May 20, 2004
Some Ohio residents who have enrolled in Ball State's fallclasses are getting some good news.
Ball State will participate in a reciprocity agreement betweenIndiana and Ohio that allow some Ohio residents to pay in-statetuition here and at some other public institutions. In return, someIndiana residents will be getting discounts at some Ohioschools.
The agreement was approved by the Indiana Commission for HigherEducation Friday. The Ohio Board of Regents is expected to approvethe measure in June.
Once approved, residents of six Ohio counties - Butler, Darke,Mercer, Preble, Shelby and Van Wert - will pay in-state tuition atBall State, Indiana University East, Ivy Tech State College inMuncie and Richmond, Purdue Statewide Technology in Muncie andRichmond, and Vincennes University.
Meanwhile, residents of Adams, Blackford, Delaware, Fayette,Franklin, Henry, Jay, Randolph, Rush, Union, Wayne and Wellscounties in Indiana will pay in-state tuition at the main and Lakecampus of Wright State University, Clark State Community College,Edison Community College, the Hamilton and Middletown campuses ofMiami University, Rhodes State College and Sinclair CommunityCollege.
Tom Morrison, director of state fiscal relations at Ball State,said the choice of universities that are participating in theagreement was mostly geographical.
"The counties are the east-central part of Indiana and thewest-central part of Ohio," Morrison said.
The agreement is set up to run from July 1 until June 30, 2005.However, Morrison said it will probably last much longer.
"This is the first year of a very long-term agreement," Morrisonsaid.
If the agreement is renewed, it would be for two years andcoincide with the two-year budget cycles of both states. It wouldalso allow other institutions to join.
In the meantime, Ball State officials will be sending letters tostudents from the participating Ohio counties that applied to BallState to inform them of the discount. They will also be contactinghigh school principals and guidance counselors.
"The good news is Ball State is the closest four-year universityto most of these students in those counties," Waters said. "Somewould love to come, but they simply couldn't afford the cost."
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