From jonna.raney at okbu.edu Wed Mar 2 14:26:50 2016 From: jonna.raney at okbu.edu (Jonna Raney) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 15:26:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Oasfaa] Don't wait too late! In-Reply-To: <972755327.20331949.1456949528885.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> Message-ID: <1410989146.20347724.1456950410049.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> Are you ready to party? I mean, learn tons about financial aid? Well, we will do both! The committees have a lot of great things (and special guests appearances) planned. The program committee has put together a great agenda (see attached). We have PPY, Perkins, Verification, Federal Update, Active Shooter/Workplace Violence Training, State Program Update and much more, so don't miss it! Registration is open and going strong. Hotel registration at the OASFAA special rate of $139 per suite must be completed by March 14th. Don't forget about the service project, Thunder Cares . We are asking you to bring new children's books to donate to this worthy cause. Proceeds from the basket auction will also support Thunder Cares. Conference registration is available at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events. Hotel registration is available at http://embassysuites3.hilton.com/en/hotels/oklahoma/embassy-suites-by-hilton-oklahoma-city-downtown-medical-center-OKCOKES/index.html to register online. Either way, make sure you use the code, SFA , to get the OASFAA rate. We can't wait to see you April 13-15 at the Embassy Suites Downtown OKC! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: undefined Type: image/jpeg Size: 48773 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: OASFAA 2016 Conference Agenda.doc Type: application/msword Size: 113152 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Audra-Main at ouhsc.edu Thu Mar 3 09:35:52 2016 From: Audra-Main at ouhsc.edu (Main, Audra D. (HSC)) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 15:35:52 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] OASFAA Retirees Message-ID: <49E4B16EF0F0AA43810A3109DF3C0A305AEC30C2@COUNTACH.hsc.net.ou.edu> OASFAA Retirees, I want to personally invite former and current retirees to the OASFAA Conference for lunch on April 14, 2016 at the Embassy Suites, 741 N. Lincoln, Oklahoma City. If you are planning on attending and you are not attending the conference please let me know you are attending the lunch by Thursday, March 31, 2016. Lunch will be 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm. Please pass this on to any retirees you may know that might not see this e-mail. I look forward to seeing everyone at the conference. Audra Main Financial Aid Counselor OUHSC Financial Aid Office 1106 N. 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Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 1364 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Fri Mar 4 15:37:18 2016 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 21:37:18 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_March_4=2C?= =?windows-1252?q?_2016?= In-Reply-To: <04A8951A98F471429444BFBA57D49B2C5EF7B759@Drake.osrhe.edu> References: <04A8951A98F471429444BFBA57D49B2C5EF7B759@Drake.osrhe.edu> Message-ID: Below is the legislative update for this week. You will see that the list is much shorter now. We have only one OKPromise bill still on the list at this point but there are a couple of other bills related to financial aid under the Scholarships and Financial Aid section. The next deadline for bills is to be passed on the floor of their house of origin by Thursday, March 10. Bryce OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, March 04, 2016 Subject: Legislative Update ? March 4, 2016 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of February 29, 2016 ? March 4, 2016. If you have any questions, please contact Hollye Hunt at hhunt at osrhe.edu or 405.225.9424. Legislative Report March 4, 2016 Governance No pending legislation. Appropriations/funding/bonds SB 1353// Senator Patrick Anderson// The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to submit the master lease list to every member of the Legislature, not just the Governor, Pro Tem, and Speaker. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 43-0. HB 3058// Representative Tom Newell and Senator Greg Treat// The bill directs the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to reconcile all state agency revolving funds following the reconciliation criteria created by the Director of OMES by the first Monday of August each year. Proceeds realized by the reconciliation are to be deposited in the Special Cash Fund for the certification by the State Board of Equalization for expenditure authority in the following fiscal year. The measure allows state agency directors to file reconciliation protests with the Legislative Oversight Committee by the second Friday in August each year. The measure authorizes the Oversight Committee to convene by the first Friday in December to consider the protest. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Consolidation SB 895// Senator Kyle Loveless// The legislation consolidates the Office of the State Bond Advisor into the Office of the State Treasurer. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate General Government Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill passed out of the Senate General Government Committee on Monday, February 15, 2016. The bill passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. SB 1265// Senator Clark Jolley// The legislation deletes the language regarding the course offerings at Cameron University in Duncan, Connors State College in Muskogee, Eastern Oklahoma State College in McAlester, Southeastern Oklahoma State University in McCurtain County, Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Woodward, Northern Oklahoma College in Enid, and Carl Albert State College in Sallisaw. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation passed out of the Senate Education Committee on Monday, February 8, 2016. The bill passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. OKPromise HB 2823// Representative Lee Denney and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation authorizes the OKPromise scholarship to be used for a career technology program eligible for federal student financial aid offered by a technology center school supervised by the State Board of Career and Technology Education. UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Higher Education and Career Technology Committee on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. Scholarships and Financial Aid HB 2515// Representative Ann Coody// The legislation adds an area of emphasis to the Financial Literacy Act related to the filling out of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. HB 2676 // Representative Corey Williams// The legislation allows certain military personnel and their dependents to receive in-state status. UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education on Monday, February 15, 2016. The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. HB 2681// Representative Dennis Johnson// The legislation allows for an undergraduate tuition waiver for students who are 65 or older, a resident of the state, and pursuing studies in teacher education. UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education on Monday, February 15, 2016. The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. SB 984// Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Justin Wood// The legislation creates the Oklahoma Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program. A teacher will be eligible for the loan repayment if the teacher graduated from an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education with a bachelor's degree in education and teaches at an Oklahoma public school for six (6) consecutive years. The teacher is not required to teach at the same public school for six (6) consecutive years. The participating teacher will be eligible for an award of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) at the end of each consecutive year in which a qualifying teacher meets the criteria. The award shall be paid directly to the financial institution that holds the qualifying teacher's student loans in an amount not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00). UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation passed out of the Senate Education committee on Monday, February 15, 2016. The bill passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Shell Bills HB 2248// Representative Jason Murphey// The legislation is a shell bill related to the Chief Information Officer. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 64-27. Repealer Bills No pending legislation. Energy Conservation HB 3116// Representative Scott Martin// The legislation clarifies the exemption for the State Facilities Energy Conservation Program. Upon notification by a state agency, the Director shall consider any organizational behavior-based or performance-based energy conservation programs under contract with a state agency prior to August 24, 2012. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 with a vote of 93-0. Weapons on Campus/ Campus Safety HB 2931// Representative Mark McCullough// The legislation requires that each school district and institution of higher learning in the state have certain building safety plans and procedures in place and make specified annual reports. Further, the safety plans will follow a standard response protocol for emergency situations developed by a nationally recognized organization and be based on nationally recognized practices. Each plan will consist of four specific actions and include specific measures. UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education on Monday, February 15, 2016. The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Housing No pending legislation. Telecommunications/ IT HB 2616// Representative Todd Thomsen// The legislation is a shell bill related to the ?Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997.? UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the House Utilities Committee. The legislation passed out of committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Data and Reporting HB 3028// Representative John Paul Jordan// The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, to annually prepare an economic security employment report of employment and earning outcomes for degrees earned at colleges and universities. Beginning January 31, 2018, each institution will need to provide the report to students electronically. UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Higher Education and Career Technology Committee on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. HB 3166// Representative Jeff Hickman// The legislation requires additional information to be included in the State Regents? annual report to the legislature. The legislation would now require the report to include: 1. The budget prepared by the State Regents setting out in detail the necessary expenses of the State Regents for the next fiscal year; 2. The budget requests or proposals submitted by each institution to the State Regents for the next fiscal year; 3. The funding formula or allotment system used by the State Regents to allocate money to each institution, including a description of the functional goals of the formula or system for distributing funds to each institution; 4. A calculation of any differences in the budget requests amounts for each institution and the actual amounts allocated to each institution, including an explanation for any differences; and 5. Any other data considered relevant by the State Regents. Additionally, by January 1 of each year, each institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall submit a report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the minority floor leaders and education committee chairs of both houses of the Oklahoma Legislature, which includes: 1. A copy of reports submitted to the State Regents, which itemizes the tuition and fees for each institution by campus or location; and 2. The total budget of each institution for the previous fiscal year, including the amount of revenue received from tuition and fee and other sources and expenses for each campus or location. UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. SB 1342// Senator Greg Treat and Representative Tom Newell// The legislation changes the definition of the term ?expenditure of state funds? to the term ?expenditure of funds? in the Taxpayer Transparency Act. The bill requires the Open Books website to include data which tracks the expenditures of federal funds by FY 2017. UPDATE: The bill passed out of the Senate General Government Committee on Monday, February 8, 2016. State Authorization SB 1157// Senator Stephanie Bice// The legislation requires all private and out-of-state public degree granting institutions to abide by policies and procedures that are established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. UPDATE: The bill passed out of the Senate Education Committee on Monday, February 15, 2016. Colleges of Education/ Academics HB 2551// Representative Ann Coody// The legislation requires the State Regents to enter into a contract with a nonprofit education center for the purposes of establishing a comprehensive dyslexia teacher training program. The legislation establishes an advisory committee and requires the program to be implemented within 90 days of the effective date of the act. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, February 29, 2016 with a vote of 87-4. HB 2951// Representative Michael Rogers// The legislation requires the State Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Regents to identify and recruit students into the teaching profession. The legislation directs the Department to develop materials to distribute and emphasize the importance of teaching. UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. SB 940// Senator Jason Smalley// The legislation directs the Oklahoma State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Regents, to define ?college readiness? as it relates to a student?s performance on statutory assessments, ACT, SAT or other college placement assessments. The legislation also requires the State Regents to develop transition courses for 12th grade students who have not achieved college readiness by the end of the 11th grade year. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation passed out of the Senate Education Committee on Monday, February 8, 2016. The legislation passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. SB 1380// Senator John Ford// The legislation relates to requirements for graduation. The bill would modify the description of laboratory science units, reduce the number of required art units or sets of competencies and add a computer education unit or set of competencies to the requirements. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation passed out of the Senate Education Committee on Monday, February 22, 2016. The legislation passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Immigration No pending legislation. Athletics HB 2615// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation prohibits the giving of money or a thing of value to a student-athlete or family member for the purpose of recruitment, and it prohibits any transaction between a person and a student-athlete that would likely cause the student-athlete to permanently or temporarily lose athletic scholarship and participation eligibility. A violation of the measure would result in a misdemeanor for the donor and the person would be subject to a fine or imprisonment or both. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on February 18, 2016 with a vote of 59- 30. Employment/Retirement HB 3164// Representative Jeff Hickman and Senator Dan Newberry// The legislation provides that when an employee begins work for an employer, and both know the end date of employment is within 9 months, for purposes of the Employment Security Act the worker is considered to have voluntarily quit at that end date. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 70-12. Thank you. Glen D. Johnson Chancellor Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 405.225.9122 gjohnson at osrhe.edu [cid:image001.jpg at 01D17620.A63EF570][cid:image002.png at 01D17620.A63EF570] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2706 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 4250 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From kgreenfield at ocap.org Mon Mar 7 10:19:36 2016 From: kgreenfield at ocap.org (Greenfield, Karli) Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 16:19:36 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] Support Staff Training Message-ID: Registration is now open for the 2016 OASFAA Support Staff Training! Please use the link below to register: http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events The deadline for registration is Tuesday, March 22, 2016 by 5pm. Topics: Verification from the NASFAA CORE materials Presented by Karli Greenfield, Oklahoma College Assistance Program Survival Strategies for Active Shooter Events Presented by Jerry McConnell, Moore Norman Technology Center When: Thursday - March 31, 2016 Where: Moore Norman Technology Center - Franklin Road Campus, Main Building - Seminar Center Time: Registration will begin at 9:30am. The event will begin at 10am and conclude by 3pm. Cost: There is no cost for current OASFAA members. Non-members will be charged $15. Lunch will be provided for all attendees. If you have any dietary requests/restrictions, please indicate on your registration so we can plan accordingly. Please contact Karli Greenfield, 2015-2016 OASFAA Training Chair, at kgreenfield at ocap.org or 405-234-4233 with any questions. Thank you! Karli Greenfield Training Specialist Oklahoma College Assistance Program E: kgreenfield at ocap.org | P: (405) 234-4233 | F: (405) 225-9667 M: PO Box 3000 | Oklahoma City, OK 73101-3000 www.ocap.org This communication and attachments, if any, are intended solely for the use of the addressee hereof. In addition, this message and attachments, if any, may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this information, you are prohibited from reading, disclosing, reproducing, distributing, disseminating, or otherwise using this information. 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I also need to know if you will be sending fewer people than in past years. If you are planning to attend, please register for the conference and hotel as soon as possible. If we need to alter the hotel contract, we MUST do it asap. Please let me know as soon as you can. Thanks in advance, Jonna Raney -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karen.jeffers at tulsacc.edu Mon Mar 7 12:15:00 2016 From: karen.jeffers at tulsacc.edu (Karen Jeffers) Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 18:15:00 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] Moderators Needed! Message-ID: Greetings OASFAA! The Program Committee is putting the final touches on the program for the 2016 OASFAA Conference to be held April 13-15th at the Embassy Suites in Oklahoma City. If you are planning to attend the conference, why not volunteer to moderate a break out session? Moderating a session is practically the easiest thing you can do to be involved. If you're interested please contact Karen Jeffers (karen.jeffers at tulsacc.edu) or Lori Coffey (lkcoffey at stgregorys.edu). Thank you, Karen Jeffers Lori Coffey Program Committee Co-Chairs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonna.raney at okbu.edu Thu Mar 10 14:04:35 2016 From: jonna.raney at okbu.edu (Jonna Raney) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:04:35 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Oasfaa] HOTEL DEADLINE In-Reply-To: <399750354.25084539.1457639033308.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> Message-ID: <1802928572.25107561.1457640275600.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> The deadline to secure your room for the OASFAA conference is this Monday, March 14th ! Make your reservations soon! I've also included Conference Registration Info for those that need to register. Conference registration is available at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events. Hotel registration is available at http://embassysuites3.hilton.com/en/hotels/oklahoma/embassy-suites-by-hilton-oklahoma-city-downtown-medical-center-OKCOKES/index.html to register online. Either way, make sure you use the code, SFA , to get the OASFAA rate. Conference registration is available at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events. Let me know if you have any questions! Jonna Raney -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonna.raney at okbu.edu Fri Mar 11 16:24:49 2016 From: jonna.raney at okbu.edu (Jonna Raney) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:24:49 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Oasfaa] Military Housing question for a Friday afternoon... In-Reply-To: <1282555041.25662695.1457735015436.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> Message-ID: <2041118718.25662826.1457735089871.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> We can't get the same answer twice (or get anyone to answer the phone on the school line) from the DOE so I thought I'd ask the question here. We are stumped on a FAFSA question. On the untaxed question regarding housing allowance, it says: 94.g. Housing, Food and other living allowances paid to members of the military, clergy and others (including cash payments and cash value of benefits.) Don't include the value of on-base military housing or the value of a basic military allowance for housing. It seems to me that the first sentence says to claim military housing, but the second sentence says not to include it. Which is correct? What am I missing? We've always had families include housing allowance as untaxed, but a mom is pushing the issue and when we went back to the FAFSA instructions, we are not questioning ourselves. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Fri Mar 11 16:29:48 2016 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:29:48 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_March_11?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_2016?