From Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu Tue Jan 2 15:32:10 2018 From: Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu (Schmerer, Mendy M. (HSC)) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 21:32:10 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] FW: [swasfaaL] Happy New Year, SWASFAA! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: And happy New Year, OASFAA! Have you let your SWASFAA membership lapse? If so, 2018 is the year you need to rethink that. The SWASFAA Board has been hard at work in continuing to find ways to remain relevant and beneficial to its members, and I am confident that Shannon, SWASFAA's 2018 President, is going to continue that momentum. Personally speaking, I can vouch for the enormous positive impact my SWASFAA involvement has had. Hope your year is already off to a great start! Mendy Schmerer, M.Ed. 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: SwasfaaL [mailto:swasfaal-bounces at swasfaa.org] On Behalf Of swasfaal at swasfaa.org Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2018 7:50 AM To: swasfaal at swasfaa.org Subject: [swasfaaL] Happy New Year, SWASFAA! Subject: Happy New Year, SWASFAA! List: swasfaaL Date: January 2, 2018 From: Shannon Crossland shannon.crossland at ttu.edu ------------------------- SWASFAA Friends, Happy New Year! As I started planning for the journey to Little Rock, while trying to go through each state, I had in my mind that I had to start in Lubbock, TX. With the help of some colleagues questioning why I was not starting in New Mexico and heading east, it occurred to me that the starting place would be Las Cruces, NM. Why Las Cruces, you wonder? New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces was the first university I visited as a young girl. I was born in Roy, NM, and my sister went to NMSU. It was 1974 - I remember being so excited to go see my big sister at college. Compared to Roy, Las Cruces was the size of New York City. I was in the big city at a big university and bonus – I got to spend the night in the dorm with my big sister and her suitemates. They put my hair in curlers, covered me in make-up and perfume and let me play dress-up in their college clothes. This was the life! I remember thinking – I need to grow my hair long so I can roll it up in coke cans like the girls did in the dorms. I never did roll my hair with coke cans, but I was determined that I would go to college. Where did your journey begin? “SWASFAA Journey to Little Rock – Path to Relevance” 1,370 miles through the five states that are the make-up of SWASFAA New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas Run, Walk, Bike, Dance, Shake, Rattle or Roll Please join me on this fun journey. Track your miles/steps/activities. Along our journey, we will incorporate “Quick Talks” – an opportunity for membership to let us know what is going on in their states and at their schools. Your SWASFAA Board, committee chairs, and volunteers are getting organized and setting goals for the next year. I look forward to working with each and every one of them this coming year. I personally invite each of you to volunteer. People volunteer for various reasons – learning a new skill, stepping out of their comfort zones, or making a difference in someone’s life. Volunteerism also creates memories and lifelong friendships. Complete this online form, located on the SWASFAA webpage, and let SWASFAA know your interests. The mission of SWASFAA is to enhance the professional development of financial aid administrators within the five state region of the southwest, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The SWASFAA Board will work closely with the SWASFAA committees and membership encouraging member participation and promoting volunteerism. SWASFAA will focus on our future while maintaining the traditions and values SWASFAA was formed on – professional growth and development, collaboration, inclusiveness, advocacy, integrity, ethics, leadership, access and equity. SWASFAA will focus on relevance - who we are, why we were formed, assess our strengths, and address our weaknesses. Our conference and boot camp will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas November 5-9, 2018, at the Doubletree Little Rock. We will also be celebrating SWASFAA’s 55th year! Thank you for the honor to serve as President of SWASFAA. Thank you to my family and my Texas Tech University Financial Aid & Scholarships family for their love and tremendous support. I love SWASFAA, I believe in SWASFAA, and will do my best to represent the SWASFAA membership. Stay tuned to blog updates about our journey. Sincerely, Shannon L. Crossland 2018 SWASFAA President Texas Tech University Click the link to view the attachment Attachment 1: Journey to Little Rock Map https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.swasfaa.org_ListLock_JVDXTx4t7Lgn678J.jpg&d=DwIBaQ&c=VjzId-SM5S6aVB_cCGQ0d3uo9UfKByQ3sI6Audoy6dY&r=Jq3xh6v4hctMZ8-WfGI7l1KQkk2y_HMT2GFL5zfHaho&m=PYvUbnTiCXS0iblddHGj16WMvSkp7QZ78DQd8kpCfyA&s=yrAOYAIXiIlbUiI0YdQnjthjl0Z2EsINNJ-WY6alcoM&e= -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001.txt URL: From mschwarz at mscok.edu Mon Jan 8 08:43:54 2018 From: mschwarz at mscok.edu (Marilyn Schwarz) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 08:43:54 -0600 Subject: [Oasfaa] Job Opening Message-ID: Murray State College has an opening for a Financial Aid and Academic Support Services Director. For more information on this job opportunity, please refer to the MSC website at the following link: http://www.mscok.edu/administration/human_resources/employment_opportunities.aspx -- ****Please note the new telephone and fax number below**** *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* *Marilyn Schwarz* Executive Director of Enrollment Services Murray State College One Murray Campus Tishomingo, OK 73460 Phone: 580-387-7231 Fax: 580-387-7239 mschwarz at mscok.edu "Mission Statement: Murray State College Provides Opportunities for Student Learning, Personal Growth, Professional Success, and Community Enhancement" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From nvollertsen at uco.edu Wed Jan 10 16:57:40 2018 From: nvollertsen at uco.edu (Nancy Vollertsen) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 22:57:40 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] 2018 OASFAA Spring Conference Message-ID: Happy New Year everyone! With the winter weather we've had the past few weeks it's hard to imagine that Spring is not that far off, but April really is just around the corner. And when April arrives so does the 2018 OASFAA Spring Conference! This year it will be April 11 - 13 at The Reed Center in Midwest City, which is a wonderful venue that we have used before. We will have a block of rooms reserved at the Sheraton Hotel which is adjacent to the conference center. All of the conference committees are working very hard organizing what will be an outstanding conference with Federal updates, a variety of informative breakout sessions, the opportunity to network with fellow Financial Aid colleagues and vendors, and some fun thrown in as always for good measure! More details will be available in the next few weeks, but please make sure the 2018 OASFAA Spring Conference is on your calendar. We look forward to seeing you all there! Nancy Vollertsen and Alicia Smith, Conference Co-chairs Nancy Vollertsen Financial Aid Counselor University of Central Oklahoma Nigh University Center, Room 141 100 North University Drive Edmond, OK 73034 (405) 974-2379 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Tue Jan 16 14:32:12 2018 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:32:12 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A__First_Legislative_Update_=96_Jan?= =?windows-1252?q?uary_12=2C_2018?= Message-ID: <90753a0f45264aaba7b4496731e744ba@osrhe.edu> Below is the first legislative update for the 2018 session. Only a small portion of the introduced bills have been reviewed yet. You will see that three of the bills listed below propose changes to Oklahoma’s Promise (in the “Oklahoma’s Promise” section of the list). Bryce Fair OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, January 12, 2018 Subject: Legislative Update – January 12, 2018 As of January 12, 2018, the Senate has filed 999 bills (125 new bills for this session) and 50 Senate Joint Resolutions (3 new resolutions for this session. The House has filed 1,564 bills (53 new bills for this session) and 32 House Joint Resolutions (2 new resolutions for this session). We are currently in the process of reviewing legislation as it is filed. Below is the list of legislation related to higher education that has been reviewed to date. If you have any questions, please contact Todd Pauley at tpauley at osrhe.edu or (405) 824-5896. Legislative Report January 12, 2018 Agency Administration Senate Bill 876 (Senator Rob Standridge) This is an attempt to get rid of legislative liaison positions in favor of auditors positions housed in the Legislative Services Bureau [LSB]. It removes 70 percent of the cost of liaisons and 100 percent of the cost of contract lobbying positions and uses the funding to pay for the newly created LSB positions. Senate Bill 909 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Adds to the definition of “incentive” in the Incentive Evaluation Act any transfer of funds by a state agency to a political subdivision other than a direct apportionment of state revenues as provided by law or funding of a project pursuant to a program administered by the agency which includes specific objective criteria for the awarding of such funding. Senate Bill 917 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Adds to the lobbying rules that a lobbyist principal shall not provide anything of value which exceeds $100 in a calendar year to the Governor, an individual legislator or any individual employee of the Governor or the Legislature, regardless of the number of lobbyists representing the lobbyist principal. This legislation also lowers the allowed meals and other gifts expenditure from $500 to $100 and requires that a legislative lobbyist representing more than one principal cannot exceed $200. Senate Bill 918 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Adds to what has to be reported on income tax for legislators any income $5,000 or more that is related to politics, public relations, communications, etc. Senate Bill 925 (Senator Roger Thompson) Raises the requirement for an agency cost analysis report when privatizing a function from $100,000 to $1 million and changes the