Summary

House Bill 96 of the 136th General Assembly established the Strategic Square Footage Reduction Fund and directed the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) to administer and award revolving loans to state institutions of higher education as defined in Section 3345.011 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) for the voluntary reduction of physical square footage (ORC Section 3333.96). Institutions interested in utilizing this fund to reduce their square footage should review this Request for Applications (RFA) and complete the application attached as Exhibit I and the Excel Spreadsheet attached as Exhibit II and submit those documents at rfp.ohiohighered.org by 11/09/2026.

Documents

File Name Document Type File Type Download
Exhibit_I_-_Demolition_Loan RFP pdf Download
SSFR_FAQ_10.05.26 Q&A pdf Download
10-year_IPEDs_headcount_(partially_in-seat) Additional xlsx Download
Enrollment_and_Fiscal_Data Additional xlsx Download
Exhibit_II_-_Demolition_Loan Additional xlsx Download
Prior_Capital_Investments_Form Additional xlsx Download
Scoring_Summary_-_Demolition_Loan Additional pdf Download
Exhibit_I_-_Demolition_Loan Additional pdf Download