after the authority sets the price for tuition units, ...

...(A) The right of a person to a tuition unit or a payment under section 3334.09 of the Revised Code pursuant to a tuition payment contract, a scholarship program, or a variable college savings program account shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or the insolvency laws, or other process of law. (B) The right of a person to a tuition unit or a payment under section 3...

...The general assembly hereby finds that the prepaid tuition program providing for the sale of tuition credits units by the Ohio tuition trust authority is an official state function, offered through an agency of this state, which agency receives state appropriations. Therefore, the authority is directed by the state of Ohio to assume it is exempt from federal tax liability.