As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session H. B. No. 62
2025-2026
Representatives Pizzulli, Bird
Cosponsors: Representatives Thomas, D., Click, Williams, Ritter, Miller, K., Jones,
Robb Blasdel, Brennan, John, Schmidt, Peterson, Salvo
A B I L L
To amend sections 3365.05 and 3365.07 and to enact
section 3365.072 of the Revised Code regarding
the College Credit Plus Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3365.05 and 3365.07 be amended
and section 3365.072 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as
follows:
Sec. 3365.05. Each public and participating private
college shall do all of the following with respect to the
college credit plus program:
(A) Apply established standards and procedures for
admission to the college and for course placement for
participants. When determining admission and course placement,
the college shall do all of the following:
(1) Consider all available student data that may be an
indicator of college readiness, including grade point average
and end-of-course examination scores, if applicable;
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(2) Give priority to its current students regarding
enrollment in courses. However, once a participant has been
accepted into a course, the college shall not displace the
participant for another student.
(3) Adhere to any capacity limitations that the college
has established for specified courses.
(B) Send written notice to the participant, the
participant's parent, and the participant's secondary school,
not later than fourteen calendar days prior to the first day of
classes for that term, of the participant's admission to the
college and to specified courses under the program.
(C) Provide both of the following, not later than twenty-
one calendar days after the first day of classes for that term,
to each participant and the participant's secondary school:
(1) The courses and hours of enrollment of the
participant;
(2) The option elected by the participant under division
(A) or (B) of section 3365.06 of the Revised Code for each
course.
The college shall also provide to each partnering school a
roster of participants from that school that are enrolled in the
college and a list of course assignments for each participant.
(D) Promote the program on the college's web site,
including the details of the college's current agreements with
partnering secondary schools.
(E) Coordinate with each partnering secondary school that
is located within thirty miles of the college to present at
least one informational session per school year for interested
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students and parents. The session shall include the benefits and
consequences of participation and shall outline any changes or
additions to the requirements of the program. If there are no
partnering schools located within thirty miles of the college,
the college shall coordinate with the closest partnering school
to offer an informational session.
(F) Assign an academic advisor that is employed by the
college to each participant enrolled in that college. Prior to
the date on which a withdrawal from a course would negatively
affect a participant's transcripted grade, as prescribed by the
college's established withdrawal policy, the college shall
ensure that the academic advisor and the participant meet at
least once to discuss the program and the courses in which the
participant is enrolled.
(G) Do both of the following with regard to high school
teachers that are teaching courses for the college at a
secondary school under the program:
(1) Provide at least one professional development session
per school year;
(2) Conduct at least one classroom observation per school
year for each course that is authorized by the college and
taught by a high school teacher to ensure that the course meets
the quality of a college-level course.
(H) Annually collect, report, and track specified data
related to the program according to data reporting guidelines
adopted by the chancellor of higher education and the department
of education and workforce pursuant to section 3365.15 of the
Revised Code.
(I) Require each participant to complete an orientation
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that meets guidelines issued by the chancellor and the
department. The chancellor and the department shall make those
guidelines as concise as is practicable.
(J) Provide notice to the secondary school of a
participant who withdraws from a course.
(K) With the exception of divisions (D) and (E) of this
section, any eligible out-of-state college participating in the
college credit plus program shall be subject to the same
requirements as a participating private college under this
section.
Sec. 3365.07. The department of education and workforce
shall calculate and pay state funds to colleges for participants
in the college credit plus program under division (B) of section
3365.06 of the Revised Code pursuant to this section. For a
nonpublic secondary school participant, a nonchartered nonpublic
secondary school participant, or a home-educated participant,
the department shall pay state funds pursuant to this section
only if that participant is awarded funding according to rules
adopted by the chancellor of higher education, in consultation
with the department of education and workforce, pursuant to
section 3365.071 of the Revised Code. The program shall be the
sole mechanism by which state funds are paid to colleges for
students to earn transcripted credit for college courses while
enrolled in both a secondary school and a college, with the
exception of state funds paid to colleges according to an
agreement described in division (A)(1) of section 3365.02 of the
Revised Code.
(A) For each public or nonpublic secondary school
participant enrolled in a public college:
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(1) If no agreement has been entered into under division
(A)(2) of this section, both of the following shall apply:
(a) The department shall pay to the college the applicable
amount as follows:
(i) For a participant enrolled in a college course
delivered on the college campus , or at another location operated
by the college, or online, the lesser of the default ceiling
amount or the college's standard rate ; . However, if that
college course is also offered at the participant's secondary
school and taught by a high school teacher who has met the
credential requirements established for purposes of the program
in rules adopted by the chancellor, the department instead shall
pay the college the default floor amount.
