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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">At their meeting today, the State Regents approved proposed policy changes for the Academic Scholars Program and the Regional University Baccalaureate Scholarship. The proposed
changes are relatively minor. The primary change for each program is authorization for a full-time award during the summer semester if the student enrolls in at least 12 hours and has completed at least 24 hours in the preceding fall and spring semesters.
Any summer award will count toward the student’s maximum award limit of eight full-time semester awards.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Attached are copies of the agenda items from the meeting today that explain the changes and contain the actual text of the changes. These proposed policy changes must go through
the state’s Administrative Procedures process so they will be submitted to the Legislature and the Governor in 2014. If approved by the Legislature and Governor, they could become effective around May 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you have specific questions about the proposed policy changes, please contact Linette McMurtrey, the Scholarship Coordinator for these two programs at
<a href="mailto:lmcmurtrey@osrhe.edu">lmcmurtrey@osrhe.edu</a> or at 405-225-9131.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bryce Fair<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Irala K. Magee</span></font><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Director of Scholarship and Grant Administration</span></font><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</span></font><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">P.O. Box 108850</span></font><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Oklahoma City, OK 73101-8850</span></font><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">(405) 225-9378</span></font><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Fax (405) 225-9392</span></font><font size="3" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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