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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">OACRAO colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please find attached correspondence sent to State System presidents regarding recent changes to the OSRHE
<i>In-state/Out-of-state Status of Enrolled Students </i>policy. These changes were made in response to state legislation which was passed this session. Also attached for your reference are updated policy and the agenda item approved by the Regents.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">I also wanted to note that the policy was updated in April to include VA Education benefit recipients under Chapter 35 to those entitled to in-state status. It was recently
pointed out that the language in the policy could be interpreted as requiring Chapter 35 recipients to have been released from active duty service to be classified as in-state. As you are no doubt aware, Chapter 35 benefits are only for dependents, so I want
to clarify that those students should be classified as in-state without a requirement of having been released from active duty service. We will work on clarifying the policy language this fall, but please continue to classify Chapter 35 recipients as in-state
in the meantime.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer; please don’t hesitate to contact me if I can be of any assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kyle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Kyle Foster, Ph.D.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">(he/him)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/nMc3YG81uo72"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#8496B0">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 | Oklahoma City, OK 73104</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#8496B0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">+1 405 225 9163 |</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">
</span><a href="mailto:kfoster@osrhe.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#8496B0">kfoster@osrhe.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#8496B0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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