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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=4>NEWS RELEASE</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">For Immediate Release</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">April 28, 2003</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">Media Contact: Harve Allen</SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B>Further Cuts in Higher Education Could Lead to Broken Promises</B></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"> Additional budget cuts being considered by Oklahoma lawmakers for higher education next year could have a dramatic impact on the lives of thousands of Oklahoma families and may cause officials to break several promises originally made to students and their parents. </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"> That was the message relayed Monday to members of the Education Subcommittee of the General Conference Committee on Appropriations during legislative hearings on the impact of further cuts to higher education’s 2003-2004 budget…<BR>
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<B>View entire release at</B><B><U> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><</FONT></U></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.okhighered.org/whatsnew/archives/broken-promises.html"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">http://www.okhighered.org/whatsnew/archives/broken-promises.html</FONT></U></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF">></FONT></U></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P>
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