Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3333 | Department of Higher Education
Section 3333.26 | Waiving Tuition for Child or Spouse of Public Service Officer Killed in Line of Duty.

Effective: April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 259 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Any citizen of this state who has resided within the state for one year, who was in the active service of the United States as a soldier, sailor, nurse, or marine between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, and who has been honorably discharged from that service, shall be admitted to any school, college, or university that receives state funds in support thereof, without being required to pay any tuition or matriculation fee, but is not relieved from the payment of laboratory or similar fees.
(B)(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Volunteer firefighter" has the meaning as in division (B)(1) of section 146.01 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Public service officer" means an Ohio firefighter, volunteer firefighter, police officer, member of the state highway patrol, employee designated to exercise the powers of police officers pursuant to section 1545.13 of the Revised Code, or other peace officer as defined by division (B) of section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, or a person holding any equivalent position in another state.
(c) "Qualified former spouse" means the former spouse of a public service officer, or of a member of the armed services of the United States, who is the custodial parent of a minor child of that marriage pursuant to an order allocating the parental rights and responsibilities for care of the child issued pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised Code.
(d) "Operation enduring freedom" means that period of conflict which began October 7, 2001, and ends on a date declared by the president of the United States or the congress.
(e) "Operation Iraqi freedom" means that period of conflict which began March 20, 2003, and ends on a date declared by the president of the United States or the congress.
(f) "Combat zone" means an area that the president of the United States by executive order designates, for purposes of 26 U.S.C. 112, as an area in which armed forces of the United States are or have engaged in combat.
(2) Subject to division (D) of this section, any resident of this state who is under twenty-six years of age, or under thirty years of age if the resident has been honorably discharged from the armed services of the United States, who is the child of a public service officer killed in the line of duty or of a member of the armed services of the United States killed in the line of duty during operation enduring freedom or operation Iraqi freedom, and who is admitted to any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, community college, state community college, university branch, or technical college shall not be required to pay any tuition or any student fee for up to four academic years of education, which shall be at the undergraduate level, or a certificate program as prescribed under division (E) of this section.
A child of a member of the armed services of the United States killed in the line of duty during operation enduring freedom or operation Iraqi freedom is eligible for a waiver of tuition and student fees under this division only if the student is not eligible for a war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship authorized by Chapter 5910. of the Revised Code. In any year in which the war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship board reduces the percentage of tuition covered by a war orphans and severely disabled veterans' children scholarship below one hundred per cent pursuant to division (A) of section 5910.04 of the Revised Code, the waiver of tuition and student fees under this division for a child of a member of the armed services of the United States killed in the line of duty during operation enduring freedom or operation Iraqi freedom shall be reduced by the same percentage.
(3) Subject to division (D) of this section, any resident of this state who is the spouse or qualified former spouse of a public service officer killed in the line of duty, and who is admitted to any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, community college, state community college, university branch, or technical college, shall not be required to pay any tuition or any student fee for up to four academic years of education, which shall be at the undergraduate level, or a certificate program as prescribed under division (E) of this section.
(4) Any resident of this state who is the spouse or qualified former spouse of a member of the armed services of the United States killed in the line of duty while serving in a combat zone after May 7, 1975, and who is admitted to any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, community college, state community college, university branch, or technical college, shall not be required to pay any tuition or any student fee for up to four years of academic education, which shall be at the undergraduate level, or a certificate program as prescribed under division (E) of this section. In order to qualify under division (B)(4) of this section, the spouse or qualified former spouse shall have been a resident of this state at the time the member was killed in the line of duty.
(C) Any institution that is not subject to division (B) of this section and that holds a valid certificate of registration issued under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code, a valid certificate issued under Chapter 4709. of the Revised Code, or a valid license issued under Chapter 4713. of the Revised Code, or that is nonprofit and has a certificate of authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the Revised Code, or that is a private institution exempt from regulation under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code as prescribed in section 3333.046 of the Revised Code, which reduces tuition and student fees of a student who is eligible to attend an institution of higher education under the provisions of division (B) of this section by an amount indicated by the chancellor of higher education shall be eligible to receive a grant in that amount from the chancellor.
Each institution that enrolls students under division (B) of this section shall report to the chancellor, by the first day of July of each year, the number of students who were so enrolled and the average amount of all such tuition and student fees waived during the preceding year. The chancellor shall determine the average amount of all such tuition and student fees waived during the preceding year. The average amount of the tuition and student fees waived under division (B) of this section during the preceding year shall be the amount of grants that participating institutions shall receive under this division during the current year, but no grant under this division shall exceed the tuition and student fees due and payable by the student prior to the reduction referred to in this division. The grants shall be made for two certificate programs or four years of undergraduate education of an eligible student.
(D) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3333.31 of the Revised Code, for the purposes of divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, the child, spouse, or qualified former spouse of a public service officer or a member of the armed services of the United States killed in the line of duty shall be considered a resident of this state for the purposes of this section if the child, spouse, or qualified former spouse was a resident of this state at the time that the public service officer or member of the armed services was killed.
However, no child, spouse, or qualified former spouse of a public service officer or a member of the armed services of the United States killed in the line of duty shall be required to be a resident of this state at the time the public service officer or member of the armed services of the United States was killed in order to receive benefits under divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section.
(E) A child, spouse, or qualified former spouse of a public service officer or a member of the armed services killed in the line of duty shall receive benefits for a certificate program in accordance with division (B) or (C) of this section, except that a particular child, spouse, or qualified former spouse shall not receive benefits for:
(1) More than two certificate programs;
(2) A total number of academic credits or instructional hours equivalent to more than four academic years;
(3) For any particular academic year, an amount that is greater than eight thousand dollars.
Last updated May 3, 2021 at 11:10 AM