privatization process. Senate Bill 945 (Senator Tom Dugger) Changes the current penalty for agencies found to be noncompliant in providing reports as required by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES). Rather than the State Treasurer not honoring vouchers disbursing and transferring monies from agency clearing accounts, agencies will have 15 business days to resolve the delinquency, after which the Director of OMES may assess and collect a monetary penalty of up to $300 per day until the agency is found to be compliant. Senate Bill 951 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Bars agencies from entering into contingency-free contracts with private attorneys unless approved by the Attorney General. House Bill 2523 (Representative Randy McDaniel) Changes state unemployment benefits. Specifically mentions educational service contract employees and modifies when they can enroll in unemployment benefits. House Bill 2528 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) Allows state employees to pursue civil action in whistleblower cases. House Bill 2557 (Representative Dennis Casey) Sets the maximum salary of Agency CEO’s to be no greater than the salary of the Governor. All increases in salary shall be approved by the legislature. Budget Senate Joint Resolution 48 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This resolution puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to make line-item appropriations to each institution within the State System of Higher Education. Senate Bill 924 (Senator Mark Allen) Requires an audit for every agency that requests an increase in funding relative to its current fiscal year request. House Joint Resolution 1032 (Representative Harold Wright) This resolution puts to a vote of the people to change the three-fourths requirement vote of the House for revenue bills to a three-fifths vote. House Bill 2533 (Representative Collin Walke) Increases the minimum wage to $11 an hour, effective January 1, 2019. Campus Safety/Guns Senate Bill 910 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Removes the word “bow” from hunting requirements to open carry for persons with a handgun and military identification card. Senate Bill 957 (Senator Michael Bergstrom) Adds “places of worship” to places where citizens have a right to use defensive force. Senate Bill 964 (Senator Michael Bergstrom) Changes the words “anywhere in the state of Oklahoma” to “throughout the state of Oklahoma” in CLEET certified firearm carrying allowances. Senate Bill 991 (Senator John Sparks) Removes language allowing persons designated by the school board or licensed as a security guard to carry handguns on public school property. House Bill 2527 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) Allows county employees in a courthouse to conceal carry. Common Education Senate Bill 903 (Senator AJ Griffin) If an employee is fired from a school district due to consolidation, the Board of Education cannot pay severance until the employee has filed for unemployment and then the severance is reduced by the total amount of unemployment benefits paid. Senate Bill 920 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Forces administrative school consolidation of districts with an average daily membership of less than 200 with the next contiguous school district. Senate Bill 935 (Senator Ron Sharp) If the State Board of Education suspends a teacher certificate, that teacher remains employed while proceedings are pending. Senate Bill 929 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Updates disability definitions in the State Aid Formula. Senate Bill 950 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Allows public schools to permit a student to possess and self-apply sunscreen without written authorizations. Senate Bill 958 (Senator David Rader) Allows homeschooled and alternatively educated students to participate in extracurricular activities in their resident district. Adds them partially to the funding/accountability formula. Senate Bill 960 (Senator Julie Daniels) Changes rules for initiating and terminating school employee payroll deductions to require written requests. Senate Bill 967 (Senator John Sparks) Requires public school districts with out-of-school suspension rates 10% higher than the state average to engage in quarterly continuing education on alternatives to out-of-school suspension. Requires superintendents of public school districts to review their districts out-of-school suspension data and report it to the State Department of Education on July 1 of each year. Senate Bill 985 (Senator Ron Sharp) Creates a mandate that virtual charter schools provide reports according to a set plan with the State Virtual Charter School Board if their graduation rates is below the state graduation rate, with the possibility for closure should no improvement occur. Senate Bill 981 (Senator AJ Griffin) Adds substance abuse diagnosis and homelessness to qualifications for the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program. Senate Bill 986 (Senator Ron Sharp) Adds “a member who represents a statewide association of school board members” to the School Finance Review Commission. Senate Bill 987 (Senator John Sparks) Adds definition of “career” into the private school code. Senate Bill 999 (Senator Greg McCortney) Allows students who transfer due to legal custody changes to participate in extracurricular activities with no waiting period. House Bill 2556 (Representative Dennis Casey) Amends the statute prohibiting teachers from entering new contracts before their previous contract ends to add Charter Schools. Oklahoma’s Promise Senate Bill 877 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Requires the State Board of Equalization to cap the amount of funding available for Oklahoma’s Promise at $75 million, subtracted from the amount the Board certifies as available for appropriation from the General Revenue fund, effective December 2021. Senate Bill 889 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This lowers the second income check amount on Oklahoma’s Promise from $100,000 to $75,000, beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year. House Bill 2513 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Adds to the Oklahoma’s Promise qualifications the children of anyone who is employed as a teacher or support employee. Teacher Shortage Senate Bill 952 (Senator Roger Thompson) Provides a $500 tax credit to teachers for unreimbursed classroom expenses. Senate Bill 980 (Senator AJ Griffin) Creates criteria to issue “Career,” “Mentor,” and “Lead” teacher certificates. Teachers Retirement System House Bill 2555 (Representative Justin Humphrey) Requires that the organization of retired teachers which makes an appointment to the TRS board have at least 10,000 members. House Bill 2553 (Representative Randy McDaniel) Allows TRS to terminate the Tax Sheltered Annuity Program. University Policy Senate Bill 884 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This puts a moratorium on allocating funds for the Art in Public Places Act if the State Board of Equalization revenue certification in February is less than the certified revenue amount from February of the previous year. Senate Bill 899 (Senator Ron Sharp) This requires training on “appropriate behavior between students and school employees” to be a part of accredited teacher education programs at all Oklahoma institutions of higher education. Shell Bills House Bill 2525 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) Child Care Act shell bill. House Bill 2529 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Scholarship tax credit shell bill. House Bill 2560 (Representative Michael Rogers) Creates School Sunscreen Act. House Bill 2561 (Representative Michael Rogers) Creates Oklahoma Common Education Act. House Bill 2562 (Representative Michael Rogers) Creates Oklahoma Common Education Act. House Bill 2563 (Representative Michael Rogers) Creates Oklahoma Common Education Act. House Bill 2564 (Representative Michael Rogers) Creates Oklahoma Common Education Act. Thank you. Glen 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 01D38BC2.9B989220][cid:image002.png at 01D38BC2.9B989220] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: OASFAA [mailto:oasfaa-bounces at lists.onenet.net] On Behalf Of oasfaa-request at lists.onenet.net Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 12:00 PM To: oasfaa at lists.onenet.net Subject: OASFAA Digest, Vol 164, Issue 7 Send OASFAA mailing list submissions to oasfaa at lists.onenet.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://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. Personally Identifiable Information & document collection (Kandi Molder) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:40:29 +0000 From: Kandi Molder To: "oasfaa at lists.onenet.net" Subject: [Oasfaa] Personally Identifiable Information & document collection Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hey all - I have seen it on the listserv as a topic and today, have been watching the FSA Conference training. We have some work to do here. Here is a recording of 2 sessions. http://www.webcastregister.live/2017fsatc_records/viewv2/300/ http://www.webcastregister.live/2017fsatc_records/viewv2/287/ Here is a Q&A on this topic. https://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/attachments/CyberFAQ.pdf Since we cannot accept any documents via email with PII, what are other schools doing to get documents? 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URL: ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ OASFAA mailing list OASFAA at lists.onenet.net https://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/oasfaa ------------------------------ End of OASFAA Digest, Vol 164, Issue 7 ************************************** From bfair at osrhe.edu Mon Jan 22 08:21:57 2018 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:21:57 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_January_19?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_2018?