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<p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday was the most recent deadline for bills to be passed in committee in the opposite house (with one exception – the House Appropriations & Budget Committee may consider bills until next Wednesday, April 19). Several bills were not
heard in committee and will be removed from the list as shown below. The next legislative deadline is April 27 for bills that are still alive to be passed on the floor in the opposite house.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bills that passed both floors and have been sent to the Governor:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo7">HB 2885 – Ok. National Guard program funding<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bills that passed in a committee/subcommittee this week:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">SB 27 – Oklahoma’s Promise<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">SB 93 – FAFSA high school graduation requirement<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">SB 322 – Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (Note: the contents of HB 2718, which was not passed in committee, creating the Oklahoma Promise Opportunity Scholarship were amended into SB 322)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">HB 1443 – Ok. Student Borrowers Bill of Rights amendments<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">HB 2559 – Inspired to Teach Scholarship amendments<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bills not heard in committee that are now considered dormant and will be removed from the list<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">SB 529 – Oklahoma Teacher Corps Scholarship Program
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">HB 2318 – Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship tax credit for donations to college foundations for scholarships
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">HB 2555 – Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">HB 2663 – related to in-state tuition status for military personnel and dependents<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">HB 2718 – Oklahoma Promise Opportunity Scholarship (Note: the contents of this bill were amended into SB 322)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:106%">
<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">FAFSA</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b>SB 93</b><b> (Sen. Dave Rader and Rep. Anthony Moore):</b> Beginning with the 2024-25 school year, requires students to complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
in order to graduate from a public high school accredited by the State Board of Education. It provides exemptions authorizing parents to opt the student out of the requirement. The bill requires the State Department of Education to develop and publish materials
for students, parents, and legal guardians explaining the requirements to complete the FAFSA, the benefits to completing the FAFSA, the opt-out provisions and to provide an opt-out form to be used by school districts, charter schools, and virtual charter schools.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee; passed Senate Education Committee 2/21/23 (12 aye, 0 nay); passed Senate floor 3/9/23 (37 ayes, 8 nays); to House Common Education Committee; transferred to House Higher Ed & Career Tech Comm and passed on 4/10/23
(9 aye, 0 nay); next to House floor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%">Current Text: <a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/HFLR/SB93%20HFLR.PDF">
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/HFLR/SB93%20HFLR.PDF</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:106%">
<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance Program</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b>HB 2885</b><b> (Rep. Kevin Wallace and Sen. Roger Thompson):</b> Appropriates $9 million to pay for the 2022-23 costs of the Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance Program.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
Status: Passed the Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Committee 4/5/23 (<a name="_Hlk131605314">House members voted 31 aye, 0 nay; Senate members voted 20 aye, 0 nay</a>), passed House floor 4/10/23 (93 aye, 0 nay); passed Senate floor 4/13/23 (42
aye, 0 nay); to the Governor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%">Current Text: <a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENR/hB/HB2885%20ENR.PDF">
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENR/hB/HB2885%20ENR.PDF</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:106%">
<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Oklahoma’s Promise<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b><s>HB 2718</s></b><b><s> (Rep. Ellyn Hefner and Sen. John Michael Montgomery):</s></b><s>
<a name="_Hlk127785686">As amended in committee, the bill creates the Oklahoma Promise Opportunity Scholarship to provide a tuition scholarship for students with intellectual disabilities participating in comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs.
Defines eligibility and application process.</a><o:p></o:p></s></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<s>Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee; passed House Appropriations & Budget Subcommittee on Education 2/20/23 (11 aye, 0 nay); passed House Appropriations & Budget Committee, title stricken, 3/1/23 (37 aye,
0 nay); passed House floor 3/22/23 (89 aye, 0 nay); to Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee; not heard in committee.<o:p></o:p></s></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:106%">
<s>Current Text: </s><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENGR/hB/HB2718%20ENGR.PDF"><s>http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENGR/hB/HB2718%20ENGR.PDF</s></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b>SB 27</b><b> (Sen. Dewayne Pemberton and Rep. Ken Luttrell):</b> Oklahoma’s Promise. Allows completion of the “core” high school curriculum rather than the current required college preparatory
high school curriculum for students seeking admission to a technology center school overseen by the State Board of Career and Technology Education. Also specifies an equivalent SAT score to the required ACT score for homeschool students and students graduating
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Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee; passed Senate Education Committee 2/7/23 (11 aye, 0 nay, title stricken); passed Senate Appropriations Committee 2/15/23 (21 aye, 0 nay); passed Senate floor 3/2/23
(47 aye, 0 nay); passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 4/3/23 (13 aye, 0 nay), passed the full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 4/13/23 (33 aye, 0 nay); to the House floor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%">Current Text: <a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/HFLR/SB27%20HFLR.PDF">
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b>SB 11</b><b> (Sen. Dave Rader and Rep. Daniel Pae):</b> Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant – OTAG. Authorizes persons incarcerated in a state, federal or private correctional facility to be eligible
to receive an OTAG award. Deletes the current prohibition.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee; passed Senate Education Committee 2/7/23 (11 aye, 1 nay, title stricken); passed Senate Appropriations Committee 2/15/23 (21 aye, 0 nay); passed Senate floor 2/28/23
