(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Full course load" shall be defined by the board of trustees of each state institution of higher education.
(2) "Overload fee" means a fee or increased tuition rate charged to students who enroll in courses for a total number of credit hours in excess of a full course load.
(3) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(B) No state institution of higher education shall charge an overload fee to any student for courses in which that student is enrolled that exceed the full course load per semester or per quarter, whichever is applicable, except as follows:
(1) If a student is enrolled in more than eighteen credit hours per semester, or the equivalent number of credit hours per quarter as determined by the board of trustees of the institution, the institution may charge an overload fee to the student for only those credit hours taken in excess of eighteen credit hours per semester, or the equivalent number of credit hours per quarter, whichever is applicable.
(2) If a student is enrolled in a course load that exceeds the full course load but is less than or equal to eighteen credit hours per semester, or the equivalent number of credit hours per quarter, whichever is applicable, the institution may charge an overload fee to any student for a course from which the student withdraws prior to a date specified by the board of trustees of the state institution.
Added by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.
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