808 / 864
2. My child is a junior at a nonpublic high school. She is enrolled in CCP and was
planning to take 18 hours of credit at a local college during the 2015-2016 school
year. She only received 3 hours from the state. Can we self-pay for the other 15
hours?
Your child may certainly self-pay for additional college courses beyond what the state was able to fund
under College Credit Plus (CCP). However, those additional courses/credits are considered to be beyond
the CCP program. Therefore, your student’s high school will not be required to provide your student with
all of the benefits of the CCP program for those courses/credits “beyond” the program. Although tuition for
the CCP courses will be paid for by the state, the tuition for any additional courses will likely cost your
student the college or university’s regular tuition. A public college or university cannot offer an adjusted
tuition rate unless the Chancellor has authorized the institution to do so. A private institution may adjust
its tuition at its discretion..
3. Who pays for books and other miscellaneous supplies if the student is
homeschooled or attending a nonpublic school?
The secondary (high school/district) schools are responsible for providing the instructional tool ("books").
The postsecondary institution is responsible for providing all supplemental supplies required by the
course syllabus ("fees"). Under no circumstances are
public or nonpublic school CCP students
required to pay for college course instructional tools or supplies. However,
homeschool students
are
responsible for providing their own instructional tools ("books") but not the course-required supplies.
4. Why can't a nonpublic or homeschooled student who was accepted to a
college, but was not funded by the state, still participate?
The distinction rests in who is eligible to participate in College Credit Plus (CCP) and what is required for
a student to participate in CCP.
A student is eligible to participate in CCP if student is:
1.
an Ohio resident
2.
enrolled in a secondary school (high school).
An eligible student may participate in CCP if the student
1.
applies and is admitted to a college/university and is placed in a college credit-baring course
2.
is funded by the state or is funded but chooses not to accept state funds when students
similarly situated in the same district are funded.
The CCP program requires the use of state funds to pay student tuition, and requires colleges and high
schools/districts to comply with many quality and student benefits. In order to assure that those quality
and benefit measures are satisfied, a student’s participation in the program is dependent on the state-
funded tuition.
Nonpublic and homeschool students are funded through state allocations that are designated for each
group. This year, the demand for the CCP tuition awards far exceeded the supply of available funds. A
student who was not state-funded for a particular number of requested college credit hours is not