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2c89621d95e749bb97a613cc852ee5d0@osrhe.edu> Following is the legislative update for January 19. A couple of bills have been added to the Oklahoma’s Promise section. We expect more to be added as all the bills are reviewed. Bryce OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, January 19, 2018 Subject: Legislative Update – January 19, 2018 As of January 19, 2018, the Senate has filed 1581 bills (706 new bills for this session) and 71 Senate Joint Resolutions (23 new resolutions for this session. The House has filed 2,704 bills (1,193 new bills for this session) and 62 House Joint Resolutions (31 new resolutions for this session). We are currently in the process of reviewing legislation. Below is the list of legislation related to higher education that has been reviewed to date. A more comprehensive listing will be provided next week. If you have any questions, please contact Todd Pauley at tpauley at osrhe.edu or (405) 824-5896. Legislative Report January 19, 2018 Agency Administration Senate Bill 909 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Adds to the definition of “incentive” in the Incentive Evaluation Act any transfer of funds by a state agency to a political subdivision other than a direct apportionment of state revenues as provided by law or funding of a project pursuant to a program administered by the agency which includes specific objective criteria for the awarding of such funding. Senate Bill 918 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Adds to what has to be reported on income tax for legislators any income $5,000 or more that is related to politics, public relations, communications, etc. Senate Bill 925 (Senator Roger Thompson) Raises the requirement for an agency cost analysis report when privatizing a function from $100,000 to $1 million and changes the privatization process. Senate Bill 945 (Senator Tom Dugger) Changes the current penalty for agencies found to be noncompliant in providing reports as required by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES). Rather than the State Treasurer not honoring vouchers disbursing and transferring monies from agency clearing accounts, agencies will have 15 business days to resolve the delinquency, after which the Director of OMES may assess and collect a monetary penalty of up to $300 per day until the agency is found to be compliant. Senate Bill 951 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Bars agencies from entering into contingency-free contracts with private attorneys unless approved by the Attorney General. Senate Bill 1110 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Amends part of the Central Purchasing Act. Senate Bill 1139 (Senator Darcy Jech) Creates a task force to study efficiencies in operating and governing two-year colleges. Senate Bill 1233 (Pro Tem Mike Schulz) Creates a task force to study efficiencies in two-year colleges. Senate Bill 1234 (Pro Tem Mike Schulz) Creates a task force to study efficiencies in two-year colleges. House Bill 2523 (Representative Randy McDaniel) Changes state unemployment benefits. Specifically mentions educational service contract employees and modifies when they can enroll in unemployment benefits. House Bill 2528 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) Allows state employees to pursue civil action in whistleblower cases. House Bill 2557 (Representative Dennis Casey) Sets the maximum salary of Agency CEO’s to be no greater than the salary of the Governor. All increases in salary shall be approved by the legislature. Budget Senate Joint Resolution 48 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This resolution puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to make line-item appropriations to each institution within the State System of Higher Education. Senate Bill 924 (Senator Mark Allen) Requires an audit for every agency that requests an increase in funding relative to its current fiscal year request. House Joint Resolution 1032 (Representative Harold Wright) This resolution puts to a vote of the people to change the three-fourths requirement vote of the House for revenue bills to a three-fifths vote. House Bill 2533 (Representative Collin Walke) Increases the minimum wage to $11 an hour, effective January 1, 2019. House Bill 3153 (Representative Earl Sears) Repeals requirement for full funding of education by no later than April 1. Campus Safety/Guns Senate Bill 910 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Removes the word “bow” from hunting requirements to open carry for persons with a handgun and military identification card. Senate Bill 957 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Adds “places of worship” to places where citizens have a right to use defensive force. Senate Bill 964 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Changes the words “anywhere in the state of Oklahoma” to “throughout the state of Oklahoma” in CLEET certified firearm carrying allowances. Senate Bill 991 (Senator John Sparks) Removes language allowing persons designated by the school board or licensed as a security guard to carry handguns on public school property. Senate Bill 1159 (Senator Paul Scott) No public college, tech center, university, etc. can deny ability to carry a concealed handgun by a citizen with a valid license. House Bill 2527 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) Allows county employees in a courthouse to conceal carry. Common Education Senate Bill 903 (Senator AJ Griffin) If an employee is fired from a school district due to consolidation, the Board of Education cannot pay severance until the employee has filed for unemployment and then the severance is reduced by the total amount of unemployment benefits paid. Senate Bill 920 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Forces administrative school consolidation of districts with an average daily membership of less than 200 with the next contiguous school district. Senate Bill 935 (Senator Ron Sharp) If the State Board of Education suspends a teacher certificate, that teacher remains employed while proceedings are pending. Senate Bill 929 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Updates disability definitions in the State Aid Formula. Senate Bill 950 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Allows public schools to permit a student to possess and self-apply sunscreen without written authorizations. Senate Bill 958 (Senator David Rader) Allows homeschooled and alternatively educated students to participate in extracurricular activities in their resident district. Adds them partially to the funding/accountability formula. Senate Bill 960 (Senator Julie Daniels) Changes rules for initiating and terminating school employee payroll deductions to require written requests. Senate Bill 967 (Senator John Sparks) Requires public school districts with out-of-school suspension rates 10% higher than the state average to engage in quarterly continuing education on alternatives to out-of-school suspension. Requires superintendents of public school districts to review their districts out-of-school suspension data and report it to the State Department of Education on July 1 of each year. Senate Bill 985 (Senator Ron Sharp) Creates a mandate that virtual charter schools provide reports according to a set plan with the State Virtual Charter School Board if their graduation rates is below the state graduation rate, with the possibility for closure should no improvement occur. Senate Bill 981 (Senator AJ Griffin) Adds substance abuse diagnosis and homelessness to qualifications for the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program. Senate Bill 986 (Senator Ron Sharp) Adds “a member who represents a statewide association of school board members” to the School Finance Review Commission. Senate Bill 987 (Senator John Sparks) Adds definition of “career” into the private school code. Senate Bill 999 (Senator Greg McCortney) Allows students who transfer due to legal custody changes to participate in extracurricular activities with no waiting period. House Bill 2556 (Representative Dennis Casey) Amends the statute prohibiting teachers from entering new contracts before their previous contract ends to add Charter Schools. Concurrent Enrollment Senate Bill 1196 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Concurrent enrollment expansion. House Bill 3015 (Representative George Faught) If the requirements for concurrent enrollment eligibility include test scores from a nationally recognized college-and career-readiness assessment, the test score requirements determining eligibility shall be the same for all students. Free Speech Senate Bill 1200 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires state system of higher education to “embrace a commitment to freedom of speech.” Senate Bill 1202 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Requires the State Regents to adopt a policy on free expression and defines that policy. Lobbying Senate Bill 876 (Senator Rob Standridge) This is an attempt to get rid of legislative liaison positions in favor of auditors positions housed in the Legislative Services Bureau [LSB]. It removes 70 percent of the cost of liaisons and 100 percent of the cost of contract lobbying positions and uses the funding to pay for the newly created LSB positions. Senate Bill 917 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Adds to the lobbying rules that a lobbyist principal shall not provide anything of value which exceeds $100 in a calendar year to the Governor, an individual legislator or any individual employee of the Governor or the Legislature, regardless of the number of lobbyists representing the lobbyist principal. This legislation also lowers the allowed meals and other gifts expenditure from $500 to $100 and requires that a legislative lobbyist representing more than one principal cannot exceed $200. Senate Bill 1207 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Prohibits the use or authorization of the use of public funds, property or time to engage in legislative or executive lobbying. Oklahoma’s Promise Senate Bill 877 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Requires the State Board of Equalization to cap the amount of funding available for Oklahoma’s Promise at $75 million, subtracted from the amount the Board certifies as available for appropriation from the General Revenue fund, effective December 2021. Senate Bill 889 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This lowers the second income check amount on Oklahoma’s Promise from $100,000 to $75,000, beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year. Senate Bill 1036 (Senator Rob Standridge) Caps the award amount for Oklahoma’s Promise at $4,200 per person per academic year for two years. Senate Bill 1092 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Adds to the Oklahoma’s Promise qualifications any children of full time teachers. Senate Bill 1201 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Changes Oklahoma’s Promise designation from a scholarship to a “forgivable loan.” Changes qualifications for Oklahoma’s Promise. Requires graduation within five years and requires recipient to remain a resident of the state for five years after graduation to receive loan forgiveness. House Bill 2513 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Adds to the Oklahoma’s Promise qualifications the children of anyone who is employed as a teacher or support employee. Scholarships House Bill 2960 (Representative Todd Thomsen) Makes scholarship granting organizations annually report to the Tax Commission. Teacher Education House Bill 3309 (Representative Rhonda Baker) Changes name of resident teacher program and directs funds to “induction” program differently. Teacher Shortage Senate Bill 952 (Senator Roger Thompson) Provides a $500 tax credit to teachers for unreimbursed classroom expenses. Senate Bill 980 (Senator AJ Griffin) Creates criteria to issue “Career,” “Mentor,” and “Lead” teacher certificates. Senate Bill 1188 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Allows certified classroom teachers to earn tuition waivers each year they are employed by a public school district. Teachers Retirement System House Bill 2555 (Representative Justin Humphrey) Requires that the organization of retired teachers which makes an appointment to the TRS board have at least 10,000 members. House Bill 2553 (Representative Randy McDaniel) Allows TRS to terminate the Tax Sheltered Annuity Program. House Bill 3378 (Representative Roger Ford) This bill removes the post retirement earnings limitation for Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System retired members who return to teaching. Tenure Senate Bill 1073 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Bars two-year colleges from establishing and maintaining plans for tenure of employees hired after July 1, 2018. University Policy Senate Bill 884 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This puts a moratorium on allocating funds for the Art in Public Places Act if the State Board of Equalization revenue certification in February is less than the certified revenue amount from February of the previous year. Senate Bill 899 (Senator Ron Sharp) This requires training on “appropriate behavior between students and school employees” to be a part of accredited teacher education programs at all Oklahoma institutions of higher education. Senate Bill 1014 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Creates the Campus Individual Rights Act. An institution is not allowed to prohibit any student to have legal representation in a disciplinary proceeding. Allows student institutions to have legal representation and requires the institution notify students and institutions of their rights. House Bill 2680 (Representative Chuck Strohm) This is a bathroom shell bill. House Bill 2725 (Representative Todd Russ) Requires each board of regents to end co-ed housing except for married couples. Shell Bills House Bill 2525 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) Child Care Act shell bill. House Bill 2529 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Scholarship tax credit shell bill. House Bill 2560 (Representative Michael Rogers) Creates School Sunscreen Act. House Bill 2561 (Representative Michael Rogers) Creates Oklahoma Common Education Act. House Bill 2562 (Representative Michael Rogers) Creates Oklahoma Common Education Act. House Bill 2563 (Representative Michael Rogers) Creates Oklahoma Common Education Act. House Bill 2564 (Representative Michael Rogers) Creates Oklahoma Common Education Act. Thank you. Glen Glen D. 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Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 4250 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From bfair at osrhe.edu Fri Jan 26 15:52:30 2018 From: bfair at osrhe.edu (Fair, Bryce) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:52:30 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] =?windows-1252?q?FW=3A_Legislative_Update_=96_January_26?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_2018?= In-Reply-To: <9848b239de7f49ef9e0bb0261983b1fa@osrhe.edu> References: <9848b239de7f49ef9e0bb0261983b1fa@osrhe.edu> Message-ID: <8fa816bafce9449583389b5506594619@osrhe.edu> Following is an updated list of legislation introduced for the 2018 session that begins on Monday, February 5. A couple of additional bills have been added to the Oklahoma’s Promise section. Bryce OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Memo To: Legislative Network From: Chancellor Glen D. Johnson Date: Friday, January 26, 2018 Subject: Legislative Update – January 26, 2018 The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of January 22, 2018 – January 26, 2018. If you have any questions, please contact Todd Pauley at tpauley at osrhe.edu or (405) 824-5896. Legislative Report January 26, 2018 Agency Administration House Bill 2528 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) Allows state employees to pursue civil action in whistleblower cases. House Bill 2533 (Representative Collin Walke) Increases state minimum wage to $11 an hour. House Bill 2557 (Representative Dennis Casey) Sets the maximum salary of agency CEOs to be no greater than the salary of the Governor. All increases in salary shall be approved by the Legislature. House Bill 2812 (Representative Tim Downing) Applies reduction in force notice rules to classified and unclassified employees. House Bill 2637 (Representative Dustin Roberts) Provides an annualized pay raise of $2,500 for all full-time and part-time officer and employees on July 1, 2018; July 1, 2019; and July 1, 2020. House Bill 2743 (Perryman) A full time chief executive officer or full time employee from an agency, board, commission, department or program in the executive branch of state government shall not receive any additional compensation if appointed as a cabinet Secretary House Bill 2746 (Representative David Perryman) Subjects the State Legislature to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and the Oklahoma Open Records Act. House Bill 2767 (Representative Mike Osburn) Rewrites the Oklahoma Personnel Act. House Bill 2769 (Representative Mike Osburn) Removes cabinet eligibility from state agency, commission, or board CEOs. House Bill 2770 (Representative Mike Osburn) Allows the Governor, Pro Temp, and Speaker to remove any of their appointees at any time. (Excludes constitutional appointment authority). House Bill 2803 (Representative Tim Downing) No state employee or public school employee shall receive a salary in excess of the salary authorized to be paid to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, unless approved by the State Senate. House Bill 2815 (Representative Tim Downing) No agency can enter into a contingency-fee contract with a private attorney unless they have approval from the Attorney General. House Bill 2876 (Representative John Michael Montgomery) Creates Rules and Regulations Review Commission to conduct an independent review of all rules and regulations currently filed in the Oklahoma Administrative Code. House Bill 2883 (Representative Josh West) Sets maximum salary for full-time agency employees at $120,000 and requires that salary and performance bonuses be approved by the Legislature. House Bill 2893 (Representative Zack Taylor) Sets the maximum salary of agency employees to be no greater than the Governor’s salary. House Bill 2911 (Representative Mickey Dollens) Creates the Work-based Learning Program coordinated by the Governor’s Council on Workforce and Economic Development to increase the number of registered apprenticeships and internship programs in the state to an aggregate of 20,000 by the end of 2020. Requires participating partners (State Department of Education, State Department of Career and Technology Education, and the State Regents for Higher Education) to provide time and expertise and to assist publishing an annual progress report showing each state agency's steps and accomplishments toward meeting statewide workforce goals. House Bill 3054 (Representative Kyle Hilbert) Adds the State Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education to those exempted from the IT Consolidation Act. House Bill 3138 (Representative Mike Ritze) No state employee can receive a salary greater than 90% of the CEO of that agency, board, or commission. House Bill 3139 (Representative Mike Ritze) No agency, board or commission CEO can receive a salary greater than the Governor. House Bill 3140 (Representative Ritze) Sets Governor’s salary to three times the base pay of Legislature, and the Lieutenant Governor’s salary salary at 80% of the Governor’s salary. Sets salary for other agency heads equal to the Governor’s salary. House Bill 3170 (Representative Jeff Coody) Sets state employee maximum salary as no greater than the salary of the Governor. House Bill 3208 (Representative Mark Lepak) Allows the Governor to appoint the Lieutenant Governor as a cabinet secretary and reorganizes cabinet, cabinet positions and compensation. House Bill 3209 (Representative Mark Lepak) Changes Governor’s appointment powers. Proposes certain appointments be made by the Governor and compensation set by such. Removes power to promote from boards of such institutions. House Bill 3213 (Representative Claudia Griffith) Establishes State Paid Family Leave Act of 2018. House Bill 3280 (Representative Chris Kannady) Deletes ability of state employees to accumulate more than the maximum annual leave limit, provided that such excess is used during the same calendar year in which it accrues or within 12 months of the date on which it accrues. House Bill 3332 (Representative Marcus McEntire) Modifies shared leave uses in the Oklahoma Personnel Act. House Bill 3363 (Representative Sean Roberts) Bans state agencies from ending any program that impacts children, seniors or public safety unless specifically mandated or approved by the Legislature. House Bill 3587 (Speaker Charles McCall) The Governor shall have the power to remove any gubernatorial appointment on any agency, board or commission at any time. House Bill 3597 (Speaker Charles McCall) No chief executive officer of any board, commission, department or program in the executive branch of state government shall be eligible for appointment as a cabinet secretary. House Joint Resolution 1048 (Representative Mark Lepak) Constitutional amendment making offices of State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Labor, and Insurance Commissioner appointed offices. Senate Bill 876 (Senator Rob Standridge) Cuts legislative liaison positions in