[Oasfaa] Update on Bills introduced for 2010 session of Oklahoma Legislature

[Fair, Bryce]

None of the six bills described in the e-mail below ever received an
initial hearing in committee and now are considered "dead" for the
session.  We'll keep an eye out to see if anything pops up in another
bill.  Otherwise, its currently pretty quiet as far as any legislative
changes related to our state scholarship and grant programs.
We'll keep you posted.

Let me know if you have questions.
Bryce Fair


> ______________________________________________ 
> From: 	Fair, Bryce  
> Sent:	Friday, February 12, 2010 4:21 PM
> To:	oasfaa at onenet.net
> Subject:	Bills introduced for 2010 session of Oklahoma
> Legislature
> 
> Following are six bills that have been introduced for the 2010 session
> of the Oklahoma Legislature related to our state financial aid
> programs.  All the bills are related to the Oklahoma's Promise
> program.  To date, there has been no action on any of the bills.
> Deadlines for initial committee action on bills are February 18 in the
> Senate and February 25 in the House.  We will monitor these bills and
> let you know if there is any action.
>  
> SB 1341 - (Ford) - Provides state income tax credits of up to $2,000
> for Oklahoma's Promise students that complete an associate's degree
> within two years and tax credits of up to $4,000 for OKPromise
> students that complete a baccalaureate degree within four years.  The
> credits could only be claimed after completion of the degree.  [This
> is a different approach to Sen. Ford's goal of creating incentives for
> OKPromise college graduates to remain in Oklahoma after college.]
> Text:  http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10SB/SB1341_int.rtf
>  
> SB 1942 - (Gumm) - A narrowly focused amendment to the provisions that
> provide exceptions to the program's income limits for students adopted
> from the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.   Text:
> http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10SB/SB1942_int.rtf
>  
> HB 2632 - (Johnson) - Would require OKPromise college graduates to
> stay in Oklahoma for at least five consecutive years following
> graduation.  Any students not fulfilling this requirement would have
> to pay 20% of the OKPromise awards they received in college for each
> year of the five years they did not remain in Oklahoma (plus 4%
> interest).  Text:
> http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10HB/HB2632_int.rtf
>  
> HB 2966 - (Brannon) - Would exclude any military pay for hostile fire,
> combat, hazardous duty or imminent danger received by the parent when
> considering the family income limits for student participation.  Text:
> http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10HB/HB2966_int.rtf
> 
> HB 3100 - (Cannaday) - Would change the $50,000 family income limit at
> the time of application to be based on AGI (rather than the current
> total taxable and nontaxable definition of income) and be adjusted for
> family size.  [This was one of the recommendations in 2009 of the
> OKPromise Task Force that met in fall 2008.]  Text:
> http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10HB/HB3100_int.rtf
> 
> HB 3156 - (Osborn) - Would increase the high school GPA requirement
> (both the overall GPA and the core curriculum GPA) for OKPromise
> students from 2.5 to 3.0.  [Our data indicates that this would
> eliminate about 30% of the students currently qualifying for the
> award.  For example, in the 2009 high school graduating class, about
> 1,900 of the 6,400 students earning eligibility for the OKPromise
> award would have been eliminated.]  Text:
> http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10HB/HB3156_int.rtf
>  
> We'll try to keep you updated.
> Let me know if you have any questions.
> Bryce Fair
> 
> 
> Bryce Fair
> Associate Vice Chancellor for Scholarships & Grants
> Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
> Phone:  405-225-9162
> Fax:  405-225-9392
> e-mail:  bfair at osrhe.edu <mailto:bfair at osrhe.edu> 
>  
> Mailing address:
> P.O. Box 108850
> Oklahoma City, OK  73101-8850
>  
> Street address:
> 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200
> Oklahoma City, OK  73104
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