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 33 | Education-Libraries

Chapter 3333 | Department of Higher Education

Section 3333.01 | Ohio Board of Regents - Advisory Role - Terms.

Section 3333.011 | Board Members, Staff and Employees - Prohibited Activities.

Section 3333.012 | References to Ohio Board of Regents.

Section 3333.02 | Board Meetings and Duties.

Section 3333.021 | Filing Fiscal Analysis With Proposed Rules.

Section 3333.03 | Department of Higher Education; Chancellor of Higher Education.

Section 3333.032 | Annual Report of Board of Regents.

Section 3333.04 | Chancellor - Powers and Duties.

Section 3333.041 | Submitting Annual Report on Number of Graduates of Ohio School Districts at State Institutions of Higher Education, Percentage Needing Remedial Courses, and Other Information to Governor and General Assembly.

Section 3333.042 | Grants for Nonprofit Entity That Provides Aerospace Research, Education and Technology.

Section 3333.043 | Community Service Programs.

Section 3333.044 | Contracting With Consultants - Liability Insurance.

Section 3333.045 | Model for Training University and College Trustees and Regents as to Authority and Responsibilities.

Section 3333.046 | Exempting Certain Programs From Regulation as Proprietary Schools.

Section 3333.047 | Student Financial Aid Program Audits.

Section 3333.048 | Educator Preparation; Metrics and Programs.

Section 3333.049 | Reading Endorsement Programs; Instruction in Computer Science and Computational Thinking.

Section 3333.0410 | Use the Student's Data Verification Code Required.

Section 3333.0411 | Reports for Teacher Preparation Programs.

Section 3333.0412 | Private University Exempt From Liability for Certain Breach of Confidentiality.

Section 3333.0413 | Inventory of Education Programs Focusing on Workforce Development and Training.

Section 3333.0414 | Opioid and Other Substance Abuse Prevention Instruction.

Section 3333.0415 | Annual Report Regarding Attainment Goal 2025.

Section 3333.0416 | Investigation of Fees Charged by State Institutions.

Section 3333.0417 | Statewide Educational Plan for Preventing Hazing.

Section 3333.0418 | Mental Health and Wellness Report.

Section 3333.05 | Chancellor to Approve Plans and Charter of Community Colleges.

Section 3333.051 | Applied Bachelor's and Nursing Bachelor's Degree Programs at Two-Year Institutions.

Section 3333.052 | Community College Acceleration Program.

Section 3333.06 | State Plan - Federal Grants.

Section 3333.07 | Restrictions on State Institutions.

