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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Below is the state legislative update for April 15-19. The next legislative deadline is this coming Thursday, April 25, for bills to be passed on the floor of the opposite house
(House bills must be initially passed on the floor of the Senate and vice-versa).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In addition to two OKPromise bills still alive, you will notice that SB 486, listed under “Tuition Waivers” is still alive. SB 486 would provide the following benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">A waiver of tuition and fees at public career technology centers and state system colleges & universities for 100% disabled veterans, their spouse, and children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">A waiver of tuition and fees at public career technology centers and state system colleges & universities for the surviving spouse and children of a military member
killed in action or the line of duty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Provides for in-state residency status for any veteran eligible for Post-9/11 G.I. Bill benefits who was discharged or released from the military while at a military
installation located in Oklahoma (excludes dishonorable discharge).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You can find the current text of the bill at
<a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2013-14%20FLR/HFLR/SB486%20HFLR.PDF">
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2013-14%20FLR/HFLR/SB486%20HFLR.PDF</a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bryce Fair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="body"></a><span style="color:black">The update below reflects the current status of major legislation concerning Higher Education during the week of April 15- April 19, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you have any questions, please contact Hollye Hunt at
</span><a href="mailto:hhunt@osrhe.edu">hhunt@osrhe.edu</a><span style="color:black"> or 405.225.9424.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><b>Legislative Report</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>April 15<sup>th</sup>-April 19<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Appropriations </u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Tuition and Fees </u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Campus Safety</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>CIO</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HB 2062// Representative David Derby and Senator Clark Jolley// The legislation directs the State Chief Information Officer to annually complete an assessment of all the information technology
and telecommunication systems of all state agencies in the state, including the systems of higher education and OneNet.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation has passed out of the Senate General Government Committee on March 25, 2013. The Senate General Government moved to strike the title on the bill. The legislation passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee
on April 10, 2013. The legislation was amended in committee to direct the Higher Education CIO to assemble and submit the assessment to the State CIO.
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>OKPromise </u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HB 1770// Representative Todd Russ and Senator <span style="color:#1F497D">
Mike Schulz</span>// The legislation allows certain career tech courses to be used to satisfy the OKPromise high school curriculum requirements.
<b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate Education Committee on March 25, 2013. The Senate Education Committee moved to strike the title on the bill. The bill passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 10,
2013. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SB 432// Senator John Ford and Representative Lee Denney// The legislation expands the OKPromise program to pay the tuition and fees for students who are pursuing certification in a postsecondary vocational-technical program or program
offered at an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education identified by the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation has been assigned to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Career Tech on April 3, 2012. The legislation passed out of the House Appropriations committee on April 10, 2013.
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Transparency and Accountability</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HB 1465// Representative Jason Murphey and Senator David Holt// The legislation requires state agencies to develop a management and performance report to include information regarding an agency’s fee structure, the calculating of fees,
and measuring customer satisfaction. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on April 15, 2013 with a vote of 43-0.
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Governance </u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Academic</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Private Attorney</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Reporting </u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SB 156// Senator Jim Halligan and Representative Lee Denney// The legislation requires the State Regents to report the following to the legislature on all baccalaureate programs offered, the average five-year graduation rate for first-time
college enrollees; the average debt incurred by students who incurred student loan debt to complete their studies; the percentage of students employed within the discipline of their studies upon graduation; and information presented at the conclusion of the
sophomore year of study to students and their parents reporting the projected level of debt incurred by those students who, in obtaining their degree, incurred debt, and information detailing other academic programs which are in high demand in the Oklahoma
economy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on April 9, 2013 with a vote of 68-19.
