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Senate higher education hearing spotlights workforce programs, scholarships and governance changes in HB 96
Summary
Lawmakers heard hours of testimony on House Bill 96 funding and policy provisions, including requests for internship and research funding, a foster-youth scholarship, computer-science teacher training, literacy and autism program pilots, and contested language on online program oversight and curriculum control.
The Senate Higher Education Committee held a final informal hearing on higher-education provisions of amended substitute House Bill 96, hearing from dozens of advocates, college leaders and former service members who urged targeted investments in workforce and student supports.
Witnesses pressed the committee on a broad mix of budget requests and policy changes. Cassie Barlow, a retired Air Force colonel and president of SOTC, asked lawmakers to add a $1 million annual Ohio Intern Academy line to the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s K-16 budget to expand a paid internship model that pairs employers with high-school students and shares wages 50/50 with employers. Mark Baartman, a retired major general, defended continued funding for the Ohio Federal Research Network,…
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