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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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 </span>
<b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Scholarships and Financial </span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aid
</span></u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">section. The next deadline for bills is to be passed on the floor of their house of origin by Thursday, March 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bryce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b>From: </b> <a name="from">
</a>Chancellor Glen D. Johnson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b>Date: </b> <a name="datea">
</a>Friday, March 04, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> <a name="re"></a>Legislative Update – March 4, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="body"></a><span style="color:black">The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of February 29, 2016 – March 4, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you have any questions, please contact Hollye Hunt at
</span><a href="mailto:hhunt@osrhe.edu">hhunt@osrhe.edu</a><span style="color:black"> or 405.225.9424.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Legislative Report <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>March 4, 2016<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Governance<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">Appropriations/funding/bonds<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 1353// Senator Patrick Anderson//</b> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 43-0. <o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">HB 3058// Representative Tom Newell and Senator Greg Treat//</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 895// Senator Kyle Loveless//</b> The legislation consolidates the Office of the State Bond Advisor into the Office of the State Treasurer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>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. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 1265// Senator Clark Jolley//</b> 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>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. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">OKPromise<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2823// Representative Lee Denney and Senator Jim Halligan//</b> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Higher Education and Career Technology Committee on Wednesday, February 17, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2515// Representative Ann Coody//</b> 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).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2676 // Representative Corey Williams//</b> The legislation allows certain military personnel and their dependents to receive in-state status.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2681// Representative Dennis Johnson//</b> 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>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.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">SB 984// Senator Ron Sharp and Representative Justin Wood//</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"> 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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>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. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">HB 2248// Representative Jason Murphey//</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"> The legislation is a shell bill related to the
Chief Information Officer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 64-27. <o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
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<pre><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">No pending legislation. <o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 3116// Representative Scott Martin//</b> 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.
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<pre><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 with a vote of 93-0. <o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2931// Representative Mark McCullough</b>// 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">UPDATE: <b>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. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">HB 2616// Representative Todd Thomsen//
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">The legislation is a shell bill related to the “Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the House Utilities Committee. The legislation passed out of committee on Wednesday, February 24, 2016.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 3028// Representative John Paul Jordan//</b> 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Higher Education and Career Technology Committee on Wednesday, February 10, 2016.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 3166// Representative Jeff Hickman</b>// 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:
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The budget prepared by the State Regents setting out in detail the necessary expenses of the State Regents for the next fiscal year;
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The budget requests or proposals submitted by each institution to the State Regents for the next fiscal year;
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Any other data considered relevant by the State Regents.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A copy of reports submitted to the State Regents, which itemizes the tuition and fees for each institution by campus or location; and
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UPDATE: The bill passed out of the House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 1342// Senator Greg Treat and Representative Tom Newell//</b> 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill passed out of the Senate General Government Committee on Monday, February 8, 2016.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">State Authorization <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 1157// Senator Stephanie Bice//</b> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill passed out of the Senate Education Committee on Monday, February 15, 2016.<u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Colleges of Education/ Academics<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2551// Representative Ann Coody//</b> 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, February 29, 2016 with a vote of 87-4.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2951// Representative Michael Rogers//</b> 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. <o:p>
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<pre><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">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. <o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 940// Senator Jason Smalley//</b> 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 12<sup>th</sup> grade students who have not achieved college readiness by the end of the 11<sup>th</sup> grade
year. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>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. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">SB 1380// Senator John Ford//
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">UPDATE:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">
<b>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. </b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Immigration</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">No pending legislation. <o:p></o:p></span></b></pre>
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<pre><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Athletics <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></pre>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">HB 2615// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Jim Halligan//</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE:</b> <b>The legislation passed out of the House on February 18, 2016 with a vote of 59- 30.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Employment/Retirement<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 3164// Representative Jeff Hickman and Senator Dan Newberry//</b> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 70-12.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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