= In-Reply-To: <04A8951A98F471429444BFBA57D49B2C5EF8A6F3@Drake.osrhe.edu> References: <04A8951A98F471429444BFBA57D49B2C5EF8A6F3@Drake.osrhe.edu> Message-ID: Below is this week?s legislative update. You will see that our only remaining OKPromise bill (expanding the types of programs at career technology centers for which OKPromise may be used) passed the House floor on Monday by a 78-18 vote. We be watching closely for the remainder of the legislative session for any possible proposals to change the current statutory dedicated funding for OKPromise. We will also be monitoring funding discussions that could impact the FY2017 funding levels for our other scholarship and grant programs. The next legislative deadline is Thursday, April 7 for bills to be approved in committee in the opposite house. Bryce OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 Subject: Legislative Update ? March 11, 2016 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of March 7, 2016 ? March 11, 2016. If you have any questions, please contact Hollye Hunt at hhunt at osrhe.edu or 405.225.9424. Legislative Report March 11, 2016 Governance No pending legislation. Appropriations/funding/bonds SB 1353// Senator Patrick Anderson// The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to submit the master lease list to every member of the Legislature, not just the Governor, Pro Tem, and Speaker. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 43-0. HB 3058// Representative Tom Newell and Senator Greg Treat// The bill directs the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to reconcile all state agency revolving funds following the reconciliation criteria created by the Director of OMES by the first Monday of August each year. Proceeds realized by the reconciliation are to be deposited in the Special Cash Fund for the certification by the State Board of Equalization for expenditure authority in the following fiscal year. The measure allows state agency directors to file reconciliation protests with the Legislative Oversight Committee by the second Friday in August each year. The measure authorizes the Oversight Committee to convene by the first Friday in December to consider the protest. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 56-28. Consolidation SB 895// Senator Kyle Loveless// The legislation consolidates the Office of the State Bond Advisor into the Office of the State Treasurer. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 25-15. SB 1265// Senator Clark Jolley// The legislation deletes the language regarding the course offerings at Cameron University in Duncan, Connors State College in Muskogee, Eastern Oklahoma State College in McAlester, Southeastern Oklahoma State University in McCurtain County, Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Woodward, Northern Oklahoma College in Enid, and Carl Albert State College in Sallisaw. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 43-1. State Ballot Questions HJR 1009 // Representative Dan Fisher // The ballot question would affirm the second amendment as a fundamental right. Regulations by the state on the right to keep and bear arms would be subject to strict scrutiny. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 66-7. OKPromise HB 2823// Representative Lee Denney and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation authorizes the OKPromise scholarship to be used for a career technology program eligible for federal student financial aid offered by a technology center school supervised by the State Board of Career and Technology Education. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 78-18. Scholarships and Financial Aid HB 2676 // Representative Corey Williams// The legislation allows certain military personnel and their dependents to receive in-state status. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 91-0. Shell Bills HB 2248// Representative Jason Murphey// The legislation is a shell bill related to the Chief Information Officer. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 64-27. Repealer Bills No pending legislation. Energy Conservation HB 3116// Representative Scott Martin// The legislation clarifies the exemption for the State Facilities Energy Conservation Program. Upon notification by a state agency, the Director shall consider any organizational behavior-based or performance-based energy conservation programs under contract with a state agency prior to August 24, 2012. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 with a vote of 93-0. Weapons on Campus/ Campus Safety HB 2931// Representative Mark McCullough// The legislation requires that each school district and institution of higher learning in the state have certain building safety plans and procedures in place and make specified annual reports. Further, the safety plans will follow a standard response protocol for emergency situations developed by a nationally recognized organization and be based on nationally recognized practices. Each plan will consist of four specific actions and include specific measures. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 with a vote of 85-8. Housing No pending legislation. Telecommunications/ IT HB 2616// Representative Todd Thomsen// The legislation is a shell bill related to the ?Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997.? UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 with a vote of 69-25. Data and Reporting HB 3028// Representative John Paul Jordan// The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, to annually prepare an economic security employment report of employment and earning outcomes for degrees earned at colleges and universities. Beginning January 31, 2018, each institution will need to provide the report to students electronically. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 52-30. HB 3166// Representative Jeff Hickman// The legislation requires additional information to be included in the State Regents? annual report to the legislature. The legislation would now require the report to include: 1. The budget prepared by the State Regents setting out in detail the necessary expenses of the State Regents for the next fiscal year; 2. The budget requests or proposals submitted by each institution to the State Regents for the next fiscal year; 3. The funding formula or allotment system used by the State Regents to allocate money to each institution, including a description of the functional goals of the formula or system for distributing funds to each institution; 4. A calculation of any differences in the budget requests amounts for each institution and the actual amounts allocated to each institution, including an explanation for any differences; and 5. Any other data considered relevant by the State Regents. Additionally, by January 1 of each year, each institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall submit a report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the minority floor leaders and education committee chairs of both houses of the Oklahoma Legislature, which includes: 1. A copy of reports submitted to the State Regents, which itemizes the tuition and fees for each institution by campus or location; and 2. The total budget of each institution for the previous fiscal year, including the amount of revenue received from tuition and fee and other sources and expenses for each campus or location. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 67-25. SB 1342// Senator Greg Treat and Representative Tom Newell// The legislation changes the definition of the term ?expenditure of state funds? to the term ?expenditure of funds? in the Taxpayer Transparency Act. The bill requires the Open Books website to include data which tracks the expenditures of federal funds by FY 2017. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 47-0. State Authorization SB 1157// Senator Stephanie Bice// The legislation requires all private and out-of-state public degree granting institutions to abide by policies and procedures that are established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 33-9. Colleges of Education/ Academics HB 2551// Representative Ann Coody and Senator Gary Stanislawski// The legislation requires the State Regents to enter into a contract with a nonprofit education center for the purposes of establishing a comprehensive dyslexia teacher training program. The legislation establishes an advisory committee and requires the program to be implemented within 90 days of the effective date of the act. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, February 29, 2016 with a vote of 87-4. HB 2951// Representative Michael Rogers// The legislation requires the State Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Regents to identify and recruit students into the teaching profession. The legislation directs the Department to develop materials to distribute and emphasize the importance of teaching. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 84-4. SB 1380// Senator John Ford// The legislation relates to requirements for graduation. The bill would modify the description of laboratory science units, reduce the number of required art units or sets of competencies and add a computer education unit or set of competencies to the requirements. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 with a vote of 44-0. Immigration No pending legislation. Athletics HB 2615// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation prohibits the giving of money or a thing of value to a student-athlete or family member for the purpose of recruitment, and it prohibits any transaction between a person and a student-athlete that would likely cause the student-athlete to permanently or temporarily lose athletic scholarship and participation eligibility. A violation of the measure would result in a misdemeanor for the donor and the person would be subject to a fine or imprisonment or both. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on February 18, 2016 with a vote of 59- 30. Employment/Retirement HB 3164// Representative Jeff Hickman and Senator Dan Newberry// The legislation provides that when an employee begins work for an employer, and both know the end date of employment is within 9 months, for purposes of the Employment Security Act the worker is considered to have voluntarily quit at that end date. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 70-12. Thank you. Glen D. Johnson Chancellor Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 405.225.9122 gjohnson at osrhe.edu [cid:image001.jpg at 01D17BAC.DF49EB90][cid:image002.png at 01D17BAC.DF49EB90] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2706 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Matt Short Associate Director Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid Oklahoma State University 119 Student Union | Stillwater, OK 74078 405-744-6763 financialaid.okstate.edu -----Original Message----- From: oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net [mailto:oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of oasfaa-request at lists.onenet.net Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 12:00 PM To: oasfaa at lists.onenet.net Subject: OASFAA Digest, Vol 142, Issue 6 Send OASFAA mailing list submissions to oasfaa at lists.onenet.