[Oasfaa] State Legislative Update

[Fair, Bryce]

Below is an update on legislative activity at the Oklahoma Legislature
for last week, February 13-17, provided by Hollye Hunt, the State
Regents' Associate Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations.  As you
will see in the OKPromise section, the three bills related to Oklahoma's
Promise that were up for subcommittee or committee consideration all
passed.  A bill that would have moved tuition-setting authority from the
State Regents back to the Legislature (HB 2593) failed in the House
Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education.

 

March 1 is the deadline for committee action on bills in their house of
origin.

 

If you want to find more details on a particular bill, you can go to
http://www.oklegislature.gov/BasicSearchForm.aspx and type in the bill
number.

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> 

 

 

 

 

The update below reflects the current status of major legislation
concerning Higher Education during the week of February 13, 2012
-February 17, 2012.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Hollye Hunt at hhunt at osrhe.edu
or 405.225.9424.

 

Legislative Report

February 13, 2012- February 17, 2012  

 

Appropriations 

SB 1432// Senator Brian Crain// The legislation directs $7 million to
the Physician Manpower Training Commission.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Appropriations
Committee.    

 

Tuition/ Funding 

HB 2354// Representative Steve Kouplen// The legislation is currently a
shell bill relating to graduate tuition and fees.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Appropriations
Committee.    

HB 2517// Representative Sally Kern// The legislation creates the Higher
Education Outcomes Based Funding Task Force.

UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the House Rules committee on February
15, 2012.
HB 2593// Representative Corey Holland// The legislation directs that
tuition and fees shall be set by the Oklahoma Legislature beginning with
the 2013-2014 academic year.
UPDATE:  The bill failed to pass out of the House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Education on February 16, 2012, with a vote of 2-9.  
HB 2597// Representative Corey Holland// The legislation eliminates the
lottery funding that is directed to Higher Education.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Appropriations
Committee.
HB 2639// Representative Colby Schwartz// The legislation repeals the
language allowing unlawful residents to receive in-state tuition.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee.

HB 2677// Representative Jabar Shumate// The legislation is currently a
shell bill related to private institutions coordinating with OK State
Regents.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and
Career Tech Committee.    
SB 1062// Senator Jim Wilson// The legislation directs that the State
Regents would propose tuition and fee increases but would be approved by
the state legislature. 
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.  
SB 1595// Senator Ralph Shortey// The legislation directs the OK Lottery
Commission to enter into a management agreement with a private manager
for the total management of the Oklahoma Education Lottery.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Appropriations
Committee.    

  
Joint Resolutions 
HJR 1079// Representative Jerry McPeak// The state question modifies the
distribution of the proceeds of section thirteen and indemnity lands.
UPDATE:  The resolution passed out of the House Rules Committee on
February 8, 2012, with a vote of 6-5.    
SJR 76// Senator Eddie Fields// The state question removes the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction from the RUSO board.  The
resolution also calls for each appointed board member to reside in the
county of a RUSO school.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.

SJR 79// Senator Anthony Sykes// The state question would allow the
legislature to set tuition and fees. 

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.

SJR 49// Senator Josh Brecheen// The state question would require the
legislature to meet every other year rather than annually and that
legislative salaries be reduced accordingly.  
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Rules Committee.  
 
CIO
HB 2940// Representative David Derby// The legislation would transfer
the State Regents and OneNet under the state CIO. 
UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the House Government Modernization
Committee on February 9, 2012, with a vote of 6-5.  
HB 2471// Representative Doug Cox// The legislation would allow an
exemption for the Grand River Dam Authority from the Technology
Consolidation and Coordination Act (CIO).

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Rules Committee.    

SB 1259// Senator John Sparks// The legislation would allow an exemption
for the J.D. McCarty Center from the Technology Consolidation and
Coordination Act. 

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Appropriations
Committee.    

  
Consolidation/ Transparency/ Modernization  
HB 2196// Representative Jason Murphey// The legislation is currently a
shell bill creating the Transparency of State Government Process Act. 
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Government
Modernization Committee.   
HB2197// Representative Jason Murphey// The legislation is currently a
shell bill creating the Strategic Cost Reduction and Saving Act.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Government
Modernization Committee.   
HB 2482// Representative Lewis Moore// The legislation is currently a
shell bill creating the Government Modernization Act of 2012.  
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Government
Modernization Committee.   
HB2603// Representative Corey Holland// The legislation is currently a
shell bill creating the State Government Reform Act.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Rules Committee. 
   
