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As Re-Referred by the House Rules and Reference Committee
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
H. B. No. 95
2025-2026
Representatives White, A., Stewart
Cosponsor: Representative Williams
A
BILL
To
make an appropriation to support higher education institutions that
are members of the Ohio Veterans Education Council.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
All
items in this act are hereby appropriated as designated out of any
moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the designated fund.
For all operating appropriations made in this act, those in the first
column are for fiscal year 2026 and those in the second column are
for fiscal year 2027. The operating appropriations made in this act
are in addition to any other operating appropriations made for these
fiscal years.
Section
2.
1
2
3
4
5
A
BOR
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
B
General
Revenue Fund
C
GRF
235450
Military
and Veterans Offices
$1,144,000
$1,144,000
D
TOTAL
GRF General Revenue Fund
$1,144,000
$1,144,000
E
TOTAL
ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS
$1,144,000
$1,144,000
MILITARY
AND VETERANS OFFICES
(A)
The foregoing appropriation item 235450, Military and Veterans
Offices, shall be used by the Chancellor of Higher Education to
support higher education institutions that are members of the Ohio
Veterans Education Council. The Chancellor may consult with the
Director of Veterans Services as needed.
(B)
Of the foregoing appropriation item 235450, Military and Veterans
Offices, up to $213,750 in each fiscal year shall be used by the
Chancellor to provide awards of $2,500 per student to up to six
students serving as a Military Community Advocate at an Ohio Veterans
Education Council-member public university and up to three students
serving as a Military Community Advocate at an Ohio Veterans
Education Council-member public community college or private
nonprofit university or college.
(C)
Of the foregoing appropriation item 235450, Military and Veterans
Offices, $255,000 in each fiscal year shall be used for grants for
military and veterans offices at institutions of higher education to
support growth in private philanthropy, in collaboration with the
National Veterans Leadership Foundation.
(D)
Of the foregoing appropriation item 235450, Military and Veterans
Offices, $91,800 in each fiscal year shall be used to sponsor staff
from military and veterans offices at institutions of higher
education to attend the National Veterans Leadership Foundation's
Advancement Institute.
(E)
The remainder of the foregoing appropriation item 235450, Military
and Veterans Offices, shall be used to do all of the following:
(1)
Support the administrative costs of the National Veterans Leadership
Foundation;
(2)
Create a web site to connect veterans to programs and offerings at
all Ohio Veterans Education Council-member colleges and universities;
(3)
Administer membership and Ohio Purple Star status;
(4)
Facilitate information sharing;
(5)
Support any other expenses as determined appropriate by the
Chancellor, in consultation with the National Veterans Leadership
Foundation.
Section
3.
Within
the limits set forth in this act, the Director of Budget and
Management shall establish accounts indicating the source and amount
of funds for each appropriation made in this act, and shall determine
the manner in which appropriation accounts shall be maintained.
Expenditures from operating appropriations contained in this act
shall be accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all
applicable provisions of, the main operating appropriations act of
the 136th General Assembly.