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/oasfaa or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to oasfaa-request at lists.onenet.net You can reach the person managing the list at oasfaa-owner at lists.onenet.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of OASFAA digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Military Housing question for a Friday afternoon... (Jonna Raney) 2. FW: Legislative Update ? March 11, 2016 (Fair, Bryce) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:24:49 -0500 (EST) From: Jonna Raney To: oasfaa at lists.onenet.net Subject: [Oasfaa] Military Housing question for a Friday afternoon... Message-ID: <2041118718.25662826.1457735089871.JavaMail.zimbra at okbu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" We can't get the same answer twice (or get anyone to answer the phone on the school line) from the DOE so I thought I'd ask the question here. We are stumped on a FAFSA question. On the untaxed question regarding housing allowance, it says: 94.g. Housing, Food and other living allowances paid to members of the military, clergy and others (including cash payments and cash value of benefits.) Don't include the value of on-base military housing or the value of a basic military allowance for housing. It seems to me that the first sentence says to claim military housing, but the second sentence says not to include it. Which is correct? What am I missing? We've always had families include housing allowance as untaxed, but a mom is pushing the issue and when we went back to the FAFSA instructions, we are not questioning ourselves. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:29:48 +0000 From: "Fair, Bryce" To: "oasfaa at lists.onenet.net" Subject: [Oasfaa] FW: Legislative Update ? March 11, 2016 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Below is this week?s legislative update. You will see that our only remaining OKPromise bill (expanding the types of programs at career technology centers for which OKPromise may be used) passed the House floor on Monday by a 78-18 vote. We be watching closely for the remainder of the legislative session for any possible proposals to change the current statutory dedicated funding for OKPromise. We will also be monitoring funding discussions that could impact the FY2017 funding levels for our other scholarship and grant programs. The next legislative deadline is Thursday, April 7 for bills to be approved in committee in the opposite house. Bryce OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 Subject: Legislative Update ? March 11, 2016 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of March 7, 2016 ? March 11, 2016. If you have any questions, please contact Hollye Hunt at hhunt at osrhe.edu or 405.225.9424. Legislative Report March 11, 2016 Governance No pending legislation. Appropriations/funding/bonds SB 1353// Senator Patrick Anderson// The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to submit the master lease list to every member of the Legislature, not just the Governor, Pro Tem, and Speaker. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 43-0. HB 3058// Representative Tom Newell and Senator Greg Treat// The bill directs the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to reconcile all state agency revolving funds following the reconciliation criteria created by the Director of OMES by the first Monday of August each year. Proceeds realized by the reconciliation are to be deposited in the Special Cash Fund for the certification by the State Board of Equalization for expenditure authority in the following fiscal year. The measure allows state agency directors to file reconciliation protests with the Legislative Oversight Committee by the second Friday in August each year. The measure authorizes the Oversight Committee to convene by the first Friday in December to consider the protest. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 56-28. Consolidation SB 895// Senator Kyle Loveless// The legislation consolidates the Office of the State Bond Advisor into the Office of the State Treasurer. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 25-15. SB 1265// Senator Clark Jolley// The legislation deletes the language regarding the course offerings at Cameron University in Duncan, Connors State College in Muskogee, Eastern Oklahoma State College in McAlester, Southeastern Oklahoma State University in McCurtain County, Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Woodward, Northern Oklahoma College in Enid, and Carl Albert State College in Sallisaw. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 43-1. State Ballot Questions HJR 1009 // Representative Dan Fisher // The ballot question would affirm the second amendment as a fundamental right. Regulations by the state on the right to keep and bear arms would be subject to strict scrutiny. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 66-7. OKPromise HB 2823// Representative Lee Denney and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation authorizes the OKPromise scholarship to be used for a career technology program eligible for federal student financial aid offered by a technology center school supervised by the State Board of Career and Technology Education. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 78-18. Scholarships and Financial Aid HB 2676 // Representative Corey Williams// The legislation allows certain military personnel and their dependents to receive in-state status. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 91-0. Shell Bills HB 2248// Representative Jason Murphey// The legislation is a shell bill related to the Chief Information Officer. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 64-27. Repealer Bills No pending legislation. Energy Conservation HB 3116// Representative Scott Martin// The legislation clarifies the exemption for the State Facilities Energy Conservation Program. Upon notification by a state agency, the Director shall consider any organizational behavior-based or performance-based energy conservation programs under contract with a state agency prior to August 24, 2012. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 with a vote of 93-0. Weapons on Campus/ Campus Safety HB 2931// Representative Mark McCullough// The legislation requires that each school district and institution of higher learning in the state have certain building safety plans and procedures in place and make specified annual reports. Further, the safety plans will follow a standard response protocol for emergency situations developed by a nationally recognized organization and be based on nationally recognized practices. Each plan will consist of four specific actions and include specific measures. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 with a vote of 85-8. Housing No pending legislation. Telecommunications/ IT HB 2616// Representative Todd Thomsen// The legislation is a shell bill related to the ?Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997.? UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 with a vote of 69-25. Data and Reporting HB 3028// Representative John Paul Jordan// The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, to annually prepare an economic security employment report of employment and earning outcomes for degrees earned at colleges and universities. Beginning January 31, 2018, each institution will need to provide the report to students electronically. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 52-30. HB 3166// Representative Jeff Hickman// The legislation requires additional information to be included in the State Regents? annual report to the legislature. The legislation would now require the report to include: 1. The budget prepared by the State Regents setting out in detail the necessary expenses of the State Regents for the next fiscal year; 2. The budget requests or proposals submitted by each institution to the State Regents for the next fiscal year; 3. The funding formula or allotment system used by the State Regents to allocate money to each institution, including a description of the functional goals of the formula or system for distributing funds to each institution; 4. A calculation of any differences in the budget requests amounts for each institution and the actual amounts allocated to each institution, including an explanation for any differences; and 5. Any other data considered relevant by the State Regents. Additionally, by January 1 of each year, each institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall submit a report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the minority floor leaders and education committee chairs of both houses of the Oklahoma Legislature, which includes: 1. A copy of reports submitted to the State Regents, which itemizes the tuition and fees for each institution by campus or location; and 2. The total budget of each institution for the previous fiscal year, including the amount of revenue received from tuition and fee and other sources and expenses for each campus or location. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 67-25. SB 1342// Senator Greg Treat and Representative Tom Newell// The legislation changes the definition of the term ?expenditure of state funds? to the term ?expenditure of funds? in the Taxpayer Transparency Act. The bill requires the Open Books website to include data which tracks the expenditures of federal funds by FY 2017. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 47-0. State Authorization SB 1157// Senator Stephanie Bice// The legislation requires all private and out-of-state public degree granting institutions to abide by policies and procedures that are established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 33-9. Colleges of Education/ Academics HB 2551// Representative Ann Coody and Senator Gary Stanislawski// The legislation requires the State Regents to enter into a contract with a nonprofit education center for the purposes of establishing a comprehensive dyslexia teacher training program. The legislation establishes an advisory committee and requires the program to be implemented within 90 days of the effective date of the act. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, February 29, 2016 with a vote of 87-4. HB 2951// Representative Michael Rogers// The legislation requires the State Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Regents to identify and recruit students into the teaching profession. The legislation directs the Department to develop materials to distribute and emphasize the importance of teaching. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 84-4. SB 1380// Senator John Ford// The legislation relates to requirements for graduation. The bill would modify the description of laboratory science units, reduce the number of required art units or sets of competencies and add a computer education unit or set of competencies to the requirements. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 with a vote of 44-0. Immigration No pending legislation. Athletics HB 2615// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation prohibits the giving of money or a thing of value to a student-athlete or family member for the purpose of recruitment, and it prohibits any transaction between a person and a student-athlete that would likely cause the student-athlete to permanently or temporarily lose athletic scholarship and participation eligibility. A violation of the measure would result in a misdemeanor for the donor and the person would be subject to a fine or imprisonment or both. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on February 18, 2016 with a vote of 59- 30. Employment/Retirement HB 3164// Representative Jeff Hickman and Senator Dan Newberry// The legislation provides that when an employee begins work for an employer, and both know the end date of employment is within 9 months, for purposes of the Employment Security Act the worker is considered to have voluntarily quit at that end date. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 70-12. Thank you. Glen D. Johnson Chancellor Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 405.225.9122 gjohnson at osrhe.edu [cid:image001.jpg at 01D17BAC.DF49EB90][cid:image002.png at 01D17BAC.DF49EB90] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hotel registration is available at http://embassysuites3.hilton.com/en/hotels/oklahoma/embassy-suites-by-hilton-oklahoma-city-downtown-medical-center-OKCOKES/index.html to register online. Either way, make sure you use the code, SFA , to get the OASFAA rate. Conference registration is available at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events. Conference registration is available at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events . Thanks! Jonna -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kgreenfield at ocap.org Mon Mar 14 10:36:03 2016 From: kgreenfield at ocap.org (Greenfield, Karli) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:36:03 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] FW: Support Staff Training In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Don't forget to register!! Karli Greenfield Training Specialist Oklahoma College Assistance Program E: kgreenfield at ocap.org | P: (405) 234-4233 | F: (405) 225-9667 M: PO Box 3000 | Oklahoma City, OK 73101-3000 www.ocap.org This communication and attachments, if any, are intended solely for the use of the addressee hereof. In addition, this message and attachments, if any, may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this information, you are prohibited from reading, disclosing, reproducing, distributing, disseminating, or otherwise using this information. If you have received this communication in error, please promptly notify the sender and immediately delete this communication from your system. From: Greenfield, Karli Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 10:20 AM To: 'oasfaa at lists.onenet.net' Subject: Support Staff Training Registration is now open for the 2016 OASFAA Support Staff Training! Please use the link below to register: http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events The deadline for registration is Tuesday, March 22, 2016 by 5pm. Topics: Verification from the NASFAA CORE materials Presented by Karli Greenfield, Oklahoma College Assistance Program Survival Strategies for Active Shooter Events Presented by Jerry McConnell, Moore Norman Technology Center When: Thursday - March 31, 2016 Where: Moore Norman Technology Center - Franklin Road Campus, Main Building - Seminar Center Time: Registration will begin at 9:30am. The event will begin at 10am and conclude by 3pm. Cost: There is no cost for current OASFAA members. Non-members will be charged $15. Lunch will be provided for all attendees. If you have any dietary requests/restrictions, please indicate on your registration so we can plan accordingly. Please contact Karli Greenfield, 2015-2016 OASFAA Training Chair, at kgreenfield at ocap.org or 405-234-4233 with any questions. Thank you! 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URL: From sbourbeau at osrhe.edu Mon Mar 14 11:28:30 2016 From: sbourbeau at osrhe.edu (Bourbeau, Sharon) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:28:30 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] February 2016 edition of Campus E-Clips Now Available! Message-ID: February 2016 stories include: * Oklahoma Panhandle State University President Announces Retirement * Rose State College President Receives Visionary Leader Award * UCO, Swansea University Celebrate First Doctorate Awarded Through Partnership * SWOSU Foundation Launches SHINE * Oklahoma Joins Mathematics Pathways to Completion Project * And more... visit www.okhighered.org/newsletter. To receive future e-mail notices of new issues of the Campus E-Clips online newsletter directly, subscribe to the Campus E-Clips listserve at http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/campus-news/. 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I am sorry for the late notice, but I just received the e-mail myself. If you have time can you please send the letters before noon tomorrow. The have included the list of staffers that should receive the letters. I think everyone agrees these are important programs we need to keep. Thanks Audra Audra Main Financial Aid Counselor OUHSC Financial Aid Office 1106 N. Stonewall, Suite 301 Oklahoma City, OK 73117 (405) 271-2118 (405) 271-5446 fax CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email, including any attachments, contains information from The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, which may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by a "reply to sender only" message and destroy all electronic and hard copies of the communication, including attachments. [FB-f-Logo__blue_29] Become our fan on Facebook: www.facebook.com/OUHSCFinancialAid From: Karen Reddick [mailto:kreddick at ncmstl.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:48 PM Subject: FW: COHEAO Sparks: Call to Action-Contact Your Senators & Encourage Them to Sign the Bipartisan Letters Supporting Perkins and Campus-Based Programs Hello All- Please disregard if you have already received this. However, I sent the first request to an old list. Please ask your organization's membership to reach out to their representative to sign on to the attached letters. This type of advocacy is what got us the extension and will ultimately save the program. I know this is a short turnaround but is important that they hear from us today! There are two letters circulating on the hill in both the Senate and the House in support of the Campus-Based Aid Programs, including Perkins Loans. The deadline for co-signers of this letter is noon on March 17, so please contact your Senators or Representatives as soon as possible to urge them to sign on. A copy of the letters and a listing of contact information for Senate and House education staffers is attached with this message. The effort is led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). The letter is addressed to Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Chairman on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, as well as Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the same subcommittee in the Senate. The effort in the House is led by Rep. Richard Hannah (R-NY) and Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), along with two of Perkins' strongest champions, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI). The letter is addressed to Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), Chairman of the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee, and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), his Democratic counterpart. The letters have a clear and simple ask : "We request that the SEOG program be funded at $757 million, and that the FWS program be funded at $1 billion. We further ask that the Perkins Loan program, which has been extended through September 30, 2017, maintain its funding so that its structure can be fully considered during the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act." Thank you to all who have already contacted their Representatives - it is vital that both chambers are reminded of the importance of Campus-Based Aid Programs. If you have any questions on reaching out to your Senators and/or Representatives and their staff, please contact Hannah Allen (hallen at wpllc.net). 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Name: House DCL.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 12281 bytes Desc: House DCL.docx URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Mon Mar 21 08:47:08 2016 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:47:08 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_March_18?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_2016?= In-Reply-To: <04A8951A98F471429444BFBA57D49B2C5EF967E4@Drake.osrhe.edu> References: <04A8951A98F471429444BFBA57D49B2C5EF967E4@Drake.osrhe.edu> Message-ID: Below is the legislative update for March 14-18. OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, March 18, 2016 Subject: Legislative Update ? March 18, 2016 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of March 14, 2016 ? March 18, 2016. If you have any questions, please contact Hollye Hunt at hhunt at osrhe.edu or 405.225.9424. Legislative Report March 18, 2016 Governance No pending legislation. Appropriations/funding/bonds SB 1353// Senator Patrick Anderson and Representative Jason Murphey // The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to submit the master lease list to every member of the Legislature, not just the Governor, Pro Tem, and Speaker. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 43-0. The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. HB 3058// Representative Tom Newell and Senator Greg Treat// The bill directs the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to reconcile all state agency revolving funds following the reconciliation criteria created by the Director of OMES by the first Monday of August each year. Proceeds realized by the reconciliation are to be deposited in the Special Cash Fund for the certification by the State Board of Equalization for expenditure authority in the following fiscal year. The measure allows state agency directors to file reconciliation protests with the Legislative Oversight Committee by the second Friday in August each year. The measure authorizes the Oversight Committee to convene by the first Friday in December to consider the protest. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 56-28. The bill has been referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Consolidation SB 895// Senator Kyle Loveless and Representative Jon Echols // The legislation consolidates the Office of the State Bond Advisor into the Office of the State Treasurer. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 25-15. SB 1265// Senator Clark Jolley and Representative Scott Martin // The legislation deletes the language regarding the course offerings at Cameron University in Duncan, Connors State College in Muskogee, Eastern Oklahoma State College in McAlester, Southeastern Oklahoma State University in McCurtain County, Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Woodward, Northern Oklahoma College in Enid, and Carl Albert State College in Sallisaw. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 43-1. State Ballot Questions HJR 1009 // Representative Dan Fisher and Senator Joseph Silk // The ballot question would affirm the second amendment as a fundamental right. Regulations by the state on the right to keep and bear arms would be subject to strict scrutiny. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 66-7. OKPromise HB 2823// Representative Lee Denney and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation authorizes the OKPromise scholarship to be used for a career technology program eligible for federal student financial aid offered by a technology center school supervised by the State Board of Career and Technology Education. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 78-18. The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. Scholarships and Financial Aid HB 2676 // Representative Corey Williams and Senator Corey Brooks// The legislation allows certain military personnel and their dependents to receive in-state status. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 91-0. The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. Shell Bills No pending legislation. Repealer Bills No pending legislation. Energy Conservation HB 3116// Representative Scott Martin and Senator Jason Smalley// The legislation clarifies the exemption for the State Facilities Energy Conservation Program. Upon notification by a state agency, the Director shall consider any organizational behavior-based or performance-based energy conservation programs under contract with a state agency prior to August 24, 2012. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 with a vote of 93-0. The bill has been referred to the Senate Energy Committee. Weapons on Campus/ Campus Safety HB 2931// Representative Mark McCullough and Senator Joseph Silk // The legislation requires that each school district and institution of higher learning in the state have certain building safety plans and procedures in place and make specified annual reports. Further, the safety plans will follow a standard response protocol for emergency situations developed by a nationally recognized organization and be based on nationally recognized practices. Each plan will consist of four specific actions and include specific measures. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 with a vote of 85-8. Housing No pending legislation. Telecommunications/ IT HB 2616// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Eddie Fields// The legislation is a shell bill related to the ?Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997.? UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 with a vote of 69-25. The bill has been referred to the Senate Energy Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. Data and Reporting HB 3028// Representative John Paul Jordan and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, to annually prepare an economic security employment report of employment and earning outcomes for degrees earned at colleges and universities. Beginning January 31, 2018, each institution will need to provide the report to students electronically. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 52-30. HB 3166// Representative Jeff Hickman and Senator Marty Quinn// The legislation requires additional information to be included in the State Regents? annual report to the legislature. The legislation would now require the report to include: 1. The budget prepared by the State Regents setting out in detail the necessary expenses of the State Regents for the next fiscal year; 2. The budget requests or proposals submitted by each institution to the State Regents for the next fiscal year; 3. The funding formula or allotment system used by the State Regents to allocate money to each institution, including a description of the functional goals of the formula or system for distributing funds to each institution; 4. A calculation of any differences in the budget requests amounts for each institution and the actual amounts allocated to each institution, including an explanation for any differences; and 5. Any other data considered relevant by the State Regents. Additionally, by January 1 of each year, each institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall submit a report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the minority floor leaders and education committee chairs of both houses of the Oklahoma Legislature, which includes: 1. A copy of reports submitted to the State Regents, which itemizes the tuition and fees for each institution by campus or location; and 2. The total budget of each institution for the previous fiscal year, including the amount of revenue received from tuition and fee and other sources and expenses for each campus or location. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 67-25. The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. SB 1342// Senator Greg Treat and Representative Tom Newell// The legislation changes the definition of the term ?expenditure of state funds? to the term ?expenditure of funds? in the Taxpayer Transparency Act. The bill requires the Open Books website to include data which tracks the expenditures of federal funds by FY 2017. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 47-0. The bill has been referred to the House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee. State Authorization SB 1157// Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Katie Henke// The legislation requires all private and out-of-state public degree granting institutions to abide by policies and procedures that are established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 33-9. The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. Colleges of Education/ Academics HB 2551// Representative Ann Coody and Senator Gary Stanislawski// The legislation requires the State Regents to enter into a contract with a nonprofit education center for the purposes of establishing a comprehensive dyslexia teacher training program. The legislation establishes an advisory committee and requires the program to be implemented within 90 days of the effective date of the act. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, February 29, 2016 with a vote of 87-4. The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. HB 2951// Representative Michael Rogers and Senator Stephanie Bice // The legislation requires the State Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Regents to identify and recruit students into the teaching profession. The legislation directs the Department to develop materials to distribute and emphasize the importance of teaching. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 84-4. The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. SB 1380// Senator John Ford and Representative Jadine Nollan// The legislation relates to requirements for graduation. The bill would modify the description of laboratory science units, reduce the number of required art units or sets of competencies and add a computer education unit or set of competencies to the requirements. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 with a vote of 44-0. Immigration No pending legislation. Athletics HB 2615// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation prohibits the giving of money or a thing of value to a student-athlete or family member for the purpose of recruitment, and it prohibits any transaction between a person and a student-athlete that would likely cause the student-athlete to permanently or temporarily lose athletic scholarship and participation eligibility. A violation of the measure would result in a misdemeanor for the donor and the person would be subject to a fine or imprisonment or both. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on February 18, 2016 with a vote of 59- 30. The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee. Employment/Retirement HB 3164// Representative Jeff Hickman and Senator Dan Newberry// The legislation provides that when an employee begins work for an employer, and both know the end date of employment is within 9 months, for purposes of the Employment Security Act the worker is considered to have voluntarily quit at that end date. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 70-12. The bill has been referred to the Senate Business and Commerce Committee. Thank you. Glen D. Johnson Chancellor Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 405.225.9122 gjohnson at osrhe.edu [cid:image001.jpg at 01D18108.66BB2FC0][cid:image002.png at 01D18108.66BB2FC0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Topics: Verification from the NASFAA CORE materials Presented by Karli Greenfield, Oklahoma College Assistance Program Survival Strategies for Active Shooter Events Presented by Jerry McConnell, Moore Norman Technology Center When: Thursday - March 31, 2016 Where: Moore Norman Technology Center - Franklin Road Campus, Main Building - Seminar Center Time: Registration will begin at 9:30am. The event will begin at 10am and conclude by 3pm. Cost: There is no cost for current OASFAA members. Non-members will be charged $15. Lunch will be provided for all attendees. If you have any dietary requests/restrictions, please indicate on your registration so we can plan accordingly. Please contact Karli Greenfield, 2015-2016 OASFAA Training Chair, at kgreenfield at ocap.org or 405-234-4233 with any questions. Thank you! 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URL: From jonna.raney at okbu.edu Mon Mar 21 12:45:50 2016 From: jonna.raney at okbu.edu (Jonna Raney) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:45:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Oasfaa] VA housing answer Message-ID: Thanks to all who responded to my va housing question. Here's the response from Kevin Campbell from the Dept of Ed. "Military do not report housing allowance. They do report other allowances, such as food allowance and other living allowances. Clergy, for example, report all allowances including housing. It is an awkwardly worded sentence." kevin From jonna.raney at okbu.edu Wed Mar 23 16:54:22 2016 From: jonna.raney at okbu.edu (Jonna Raney) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:54:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Oasfaa] IMPORTANT Conf info! April 13-15 In-Reply-To: <635651373.4241797.1458768417328.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> Message-ID: <827561377.4304054.1458770062260.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> 1. Thunder Cares service project - We will have baskets to auction for the fund raiser. If you want to donate a basket for the event, we would welcome it. Simply bring it with you to the conference and drop it off at registration. If the literacy of little children isn't incentive enough, we also have additional bonuses if we reach various levels. The total will include funds raised from the basket auction and book and money donations. $1500 - President, Audra Main will get a pie in the face. $1800 - Audra and Wayne Sparks from OCAP will each get a pie in the face. $2000 - Audra, Wayne and Karli Greenfield from OCAP will each get a pie in the face. So, bring your paperback books (3-5 grade level preferred), or better yet, write a check or bring some cash to donate to this worthy cause! 