As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. B. No. 287
2025-2026
Senator Hicks-Hudson
To create the Farming and Workforce Development Program and to make an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. (A) As used in this section, "eligible individual" means an individual who meets all of the following criteria:
(1) The individual is between sixteen years of age and thirty-five years of age at the time the Farming and Workforce Development Program commences.
(2) The individual is a resident of this state.
(B) The Farming and Workforce Development Program is hereby created, which shall provide training to eligible individuals to prepare such individuals for seasonal crop farming employment. Each county office of the Ohio State University Extension and Central State University Extension shall develop guidelines and policies for the application process, training coursework, and implementation of the Program.
A person who has been convicted of or plead guilty to a felony in this state or another state is eligible to participate in the program so long as the person meets the definition of "eligible individual."
Section 2. All items in this act are hereby appropriated as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the designated fund. For all operating appropriations made in this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2026 and those in the second column are for fiscal year 2027. The operating appropriations made in this act are in addition to any other operating appropriations made for these fiscal years.
Section 3.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
A |
AGR DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE |
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B |
General Revenue Fund |
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C |
GRF |
700514 |
Special Projects |
$500,000 |
$0 |
D |
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund |
$500,000 |
$0 |
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E |
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS |
$500,000 |
$0 |
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SPECIAL PROJECTS
The foregoing appropriation item 700514, Special Projects, shall be used to support the activities of the Farming and Workforce Development Program established under Section 1 of this act.
Section 4. Within the limits set forth in this act, the Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation made in this act, and shall determine the manner in which appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from operating appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all applicable provisions of, H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly.