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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Below is the legislative update for this week. HB 2823, the OKPromise bill related to using the award at career technology centers is scheduled to be heard
in the Senate Education Committee on Monday morning. If the bill passes this committee, it will then also be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bryce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b>To: <a name="to1">
</a>Legislative Network<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b>From: </b> <a name="from">
</a>Chancellor Glen D. Johnson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b>Date: </b> <a name="datea">
</a>Friday, March 25, 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> <a name="re"></a>Legislative Update – March 25, 2016<o:p></o:p></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 March 21, 2016 – March 25, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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"><b>Legislative Report <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>March 25, 2016<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Governance<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Appropriations/funding/bonds<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 1353// Senator Patrick Anderson and Representative Jason Murphey //</b> The legislation requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to submit the master lease list to every member of the Legislature, not just the Governor,
Pro Tem, and Speaker.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and CareerTech Committee. The bill will be heard in committee on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>HB 3058// Representative Tom Newell and Senator Greg Treat//</b> The bill directs the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to reconcile all state agency revolving funds following the reconciliation
criteria created by the Director of OMES by the first Monday of August each year. Proceeds realized by the reconciliation are to be deposited in the Special Cash Fund for the certification by the State Board of Equalization for expenditure authority in the
following fiscal year. The measure allows state agency directors to file reconciliation protests with the Legislative Oversight Committee by the second Friday in August each year. The measure authorizes the Oversight Committee to convene by the first Friday
in December to consider the protest.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 56-28</b>.
<b>The bill has been referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. </b> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Consolidation<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 895// Senator Kyle Loveless and Representative Jon Echols //</b> The legislation consolidates the Office of the State Bond Advisor into the Office of the State Treasurer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 10, 2016 with a vote of 25-15. The legislation has been referred to the House Appropriations Committee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 1265// Senator Clark Jolley and Representative Scott Martin //</b> The legislation deletes the language regarding the course offerings at Cameron University in Duncan, Connors State College in Muskogee, Eastern Oklahoma State College
in McAlester, Southeastern Oklahoma State University in McCurtain County, Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Woodward, Northern Oklahoma College in Enid, and Carl Albert State College in Sallisaw.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">State Ballot Questions <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HJR 1009 // Representative Dan Fisher and Senator Joseph Silk //</b> The ballot question would affirm the second amendment as a fundamental right. Regulations by the state on the right to keep and bear arms would be subject to strict
scrutiny.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Rules Committee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">OKPromise<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2823// Representative Lee Denney and Senator Jim Halligan//</b> The legislation authorizes the OKPromise scholarship to be used for a career technology program eligible for federal student financial aid offered by a technology center
school supervised by the State Board of Career and Technology Education.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation will be heard in committee on Monday, March 28, 2016.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Scholarships and Financial Aid<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2676 // Representative Corey Williams and Senator Corey Brooks//</b> The legislation allows certain military personnel and their dependents to receive in-state status.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation will be heard in committee on Monday, March 28, 2016.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shell Bills<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Repealer Bills<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Energy Conservation <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 3116// Representative Scott Martin and Senator Jason Smalley//</b> The legislation clarifies the exemption for the State Facilities Energy Conservation Program. Upon notification by a state agency, the Director shall consider any
organizational behavior-based or performance-based energy conservation programs under contract with a state agency prior to August 24, 2012.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 with a vote of 93-0. The bill has been referred to the Senate Energy Committee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Weapons on Campus/ Campus Safety<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2931// Representative Mark McCullough and Senator Joseph Silk
</b>// The legislation requires that each school district and institution of higher learning in the state have certain building safety plans and procedures in place and make specified annual reports. Further, the safety plans will follow a standard response
protocol for emergency situations developed by a nationally recognized organization and be based on nationally recognized practices. Each plan will consist of four specific actions and include specific measures.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE:</b> <b>The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Housing <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Telecommunications/ IT <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>HB 2616// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Eddie Fields// </b>The legislation is a shell bill related to the “Oklahoma Telecommunications Act of 1997.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Energy Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Data and Reporting<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">SB 1117// Senator Nathan Dahm and Jason Murphey//
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">The legislation allows a public body to maintain a quorum of members for the duration of a meeting whether the members are present at the meeting site or via videoconference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">HB 2155// Representative Jon Echols and Senator Clark Jolley//</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"> The legislation creates