2. Thursday night Dinner - We have special guests from The Thunder attending the dinner, so there's been a little interest in spouses attending. If you want to bring an adult guest, or if you are retired and want to attend the dinner, you may do so for $45 which is the cost of the Italian Buffet dinner. Please let me know if you plan to bring a guest so that they can be included in the meal count for the hotel. Unfortunately, the setting will not be appropriate to bring children, so we ask that they not attend with you. 3. Conference Registration Deadline - The deadline to register is April 1st. Conference registration is available at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events. Please note, final meal counts are submitted the hotel on the deadline so cancellations after that date will not receive a registration fee refund. If the cancelled person has not paid, the amount will still be due as meal charges will be incurred for the registrant. 4. Hotel registration is available at http://embassysuites3.hilton.com/en/hotels/oklahoma/embassy-suites-by-hilton-oklahoma-city-downtown-medical-center-OKCOKES/index.html to register online. In order to get the OASFAA rate, you must contact the hotel directly, by phone, as the original deadline has passed. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Fri Mar 25 16:04:11 2016 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:04:11 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_March_25?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_2016?= In-Reply-To: <04A8951A98F471429444BFBA57D49B2C5EFB1D40@Drake.osrhe.edu> References: <04A8951A98F471429444BFBA57D49B2C5EFB1D40@Drake.osrhe.edu> Message-ID: Below is the legislative update for this week. HB 2823, the OKPromise bill related to using the award at career technology centers is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Education Committee on Monday morning. If the bill passes this committee, it will then also be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee. Bryce OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, March 25, 2016 Subject: Legislative Update ? March 25, 2016 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of March 21, 2016 ? March 25, 2016. If you have any questions, please contact Hollye Hunt at hhunt at osrhe.edu or 405.225.9424. Legislative Report March 25, 2016 Governance No pending legislation. Appropriations/funding/bonds SB 1353// Senator Patrick Anderson and Representative Jason Murphey // The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to submit the master lease list to every member of the Legislature, not just the Governor, Pro Tem, and Speaker. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee. The bill will be heard in committee on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. HB 3058// Representative Tom Newell and Senator Greg Treat// The bill directs the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to reconcile all state agency revolving funds following the reconciliation criteria created by the Director of OMES by the first Monday of August each year. Proceeds realized by the reconciliation are to be deposited in the Special Cash Fund for the certification by the State Board of Equalization for expenditure authority in the following fiscal year. The measure allows state agency directors to file reconciliation protests with the Legislative Oversight Committee by the second Friday in August each year. The measure authorizes the Oversight Committee to convene by the first Friday in December to consider the protest. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 56-28. The bill has been referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Consolidation SB 895// Senator Kyle Loveless and Representative Jon Echols // The legislation consolidates the Office of the State Bond Advisor into the Office of the State Treasurer. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 25-15. The legislation has been referred to the House Appropriations Committee. SB 1265// Senator Clark Jolley and Representative Scott Martin // The legislation deletes the language regarding the course offerings at Cameron University in Duncan, Connors State College in Muskogee, Eastern Oklahoma State College in McAlester, Southeastern Oklahoma State University in McCurtain County, Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Woodward, Northern Oklahoma College in Enid, and Carl Albert State College in Sallisaw. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. State Ballot Questions HJR 1009 // Representative Dan Fisher and Senator Joseph Silk // The ballot question would affirm the second amendment as a fundamental right. Regulations by the state on the right to keep and bear arms would be subject to strict scrutiny. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Rules Committee. OKPromise HB 2823// Representative Lee Denney and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation authorizes the OKPromise scholarship to be used for a career technology program eligible for federal student financial aid offered by a technology center school supervised by the State Board of Career and Technology Education. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation will be heard in committee on Monday, March 28, 2016. Scholarships and Financial Aid HB 2676 // Representative Corey Williams and Senator Corey Brooks// The legislation allows certain military personnel and their dependents to receive in-state status. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation will be heard in committee on Monday, March 28, 2016. Shell Bills No pending legislation. Repealer Bills No pending legislation. Energy Conservation HB 3116// Representative Scott Martin and Senator Jason Smalley// The legislation clarifies the exemption for the State Facilities Energy Conservation Program. Upon notification by a state agency, the Director shall consider any organizational behavior-based or performance-based energy conservation programs under contract with a state agency prior to August 24, 2012. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 with a vote of 93-0. The bill has been referred to the Senate Energy Committee. Weapons on Campus/ Campus Safety HB 2931// Representative Mark McCullough and Senator Joseph Silk // The legislation requires that each school district and institution of higher learning in the state have certain building safety plans and procedures in place and make specified annual reports. Further, the safety plans will follow a standard response protocol for emergency situations developed by a nationally recognized organization and be based on nationally recognized practices. Each plan will consist of four specific actions and include specific measures. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Housing No pending legislation. Telecommunications/ IT HB 2616// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Eddie Fields// The legislation is a shell bill related to the ?Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997.? UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Energy Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. Data and Reporting SB 1117// Senator Nathan Dahm and Jason Murphey// The legislation allows a public body to maintain a quorum of members for the duration of a meeting whether the members are present at the meeting site or via videoconference. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee. HB 2155// Representative Jon Echols and Senator Clark Jolley// The legislation creates the Transparency in Private Attorney Contingency-Fee Contracts Act which requires the Attorney General (AG) to make a written determination, prior to the state entering into a contingency-fee contract with a private attorney, whether the decision is both cost-effective and in the public interest. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. HB 3028// Representative John Paul Jordan and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, to annually prepare an economic security employment report of employment and earning outcomes for degrees earned at colleges and universities. Beginning January 31, 2018, each institution will need to provide the report to students electronically. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee. HB 3166// Representative Jeff Hickman and Senator Marty Quinn// The legislation requires additional information to be included in the State Regents? annual report to the legislature. The legislation would now require the report to include: 1. The budget prepared by the State Regents setting out in detail the necessary expenses of the State Regents for the next fiscal year; 2. The budget requests or proposals submitted by each institution to the State Regents for the next fiscal year; 3. The funding formula or allotment system used by the State Regents to allocate money to each institution, including a description of the functional goals of the formula or system for distributing funds to each institution; 4. A calculation of any differences in the budget requests amounts for each institution and the actual amounts allocated to each institution, including an explanation for any differences; and 5. Any other data considered relevant by the State Regents. Additionally, by January 1 of each year, each institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall submit a report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the minority floor leaders and education committee chairs of both houses of the Oklahoma Legislature, which includes: 1. A copy of reports submitted to the State Regents, which itemizes the tuition and fees for each institution by campus or location; and 2. The total budget of each institution for the previous fiscal year, including the amount of revenue received from tuition and fee and other sources and expenses for each campus or location. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. SB 1342// Senator Greg Treat and Representative Tom Newell// The legislation changes the definition of the term ?expenditure of state funds? to the term ?expenditure of funds? in the Taxpayer Transparency Act. The bill requires the Open Books website to include data which tracks the expenditures of federal funds by FY 2017. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee. The legislation passed out of committee on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. State Authorization SB 1157// Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Katie Henke// The legislation requires all private and out-of-state public degree granting institutions to abide by policies and procedures that are established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. The legislation will be heard in committee on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Colleges of Education/ Academics HB 2551// Representative Ann Coody and Senator Gary Stanislawski// The legislation requires the State Regents to enter into a contract with a nonprofit education center for the purposes of establishing a comprehensive dyslexia teacher training program. The legislation establishes an advisory committee and requires the program to be implemented within 90 days of the effective date of the act. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, February 29, 2016 with a vote of 87-4. The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. HB 2951// Representative Michael Rogers and Senator Stephanie Bice // The legislation requires the State Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Regents to identify and recruit students into the teaching profession. The legislation directs the Department to develop materials to distribute and emphasize the importance of teaching. