Lobbyists for school organizations say they support the program’s goal of making college less expensive, but it’s costing them too much.

The Columbus Dispatch reports.

Free college courses cost Ohio schools too much, districts say

College Credit Plus, the statewide program that lets middle and high school students take free college courses, was a hit with Ohio families in its first year. Thousands of Ohio students have earned college credits that would have cost an estimated $60 million if taken the traditional way.

But school districts, which give up part of their state per-pupil funding to cover the cost, want to see some changes, including requiring parents who can afford it to pay something toward the cost.

A bill brought forward by the Department of Higher Education would make some changes, but not the ones school districts want. The measure, H.B. 474, has had two hearings and could be taken up again in the General Assembly’s lame-duck session at the end of the year.