the Transparency in Private Attorney Contingency-Fee Contracts Act which requires the Attorney General (AG) to make a written determination, prior to the state entering into a contingency-fee contract with a private attorney, whether the decision is both cost-effective
and in the public interest. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext">UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 3028// Representative John Paul Jordan and Senator Jim Halligan//</b> The legislation<span style="font-size:14.0pt">
</span>requires the Oklahoma State Regents, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, to annually prepare an economic security employment report of employment and earning outcomes for degrees earned at colleges and universities. Beginning January
31, 2018, each institution will need to provide the report to students electronically.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 3166// Representative Jeff Hickman and Senator Marty Quinn</b>// The legislation requires additional information to be included in the State Regents’ annual report to the legislature. The legislation would now require the report
to include: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">The budget prepared by the State Regents setting out in detail the necessary expenses of the State Regents for the next fiscal year;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">The budget requests or proposals submitted by each institution to the State Regents for the next fiscal year;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">The funding formula or allotment system used by the State Regents to allocate money to each institution, including a description of the functional goals of the formula or system for distributing funds to
each institution; <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">A calculation of any differences in the budget requests amounts for each institution and the actual amounts allocated to each institution, including an explanation for any differences; and
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Any other data considered relevant by the State Regents.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, by January 1 of each year, each institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall submit a report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
the minority floor leaders and education committee chairs of both houses of the Oklahoma Legislature, which includes:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">A copy of reports submitted to the State Regents, which itemizes the tuition and fees for each institution by campus or location; and
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6">The total budget of each institution for the previous fiscal year, including the amount of revenue received from tuition and fee and other sources and expenses for each campus or location.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 1342// Senator Greg Treat and Representative Tom Newell//</b> The legislation changes the definition of the term “expenditure of state funds” to the term “expenditure of funds” in the Taxpayer Transparency Act. The bill requires
the Open Books website to include data which tracks the expenditures of federal funds by FY 2017.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee. The legislation passed out of committee on Wednesday, March 23, 2016.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">State Authorization <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SB 1157// Senator Stephanie Bice and Representative Katie Henke//</b> The legislation requires all private and out-of-state public degree granting institutions to abide by policies and procedures that are established by the Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The bill has been referred to the House Higher Education and Career Tech Committee. The legislation will be heard in committee on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Colleges of Education/ Academics<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2551// Representative Ann Coody and Senator Gary Stanislawski//</b> The legislation requires the State Regents to enter into a contract with a nonprofit education center for the purposes of establishing a comprehensive dyslexia teacher
training program. The legislation establishes an advisory committee and requires the program to be implemented within 90 days of the effective date of the act.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, February 29, 2016 with a vote of 87-4. The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 2951// Representative Michael Rogers and Senator Stephanie Bice //</b> The legislation requires the State Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Regents to identify and recruit students into the teaching profession. The
legislation directs the Department to develop materials to distribute and emphasize the importance of teaching.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Monday, March 7, 2016 with a vote of 84-4. The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>SB 1380// Senator John Ford and Representative Jadine Nollan//
</b>The legislation relates to requirements for graduation. The bill would modify the description of laboratory science units, reduce the number of required art units or sets of competencies and add a computer education unit or set of competencies to the requirements.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>UPDATE:</b> <b>The legislation passed out of the Senate on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 with a vote of 44-0. The bill has been referred to the House Common Education Committee. The legislation will be heard
in committee on Monday, March 28, 2016. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Immigration</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No pending legislation. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Athletics <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>HB 2615// Representative Todd Thomsen and Senator Jim Halligan//</b> The legislation prohibits the giving of money or a thing of value to a student-athlete or family member for the purpose of recruitment,
and it prohibits any transaction between a person and a student-athlete that would likely cause the student-athlete to permanently or temporarily lose athletic scholarship and participation eligibility. A violation of the measure would result in a misdemeanor
for the donor and the person would be subject to a fine or imprisonment or both.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE:</b> <b>The bill has been referred to the Senate Education Committee. The legislation passed out of committee on Monday, March 21, 2016.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Employment/Retirement<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HB 3164// Representative Jeff Hickman and Senator Dan Newberry//</b> The legislation provides that when an employee begins work for an employer, and both know the end date of employment is within 9 months, for purposes of the Employment
Security Act the worker is considered to have voluntarily quit at that end date.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UPDATE: The legislation passed out of the House on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 with a vote of 70-12. The bill has been referred to the Senate Business and Commerce Committee.
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