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 84-4. The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee. SB 1380// Senator John Ford and Representative Jadine Nollan// The legislation relates to requirements for graduation. The bill would modify the description of laboratory science units, reduce the number of required art units or sets of competencies and add a computer education unit or set of competencies to the requirements. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 with a vote of 44-0. The bill has been referred to the House Common Education Committee. The legislation will be heard in committee on Monday, March 28, 2016. Immigration No pending legislation. Athletics HB 2615// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation prohibits the giving of money or a thing of value to a student-athlete or family member for the purpose of recruitment, and it prohibits any transaction between a person and a student-athlete that would likely cause the student-athlete to permanently or temporarily lose athletic scholarship and participation eligibility. A violation of the measure would result in a misdemeanor for the donor and the person would be subject to a fine or imprisonment or both. UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee. The legislation passed out of committee on Monday, March 21, 2016. Employment/Retirement HB 3164// Representative Jeff Hickman and Senator Dan Newberry// The legislation provides that when an employee begins work for an employer, and both know the end date of employment is within 9 months, for purposes of the Employment Security Act the worker is considered to have voluntarily quit at that end date. UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 70-12. The bill has been referred to the Senate Business and Commerce Committee. Thank you. Glen D. Johnson Chancellor Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 405.225.9122 gjohnson at osrhe.edu [cid:image001.jpg at 01D186A6.96574590][cid:image002.png at 01D186A6.96574590] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If the cancelled person has not paid, the amount will still be due as meal charges will be incurred for the registrant. Casual "Thunder" attire is encouraged for the entire conference! If you don't have actual Thunder gear, anything blue and/or orange works just as well. It's going to be a great conference and in addition to a lot of learning we plan to have a lot of fun! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: undefined Type: image/jpeg Size: 48773 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: OASFAA 2016 Conference Agenda.doc Type: application/msword Size: 114688 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jonna.raney at okbu.edu Mon Mar 28 14:38:24 2016 From: jonna.raney at okbu.edu (Jonna Raney) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:38:24 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Oasfaa] Just kidding... In-Reply-To: <155421422.6394647.1459193886948.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> Message-ID: <54950657.6394702.1459193904919.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> I'm not kidding about the deadline being Friday, but there were a couple errors (completely my fault) on the agenda. Those have been corrected. See attached. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: OASFAA 2016 Conference Agenda.doc Type: application/msword Size: 114176 bytes Desc: not available URL: From lori.boyd at okstate.edu Tue Mar 29 15:01:42 2016 From: lori.boyd at okstate.edu (Boyd, Lori) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:01:42 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] Nominate a Colleague (or Yourself) for SWASFAA Office! Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: The SWASFAA Nominations and Elections Committee is excited to announce the launch of the nominations process for the following positions: President-Elect Arkansas Delegate-at-Large Louisiana Delegate-at-Large New Mexico Delegate-at-Large These positions will take office in January 2017. Delegates hold office for two years (2017 through 2018), and President-Elect is a three-year commitment (President-Elect for 2017, President for 2018, and Past President for 2019). More detailed descriptions of each of these positions can be found in the SWASFAA Policies & Procedures document at www.swasfaa.org. Being a part of SWASFAA is one of the best ways to make both personal and professional connections with your colleagues, so don't rob yourself of this opportunity. Nominees should hold regular membership in the Association. To nominate yourself or a colleague, go to www.swasfaa.org and click on the Officer Nominations link under "What's New". You can also make a nomination by contacting anyone on the N&E Committee: Andrew Hammontree, Chair - ahammontree at francistuttle.edu Jennifer Williams, Arkansas -- jwilliam at sautech.edu Shannon Guillory, Louisiana -- sguillory at mcneese.edu Ana Bhakta, New Mexico--Analisa.Bhakta at rm01.enmuros.cc.nm.us Lori Boyd, Oklahoma--lori.boyd at okstate.edu Erika Cox, Texas -- erika.cox at utsa.edu Please make your nominations by the deadline, July 1, 2016. The official slate will be developed no later than July 31st. All nominations on the final ballot will need to submit a standardized r?sum? and a photograph to a member of the N&E Committee. The election will open in mid-September and will remain open at least 10 days. The results will be announced to the Association shortly thereafter. If you have any questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Lori Boyd Oklahoma Delegate-at-Large From Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu Tue Mar 29 15:21:46 2016 From: Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu (Schmerer, Mendy M. (HSC)) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:21:46 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] FW: [SWASFAA Team Chatter] Mid-Level Training Opportunity In-Reply-To: <1c7a172a7ca54333ebaa77a022e6fb44@swasfaa.org> References: <1c7a172a7ca54333ebaa77a022e6fb44@swasfaa.org> Message-ID: I have the pleasure of serving on the SWASFAA Mid-Level Training Committee again this year, and I look forward to seeing you there. Please find the Mid-Level Training details at http://www.swasfaa.org/. Remember, registration is limited, so you'll want to get registered before the opportunity passes you by! Thank you! Mendy Schmerer, M.Ed. Assistant Director Office of Student Financial Aid University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 1106 N. Stonewall, Rm 301 Oklahoma City, OK? 73117 (405) 271-2118, x 48817?(p) (405) 271-5446?(f) Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu http://www.ouhsc.edu/financialservices/SFA/ ?Become our fan on Facebook:? www.facebook.com/OUHSCFinancialAid CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This email, including any attachments, contains information from The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, which may be confidential or privileged.? The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above.? If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited.? If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by a ?reply to sender only? message and destroy all electronic and hard copies of the communication, including attachments. -----Original Message----- From: SWASFAA Team Chatter [mailto:blog at swasfaa.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 1:51 PM To: Schmerer, Mendy M. (HSC) Subject: [SWASFAA Team Chatter] Mid-Level Training Opportunity SWASFAA Team Chatter has posted a new item, 'Mid-Level Training Opportunity' What, April is around the corner!? How did that happen?? Spring break has come and gone and students are already talking about summer plans.? In the Financial Aid?world, we've been busy creating student budgets, updating packaging rules, fielding questions from nervous incoming students and their parents...just another "spring break" for Financial Aid professionals! Keeping up on the ever changing Federal regulations and policies can be a challenge.? With the ever shrinking budgets many of us have faced this and next?fiscal year,?we are looking for training opportunities which provide?the "biggest-bang-for-the-buck."??? Mid-Level training, April 26th - April 27th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Arlington, TX, is the ticket for just that. Vickie Young, Director of Financial Aid at College of the Ouachitas, Malvern, AR, said, "The training was wonderful and so beneficial.? We learned a great deal.? The learning continued even after the training, a staff member and myself?passed all the NASFAA certifications that we were given while training." Mid-Level Training committee as worked diligently to put together a one-and-a half day workshop which will cover five NASFAA Credentials: Cost of Attendance Loans Packaging Professional Judgment Satisfactory Academic Progress $200 is the registration fee, which is such a bargain!? Normally, NASFAA credential testing in $99 per subject.??Five subjects would cost $495. Participates will not have to pay for testing in these five areas as the $200 registration fee covers that.? Detailed information about the training and registration is located on? SWASFAA's home page.? Hotel reservations can be made from the site, too. Our goal is to keep providing our membership training opportunities throughout the year.? Whether that be in-person, such as the upcoming Mid-Level workshop or webinars, which the first one was presented on 2/29/16, keeping SWASFAA relevant, is my and the Board's goal.? As always, if you have an idea or comment that you'd like to share, please feel free to e-mail me at javaldez at salud.unm.edu . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? You may view the latest post at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__swasfaa.org_b_training_ml_&d=BQIDaQ&c=qRnFByZajCb3ogDwk-HidsbrxD-31vTsTBEIa6TCCEk&r=-Lnq0C7sCiFyP0whbJJ3dxf5JnVjhYZXejVPgZDRGLk&m=ek4DukGwi51dCpJKCBZ9nd6GJBb2jzllhLO_3YfZt_A&s=JaRgkU8o6BR8cMeP_yqA1iq5H61bdNyZOUCr1ktlZU0&e= You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. From jonna.raney at okbu.edu Wed Mar 30 13:13:50 2016 From: jonna.raney at okbu.edu (Jonna Raney) Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:13:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Oasfaa] 2 days! In-Reply-To: <1783872364.7794150.1459361434467.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> Message-ID: <750331580.7801878.1459361630220.JavaMail.zimbra@okbu.edu> Friday at 5:00 is the deadline to register for the April 13-15 OASFAA conference! So that means it's now time for any procrastinators to register (you know who you are). We have almost 150 people registered and a full agenda so register now. In addition to all the learning, we have a TON of FUN planned as well. See you all 2 weeks from today! Jonna Conference registration and the conference agenda is available at http://oasfaaok.org/conferences-and-events. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: undefined Type: image/gif Size: 343 bytes Desc: not available URL: