[Cobo] FW: Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance Program (SB 1418)

[Mauck, Sheri]

Business Officers,

Please see this  important correspondence being shared with your Presidents and Financial Aid Officers regarding the expanded National Guard Waiver program effective fall 2022.

Share internally as appropriate. Thank you.

Sheri Mauck
405-225-9201

From: Smith, Kylie
Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 4:44 PM
To: Presidents <pres at osrhe.edu>
Cc: Senior Cabinet <seniorcabinet at osrhe.edu>; Garrett, Allison <agarrett at osrhe.edu>; White, Lindsay <lindsay.white at tulsacc.edu>; 'Mackenzie Murphy-Wilfong' <mackenzie.wilfong at tulsacc.edu>; Hilbert, Alexis <alexis.hilbert at tulsacc.edu>; Alyssa Cravens <acravens at rsu.edu>; Amy Cobb <amy.cobb at wosc.edu>; Brenda Weber <bweber at cameron.edu>; Briana Wohl <Briana.wohl at swosu.edu>; Calandra Rose <crose at opsu.edu>; Candace Raney <craney at eosc.edu>; Carrie Bateson <carrie.bateson at tulsacc.edu>; Charlotte Towsley <ctowsley at ecok.edu>; Cortney Smith <clsmith at carlalbert.edu>; Derotha Rivenbark <derotha.rivenbark at connorsstate.edu>; Elaine Preston <ecpreston at langston.edu>; Janice Stallworth <janice.d.stallworth at occc.edu>; Jessica Baker <jbaker at mscok.edu>; Jodie Randels <jlrandels at nwosu.edu>; Kathy Carrington <kcarrington1 at uco.edu>; Kendra Cummins <Kendra.cummins at neo.edu>; King, Garrett <garrett.king at swosu.edu>; Mary Smith <mary.g.smith at okstate.edu>; Mechell Downey <m.downey at sscok.edu>; Melissa Wadley <melissa.wadley at okstate.edu>; Nutter, Michelle <mnutter at rose.edu>; Northern Oklahoma College (Denise.Bay at noc.edu) <Denise.Bay at noc.edu>; Robin Hutchins <HUTCHINR at nsuok.edu>; Taylor Austin <tjaustin at ou.edu>; Terri Rogers <trogers at se.edu>; McNabb, Vanessa <vmcnabb at usao.edu>
Subject: Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance Program (SB 1418)
Importance: High

Good afternoon Presidents,

As you know, SB 1416 and SB 1418 were passed and signed into law during the 2022 legislative session.


  *   SB 1416 extends in-state residency status to current members of the Oklahoma National Guard (copy attached).


  *   SB 1418 creates the Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance Program, which covers the costs of resident tuition, mandatory fees, and academic services fees for courses in which eligible Guard members enroll, not to exceed a maximum of 18 credit hours per semester, subject to the availability of funds (copy attached).

Based on recent discussions with the National Guard, these changes become effective beginning with the 2022-23 academic year, and the expanded education benefits covering mandatory fees and academic service fees WILL BE awarded for the Fall 2022 semester.

Given that funding to cover the additional costs associated with the expansion of the current National Guard Tuition Waiver program through SB 1418 was not included in our system-wide appropriation for FY23, we have been having discussions with legislative leaders and the National Guard to ensure that our institutions receive adequate funding for this program. As a result of these discussions, we have attached a letter from House Appropriations & Budget Committee Chair Kevin Wallace and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Roger Thompson acknowledging that additional, ongoing funding is needed to sustain this program.

The National Guard and the OSRHE will be working with Chair Wallace and Chair Thompson to secure a supplemental appropriation to reimburse institutional costs for the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters when the Legislature convenes its regular session next February and to ensure that continued funding is included in higher education's base appropriation going forward in subsequent fiscal years.

While we are in the process of drafting administrative rules to implement the changes associated with SB 1416 and SB 1418, we wanted to provide this information about program funding to you as soon as possible since many institutions have already had National Guard students inquire about these programmatic changes.

This information is also being shared with your institution's business officer and financial aid officer.

If you have any questions regarding the National Guard Educational Assistance Program, please contact Vice Chancellor for Budget & Finance Mark Tygret at mtygret at osrhe.edu<mailto:mtygret at osrhe.edu> or Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations Jarrett Jobe at jjob at osrhe.edu<mailto:jjob at osrhe.edu>.

Thank you.

Kylie

Kylie Smith
Vice Chancellor for Administration
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
655 Research Parkway, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
405.225.9122
ksmith at osrhe.edu<mailto:ksmith at osrhe.edu>
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