Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 3365 - College Credit Plus Program

• Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Articulated credit: means post-secondary credit that is reflected on the official record of a student at an institution of higher education only upon enrollment at that institution after graduation from a secondary school. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Default ceiling amount: means one of the following amounts, whichever is applicable:

  (1) For a participant enrolled in a college operating on a semester schedule, the amount calculated according to the following formula:

  ((0. See Ohio Code 3365.01

• Default floor amount: means twenty-five per cent of the default ceiling amount. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Eligible out-of-state college: means any institution of higher education that is located outside of Ohio and is approved by the chancellor of higher education to participate in the college credit plus program. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fee: means any course-related fee and any other fee imposed by the college, but not included in tuition, for participation in the program established by this chapter. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Governing entity: means any of the following:

  (1) A board of education of a school district;

  (2) A governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314 of the Revised Code;

  (3) A governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326 of the Revised Code;

  (4) A board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328 of the Revised Code;

  (5) When referring to the state school for the deaf or the state school for the blind, the department of education and workforce;

  (6) When referring to an institution operated by the department of youth services, the superintendent of that institution. See Ohio Code 3365.01

• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Home-educated participant: means a student who is exempt from the compulsory attendance law for the purpose of home education under section 3321. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Maximum per participant charge amount: means one of the following amounts, whichever is applicable:

  (1) For a participant enrolled in a college operating on a semester schedule, the amount calculated according to the following formula:

  ((formula amount / 30)

  X number of enrolled credit hours)

  (2) For a participant enrolled in a college operating on a quarter schedule, the amount calculated according to the following formula:

  ((formula amount / 45)

  X number of enrolled credit hours)

  (J) "Nonpublic secondary school" means a chartered school for which minimum standards are prescribed by the director of education and workforce pursuant to division (D) of section 3301. See Ohio Code 3365.01

• Number of enrolled credit hours: means the number of credit hours for a course in which a participant is enrolled during the previous term after the date on which a withdrawal from a course would have negatively affected the participant's transcripted grade, as prescribed by the college's established withdrawal policy. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Participant: means any student enrolled in a college under the program established by this chapter. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Partnering college: means a college with which a public or nonpublic secondary school has entered into an agreement in order to offer the program established by this chapter. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Partnering secondary school: means a public or nonpublic secondary school with which a college has entered into an agreement in order to offer the program established by this chapter. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Population: means that shown by the most recent regular federal census. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Private college: means any of the following:

  (1) A nonprofit institution holding a certificate of authorization pursuant to Chapter 1713 of the Revised Code;

  (2) An institution holding a certificate of registration from the state board of career colleges and schools and program authorization for an associate or bachelor's degree program issued under section 3332. See Ohio Code 3365.01

• Public college: means a "state institution of higher education" in section 3345. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Public secondary school: means a school serving grades nine through twelve in a city, local, or exempted village school district, a joint vocational school district, a community school established under Chapter 3314 of the Revised Code, a STEM school established under Chapter 3326 of the Revised Code, a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328 of the Revised Code, the state school for the deaf, the state school for the blind, or an institution operated by the department of youth services. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Secondary grade: means any of grades nine through twelve. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• Standard rate: means the amount per credit hour assessed by the college for an in-state student who is enrolled in an undergraduate course at that college, but who is not participating in the college credit plus program, as prescribed by the college's established tuition policy. See Ohio Code 3365.01
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Transcripted credit: means post-secondary credit that is conferred by an institution of higher education and is reflected on a student's official record at that institution upon completion of a course. See Ohio Code 3365.01