 OKPromise 
HB 2679// Representative Gary Banz// The legislation alters the second
income check so that the amount of tuition a student would receive from
the OK Promise scholarship is based on their income level.  A student
would receive 100% of the scholarship if their parent's income was below
$50,000.  A student would receive 90% of the scholarship if their
parent's income is greater than $50,000 but less than $60,000.  A
student would receive 80% of the scholarship if their parent's income is
greater than $60,000--$70,000. A student would receive 70% of the
scholarship if their parent's income is greater than $70,000 but less
than $80,000.  A student would receive 60% of the scholarship if their
parent's income is greater than $80,000 but less than $90,000.  And
finally a student would receive 50% of the scholarship if their parent's
income is greater than $90,000 but less than $100,000.
UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on
Education on February 16, 2012.
HB3112// Representative Jeff Hickman// The legislation does not allow OK
Promise scholarship funds to be used to pay for remedial courses.  
UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on
Education on February 13, 2012.  
HB 2780// Representative Todd Russ// The legislation is currently a
shell bill relating to the OK Promise program. 
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Appropriations
Committee.
SB 1380// Senator Tom Ivester// The legislation allows a student to
still be eligible for the OK Promise scholarship if their parent dies
while the student is in the their 11th or 12th grade year of high
school.
UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the Senate Education Committee on
February 13, 2012 and Senate Appropriations Committee on February 15,
2012.  
  
Governance 
HB 2443// Representative Dale DeWitt// The legislation creates a board
of nine (9) trustees to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by
the Senate to serve as the administrative agency for the University
Center at Ponca City.
UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the House Higher Education and Career
Tech Committee on February 14, 2012.      
HB 2843// Representative Pat Ownbey// The legislation authorizes that
the Ardmore Higher Education Center serve as a branch campus for
Southeastern Oklahoma State University. 

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Appropriations
Committee.    

SB 1111// Senator Eddie Fields// The legislation creates a board of nine
(9) trustees to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate
to serve as the administrative agency for the University Center at Ponca
City.

UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the Senate Education Committee on
February 13, 2012.  

SB 1113// Senator Brian Crain// The legislation indicates that the
Langston Board of Trustees may establish a branch campus in Tulsa. 

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.
The legislation will be heard in committee on February 20, 2012.   

SB 1114// Senator Brian Crain// The legislation requires the Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education to offer an accounting degree program
at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.
The legislation will be heard in committee on February 20, 2012.  

SB 1382// Senator Brian Crain// The legislation states that
undergraduate courses offered at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa shall
not be unnecessarily duplicate those offered at Langston
University-Tulsa. 

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.

SB 1527// Senator Brian Crain// The legislation states that the State
Regents shall not issue any waivers or otherwise allow a student to
graduate with a baccalaureate degree in accounting without satisfying
the minimum standards that the State Regents have established as a
minimum number of hours taught by faculty in order to earn a
baccalaureate degree in accounting.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.

SB 1444// Senator Frank Simpson// The legislation authorizes that the
Ardmore Higher Education Center serve as a branch campus for
Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.
The legislation will be heard in committee on February 20, 2012.  

SB 1786// Senator John Ford// The legislation is currently a shell bill
relating to the Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Rules Committee.  
SB 1801// Senator Clark Jolley// The legislation is currently a shell
bill relating to the Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Rules Committee.  
SB 1925// Senator Susan Paddack// The legislation is currently a shell
bill relating to the Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma. 
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Rules Committee.  
SB 1926// Senator Susan Paddack// The legislation is currently a shell
bill relating to the Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma.  
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Rules Committee.  
 
 Faculty 
HB 2598// Representative Corey Holland// The legislation directs
governing boards to adopt new employment and hiring policies.  Any
instructor or administrative personnel hired after July 1, 2013, would
be hired on a one year probationary contract and then only be awarded
annual contracts after.  The legislation eliminates tenure, multiyear
contracts and continuing contracts from being awarded or extended after
July 1, 2013.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and
Career Tech Committee.    
 HB 2599// Representative Corey Holland// The legislation directs
governing boards to adopt a system of post-tenured faculty evaluation
and review.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Rules Committee.    
 
 Reporting 
HB3040// Representative Leslie Osborn// The legislation requires higher
education to report data and information in a common format and on a
public website on institutional profile, affordability, student and
faculty engagement, student achievement, and institutional efficiency.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and
Career Tech Committee.    
SB 1819// Senator Jim Halligan// The legislation directs the State
Regents to provide information to the legislature regarding graduation
rates, debt loads, student employed by specific disciplines, and
information provided to students on employment possibilities and debt.  

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.

 

Legal Reform 
HB 2549 // Representative Mark McCullough// The legislation prohibits
state entities from contracting for any legal representation by one or
more private attorneys until the agency obtains the approval of the
attorney general.   
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Administrative Rules
and Agency Oversight Committee.  
HB 2663// Representative Fred Jordan// The legislation is currently a
shell bill creating the Private Attorney Retention Transparency Act. 
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Rules Committee.    
 