favor of auditors positions housed in the Legislative Services Bureau [LSB]. Removes 70 percent of the cost of liaisons and 100 percent of the cost of contract lobbying positions and uses it to pay for the newly created LSB positions. Senate Bill 909 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Adds to the definition of “incentive” in the Incentive Evaluation Act any transfer of funds by a state agency to a political subdivision other than a direct apportionment of state revenues as provided by law or funding of a project pursuant to a program administered by the agency which includes specific objective criteria for the awarding of such funding. Senate Bill 925 (Senator Roger Thompson) Raises the requirement for an agency cost analysis report when privatizing a function from $100,000 to $1 million. Changes the privatization process. Senate Bill 945 (Senator Tom Dugger) Changes the current penalty for agencies found to be noncompliant in providing reports as required by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES). Rather than the State Treasurer not honoring vouchers disbursing and transferring monies from agency clearing accounts, agencies will have 15 business days to resolve the delinquency, after which the Director of OMES may assess and collect a monetary penalty of up to $300 per day until the agency is found to be compliant. Senate Bill 951 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Bars agencies from entering into contingency-free contracts with private attorneys unless approved by the Attorney General. Senate Bill 1011 (Senator Josh Brecheen) An agency director shall be authorized to place a moratorium on pass-through funding during a fiscal year when the agency's total appropriations are less than the prior fiscal year's total appropriations. Senate Bill 1019 (Senator Lonnie Paxton) Allows the Governor to appoint a person to fill an empty U.S. Senate seat until the next regularly scheduled statewide election. Senate Bill 1016 (Senator Wayne Shaw) Requires every school in the state and all administrative offices in state agencies to display a sign with the national motto and the U.S. and Oklahoma flags. Senate Bill 1110 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Revises the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act and modifies purpose of advisory committee. Provides details on the content of the annual report by the advisory committee. Directs State Auditor and Inspector to review the report for compliance with state statues, rules or other provisions of law related to cooperative purchasing. Senate Bill 1152 (Senator Adam Pugh) Requires Department of Human Services to recommend methods and funding necessary for the state to pursue pay-for-performance contracts with education vendors and training and case management support vendors, contingent upon available state funding. Senate Bill 1206 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Mandates that the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker of the House appoint one member of their respective bodies to participate in negotiations prior to entering into a new or renewal of a compact or cooperative agreement. Senate Bill 1208 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Rewrites emergency succession procedures. Senate Bill 1260 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Bans executive branch agency expenditures on out-of-state travel. Senate Bill 1297 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) The Risk Management Administrator is authorized to utilize a program of the Oklahoma Insurance Department for school districts to increase available competing vendors. Senate Bill 1313 (Senator David Holt) Eliminates public posting of Open Meetings requirements and the requirement for 48 hours’ notice for special meetings. Senate Bill 1320 (Senator Nathan Dahm) The Governor shall have the power and duty to appoint the director of any state agency receiving more than $950 million dollars in appropriations. Senate Bill 1330 (Senator Nathan Dahm) No state employee shall be annually compensated more than the Governor. Senate Bill 1357 (Senator Josh Brecheen) For each fiscal year, all pass-through spending items not otherwise required by the Oklahoma Statutes or to obtain federal matching funds shall first be approved by an individual act passed by the Legislature. Senate Bill 1366 (Senator Michael Brooks) Creates state employee compensation task force. Senate Bill 1382 (Senator John Sparks) No measure which transfers funds from a revolving fund of a state agency or other funding source of a state agency not subject to direct appropriation may become law unless such measure has received the approval of at least 2/3 of the membership of the Senate and at least 2/3 of the membership of the House of Representatives. Senate Bill 1391 (Senator Paull Scott) Requires every state agency to reduce its administrative cost by 10% within 30 days of the measure passing. Senate Bill 1404 (Senator Josh Brecheen) The maximum salary for all staff, subordinates and statutorily-created agency employees shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the salary of the Governor. Senate Bill 1581 (Senator Kay Floyd) Establishes paid parental leave. Senate Bill 1562 (Senator Anthony Sykes) Regarding the use of deadly force as self-defense, if a prima facie claim of immunity from criminal prosecution has been raised by a person pursuant to this section, the State of Oklahoma shall be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that such immunity is not applicable. Audits House Bill 3364 (Representative Sean Roberts) No executive branch agency shall expend any appropriated funds under its control for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, until the agency has an audit conducted by the State Auditor and Inspector. Senate Bill 924 (Senator Mark Allen) Requires an audit for every agency that requests an increase in funding relative to its current fiscal year request. Senate Bill 1013 (Senator Josh Brecheen) The State Auditor and Inspector shall set accounting practices for all state agencies based upon Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Senate Bill 1070 (Senator Adam Pugh) All state agencies that employ an auditor within the agency shall direct that auditor to submit the findings and report of any audit conducted by that employee immediately to the Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector. Senate Bill 1270 (Senator Adam Pugh) Requires an itemized request justifying “every dollar” every four years, beginning in 2020, from every agency. Senate Bill 1271 (Senator Anthony Sykes) Requires State Auditor and Inspector to set accounting practices for all statutorily-created state agencies. Benefits for State Employees – Health & Retirement House Bill 2523 (Representative Randy McDaniel) Changes state unemployment benefits. Specifically mentions educational service contract employees and modifies when they can enroll in unemployment benefits. House Bill 2553 (Representative Randy McDaniel) Allows OTRS to terminate the Tax Sheltered Annuity Program. House Bill 2555 (Representative Justin Humphrey) Requires that the organization of retired teachers which makes an appointment to the OTRS board have at least 10,000 members. House Bill 2628 (Representative Ed Cannaday) Amends OTRS providsions related to the earnings limits for retired teachers who return to teaching and continue to receive benefits from OTRS. House Bill 3144 (Representative Jason Dunnington) Adjusts the states flexible benefit allowance to an amount equal to the average monthly premiums of the health insurance plans. House Bill 3378 (Representative Roger Ford) This bill removes the post retirement earnings limitation for Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System retired members who return to teaching. House Bill 3682 (Representative Kevin Calvey) Includes OTRS employer contributions in the definition of “Fringe Benefits” on the minimum salary schedule. House Bill 3672 (Representative Kevin McDugle) Eliminates any otherwise applicable restriction on postretirement earnings, including, but not limited to, elimination of restrictions which require suspension of the payment of a retirement benefit of a retired member who returns to active employment. Senate Bill 1056 (Senator Adam Pugh) Allows OTRS to end its tax sheltered annuity. Senate Bill 1386 (Senator Roland Pederson) Modifies the authority of members of the OTRS Board of Trustees and modifies the number of votes required for board decision. Senate Bill 1387 (Senator Roland Pederson) Provides a one-time payment of $500-$1,000 to any persons receiving benefits from OTRS as of June 30, 2017, under certain circumstances. Senate Bill 1480 (Senator Roland Pederson) Increases health insurance premium benefits for OTRS. Budget House Joint Resolution 1031 (Representative Harold Wright) Puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment requiring a committee process for all appropriations bills. House Joint Resolution 1032 (Representative Harold Wright) Drops the threshold to raise revenue from 75 percent down to 60 percent. House Bill 2884 (Representative Josh West and Representative Tammy West) For any state agency or entity that is appropriated more than One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) in state funds, the Legislature shall present measures each year that allocate funds appropriated among the activities and programs provided for by law. Senate Joint Resolution 48 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This resolution puts to a vote of the people a constitutional amendment requiring a line item budget of the State System of Higher Education. Senate Bill 1059 (Senator Marty Quinn and Senator Stephanie Bice) Updates Ad Valorem tax code. Senate Bill 1069 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Amends statute to reduce the amount of certain tax credits that could be claimed by 25 percent for tax years 2018 and 2019. Career Tech House Bill 3220 (Representative Jadine Nollan) Authorizes the State Board of Career and Technology Education to develop certification system for teachers and instructors who teach in technology center school districts. Senate Bill 1231 (Senator Mark Allen) Creates CareerTech funding improvement task force. Public Safety/Campus Safety/Weapons House Bill 2918 (Representative Jeff Coody) Allows concealed carry without a license. House Bill 2947 (Representative Carol Bush) Makes buying a stolen gun a felony. House Bill 2951 (Representative Jeff Coody) Removes language requiring licensing and updates