Section 3333.071 | Restricting Expenditures for Land or Capital Improvements.

Section 3333.073 | Program Viability Analysis.

Section 3333.08 | Appropriating Property.

Section 3333.09 | Conveyances - Lease-Back Agreements.

Section 3333.10 | Granting Aid to Nonprofit Medical, Osteopathic and Dental Schools.

Section 3333.11 | Department of Family Practice.

Section 3333.111 | Department or Office of Geriatric Medicine.

Section 3333.12 | Instructional Grant Program.

Section 3333.121 | Instructional Grant Reconciliation Fund.

Section 3333.122 | Ohio College Opportunity Grant Program.

Section 3333.123 | Ohio College Opportunity Grant Program - Funding Preferences and Priorities.

Section 3333.124 | Ohio College Opportunity Grant Program Reserve Fund.

Section 3333.125 | Commercial Truck Driver Student Aid Program.

Section 3333.126 | Supplemental Ohio College Opportunity Grants.

Section 3333.127 | Second Chance Grant Program.

Section 3333.14 | Public Post High School Technical Education Programs.

Section 3333.15 | Establishment of University Branch by Chancellor.

Section 3333.16 | Universal Course Equivalency Classification System for State Institutions of Higher Education.

Section 3333.161 | Statewide System for Articulation Agreements Among State Institutions of Higher Education for Transfer Students Pursuing Teacher Education Programs.

Section 3333.162 | Criteria, Policies, and Procedures for Transfer of Courses.

Section 3333.163 | Standards for College Credit Based on Advanced Placement Test Scores.

Section 3333.164 | College Credit for Military Training, Experience, and Coursework.

Section 3333.165 | Annual Report.

Section 3333.166 | Transfer of Credits.

Section 3333.167 | College Credit for High School Students Enrolled in Career-Technical Planning Districts.

Section 3333.168 | Guaranteed Transfer Pathways; Joint Academic Programming; Dual Enrollment.

Section 3333.17 | Reciprocal Contracts With Institutions in Neighboring States for Tuition and Fees.

Section 3333.171 | Reciprocity Agreement With Midwestern Higher Education Compact.

Section 3333.172 | Endorsement of Midwest Student Exchange Program.

Section 3333.18 | Reciprocal Contracts With Institutions in Neighboring States for Financial Aid Funds.

Section 3333.19 | Foreign Exchange Students - Tuition and Fees.

Section 3333.20 | Educational Service Standards for Community Colleges, University Branches, Technical Colleges and State Community Colleges.

Section 3333.21 | Academic Scholarship Program - Basis of Award.

Section 3333.22 | Award and Renewal of Scholarship - Leave of Absence.

Section 3333.23 | Scholastic Record Sent to Chancellor - Suspension or Revocation of Scholarship.

Section 3333.25 | Academic Scholarship Payment Fund.

Section 3333.26 | Waiving Tuition for Child or Spouse of Public Service Officer Killed in Line of Duty.

Section 3333.28 | Nurse Education Assistance Program - Fund.

Section 3333.29 | Facilitation of Communication, Cooperation, and Partnerships Among State Institutions of Higher Education With Nursing Education Programs.

Section 3333.30 | Web Site Access to Career Information.

Section 3333.301 | Fafsa Completion Tracking System.

Section 3333.31 | Rules for Determining Student Residency.

Section 3333.311 | Residency of Veterans and Veterans' Spouses.

Section 3333.32 | Conditions for Resident Status.

Section 3333.33 | Establishment of Tuition Guarantee Program.

Section 3333.34 | College-Level Certificates Transferable to College Credit.

Section 3333.342 | Certificates of Value.

Section 3333.35 | Cooperative Efforts With State Board of Education.

Section 3333.36 | Allocation of Funds for Certain Scholarships.

Section 3333.37 | Outstanding Scholarship, Priority Needs Fellowship Program Definitions.

Section 3333.371 | Purposes of Scholarship and Fellowship Programs.

Section 3333.372 | Outstanding Scholarship and Priority Needs Fellowship Programs.

Section 3333.373 | Scholarship Rules Advisory Committee.

Section 3333.374 | Rules Establishing Scholarship Policy Guidelines.