(ii) For a participant enrolled in a college course
delivered online or at the participant's secondary school but
taught by college faculty, the lesser of fifty per cent of the
default ceiling amount or the college's standard rate;
(iii) For a participant enrolled in a college course
delivered at the participant's secondary school and taught by a
high school teacher who has met the credential requirements
established for purposes of the program in rules adopted by the
chancellor, the default floor amount.
(b) The participant's secondary school shall pay for
textbooks, and the college shall waive payment of all other fees
related to participation in the program.
(2) The governing entity of a participant's secondary
school and the college may enter into an agreement to establish
an alternative payment structure for tuition , textbooks, and
fees. Under such an agreement, payments for each participant
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made by the department shall be not less than the default floor
amount, unless approved by the chancellor, and not more than
either the default ceiling amount or the college's standard
rate, whichever is less. The chancellor may approve an agreement
that includes a payment below the default floor amount, as long
as the provisions of the agreement comply with all other
requirements of this chapter to ensure program quality. If no
agreement is entered into under division (A)(2) of this section,
both of the following shall apply:
(a) The department shall pay to the college the applicable
default amounts prescribed by division (A)(1)(a) of this
section, depending upon the method of delivery and instruction.
(b) In accordance with division (A)(1)(b) of this section,
the participant's secondary school shall pay for textbooks, and
the college shall waive payment of all other fees related to
participation in the program.
(3) No participant that is enrolled in a public college
shall be charged for any tuition, textbooks, or other fees
related to participation in the program.
(B) For each public secondary school participant enrolled
in a private college:
(1) If no agreement has been entered into under division
(B)(2) of this section, the department shall pay to the college
the applicable amount calculated in the same manner as in
division (A)(1)(a) of this section.
(2) The governing entity of a participant's secondary
school and the college may enter into an agreement to establish
an alternative payment structure for tuition, textbooks, and
fees. Under such an agreement, payments shall be not less than
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the default floor amount, unless approved by the chancellor, and
not more than either the default ceiling amount or the college's
standard rate, whichever is less.
If an agreement is entered into under division (B)(2) of
this section, both of the following shall apply:
(a) The department shall make a payment to the college for
each participant that is equal to the default floor amount,
unless approved by the chancellor to pay an amount below the
default floor amount. The chancellor may approve an agreement
that includes a payment below the default floor amount, as long
as the provisions of the agreement comply with all other
requirements of this chapter to ensure program quality.
(b) Payment for costs for the participant that exceed the
amount paid by the department pursuant to division (B)(2)(a) of
this section shall be negotiated by the school and the college.
The agreement may include a stipulation permitting the charging
of a participant.
However, under no circumstances shall:
(i) Payments for a participant made by the department
under division (B)(2) of this section exceed the lesser of the
default ceiling amount or the college's standard rate;
(ii) The amount charged to a participant under division
(B)(2) of this section exceed the difference between the maximum
per participant charge amount and the default floor amount;
(iii) The sum of the payments made by the department for a
participant and the amount charged to that participant under
division (B)(2) of this section exceed the following amounts, as
applicable:
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(I) For a participant enrolled in a college course
delivered on the college campus , or at another location operated
by the college, or online, the maximum per participant charge
amount;
(II) For a participant enrolled in a college course
delivered online or at the participant's secondary school but
taught by college faculty, one hundred twenty-five dollars;
(III) For a participant enrolled in a college course
delivered at the participant's secondary school and taught by a
high school teacher who has met the credential requirements
established for purposes of the program in rules adopted by the
chancellor, one hundred dollars.
(iv) A participant that is identified as economically
disadvantaged according to rules adopted by the department be
charged under division (B)(2) of this section for any tuition,
textbooks, or other fees related to participation in the program
or charged under section 3365.072 of the Revised Code for
textbooks.
(C) For each nonpublic secondary school participant
enrolled in a private or eligible out-of-state college, the
department shall pay to the college the applicable amount
calculated in the same manner as in division (A)(1)(a) of this
section. Payment for costs for the participant that exceed the
amount paid by the department shall be negotiated by the
governing body of the nonpublic secondary school and the
college.
However, under no circumstances shall:
(1) The payments for a participant made by the department
under this division exceed the lesser of the default ceiling
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amount or the college's standard rate.
