The new proposed Ohio House state operating budget gets rid of state-wide merit scholarships and would give less funding to a grant program that helps students who have the highest level of financial need.
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Ohio College Opportunity Grant The House’s version of the budget gives less money to Ohio College Opportunity Grant than DeWine gave the grant program in his original proposed budget. OCOG gives grant money to Ohio residents who have the highest level of financial need, as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid .
Public and non-profit college students who have OCOG awards currently receive $2,700 and $4,200 respectively and the proposed budget would bump up the amount of funding those students receive. Students attending a private for-profit career colleges who have OCOG awards currently receive $1,600 and that dollar amount currently stays flat in the budget — something the Ohio-Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools wants to see changed.
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