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<p class="MsoNormal">Following is an update on the bills we are tracking in the Oklahoma Legislature.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bills that were passed in a committee this past week. More detail is provided in the bill descriptions below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">SB 11 – Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">SB 27 – Oklahoma’s Promise<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">SB 322 – Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">SB 363 – Freeze on Tuition and Fees<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">SB 529 – Oklahoma Teacher Corps Program<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">SB 654 – Captain Steven L Farley Goldstar Families Act<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">HB 1795 – Sergeant CJ Nelson Legacy Act<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">HB 2555 – Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">HB 2559 – Inspired to Teach Scholarship<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">HB 2718 – Oklahoma Promise Opportunity Scholarship<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">HB 2772 – Oklahoma’s Promise<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bills so far scheduled to be heard in committee this week:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">SB 93 – FAFSA
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">HB 1443 – amendment to the Oklahoma Student Borrower’s Bill of Rights<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:106%">
<a name="_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">FAFSA</span></u></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>SB 93</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Sen. Dave Rader):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Beginning with the
2024-25 school year, requires students to complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to graduate from a public high school accredited by the State Board of Education. It provides exemptions authorizing parents to opt the
student out of the requirement. The bill requires the State Department of Education to develop and publish materials for students, parents, and legal guardians explaining the requirements to complete the FAFSA, the benefits to completing the FAFSA, the opt-out
provisions and to provide an opt-out form to be used by school districts, charter schools, and virtual charter schools.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB93%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB93%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Oklahoma’s Promise<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 1015</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Rep. Rick West and Sen. Dana Prieto):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
Oklahoma’s Promise. Lowers the minimum ACT score required for homeschool students and students graduating from non-accredited high schools from 22 to 19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1015%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1015%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 2718</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Rep. Ellyn Hefner and Sen. John Michael Montgomery):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
As amended in committee, the bill creates the Oklahoma Promise Opportunity Scholarship to provide a tuition scholarship for students with intellectual disabilities participating in comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs. Defines eligibility
and application process.</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee; passed House Appropriations & Budget Subcommittee on Education 2/20/23 (11 aye, 0 nay); referred to full House Appropriations & Budget
Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20COMMITTEE%20AMENDMENTS/House/HB2718%20SUBPCS1%20ELLYN%20HEFNER-EK.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20COMMITTEE%20AMENDMENTS/House/HB2718%20SUBPCS1%20ELLYN%20HEFNER-EK.PDF</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 2772</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Rep. Cyndi Munson):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Oklahoma’s Promise.
Modifies the program requirement for refraining from substance abuse and commission of criminal or delinquent acts. Deletes reference to refraining from substance abuse. Specifies that students must refrain from the commission of violent crimes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee; passed House Appropriations & Budget Subcommittee on Education 2/20/23 (9 aye, 3 nay); referred to full House Appropriations & Budget
Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2772%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2772%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>SB 27</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Sen. Dewayne Pemberton and Rep. Ken Luttrell):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
Oklahoma’s Promise. Allows completion of the “core” high school curriculum rather than the current required college preparatory high school curriculum for students seeking admission to a technology center school overseen by the State Board of Career and Technology
Education. Also specifies an equivalent SAT score to the required ACT score for homeschool students and students graduating from non-accredited high schools.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee; passed Senate Education Committee 2/7/23 (11 aye, 0 nay, title stricken); passed Senate Appropriations Committee 2/15/23 (21
aye, 0 nay); pending action on Senate floor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/SFLR/SB27%20SFLR.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/SFLR/SB27%20SFLR.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 2865</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Rep. Kevin Wallace):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Oklahoma Tuition
Aid Grant – OTAG. Makes comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs approved by the U.S. Department of Education for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities eligible to participate in the OTAG program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2865%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2865%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>SB 11</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Sen. Dave Rader and Rep. Daniel Pae):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant – OTAG. Authorizes persons incarcerated in a state, federal or private correctional facility to be eligible to receive an OTAG award. Deletes the current prohibition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee; passed Senate Education Committee 2/7/23 (11 aye, 1 nay, title stricken); passed Senate Appropriations Committee 2/15/23 (21
aye, 0 nay); pending action on Senate floor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/SFLR/SB11%20SFLR.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/SFLR/SB11%20SFLR.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>SB 322 (Sen. Ally Seifried and Rep. Mark McBride):
</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant – OTAG. Makes comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs approved by the U.S. Department of Education for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities eligible
to participate in the OTAG program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: passed to Senate Education Committee 2/14/23 (12 aye, 0 nay); pending action on Senate floor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/SFLR/SB322%20SFLR.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/SFLR/SB322%20SFLR.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">National Guard Educational Assistance Program<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>SB 55</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Sen. Brenda Stanley):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Amends the Oklahoma
