Ohio enacts tax break for college students receiving grants

Dec. 13, 2011, Lancaster Eagle Gazette

By Jessica Alaimo

CentralOhio.com

If an Ohio college student’s Pell Grant or Ohio College Opportunity Grant is applied toward room and board or a meal plan, it no longer is considered taxable income by the state.

Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Friday that will allow students to take an income tax deduction for these situations. There was no opposition in the Legislature, and it takes effect immediately so students can take advantage of it on their 2011 tax returns.

Rep. Tim Derickson, R-Oxford, sponsored the bill.