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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Greetings in the New
Year,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>In the spirit of
providing accurate, relevant and up-to-date information, the Student
Preparation Team continues to offer our services to you by phone, email or in
person.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This purpose of this note
is providing additional and clarifying information on two issues that came up
during our Fall Workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Academic Competitiveness
Grants and Smart Grants<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/NewPrograms.jsp></span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>“An <u>Academic Competitiveness
Grant</u> will provide up to $750 for the first year of undergraduate study and
up to $1,300 for the second year of undergraduate study to full-time students
who are U.S citizens, eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, and who had successfully
completed a <a
href="http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/about/ac-smart/state-programs06.html"
target="_blank">rigorous high school program</a>, as determined by the state or
local education agency and recognized by the Secretary of Education. Second
year students must also have maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA)
of at least 3.0.”<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Oklahoma’s
rigorous high school programs list - <a
href="http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/about/ac-smart/ok06.doc">http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/about/ac-smart/ok06.doc</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“A National <u>SMART Grant</u>
will provide up to $4,000 for each of the third and fourth years of
undergraduate study to full-time students who are U.S. citizens, eligible for a
Federal Pell Grant, and majoring in physical, life, or computer sciences,
mathematics, technology, or engineering or in a foreign language determined
critical to national security. The student must also have maintained a
cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 in coursework required for
the major. The National SMART Grant award is in addition to the student's Pell
Grant award.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'>list</span></font></span><font
size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext'> of eligible majors -</span></font><font
size=2 color=teal face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:teal'> </span></font><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a
href="http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/GENO615Attach1.pdf">http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/GENO615Attach1.pdf</a></span></font><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:windowtext'>For the latest information on these two programs, watch: <a
href="http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/NewPrograms.jsp"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/NewPrograms.jsp</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>New ACE (Achieving Classroom
Excellence) graduation requirements, Oklahoma’s Promise-OHLAP
requirements and college admission requirements</span></font></b><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>For
high school graduates in 2010 and thereafter, the 4 core (English, Mathematics,
Science and Social Studies/History-Citizenship Skills) will be aligned for all
three sets of curricular requirements.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>The Oklahoma’s Promise-OHLAP curriculum will mirror the ACE
college preparatory/work ready curriculum with the minor exception that the
Oklahoma’s Promise-OHLAP curriculum (and college admission curriculum)
does not specifically mandate the half unit of Oklahoma History and half unit
of U.S. Government within the History/Citizenship Skills category.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>As the college entrance
requirements increase the science by 1 unit to 3 as is OHLAP and ACE, the
“Other” category will decrease by 1 unit so that the total remains
15 units. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Please let us know if
you have questions or need information related to Student Preparation for
college and the workplace as well as questions related to EXPLORE, PLAN and
ACT.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>We are here to serve you as
you work with students.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Cindy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Cynthia N.
Brown, Ed.D.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Director of
Student Preparation</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Oklahoma State
Regents for Higher Education</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>655 Research
Parkway, Suite 200</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma 73104</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Ph:
405-225-9156</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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