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Other <o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HB 1910// Representative TW Shannon and Senator Brian Bingman// The legislation establishes an Asset Management Board. The Board will be responsible for liquidating underutilized assets
owned by the entities under its direction to pay for the upkeep of other state assets, including the State Capitol Building. The legislation authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to recommend the sale of state properties based
on the value of the property and the potential for a net gain to the state; Modifies procedures for state entities to dispose of real property; Requires the appropriate county officials to file and record instruments vesting the state’s right to, or interest
in, lands or minerals or to adjust irregularities on those instruments at the request of OMES without filing or recording fees; Modifies the duties of the Long-Range Capital Planning Commission (LRCPC) to include preparing an annual capital plan budget for
addressing state capital facility needs for the ensuing 8 years and modifies the components of the capital plan; Directs the LRCPC to decrease the amount of property owned by the state and to better maintain and utilize the state’s real property assets;
Prohibits state entities from entering into a lease agreement, purchasing property or constructing a building without approval of the LRCPC and the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board; Consolidates the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement
and Zoning Authority into the LRCPC; Provides for the eventual termination of the Oklahoma Building Bonds Commission; and Repeals the Alternative Use Study for state-owned property, the Capitol-Medical Center Improvement and Zoning Commission, the State Facility
Capital Needs Committee, the State Capitol Preservation Commission, various sections of obsolete language regarding building bonds, and provisions regarding the release of an expired option to purchase land.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UPDATE:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
<b>The legislation passed out of the Senate General Government Committee on March 25, 2013. The legislation passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 10, 2013. Higher Education is exempt from the provisions of the bill.
</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">HB 1990// Representative David Brumbaugh and Senator Greg Treat// The measure creates the Department of Real Estate Services. The department will now perform the following duties.<b>
</b>1. Determine or approve the agency’s scope of a project and required services as provided in the Public Facilities Act; 2. Issue solicitations for construction manager and consultant services; 3. Conduct evaluations, interviews, selection, contract negotiation,
and fee negotiation processes; and 4. Provide contract management services after award of a construction management or consultant contract.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate General Government Committee on March 25, 2013. The legislation passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 10, 2013.
Higher Education is exempt from the provisions of the bill. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SB 49// Senator John Sparks and Representative Emily Virgin// The legislation expands the Oklahoma Mutual Aid Compact to allow public universities which maintain CLEET-certified law enforcement agencies to elect to be considered jurisdictions
under the provisions of the compact and shall retain the right to later withdraw from the system.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House Public Safety Committee on March 27, 2013.
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">SB 682// Senator Don Barrington and Representative Lisa Billy// The legislation defines the purpose of the Oklahoma State University Fire Service Training and outlines the educational duties and mission.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House Higher Education Committee on April 2, 2013 with a vote of 88-0.
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Textbooks</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HB 1434// Representative Mike Turner and Senator Ralph Shortey// The legislation creates legislative intent to give students more information about the textbook, instructional material and other costs associated with each course. Specifically,
higher education faculty and staff members when developing a syllabus for a course to must include in the syllabus the cost of: a. all instructional materials required for the course, b. any license which the student may be required to acquire in order to
access on-line or supplemental course-specific material and c. any laboratory fees required for the course.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: <span style="color:black">The legislation passed out of the Senate Rules Committee on April 3, 2013.
</span>The Senate Rules Committee moved to strike the title on the bill.<span style="color:black">
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Higher Education Shell Bills</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Task Force</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Housing</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Endowed Chairs</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SB 495// Senator Clark Jolley and Representative Scott Martin// The legislation allows the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education utilize the prudent man standard when dealing with investments.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on April 1, 2013 with a vote of 81-8.
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Bonds and Master Lease </u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Tuition Waivers</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">SB 486// Senator Frank Simpson and Representative Pat Ownbey// The legislation allows for a one hundred percent (100%) disabled veteran of any branch of the United States Armed Forces,
their spouse and dependents, to attend any state support institution without payment of tuition or fees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House Appropriations Committee on March 25, 2013. The legislation was amended to say the member must have been discharged or released under
conditions other than dishonorably from the military while at a military installation located in Oklahoma. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tax Credits</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Open Records</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">No pending legislation.
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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