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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk143844804">One of the legislative interim study requests approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives for this fall is titled “Study of Oklahoma’s Promise” (though there are not any details, you can see the request at
</a><a href="https://former.okhouse.gov/Documents/InterimStudies/2023/Interim_Study_23-068.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143844804">https://former.okhouse.gov/Documents/InterimStudies/2023/Interim_Study_23-068.pdf</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143844804"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143844804">
).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143844804">In preparation for the legislative study, our office has been asked to compile information about any supplemental benefits (additional scholarships, room or board waivers, book waivers, fee waivers,
etc.) provided by institutions specifically to Oklahoma’s Promise scholarship recipients. We are requesting this information from all institutions where OKPromise students are eligible to attend – colleges and universities (public, private, and proprietary)
and career technology centers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143844804">If you have a link to a webpage explaining the OKPromise supplemental benefit, please email the link to Carol Alexander at
</span><a href="mailto:calexander@osrhe.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143844804">calexander@osrhe.edu</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143844804"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143844804">. If necessary, we may contact you directly about
any questions we may have. If your institution does <u>not</u> provide any supplemental benefits, please respond to confirm that no supplemental benefits are offered.
<u>We appreciate your response by Friday, September 1, 2023</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk143844804">Thank you! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Carol Alexander<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Director, Scholarship & Grant Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Phone: 405.225.9160<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Fax: 405.225.9230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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