definition for proper use of a firearm. House Bill 2975 (Representative Avery Frix) Excludes telescoping or collapsible batons from the definition of baton in the Self-Defense Act. House Bill 3334 (Representative Sean Roberts) Authorizes handgun licensees and certain military personnel to carry handgun while hunting. House Bill 3656 (Representative Kevin McDugle) Provides for self-defense concealed or unconcealed carry. House Bill 3693 (Representative Kevin Calvey) Reduces renewal and licensing fees for firearms. Deletes background check investigation procedures for handgun licenses. Deletes certain residency requirements. House Bill 2527 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) Allows county employees in a courthouse to conceal carry. Senate Bill 910 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Removes the word “bow” from hunting requirements to open carry for persons with a handgun and military identification card. Senate Bill 957 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Adds “places of worship” to places where citizens have a right to use defensive force. Senate Bill 964 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Changes the words “anywhere in the state of Oklahoma” to “throughout the state of Oklahoma” in CLEET certified firearm carrying allowances. Senate Bill 991 (Senator John Sparks) Removes language allowing persons designated by the school board or licensed as a security guard to carry handguns on public school property. Senate Bill 1024 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Adds lawful permanent resident to the qualifications of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. Senate Bill 1039 (Stephanie Bice) Adds to the qualifications of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act retired or honorably discharged veteran or retired active duty reserve and National Guard member. Senate Bill 1158 (Senator Paul Scott) Removes language prohibiting convicted felons, probationers, and previous delinquent children from riding as a passenger in vehicles with firearms. Senate Bill 1159 (Senator Paul Scott) No public college, tech center, university, etc. can deny ability to carry a concealed handgun by a citizen with a valid license. Senate Bill 1212 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Adds wildlife refuges to unlawful carry areas. Senate Bill 1213 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Allows unconcealed carry in a vehicle for anyone over 21 in the absence of reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. Senate Bill 1214 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Creates the Firearms Freedom Act (exemption from federal gun law, with the state employee gag rule on gun control). Senate Bill 1215 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Creates Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Preservation Act (same as previous bill). Senate Bill 1216 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Amends the list rules regarding the legal carrying of firearms. Prohibits persons guilty of certain crimes or deemed to be mentally unfit from carrying firearms. Prohibits those unlawfully present in the US from possessing firearms. Allows for firearms to be transported in vehicles for self-defense under certain circumstances. Senate Bill 1224 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Amends the list rules regarding the legal carrying of firearms. Prohibits persons guilty of certain crimes or deemed to be mentally unfit from carrying firearms. Prohibits those unlawfully present in the US from possessing firearms. Allows for firearms to be transported in vehicles for self-defense under certain circumstances. Senate Bill 1225 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Prohibits public money from being used to promote gun control. Senate Bill 1226 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Reduces renewal fees for handgun licenses. Senate Bill 1227 (Senator Brecheen) Constitutional carry. Senate Bill 1234 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Changes the definition of firearms relating to length. Senate Bill 1265 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Amends Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to provide for the unlicensed carrying of a handgun by a resident of Oklahoma who is 21 years old and is not otherwise prohibited from carrying a weapon. Senate Bill 1306 (Senator Joseph Silk) Allows for concealed carry. Senate Bill 1307 (Senator Joseph Silk) Allows county employees to carry in court rooms and offices, etc. Senate Bill 1308 (Senator Joseph Silk) Adds to the state preemption of legislation ammunition and firearm components. Senate Bill 1512 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Modifies the definition of pistols to not include black-powder pistols that are relics antiques or replicas. Flagged As Possible Carryover Bills from Last Session House Bill 1315 (Representative Josh West) Adds a DD-214 (honorable discharge) to the list of documents that exempt a person from the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. House Bill 1405 (Representative Mickey Dollens) Allows schools to create rules pertaining to knives on school property. House Bill 1450 (Representative Dustin Roberts) Removes requirement for military veterans to pay renewal fee for handgun license renewal. House Bill 1600 (Representative John Enns) Allows for handgun licensees to carry their weapons on public college and university campuses. Mandates that college and university campuses be ready by November 1, 2019. House Bill 1608 (Representative John Enns) Changes to allow off-duty police officers to carry a concealed firearm. Places requirement on type of weapon. House Bill 2321 (Representative Jeff Coody) Makes it unlawful for any person (regardless of license) to carry a firearm into a number of locations, including prisons, sports arenas and colleges. Modifies language pertaining to firearms in vehicles. Senate Bill 5 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Reduces the cost of a firearm renewal from $85 to $25 for a five-year renewal. Reduces application fee from $100 to $25. Senate Bill 6 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Allows the Governor, Lt. Governor, State Auditor and Inspector, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Labor, Insurance Commissioner, Corporation Commissioners, Oklahoma U.S. Senators, and Oklahoma U.S. House of Representative members to carry a firearm while in the performance of their duties if the person has completed a handgun qualification course. Senate Bill 11 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Amends several sections of the Oklahoma Self Defense Act. Removes the ten year licensing option. Allows online and mail in applications. Removes the Sheriff's office as a valid application location. Reduces application fee. Puts all photocopy fees in the licensing process from the Sheriff's to the OSBI revolving fund. Removes all OSBI background check and investigation requirements and replaces them with NICS background check. Senate Bill 65 (Senator Nathan Dahm) New law making it illegal to use public monies for the advocacy or promotion of gun control and public officers are specifically prohibited from advocating or promoting gun control publicity or propaganda, paying the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient if the contract is related to gun control, or advocate any proposed or future tax increase relating to gun control. Senate Bill 158 (Senator Wayne Shaw) Creates guidelines for request of firearm disclosure to health care practitioners. Requires health service be provided to patients that disclose possession of a firearm except for in certain circumstances. Provides for fines to be imposed for specific violations. Senate Bill 172 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Removes the terms "billy" and "or any other offensive weapon" from the list of weapons it is unlawful to carry without meeting an exemption. Senate Bill 274 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Allows municipality to adopt any ordinance relating to the discharge of firearms within the jurisdiction of the municipality. Allows those adversely affected by ant ordinance or regulation to bring civil action for injunctive relief or monetary damages or both. Senate Bill 275 (Senator Dahm) Prohibits public officers and employees from using public money to promote gun control. Modifies language specifying weapons subject to restriction. Specifies the conditions under which a court will award expenses in a civil action suit Senate Bill 381 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Repeals licensing requirements from the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. Prohibits an arresting officer from confiscating a firearm being transported in a vehicle stopped for a moving violation. Senate Bill 386 (Senator Anthony Sykes) Prohibits the use of public funds, salaries, expenses and other resources that oppose 2nd Amendment rights. Creates a penalty. Common Education House Bill 2723 (Representative ToddRuss) Ends education employee organizations unless they hold a secret ballot election for all employees in the bargaining unit. House Bill 3014 (Representative George Faught) Amends statute to mandate the Department of Education to adopt rules for students who transfer into a public school who were previously educated by other means, including from home school. Mandates the equal treatment of all diplomas by a state agency, and school district may evaluate the transcripts of alternatively educated students for the assignment of credit. House Bill 3153 (Representative Earl Sears) Repeals requirement for full funding of education by no later than April 1. House Bill 3291 (Representative John Enns) Prohibits school superintendent from receiving compensation that exceeds compensation of State Superintendent of Public Instruction. House Bill 3450 (Representative Kevin Calvey) Caps Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education scholarships at $5 million annually. House Bill 3690 (Representative Kevin Calvey) Makes school health insurance a flexible benefit allowance fund to be disbursed to State Department of Education. Senate Joint Resolution 70 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Directs to a vote of the people a proposed amendment to the constitution. Expands uses allowed by school districts for ad valorem taxes. Senate Bill 903 (Senator AJ Griffin) If an employee is fired from a school district due to consolidation, the Board