Senate Bill 83 and Senate Bill 117 were added to the Senate’s version of the budget, which passed with a party line vote
“There is nothing in SB 117 that requires there to be thought on any one side of the argument,” McColley said. “None whatsoever. It doesn’t mention one viewpoint or the other that’s required. It’s straight down the middle.”“Any college or university should be a place where there’s academic freedom and free speech,” Roegner said. “I’m delighted that we are doing this. I believe in short order, those two institutions will be oversubscribed.
DeMora, however, called putting these bills in the budget “sticking the middle fingers to students,” and is wary of the phrase “intellectual diversity.” “Of course by diversity, they mean the equivalent of Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones will be taught with the same series of actual thinkers like Descarte and Locke,” he said.The Senate’s budget appropriates $200 million for both fiscal years to the Ohio College Opportunity Grant , which gives grant money to Ohio residents who have the highest level of financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid .
The Senate’s budget increases the income eligibility threshold for an OCOG award from $2,190 or less to $3,750 or less. Under the Senate’s budget, students receiving an OCOG award at state institutions of higher education would receive $3,200 in fiscal year 2024 and $4,000 in fiscal year 2025. Students at private nonprofit institutions would receive $4,700 in fiscal year 2024 and $5,000 in fiscal year 2025.
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