Section 3333.375 | Ohio Outstanding Scholarship and Ohio Priority Needs Fellowship Programs Payment Funds.

Section 3333.38 | Ineligibility for Student Financial Assistance Supported by State Funds.

Section 3333.39 | Teach Ohio Program.

Section 3333.391 | Ohio Teaching Fellows Program.

Section 3333.392 | Scholarships; Termination; Repayment.

Section 3333.40 | Midwestern Higher Education Compact.

Section 3333.41 | Members of Midwestern Higher Education Commission.

Section 3333.42 | Nonresident Student Military Personnel Tuition.

Section 3333.421 | Ohio Hidden Hero Scholarship Programs.

Section 3333.43 | Statements for Three-Year Baccalaureate Degrees.

Section 3333.44 | Postsecondary Globalization Liaison.

Section 3333.45 | Partnership to Provide Competency - Based Education Programs.

Section 3333.50 | Critical Needs Rapid Response System.

Section 3333.55 | Health Information and Imaging Technology Workforce Development Pilot Project.

Section 3333.59 | Bonds.

Section 3333.60 | Choose Ohio First Scholarship Definitions.

Section 3333.61 | Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program.

Section 3333.613 | Choose Ohio First Scholarship Reserve Fund.

Section 3333.615 | Elimination of Certain Choose Ohio First Scholarship Components.

Section 3333.62 | Competitive Process for Program Awards.

Section 3333.63 | Meeting Prior to Making Awards - Proposal Summary Review.

Section 3333.64 | Fiscal and Distributive Goals; Work-Based Learning Requirement.

Section 3333.65 | Award Recipients to Enter Use Agreement.

Section 3333.66 | Scholarship Amounts.

Section 3333.68 | College Proposal Preference for Future Awards.

Section 3333.69 | Monitor of Initiatives for Which Award Granted.

Section 3333.70 | Ohio Higher Education Innovation Grant Program.

Section 3333.71 | Choose Ohio First Co-Op/internship Program Definitions.

Section 3333.72 | Choose Ohio First Co-Op/internship Program.

Section 3333.73 | Competitive Process for Making Awards Under Program.

Section 3333.731 | Co-Op/internship Program Advisory Committee.

Section 3333.74 | Private Pledge Required for Program Awards.

Section 3333.75 | Agreement Governing Use of Program Award.

Section 3333.76 | Recruiting Ohio Residents in Out-of-State Institutions.

Section 3333.77 | Proposal Preference to Institution for Future Years.

Section 3333.78 | Monitor of Initiatives for Which Awards Granted.

Section 3333.79 | Ohio Co-Op/internship Program Minority Outreach.

Section 3333.80 | Ohiocorps Pilot Program.

Section 3333.801 | Ohiocorps Scholarship for At-Risk Students.

Section 3333.802 | Ohiocorps Fund.

Section 3333.81 | Clearinghouse of Computer-Based Courses Definitions.

Section 3333.82 | Chancellor to Establish Clearinghouse of Digital Texts and Distance Learning Courses.

Section 3333.83 | Enrollment in Clearinghouse Course - Participation - Withdrawal.

Section 3333.84 | Fees Charged for Texts or Courses Offered Through Clearinghouse.

Section 3333.85 | Assignment of Course Grade; Credit.

Section 3333.86 | Offering of Course as Dual Enrollment Program.

Section 3333.87 | Clearinghouse Implementation Rules.

Section 3333.88 | Alternative Means for Offering Computer-Based Courses.

Section 3333.90 | Course and Program Sharing Network.

Section 3333.91 | Plan for the Adult Basic and Literacy Education Program.

Section 3333.92 | Participation in Adult Basic and Literacy Education; Creation of Account With Ohiomeansjobs Website.

Section 3333.93 | Workforce-Education Partnership Programs.

Section 3333.94 | Inventory of Credit and Non-Credit Certificate Programs and Industry-Recognized Credentials; Preferential Funding.

Section 3333.95 | Efficiency Advisory Committee.

Section 3333.951 | Higher Education Textbook Study.

Section 3333.99 | Governing Boards of State Colleges and Universities Retain Former Powers and Duties.