of Education cannot pay severance until the employee has filed for unemployment and then the severance is reduced by the total amount of unemployment benefits paid. Senate Bill 920 (Senator Stephanie Bice) Forces administrative school consolidation of districts with an average daily membership of less than 200 with the next contiguous school district. Senate Bill 935 (Senator Ron Sharp) If the State Board of Education suspends a teacher certificate, that teacher remains employed while proceedings are pending. Senate Bill 929 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Updates disability definitions in the State Aid Formula. Senate Bill 960 (Senator Julie Daniels) Changes rules for initiating and terminating school employee payroll deductions to require written requests. Senate Bill 986 (Senator Ron Sharp) Adds “a member who represents a statewide association of school board members” to the School Finance Review Commission. Senate Bill 987 (Senator John Sparks) Adds definition of “career” into the private school code. Senate Bill 988 (Senator John Sparks) A license of a school shall not be effective or renewed unless the private school has provided the Board documentation that it has reserve funds equal to the amount of tuition being charged students for the applicable calendar year. Senate Bill 989 (Senator John Sparks) Requires emotional literacy education to be taught in public schools. Senate Bill 1370 (Senator Jason Smalley) Allows schools to teach caree-ready courses in lieu of college preparatory work as identified in a student’s ICAP. Senate Bill 1408 (Senator JJ Dossett) Creates incentives for teachers to apply for National Board Certification. Senate Bill 1424 (Senator JJ Dossett) Creates Extraordinary Educators License Plate to be designed and issued to any person wishing to provide financial support for common education in Oklahoma. Senate Bill 1223 (Senator Josh Brecheen) School bathroom regulation bill. Senate Bill 1191 (Senator Rob Standridge) Creates the Oklahoma Education Improvement revolving fund. Senate Bill 1149 (Senator Greg McCourtney and Representative Mark McBride) Amends statute to apportion 79.25% of tobacco settlement money received each year to the general revenue fund, with 18.75% to the Tobacco Settlement Fund, and 2% to the Attorney General Evidence Fund. Changes the definition of the principal in the Tobacco Trust Fund. Changes the allocation of tobacco settlement funds received by the state starting July 1, 2020 to have half go to public schools and half to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Senate Bill 1090 (Senator Ron Sharp) Bars schools from using state aid to contract with a business or individual to provide private extracurricular activities. Senate Bill 1079 (Senator Adam Pugh) Creates the Oklahoma School Oversight and Review (SOAR) Commission to seek to improve educational opportunities for all public school students in the state by recommendations to realign resources and funding. Senate Bill 1197 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Modifies performance level labels in the Oklahoma School Testing Program Act. Senate Bill 1289 (Senator Jason Smalley) Students in grade twelve who are on track to complete the credits required for graduation may be enrolled in only those courses required to graduate and shall be exempt from the six-period enrollment requirement and the hourly instructional requirements Concurrent Enrollment House Bill 3015 (Representative George Faught) If the requirements for concurrent enrollment eligibility include test scores from a nationally recognized college-and career-readiness assessment, the test score requirements determining eligibility shall be the same for all students. Senate Bill 1196 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Concurrent enrollment expansion. Free Speech House Bill 3586 (Speaker Charles McCall) Creates the Open and Robust University Minds Act. Senate Bill 1014 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Creates the Campus Individual Rights Act. An institution is not allowed to prohibit any student to have legal representation in a disciplinary proceeding. Allows student institutions to have legal representation and requires the institution notify students and institutions of their rights. Senate Bill 1200 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Requires state system of higher education to “embrace a commitment to freedom of speech.” Senate Bill 1202 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Requires the State Regents to adopt a policy on free expression and defines that policy. Senate Joint Resolution 51 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) The Legislature shall have the authority to construct policy for institutions that are overseen by the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College to protect students' First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Lobbying/Ethics House Bill 3381 (Representative Roger Ford) A person who is the holder of an elective state office shall be ineligible to file a declaration of candidacy for any other state office which has a term, any portion of which is the same, as the term for which he or she was elected. Senate Bill 917 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Adds to the lobbying rules that a lobbyist principal shall not provide anything of value which exceeds $100 in a calendar year to the Governor, an individual legislator or any individual employee of the Governor or the Legislature, regardless of the number of lobbyists representing the lobbyist principal. This legislation also lowers the allowed meals and other gifts expenditure from $500 to $100 and requires that a legislative lobbyist representing more than one principal cannot exceed $200. Senate Bill 918 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Adds to what has to be reported on income tax for legislators any income $5,000 or more that is related to politics, public relations, communications, etc. Senate Bill 1207 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Prohibits the use or authorization of the use of public funds, property or time to engage in legislative or executive lobbying. Occupational Licensing House Bill 2971 (Representative Avery Frix) Pharmacy licensing changes. Senate Bill 1518 (Senator AJ Griffin) Provides for licensure of naturopaths and provides for education programs. Senate Bill 1281 (Senator Greg McCortney) Changes some medical licensure provisions to allow for out of board meeting review of applications. Senate Bill 1209 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Stops licensing or renewals for doctors who perform abortions. Senate Bill 1141 (Senator JJ Dossett) Requires all licensing and certification authorities to implement rules to recognize appropriate military training. Senate Bill 1074 (Senator Greg McCortney) Revises the process for becoming a licensed speech-language pathologist and audiologist. Senate Bill 1174 (Senator Kim David) Creates Freedom to Work Act to regulate any profession or occupation that is subject to occupational fees or licensing requirements. Oklahoma’s Promise House Bill 3591 (Speaker Charles McCall) Requires all other grants and scholarships be exhausted prior to the Oklahoma’s Promise award being administered. House Bill 3592 (Speaker Charles McCall) If a student withdraws from a class in which he or she has received an award from the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, the awarded funds shall remain available for the student to use to enroll in classes for a five-year period. House Bill 2513 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Adds to the Oklahoma’s Promise qualifications the children of anyone who is employed as a teacher or support employee. House Bill 2724 (Representative Todd Russ) Adds Oklahoma’s Promise qualification to every child of a full-time teacher. Senate Bill 877 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Requires the State Board of Equalization to cap the amount of funding available for Oklahoma’s Promise at $75 million, subtracted from the amount the Board certifies as available for appropriation from the General Revenue fund, effective December 2021. Senate Bill 889 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This lowers the second income check amount on Oklahoma’s Promise from $100,000 to $75,000, beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year. Senate Bill 1036 (Senator Rob Standridge) Caps the award amount for Oklahoma’s Promise at $4,200 per person per academic year for two years. Senate Bill 1092 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Adds to the Oklahoma’s Promise qualifications any children of full time teachers. Senate Bill 1201 (Dahm) Changes OHLAP designation from a scholarship to a “forgivable loan”; Changes qualifications. Requires graduation within five years, and remaining a resident of the state for five years after graduation for it to be forgiven. Scholarships/Loan Repayments House Bill 2960 (Representative Todd Thomsen) Makes scholarship granting organizations annually report to the Tax Commission. House Bill 3683 (Representative Kevin Calvey) The institutions comprising The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall only award state-funded higher education scholarships to Oklahoma residents. Senate Bill 1349 (Senator Ervin Yen) Creates Medical Resident Loan Repayment Program. Teacher Education House Bill 2734 (Representative Jacob Rosecrants) Requires professional development program to include consent and healthy relationships education. House Bill 3309 (Representative Rhonda Baker) Changes name of resident teacher program and directs funds to “induction” program differently. Senate Bill 899 (Senator Ron Sharp) This requires training on “appropriate behavior between students and school employees” to be a part of accredited teacher education programs at all Oklahoma institutions of higher education. Senate Bill 980 (Senator AJ Griffin) Creates criteria to issue “Career,” “Mentor,” and “Lead” teacher certificates. Senate Bill 1188 (Senator Micheal Bergstrom) Allows certified classroom teachers to earn tuition waivers each year they are employed by a public school district. Senate Bill 1484 (Senator John Sparks) Provides for payment of National Board Certification assessment fees and bonuses. Teacher Pay / Teacher Shortage House Bill 2733 (Representative Jacob Rosecrants) Provides teacher pay raise for National Board Certification and high-needs bonuses. House Bill 2842 (Representative Matt Meredith) Raises GPT to 7% and sends the first $350 million to a Teacher Compensation Enhancement Fund. House Bill 2859 (Representative Tammy West) Reauthorizes public school classroom support tax checkoff. House Bill 2928 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Provides a tax credit for making a contribution to a public school for the purpose of an endowment to fund teachers’ salaries. House Bill 2620 (Representative Donnie Condit) Requires notice to the public when schools employ a person certified via emergency certificate. House Bill 2617 (Representative Donnie Condit) Provides income tax exemption for teachers buying classroom supplies. House Bill 2979 (Representative Avery Frix) Gives tax exemptions for teachers buying classroom supplies. House Bill 3040 (Representative Tommy Hardin) Changes Oil and Gas Tax rates and provides for teacher and state employee pay raise. House Bill 3390 (Representative Regina Goodwin) Increases teacher minimum salary schedule. House Bill 3440 (Representative Tom Gann) The Commissioners of the Land Office shall provide a Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) pay increase with monies received by a common school district to teachers with the professional staff distribution code of 210. House Bill 3539 (Representative Chad Caldwell) Modifies teacher minimum salary and benefits schedule. Senate Bill 952 (Senator Roger Thompson) Gives a $500 tax credit to teacher for unreimbursed classroom expenses. Senate Bill 1002 (Senator Tom Dugger) $3,000 teacher pay raise. Senate Bill 1041 (Senator JJ Dossett) $1,500 pay raise to all school support personnel. Senate Bill 1051 (Senator JJ Dossett) Defines Instructional Expenditure as it relates to school expenditures. Senate Bill 1232 (Senator Josh Brecheen) Establishes maximum salary schedule for school superintendents. Senate Bill 1286 (Senator Joseph Silk) Establishes maximum salary for superintendents. Senate Bill 1363 (Senator Michael Brooks) Establishes teacher pay raise minimum salary schedule. Senate Bill 1414 (Senator Jason Smalley) Provides teacher pay raise. Prohibits raise to district superintendents. Tenure Senate Bill 1073 (Senator Gary Stanislawski) Bars two-year colleges from establishing and maintaining plans for tenure of employees hired after July 1, 2018. University & Medical School Policy House Bill 2725 (Representative Todd Russ) Requires each board of regents to end co-ed housing except for married couples. House Bill 2987 (Representative Marcus McEntire) Allows physician assistants to be eligible for the Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program. House Bill 3134 (Representative Mark Ritze) Amends definitions dealing with forensic laboratories. House Bill 3137 (Representative Mark Ritze) Creates the School of Osteopathic Medicine Revisions Act of 2018. House Bill 3541 (Representative Chad Caldwel) Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to adopt a policy for each institution within the State System of Higher Education that requires any student charged with a school violation to receive full due process protection prior to discipline. Senate Bill 884 (Senator Josh Brecheen) This puts a moratorium on allocating funds for the Art in Public Places Act if the State Board of Equalization revenue certification in February is less than the certified revenue amount from February of the previous year. Senate Bill 1129 (Senator Ervin Yen) Requires hospital facilities notify police when a patient is injured by a gunshot or as a victim of a criminal offense. Senate Bill 1139 (Senator Darcy Jech) Creates a task force to study efficiencies in operating and governing two-year colleges. Senate Bill 1233 (Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Schulz) Creates a task force to study efficiencies in two-year colleges. Senate Bill 1234 (Senate President Pro Tempore Schulz) Creates a task force to study efficiencies in two-year colleges. Senate Bill 1317 (Senator Nathan Dahm) Places a moratorium on Art in Public Places funding. Senate Bill 1353 (Senator Ervin Yen) Provides for licensing Assistant Physicians. Senate Bill 1354 (Senator Ervin Yen) Graduates of medical schools located in other countries which give any type of monetary contribution to a health facility located in this state shall not be given preference for residency programs over graduates of a medical school located in this state. Senate Bill 1361 (Senator Michael Brooks) The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall adopt a policy allowing students to enroll in an institution within the State System as an undergraduate student and to be eligible for resident tuition of the student graduated from a public high school in Oklahoma with a GPA in the top 10 percent of the students’ high school graduating class. Requires each institution of higher education to report annually on the weight given to each factor when considering applications for admission. Shell Bills Agency: House Bill 2804 (Representative Tim Downing), House Bill 2808-2811 (Representative Tim Downing), House Bill 2901 (Representative John Michael Montgomery), House Bill 3093 (Representative Josh Cockroft), House Bill 3272 (Representative Mark McBride), House Bill 3601-3603 (Speaker Charles McCall), House Bill 3643-3649 (Speaker Charles McCall), House Bill 3671 (Representative Kevin McDugle) Audits: House Bill 2668 (Representative Chuck Strohm), House Bill 2669 (Representative Chuck Strohm), House Bill 2710 (Representative Jon Echols) Bathroom Regulation: House Bill 2680 (Representative Chuck Strohm) Budget, Taxation, Etc.: House Bill 2599 (Representative Steve Kouplen), House Bill 2674 (Representative Chuck Strohm), House Bill 2813 (Representative Tim Downing), House Bill 2899 (Representative John Michael Montgomery) Child Care: House Bill 2525 (Representative Bobby Cleveland) Common Education: House Bill 2605 (Representative Michael Rogers), House Bill 2696 (Representative Jon Echols), House Bill 2720 (Representative Todd Russ), House Bill 2750-2751 (Representative Elise Hall), House Bill 2888 (Representative Zack Taylor), House Bill 2898 (Representative John Michael Montgomery), House Bill 2962 (Representative Todd Thomsen), House Bill 2965 (Representative Todd Thomsen), House Bill 2970 (Representative Avery Frix), House Bill 973 (Representative Avery Frix), House Bill 3081 (Representative Josh Cockroft), House Bill 3125 (Representative Meloyde Blancett), House Bill 3128 (Representative Meloyde Blancett), House Bill 3177 (Representative Katie Henke), House Bill 3261 (Representative Mark McBride), House Bill 3310 (Representative Rhonda Baker), House Bill 3312 (Representative RhondaBaker), House Bill 3386 (Representative Roger Ford), House Bill 3448 (Representative Kevin Calvey), House Bill 3461 (Representative Todd Russ), House Bill 3464-3465 (Representative Todd Russ), House Bill 3540 (Representative Chad Caldwel), House Bill 3568 (Representative Charles Ortega), House Bill 3613 (Speaker Charles McCall), House Bill 3687 (Representative Kevin Calvey), House Bill 3692 (Representative Kevin Calvey) Education: House Bill 2586 (Representative Steve Kouplen), House Bill 2672 (Representative Chuck Strohm), House Bill 2677 (Representative Chuck Strohm), House Bill 2685 (Representative Chuck Strohm), House Bill 2687 (Representative Chuck Strohm), House Bill 2703 (Representative Jon Echols), House Bill 2739 (Representative Dell Kerbs), House Bill 2781-2782 (Representative Tim Downing), House Bill 2856 (Representative Tim Downing), House Bill 3022 (Representative Emily Virgin), House Bill 3152 (Representative Jeff Coody), House Bill 3162-3163 (Representative Jason Dunnington), House Bill 3200-3201 (Representative Jeff Coody), House Bill 3245-3249 (Representative Jadine Nollan), House Bill 3299 (Representative Harold Wright), House Bill 3308 (Representative Rhonda Baker), House Bill 3352 (Representative Sean Roberts), House Bill 3414 (Representative John Pfeiffer), House Bill 3436 (Representative John Pfeiffer), House Bill 3509-3515 (Representative John Paul Jordan), House Bill 3545-3548 (Representative Chad Caldwell), House Bill 3574 (Representative Ryan Martinez), House Bill 3605-3606 (Speaker Charles McCall), House Bill 3632 (Speaker Charles McCall), House Bill 3688-3689 (Representative Kevin Calvey) Higher Ed: House Bill 2778 (Representative Mike Osburn), House Joint Resolution 1040 (Representative Tim Downing), House Joint Resolution 1061 (Representative Kevin Calvey), House Joint Resolution 1062 (Representative Kevin Calvey), House Joint Resolution 1055 (Representative John Paul Jordan), House Bill 3607-3612 (Speaker Charles McCall) Referendum: House Bill 3638 (Speaker Charles McCall) Scholarship: House Bill 2529 (Representative Monroe Nichols) Teachers: House Bill 2587 (Representative Steve Kouplen), House Bill 2678 (Representative Chuck Strohm), House Bill 3680-3681 (Representative Kevin Calvey) Public Employees: House Bill 2686 (Representative Chuck Strohm) Public Safety/Weapons/Firearms: House Bill 2625-2626 (Representative Kevin West), House Bill 3018 (Representative George Faught), House Bill 3193-3195 (Representative Jeff Coody), House Bill 3353 (Representative Sean Roberts), House Bill 3488 (Representative John Paul Jordan) Thank you. Glen 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 01D396BB.FAA5FFB0][cid:image002.png at 01D396BB.FAA5FFB0] -------------- 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 Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu Tue Jan 30 15:43:32 2018 From: Mendy-Schmerer at ouhsc.edu (Schmerer, Mendy M. (HSC)) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:43:32 +0000 Subject: [Oasfaa] Disaster planning Message-ID: I am working on my office’s Continuity Of Operations Plan, affectionately referred to as COOP, and now I’m thinking about the million things I should plan for in our disaster-prone state. Specifically, what I am worried about at the moment, is not the student-specific issues, like when the student is the one affected by a disaster and we need to process through a PJ. I'm thinking about all the things that we should have in place for our institution to continue to operate and remain compliant: do you have alternate accommodations for the students to continue class, does your Institutional Research (or your equivalent) have a plan in place to continue NSLDS reporting, etc.? All the things lined out in GEN 17-08, https://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN1708.html? I realize that I'm behind the curve on this and am hopeful one of you would be willing to share what you've already got in place. Anyone? 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