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Advocates Testify for Foster-to-College Scholarship at House Committee Hearing
Summary
Interested‑party witnesses told the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee that substitute House Bill 25 would give foster youth a clearer pathway to higher education; witnesses praised recent amendments, urged full funding, and noted coordination gaps with schools and higher education.
Chair Young convened the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee and opened third‑hearing interested‑party testimony on House Bill 25, the Foster to College Scholarship Act. Julia Marino, advocacy team leader for the Junior League of Columbus, and other interested parties urged the committee to press forward.
"My name is Julia Marino, and I am the advocacy team leader for the Junior League of Columbus," Marino told the committee, praising the substitute bill as the product of work by sponsors, the Legislative Service Commission and agency stakeholders. She said the measure has been debated across three legislative sessions and…
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