(A)
Which section of
the Revised Code applies to vocational education training?
Conflict with Revised Code Section
(5) of Amended Substitute Senate Bill 238 of the 126th General Assembly
(9/2006) sets forth the following provision: Not later than September 30, 2006,
the director of job and family services shall adopt rules as necessary for the
state to comply with 42 U.S.C. 607(i)(2) (8/1996). If necessary to bring the
state into compliance with 42 U.S.C. 607(i)(2) (8/1996), the rules may deviate
from Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code. Rules adopted under this section that
govern financial and other administrative requirements applicable to the
department of job and family services and county agencies shall be adopted in
accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code as if they were internal
management rules. All other rules adopted under this section shall be adopted
in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(1)
Section
5107.05 of the Revised Code
authorizes the director of job and family services to adopt rules as necessary
to comply with Title IV-A, Title IV-D, federal regulations, state law and the
state plan.
(B)(2) The county agency
shall administer the work activity programs in accordance with the requirements
contained in this rule and not in accordance with sections
5107.01,
5107.40,
5107.43,
5107.58 and
5107.60 of the Revised Code.
All applicable requirements contained in the Revised
Code sections referenced have been incorporated into this
rule.
(C)(B) What is vocational
educational training?
(1) Vocational
educational training means organized education programs that are directly
related to the preparation of individuals for employment in current or emerging
occupations requiring training.
(2)
Vocational educational training shall be provided by education and training
organizations.
(3) Acceptable types
of vocational educational training include, but are not limited to:
(a) Baccalaureate or advanced
degrees;
(b) Associate
degree;
(c) Instructional
certificate program;
(d) Industrial
skills certificate;
(e) Non-credit
coursework; and
(f) Basic skills
education and English as a second language (ESL) courses when they are a
necessary and regular part of the vocational educational training.
(D)(C) What hours of
participation in vocational educational training may count toward work
participation?
(1) Hours of participation are
actual hours spent in the classroom not semester or quarter credit
hours.
(2) The county agency may
count supervised homework time and up to one hour of unsupervised time for each
hour of class time. Total homework time counted for participation cannot exceed
the hours required or advised by a particular education institution. The county
agency shall document the homework expectations of the educational program in
order to count homework time.
(E)(D)
What are the limitations on counting vocational educational training toward
work participation?
(1) For each work eligible
applicant or participant no more than twelve months of vocational educational
training will count toward work participation in a lifetime.
(2) Not more than thirty per cent of the
number of individuals assigned to vocational educational training in all
families and in two parent families shall count toward monthly work
participation as described in rule
5101:1-3-01 of the
Administrative Code.
(F)(E) How is tuition
covered?
(1) The participant shall make
reasonable efforts, as determined by the county agency, to obtain a loan,
scholarship, grant or other assistance to pay for the tuition, including a
federal pell grant under
20
U.S.C.
1070a (12/2015), an Ohio instructional
grant under section 3333.12 of the Revised Code, and an Ohio college
opportunity grant under section
3333.122 of the Revised
Code.
(2) When the participant is
unable to obtain sufficient assistance to pay the tuition the Ohio works first
program may pay the tuition. The county agency may enter into a loan agreement
with the participant to pay the tuition. The total period for which tuition is
paid and loans made shall not exceed two years.
(3) When the participant volunteers to
participate in the vocational education program for more hours each week than
the hours assigned, the program may pay or the county agency may loan the cost
of the tuition for the assigned number of hours.
(4) A county agency that provides loans
pursuant to paragraph (E)(2)
(F)(2) of this rule shall establish
procedures governing loan application for and the approval and administration
of loans granted.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
5101:1-3-12.7
Effective:
11/1/2022
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
7/21/2022 and
11/01/2027
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 5107.05
Rule
Amplifies: 5107.05
Prior
Effective Dates: 09/29/2006 (Emer.), 12/29/2006, 07/01/2007, 10/01/2008,
02/01/2012, 06/01/2017
