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<p class="MsoNormal">Business Officers, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please see this important correspondence being shared with your Presidents and Financial Aid Officers regarding the expanded National Guard Waiver program effective fall 2022.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Share internally as appropriate. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sheri Mauck<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">405-225-9201<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Smith, Kylie <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 1, 2022 4:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Presidents <pres@osrhe.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Senior Cabinet <seniorcabinet@osrhe.edu>; Garrett, Allison <agarrett@osrhe.edu>; White, Lindsay <lindsay.white@tulsacc.edu>; 'Mackenzie Murphy-Wilfong' <mackenzie.wilfong@tulsacc.edu>; Hilbert, Alexis <alexis.hilbert@tulsacc.edu>; Alyssa Cravens
<acravens@rsu.edu>; Amy Cobb <amy.cobb@wosc.edu>; Brenda Weber <bweber@cameron.edu>; Briana Wohl <Briana.wohl@swosu.edu>; Calandra Rose <crose@opsu.edu>; Candace Raney <craney@eosc.edu>; Carrie Bateson <carrie.bateson@tulsacc.edu>; Charlotte Towsley <ctowsley@ecok.edu>;
Cortney Smith <clsmith@carlalbert.edu>; Derotha Rivenbark <derotha.rivenbark@connorsstate.edu>; Elaine Preston <ecpreston@langston.edu>; Janice Stallworth <janice.d.stallworth@occc.edu>; Jessica Baker <jbaker@mscok.edu>; Jodie Randels <jlrandels@nwosu.edu>;
Kathy Carrington <kcarrington1@uco.edu>; Kendra Cummins <Kendra.cummins@neo.edu>; King, Garrett <garrett.king@swosu.edu>; Mary Smith <mary.g.smith@okstate.edu>; Mechell Downey <m.downey@sscok.edu>; Melissa Wadley <melissa.wadley@okstate.edu>; Nutter, Michelle
<mnutter@rose.edu>; Northern Oklahoma College (Denise.Bay@noc.edu) <Denise.Bay@noc.edu>; Robin Hutchins <HUTCHINR@nsuok.edu>; Taylor Austin <tjaustin@ou.edu>; Terri Rogers <trogers@se.edu>; McNabb, Vanessa <vmcnabb@usao.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance Program (SB 1418)<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon Presidents,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As you know, SB 1416 and SB 1418 were passed and signed into law during the 2022 legislative session.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">SB 1416 extends in-state residency status to current members of the Oklahoma National Guard (copy attached).
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">SB 1418 creates the Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance Program, which covers the costs of resident tuition, mandatory fees, and academic services fees for courses in which
eligible Guard members enroll, not to exceed a maximum of 18 credit hours per semester, subject to the availability of funds (copy attached).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Based on recent discussions with the National Guard, these changes become effective beginning with the 2022-23 academic year, and the expanded education benefits covering mandatory
fees and academic service fees WILL BE awarded for the Fall 2022 semester.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Given that funding to cover the additional costs associated with the expansion of the current National Guard Tuition Waiver program through SB 1418 was not included in our system-wide appropriation for FY23, we have been having discussions
with legislative leaders and the National Guard to ensure that our institutions receive adequate funding for this program. As a result of these discussions, we have attached a letter from House Appropriations & Budget Committee Chair Kevin Wallace and Senate
Appropriations Committee Chair Roger Thompson acknowledging that additional, ongoing funding is needed to sustain this program.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The National Guard and the OSRHE will be working with Chair Wallace and Chair Thompson to secure a supplemental appropriation to reimburse institutional costs for the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters when the Legislature convenes its
regular session next February and to ensure that continued funding is included in higher education’s base appropriation going forward in subsequent fiscal years.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While we are in the process of drafting administrative rules to implement the changes associated with SB 1416 and SB 1418, we wanted to provide this information about program funding to you as soon as possible since many institutions have
already had National Guard students inquire about these programmatic changes. <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This information is also being shared with your institution’s business officer and financial aid officer.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions regarding the National Guard Educational Assistance Program, please contact Vice Chancellor for Budget & Finance Mark Tygret at
<a href="mailto:mtygret@osrhe.edu">mtygret@osrhe.edu</a> or Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations Jarrett Jobe at
<a href="mailto:jjob@osrhe.edu">jjob@osrhe.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kylie<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Kylie Smith<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vice Chancellor for Administration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">405.225.9122<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ksmith@osrhe.edu"><span style="color:blue">ksmith@osrhe.edu</span></a>
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