Academic 
SB 1563// Senator John Sparks// The legislation is currently a shell
bill creating the Oklahoma Higher Education Code.  
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Rules Committee.
HB3073// Representative Joe Dorman// The legislation directs the OSRHE
to establish a dyslexia teacher training pilot program.  The program
should be designed to evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of
having trained teachers who can provide assistance to children with risk
factors for dyslexia.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and
Career Tech Committee.  The legislation will be heard in committee on
February 21, 2012.
HB2970// Representative Todd Thomsen// The legislation requires
institutions in the State System of Higher Education, including
technology center districts, to create annual reports on completion and
attendance rates.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and
Career Tech Committee.  The legislation will be heard in committee on
February 21, 2012. 
SB1565// Senator Susan Paddack// The legislation directs the OSRHE to
establish a dyslexia teacher training pilot program.  The program should
be designed to evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of having
trained teachers who can provide assistance to children with risk
factors for dyslexia.  

UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the Senate Education Committee on
February 13, 2012 and the Senate Appropriations Committee on February
15, 2012.  

 

 Tuition Waivers
HB 2689// Representative Gary Banz// The legislation allows students who
are dependents of certain military personnel be eligible for in-state
residency status.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and
Career Tech Committee.  The legislation will be heard in committee on
February 21, 2012.   

SB 1624// Senator John Sparks// The legislation directs the State
Regents to adopt a policy which allows a student to enroll in an
institution within Oklahoma and be eligible for resident tuition if the
student was an Oklahoma resident at the time the student received a high
school diploma.

UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the Senate Education Committee on
February 13, 2012 and the Senate Appropriations Committee on February
15, 2012.   

HB3077// Representative Joe Dorman// The legislation allows students who
are dependents of certain military personnel be eligible for in-state
residency status.

UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on
Education on February 13, 2012.  

 

 Bond Issues 
SB 1134// Senator Patrick Anderson// The legislation requires the State
Regents to provide an itemized list of master lease projects to all
members of the Legislature within the first seven days of the
legislative session.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Appropriations
Committee.    

 

Other 
HB 2762// Representative Lee Denney// The legislation is currently a
shell bill relating to the State Regents duties and responsibilities for
the Office of Accountability.  
UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the House Higher Education and Career
Tech Committee on February 14, 2012.      
HB 2611// Representative Doug Cox//  The legislation transfers the
operations and resources of the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of
Enid, the Southern Oklahoma Resource Center of Pauls Valley, and the
Hissom Memorial Center of Sand Springs to the University of Oklahoma
University Hospitals Authority and Trust.  
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Rules Committee.    
SB 1280// Senator Mike Schulz// The legislation creates the OK Hospital
Residency Training Program.  
UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the Senate Health and Human Services
Committee on February 13, 2012.
SB 1385// Senator Brian Crain// The legislation calls for the OSRHE to
develop an Office of Development and Economic Services.  The Office of
Development and Economic Services shall leverage the resources of the
state's public institutions of higher education to meet the needs of
industries in this state to benefit economic development.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.

SB 1387// Senator Brian Crain// The legislation moves the Physician
Manpower Training Commission to the OK State Department of Health.  
UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the Senate Health and Human Services
Committee on February 13, 2012. 
SB 1417// Senator Ralph Shortey// The legislation creates a five (5)
member advisory committee for the Oklahoma Dental Loan Repayment
Program. 
UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the Senate Health and Human Services
Committee on February 13, 2012.    
SB 1526//  Senator Jim Wilson//  The legislation directs the State
Regents to promulgate rules establishing a uniform process for filling a
vacancy for the position of president at public institutions of higher
education.

UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.

SB 1218// Senator David Holt//  The legislation authorizes beer and wine
establishments that are licensed by the  ABLE Commission to operate
within 300 feet of a college or university if the campus is located
within an improvement district  created pursuant to Title 11, Section
39-103.1.  
UPDATE:  The bill passed out of the Senate Business and Commerce
Committee on February 16, 2012. 
HB 2976// Representative Todd Thomsen// The legislation relates to the
Uniform Athlete Agents Act and requires submission of a surety bond if
an athlete agent is charged with a violation and sets the amount of the
surety bond.
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and
Career Tech Committee.  The legislation will be heard in committee on
February 21, 2012.
HB 2971// Representative Todd Thomsen// The legislation is currently a
shell bill relating to the Oklahoma Higher Education Code.      
UPDATE:  The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and
Career Tech Committee.  The legislation will be heard in committee on
February 21, 2012.
   
Carry Over Bills from Last Legislative Session 
 Concealed Weapons

HB2087// Representative Randy Terrill// The legislation allows faculty
and administration who possess a valid concealed handgun license to
carry handguns on college property.  

UPDATE:  The bill is set on the House Floor Agenda but has not been
placed on the House Floor Calendar to be heard.      

HB 1463// Representative Tom Newell// The bill states that colleges and
universities may not establish rules or policies prohibiting individuals
with concealed handgun licenses from possessing a handgun on college or
university property.  

UPDATE:  The bill is in the House Public Safety Committee.

 

 

 

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