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<h4><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-weight:normal">Congratulations to the 2015 Oklahoma’s Promise State Champions!
</span><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;font-weight:normal">As Oklahoma’s Promise Champs, these high schools had more 2015 graduates qualify for the Oklahoma’s Promise scholarship than any
other school their size (using high school basketball classifications). This was reported to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education at their meeting on January 28, 2016. <o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Thank you, not only to these schools listed, but to all schools across the state
for helping us make a difference in the lives of all of our students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h4 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></h4>
<h4 align="center" style="text-align:center">NEWS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For Immediate Release Media Contact: Angela Caddell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jan. 28, 2016 Office: 405-225-9346<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Mobile: 405-919-5957<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> acaddell@osrhe.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Seven Oklahoma High Schools Named Scholarship Champs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Seven Oklahoma high schools were named “Oklahoma’s Promise 2015 State Champions” by the Oklahoma State Regents
for Higher Education for leading the state in the number of graduates who met the requirements to receive a scholarship through Oklahoma’s Promise, a state program that allows students from families whose annual income is $50,000 or less to earn a scholarship
for college tuition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Recognized by many as America’s best college access program, Oklahoma’s Promise continues to help thousands
of students achieve the dream of a college education by encouraging them to aspire to attend college and prepare themselves for academic success, and by providing them with financial assistance,” said Chancellor Glen D. Johnson. “Our Oklahoma high schools
have done an exceptional job encouraging and supporting their students’ participation in Oklahoma’s Promise. The State Regents commend them for their hard work and dedication to students and to Oklahoma’s future.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">High schools named Oklahoma’s Promise 2015 State Champions are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Class B<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Champion:<b> Indiahoma
</b>with nine Oklahoma’s Promise graduates. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Runners-up:<b> Asher
</b>and<b> Leedey </b>with eight Oklahoma’s Promise graduates each.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Class A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Champion:
<b>Hydro-Eakly </b>with 13 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Runners-up:
<b>Allen, Binger-Oney, Mason </b>and<b> Rattan </b>with nine Oklahoma’s Promise graduates each.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
</span></b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Class 2A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Champion:
<b>Dove Science Academy (Oklahoma City)</b> with 26 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates. This is Dove Science Academy’s fourth consecutive year as an Oklahoma’s Promise state champion.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Runner-up:
<b>Northeast Academy (Oklahoma City) </b>with 19 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Class 3A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Champion:
<b>Okmulgee</b> with 24 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Runner-up:
<b>Oklahoma Centennial (Oklahoma City)</b> with 23 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Class 4A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Champion:
<b>Santa Fe South (Oklahoma City)</b> with 72 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates. Santa Fe South has been the Class 4A champion for seven consecutive years.
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Runner-up:
<b>Broken Bow</b> with 46 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Class 5A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Champion:
<b>Southeast (Oklahoma City) </b>with 70 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates. This is Southeast’s third consecutive year as the Class 5A champion.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Runner-up:
<b>Northwest Classen (Oklahoma City)</b> with 56 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Class 6A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Champion:
<b>Union (Tulsa)</b> with 158 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates. Union has been the Class 6A champion for four consecutive years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Runner-up:
<b>Broken Arrow</b> with 113 Oklahoma’s Promise graduates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Oklahoma’s Promise was created in 1992 by the Legislature to help more Oklahoma families send their children
to college. The scholarship pays tuition at any Oklahoma public college or university until the student receives a bachelor’s degree or for five years, whichever comes first. It will also cover a portion of tuition at an accredited Oklahoma private institution.
The scholarship does not cover the cost of fees, books, or room and board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To be eligible for Oklahoma’s Promise, students must apply during the eighth, ninth or 10<sup>th</sup> grade,
and their family’s annual income must not exceed $50,000 when they apply. A student’s family income also must not exceed $100,000 at the time the student goes to college.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To receive the scholarship at graduation, students must achieve a minimum 2.50 GPA in 17 core courses that prepare
them for college and an overall GPA of 2.50 or better for all courses in grades nine through 12. Oklahoma’s Promise graduates also must attend class regularly and refrain from drug and alcohol abuse and delinquent acts.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Students completing the Oklahoma’s Promise program continue to be successful academically, with high school
GPAs (3.41 average GPA) that exceed the state average, ACT scores that exceed those of their comparable middle- and lower-income peers, and higher-than-average freshman college GPAs. The college-going rate of Oklahoma’s Promise students exceeds the state average
for high school graduates. They also have above-average full-time college enrollment, persistence rates and degree-completion rates. In addition, Oklahoma’s Promise college graduates get jobs and stay in Oklahoma after college at a higher rate than non-Oklahoma’s
Promise graduates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In order to receive the scholarship in college, students must be U.S. citizens or lawfully present in the United
States by the time they begin college. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For the high school graduating class of 2015, approximately 6,100 students met the program requirements to be
eligible for the scholarship. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">During the current 2015-16 year, about 18,450 students are expected to receive the scholarship in college at
a cost of $65.4 million. This is a decrease of about 450 students from the previous year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For FY 2017, the State Regents have approved a funding estimate for Oklahoma’s Promise of $67.8 million. About
18,000 students are projected to receive the scholarship in 2016-17, an estimated further decline of about 450 recipients compared to 2015-16.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Since 1996, when the first students in the program entered college, more than 70,000 students have received
the Oklahoma’s Promise scholarship. By law, the program has a dedicated funding source that helps ensure that the program is fully funded each year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For more information about Oklahoma’s Promise or to apply online, visit www.okpromise.org. Information is also
available by emailing okpromise@osrhe.edu or by calling 800-858-1840. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Carol Alexander<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Scholarship and Grant Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Phone: 405.225.9160<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Fax: 405.225.9230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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