(2) Any nonpublic secondary school participant, who is
enrolled in that secondary school with a scholarship awarded
under either the educational choice scholarship pilot program,
as prescribed by sections 3310.01 to 3310.17, or the pilot
project scholarship program, as prescribed by sections 3313.974
to 3313.979 of the Revised Code, and who qualifies as a low-
income student, as determined by a method established by the
department be charged for any tuition , textbooks, or other fees
related to participation in the college credit plus program.
(D) For each nonchartered nonpublic secondary school
participant and each home-educated participant enrolled in a
public, private, or eligible out-of-state college, the
department shall pay to the college the lesser of the default
ceiling amount or the college's standard rate, if that
participant is enrolled in a college course delivered on the
college campus, at another location operated by the college, or
online.
(E) Not later than thirty days after the end of each term,
each college expecting to receive payment for the costs of a
participant under this section shall notify the department of
the number of enrolled credit hours for each participant.
(F) The department shall make the applicable payments
under this section to each college, which provided proper
notification to the department under division (E) of this
section, for the number of enrolled credit hours for
participants enrolled in the college under division (B) of
section 3365.06 of the Revised Code. Except in cases involving
incomplete participant information or a dispute of participant
information, payments shall be made by the last day of January
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for participants who were enrolled during the fall term and by
the last day of July for participants who were enrolled during
the spring term. The department shall not make any payments to a
college under this section if a participant withdrew from a
course prior to the date on which a withdrawal from the course
would have negatively affected the participant's transcripted
grade, as prescribed by the college's established withdrawal
policy.
(1) Payments made for public secondary school participants
under this section shall be deducted as follows:
(a) For a participant enrolled in a school district, from
the school foundation payments made to the participant's school
district. If the participant is enrolled in a joint vocational
school district, a portion of the amount shall be deducted from
the payments to the joint vocational school district and a
portion shall be deducted from the payments to the participant's
city, local, or exempted village school district in accordance
with the full-time equivalency of the student's enrollment in
each district.
(b) For a participant enrolled in a community school
established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, from the
payments made to that school under section 3317.022 of the
Revised Code;
(c) For a participant enrolled in a STEM school, from the
payments made to that school under section 3317.022 of the
Revised Code;
(d) For a participant enrolled in a college-preparatory
boarding school, from the payments made to that school under
section 3328.34 of the Revised Code;
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(e) For a participant enrolled in the state school for the
deaf or the state school for the blind, from the amount paid to
that school with funds appropriated by the general assembly for
support of Ohio deaf and blind education services;
(f) For a participant enrolled in an institution operated
by the department of youth services, from the amount paid to
that institution with funds appropriated by the general assembly
for support of that institution.
Amounts deducted under divisions (F)(1)(a) to (f) of this
section shall be calculated in accordance with rules adopted by
the chancellor, in consultation with the department of education
and workforce, pursuant to division (B) of section 3365.071 of
the Revised Code
(2) Payments made for nonpublic secondary school
participants, nonchartered nonpublic secondary school
participants, and home-educated participants under this section
shall be deducted from moneys appropriated by the general
assembly for such purpose. Payments shall be allocated and
distributed in accordance with rules adopted by the chancellor,
in consultation with the department of education and workforce,
pursuant to division (A) of section 3365.071 of the Revised
Code.
(G) Any public college that enrolls a student under
division (B) of section 3365.06 of the Revised Code may include
that student in the calculation used to determine its state
share of instruction funds appropriated to the department of
higher education by the general assembly.
Sec. 3365.072. This section applies only to participants
who elect to participate under division (B) of section 3365.06
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of the Revised Code.
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Open source materials" means free and publicly
available educational materials. "Open source materials"
includes a free and publicly available textbook.
(2) "Program course" means a course in which a participant
is enrolled.
(3) "Purchase-only textbook" means a textbook that is not
free and publicly available and that must be purchased.
(B) Each public and participating private college shall
endeavor to use open source materials, in lieu of purchase-only
textbooks, in a program course.
(C) In the case of a public or participating private
college using a purchase-only textbook in a program course when
there are open source materials that may be used in lieu of that
textbook, the college shall pay for the participant's textbook.
(D) In the case of a public or participating private
college using a purchase-only textbook in a program course
because there are no open source materials that may be used in
lieu of that textbook, the college shall pay fifty per cent of
the textbook's cost and the participant's secondary school shall
pay fifty per cent of the textbook's cost.
(E) Any eligible out-of-state college participating in the
college credit plus program is subject to this section in the
same manner as a participating private college.
Section 2. That existing sections 3365.05 and 3365.07 of
the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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