-The State is violating Active Duty Service Members and Veterans rights protected by the State of Ohio Consititution (Reference F)
-United States Code: Title 42: Section 1981 Equal rights under the law. This USC, justifies the legal right for Ohio Active Duty Veterans to recieve or at least have an equal opportunity to educational assistance just like or similar to that offered to the Ohio National Guard. (Reference K)
-The State of Ohio is in violation of federal discrimination law: United States Code: Title 42: Section 2000a-1 Prohibition against discrimination or segregation by any law, statue, ordinance, regulation, rule or order of a State or State agency. This state funded program giving 100% free tuition to the Ohio National Guard is discrimination by the state of Ohio regardless if it is unintentional or not under the law. (Reference I)
-Ohio National Guard Members recieving 100% tuition from the State of Ohio's program and they are also disabled and recieving this benefit is in confilict and violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act Title II: State and Local Government Activities: "Requires the State and local governments give people with disabilities an equal opporunity to benefit from all their programs, services, and activities (e.g. public education, employment, transportation, recreation, health care, social services, courts, voting, and town meetings)." This is a violation of a disabled Active Duty Ohio Veteran who has just as every right as the Ohio National Guard Member to benefit from this state funded program according to ADA. (Reference G)
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