Ohio Rev. Code § 3354.18
Financial aid to a community college from the state shall be paid over to the board of trustees of the community college district in which such college is situated only upon certification by the Ohio board of regents that such college is in condition to receive students and is operable and upon approval of its official plan and the issuance of a charter to such college as provided in section 3354.07 of the Revised Code.
Financial aid from the state to a municipal university of the kind described in division (C) of section 3354.01 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the board of directors of the municipal university upon findings of the Ohio board of regents that the university offers instructional programs equivalent to those required of community colleges, and that such programs are needed in the community in which the university is located.
R.C. § 3354.18