National Guard Education Assistance Program. Increases the maximum number of graduate credit hours for which the benefit may be used toward a master’s degree from 40 to 60. Modifies some eligibility requirements. Deletes repayment requirement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB55%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB55%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Student Borrower Bill of Rights<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 1443</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Rep. Melissa Provenzano Sen. John Michael Montgomery):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
Amends the Oklahoma Student Borrowers Bill of Rights. Clarifies that student loan servicers must inform student loan borrowers if their type of loan does not qualify for loan forgiveness programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Financial Services and Pensions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1443%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1443%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Teacher Scholarships<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 1342</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Rep. Dean Davis):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Amends the Oklahoma
Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive to allow students completing high school homeschool instruction to be eligible to participate in the program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1342%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1342%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 1990</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Rep. Mickey Dollens):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Amends the
Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive to allow students completing high school homeschool instruction or General Educational Development (GED) test requirements to be eligible to participate in the program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1342%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1342%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 2559</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Rep. Mark McBride and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
Changes the name of the Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive to “Inspired to Teach”. Allows students completing high school homeschool instruction or General Educational Development (GED) test requirements to be eligible to participate
in the program. Defines “full-time student”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee; passed House Appropriations & Budget Subcommittee on Education 2/13/23 (14 aye, 0 nay); referred to full House Appropriations & Budget
Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2559%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2559%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>SB 529</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Sen. Adam Pugh):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Creates the Oklahoma
Teacher Corps Program to be administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to help students who graduate from an approved teacher preparation degree program and agree to teach at a school meeting certain criteria for four years. Establishes
eligibility requirements and assistance amount. Provides for repayment if participant fails to complete the full term of service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee; passed Senate Education Committee 2/14/23 (10 aye, 0 nay); referred to Senate Appropriations Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB529%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB529%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Tuition and Fee Rates (State System Institutions)</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 2663 (Rep. Josh West):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Related to in-state status for resident tuition at a state system institution
for any person currently serving in the U.S. military, their spouse or dependent children. Deletes certain time period limitations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Rules Committee; withdrawn from Rules Committee and referred to House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2663%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2663%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>SB 363</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Sen. Adam Pugh):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Freeze on tuition
and fees at state system institutions. Requires that beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year, that the tuition and fee rates to be charged to students enrolled at an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall not exceed the
tuition and fee rates approved by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for the 2022-2023 academic year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee; passed Senate Education Committee 2/14/23 (12 aye, 0 nay); referred to Senate Appropriations Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB363%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB363%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Tuition and Fee Waivers (State System Institutions & Career Tech)</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 1795</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Rep. Mike Osburn and Sen. Kristen Thompson):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
Creates the Sergeant CJ Nelson Legacy Act. Requires that no fees at State System institutions shall be charged to children of Oklahoma peace officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians who have died in the line of duty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee; passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 2/13/23 (14 aye, 0 nay); referred to full House Appropriations
and Budget Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1795%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1795%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>SB 654</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b> (Sen. Paul Rosino):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Creates the Captain
Steven L. Farley Goldstar Families Act. Provides that the surviving spouse and children of a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces killed in action or in the line of duty after September 11, 2001, shall be eligible for a waiver of undergraduate
resident tuition at a State System institution or resident tuition at a technology center school operated under the State Board of Career and Technology Education. Estabishes eligibility requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee and then to Senate Finance Committee; passed Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee 2/15/23 (11 aye, 0 nay); referred to Senate Finance Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Current Text:
</span><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB654%20INT.PDF"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB654%20INT.PDF</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Scholarships</span></u></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 1626 (Rep. Regina Goodwin):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Amends the Tulsa Reconciliation Education and Scholarship Program.
Creates a Community Advisory Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"><b>HB 2555 (Rep. Mark McBride):</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930"> Creates the Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program. Authorized
a four-year pilot program. Requires full-time enrollment at a state public higher education institution or state public technology center school. Provides for identification of critical industry programs including computer science, engineering, and cybersecurity
programs. Directs state matching funds up to $15 million.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk126935930">Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee; passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 2/13/23 (14 aye, 0 nay); referred to full House Appropriations
and Budget Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bryce Fair<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Vice Chancellor for Scholarships & Grants<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 405-225-9162<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: bfair@osrhe.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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