In just a few short years, Eastern Gateway Community College more than quadrupled its enrollment by marketing free online college classes to union members across the nation. The funding of that program is now a sticking point in budget negotiations between the Ohio House and Senate. Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget would close a loophole used by Eastern Gateway to use state share of instruction – SSI – to help fund these online classes. The House removed that language. The Senate wants to add it back into the budget bill.
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