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Efficiency Advisory Committee The The FY FY 12 12-13 13 budget, budget, House Bill House Bill 153 153, tasked tasked the the Chancellor Chancellor with with establishing establishing an Efficiency an Efficiency Advisory Advisory Committee, Committee, composed composed of of members members from from each each of of Ohio’s Ohio’s public public institutions institutions of of higher higher education education . The The purpose purpose of of this this committee committee is is to to generate generate optimal optimal efficiency efficiency plans plans for for campuses, campuses, identify identify shared shared service service opportunities, opportunities, share share best best practices, practices, and and explore explore methods methods for for reducing reducing the the costs costs of of textbooks textbooks and and other other education education resource resource materials materials for for students students . The The Chancellor’s Chancellor’s Efficiency Efficiency Advisory Advisory Committee Committee is is required required to to provide provide an an annual annual report report to to the the Office Office of of Budget Budget and and Management, Management, the Governor, the Governor, and and the the General General Assembly, Assembly, compiling compiling the the operational operational efficiency efficiency plans plans for for all all institutions institutions of higher of higher education, education, as as well well as as benchmarking benchmarking efficiency efficiency gains gains realized realized over over the the preceding preceding year year and and progress progress made made in in implementing implementing the the prior prior year’s year’s efficiency efficiency plan plan.

Task Force on Affordability and Efficiency in Higher Education On On February February 10 10, 2015 2015, Governor Governor John John Kasich Kasich signed signed Executive Executive Order Order 2015 2015-01 01K establishing establishing the Ohio the Ohio Task Task Force Force on on Affordability Affordability and and Efficiency Efficiency in in Higher Higher Education Education to review to review and and recommend recommend ways ways in in which which state state-sponsored sponsored institutions institutions of of higher higher education, education, including including four four - year year universities universities and and two two -year year community community colleges, colleges, can can be be more more efficient, efficient, offering offering an an education education of of equal equal or or higher higher quality quality while while at at the the same same time time decreasing decreasing their their costs costs . After After holding holding a series series of of meetings meetings across across the the state, state, on on Oct Oct . 1, 2015 2015 the the Ohio Ohio Task Task Force Force on on Affordability Affordability and and Efficiency Efficiency in in Higher Higher Education Education delivered delivered its its recommendations recommendations to to Gov Gov. John John Kasich, Kasich, Senate Senate President President Keith Keith Faber Faber and and House House Speaker Speaker Cliff Cliff Rosenberger Rosenberger .

Task Force on Affordability and Efficiency in Higher Education Ohio’s Ohio’s public public campuses campuses plan plan to to generate generate nearly nearly $1.3 billion billion in efficiency in efficiency savings savings and and new new resources resources over over the the next next five five years, years, according according to to action action plans plans submitted submitted in in response response to to the the Ohio Ohio Task Task Force Force on on Affordability Affordability and and Efficiency Efficiency in in Higher Higher Education Education .

5% Reduction Plans • A common common strategy strategy for for cost cost reduction reduction was was limiting limiting The The FY FY 16-17 16 17 budget, budget, Amended Amended Substitute Substitute House House Bill Bill 64 64 the the number number of of credits credits needed needed to to earn earn a bachelor’s bachelor’s of of the the 131 131 st st General General Assembly, Assembly, required required the the board board of of degree degree to to 120 120 semester semester credit credit hours hours and and an an trustees trustees of of each each state state institution institution of higher of higher education education to to in ‐ state, associate degree associate degree to to 60 60 credit credit hours hours . develop and develop and implement implement a plan plan to to provide provide all all in state, undergraduate undergraduate students the students the opportunity opportunity to reduce to reduce the the • Many Many institutions institutions extended extended full full -time time tuition tuition student student cost cost of of earning earning a degree degree by by five five percent percent . The The plateaus, plateaus, so that so that students students could could take take additional additional plans plans were were submitted submitted to the to the chancellor chancellor in in October October of of credits credits at at the the full full -time time rate, rate, without without additional additional 2015, and 2015 and subsequently subsequently shared shared with with the the legislature legislature . charges charges .

Regional Compacts • In In 2015 2015, ODHE ODHE launched launched the the RAPIDS RAPIDS (Regionally (Regionally Aligned Aligned Priorities Priorities in in Delivering Delivering Skills) Skills) program, program, which which provided provided each each region region of of the the state state funding funding for for collaborative collaborative projects projects identified identified by by business business and and education education providers providers . Grants Grants have have been been awarded awarded regionally regionally to to purchase purchase equipment equipment used used by by colleges, colleges, universities, universities, occupational occupational training training centers, centers, and and business business partners partners to to deploy deploy trained trained workers workers into into existing existing and and emerging emerging jobs jobs. • Also Also in in 2015 2015, as as a part part of of House House Bill Bill 64 64, ORC ORC Section Section 3345 3345.35 35 required required evaluations evaluations of of all all the the courses courses and and programs programs Ohio Ohio public public colleges colleges and and universities universities offer, offer, based based on on enrollment enrollment and and duplication duplication with with those those of of other other state state institutions institutions of higher of higher education education within within a geographic geographic region region . As As a result result of of these these evaluations, evaluations, many many institutions institutions have have found found courses courses and and programs programs that that could could be be offered offered through through shared shared resources resources . For For example, example, Bowling Bowling Green Green and and Toledo Toledo announced announced a collaboration collaboration in foreign in foreign language language education education that that will will expand expand opportunities opportunities for for students students at at both both universities, universities, while while saving saving resources resources by by reducing reducing duplicative duplicative academic academic programs programs . • House House Bill Bill 49 49 recognized recognized these these efforts efforts and and required required further further development development of collaboration of collaboration under under Regional Regional Compacts Compacts . ORC ORC Section Section 3345 3345.59 59 requires requires all all public public colleges colleges and and universities universities within within a region region to to enter enter into into a Regional Regional Compact, Compact, in in order order to to eliminate eliminate unnecessary unnecessary duplication duplication of of academic academic programming, programming, develop develop additional additional strategies strategies to to address address workforce workforce educational educational needs, needs, enhance enhance the the sharing sharing of of resources resources between between institutions, institutions, and and reduce reduce operational operational and and administrative administrative costs, costs, among among other other strategies strategies .