STATE AID WITH STRINGS ATTACHED, OHIO OFFERS CENTRAL STATE $29 MILLION — BUT DEMANDS OVERSIGHT

C&P News wire

WILBERFORCE, Ohio — In a move drawing both support and scrutiny across higher education circles, Ohio lawmakers are preparing to provide up to $29 million in capital funding to Central State University, but only if the university agrees to place oversight of campus facilities under a state agency or another government entity before most of the money is released. 

The proposal marks an unusual chapter for Ohio’s only public historically Black university and…