(42 aye, 1 nay); passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 4/3/23 (10 aye, 3 nay), to the full House Appropriations and Budget Committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%">Current Text: <a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENGR/SB/SB11%20ENGR.PDF">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b>SB 322 (Sen. Ally Seifried and Rep. Mark McBride):
</b>Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant – OTAG. Makes comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs approved by the U.S. Department of Education for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities eligible to participate in the OTAG program.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><i>Note: The bill was amended in the House Appropriations and Budget Committee to include the language that was previously in HB 2718 creating the Oklahoma Promise Opportunity Scholarship to
provide a tuition scholarship for students with intellectual disabilities participating in comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs. Defines eligibility and application process.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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Status: passed to Senate Education Committee 2/14/23 (12 aye, 0 nay); passed Senate floor 3/9/23 (45 aye, 1 nay); passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 4/3/23 (13 aye, 0 nay), passed as amended by House Appropriations and Budget Committee
4/13/23 (32 aye, 0 nay); to House floor.<o:p></o:p></p>
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http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20COMMITTEE%20AMENDMENTS/House/SB322%20FULLPCS1%20ELLYN%20HEFNER-EK.PDF</a>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Student Borrower Bill of Rights<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b>HB 1443</b><b> (Rep. Melissa Provenzano and Sen. John Michael Montgomery):</b> Amends the Oklahoma Student Borrowers Bill of Rights. Clarifies that student loan servicers must inform student
loan borrowers if their type of loan does not qualify for loan forgiveness programs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Status: Passed House Committee on Banking, Financial Services and Pensions 2/22/23 (11 aye, 0 nay); passed House floor 3/23/23 (89 aye, 0 nay); passed the Senate Business and Commerce Committee 4/10/23 (10 aye, 0 nay); to Senate floor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%">Current Text: <a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/SFLR/HB1443%20SFLR.PDF">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b>HB 2559</b><b> (Rep. Mark McBride and Sen. Dewayne Pemberton):</b> Changes the name of the Oklahoma Future Teacher Scholarship and Employment Incentive Program to the “Inspired to Teach Program”.
Allows students completing high school homeschool instruction or General Educational Development (GED) test requirements to be eligible to participate in the program. Defines “full-time student”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee; passed House Appropriations & Budget Subcommittee on Education 2/13/23 (14 aye, 0 nay); passed full House Appropriations & Budget Committee 3/2/23 (31 aye, 0 nay); passed
House floor 3/9/23 (91 aye, 0 nay); passed the Senate Education Committee 4/11/23 (9 aye, 0 nay); to Senate floor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%">Current Text: <a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20FLR/SFLR/HB2559%20SFLR.PDF">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b><s>SB 529</s></b><b><s> (Sen. Adam Pugh and Rep Ronny Johns):</s></b><s> Creates the Oklahoma Teacher Corps Program to be administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to
help students who graduate from an approved teacher preparation degree program and agree to teach at a school meeting certain criteria for four years. Establishes eligibility requirements and assistance amount. Provides for repayment if participant fails
to complete the full term of service.<o:p></o:p></s></p>
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<s>Status: Referred to Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee; passed Senate Education Committee 2/14/23 (10 aye, 0 nay); passed Senate Appropriations Committee 2/22/23 (20 aye, 0 nay); passed Senate floor 3/14/23 (44 aye, 1
nay); to House Common Education Committee (not heard).<o:p></o:p></s></p>
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</s><a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENGR/SB/SB529%20ENGR.PDF"><s>http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENGR/SB/SB529%20ENGR.PDF</s></a>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Tuition and Fee Rates (State System Institutions)</span></u></b><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b><s>HB 2663 (Rep. Josh West and Sen. Brenda Stanley):</s></b><s> Related to in-state status for resident tuition at a state system institution for any person currently serving in the U.S. military,
their spouse or dependent children. Deletes certain time period limitations.<o:p></o:p></s></p>
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<s>Status: Referred to House Rules Committee; withdrawn from Rules Committee and referred to House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee; passed House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee 2/21/23 (9 aye, 0 nay); passed House floor 3/8/23 (94 aye, 0 nay);
passed Senate Education Committee 4/4/23 (12 aye, 0 nay), to Senate Appropriations Committee (not heard).<o:p></o:p></s></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Tuition, Fee, and Other Waivers (State System Institutions & Career Tech)</span></u></b><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b>SB 654</b><b> (Sen. Paul Rosino and Rep. Ty Burns):</b> Creates the Captain Steven L. Farley Goldstar Families Act. Provides that the surviving spouse and children of a member of any branch
of the United States Armed Forces killed in action or in the line of duty after September 11, 2001, shall be eligible for a waiver of undergraduate resident tuition at a State System institution or resident tuition at a technology center school operated under
the State Board of Career and Technology Education. Estabishes eligibility requirements.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Status: Referred to Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee and then to Senate Finance Committee; passed Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee 2/15/23 (11 aye, 0 nay); passed Senate Finance Committee 2/27/23 (12 aye, 0 nay); passed Senate floor
3/8/23 (48 aye, 0 nay); passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 4/3/23 (13 aye, 0 nay), to the full House Appropriations and Budget Committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><a name="_Hlk128663363"><b><s>HB 2318 (Rep. Mark McBride and Sen. Roger Thompson):</s></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128663363"><s> Extends the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship
tax credit to cover contributions made to eligible college and university foundations to fund scholarships for students attending state system institution.
</s></span><s>Total credits for all taxpayers are not to exceed $25 million annually, and the tax credit amount is capped at $6 million per public higher education institution.<o:p></o:p></s></p>
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<s>Status: Referred to House Rules Committee; transferred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee; passed House Appropriations and Budget Committee 3/2/23 (32 aye, 0 nay); passed House floor 3/9/23 (90 aye, 3 nay); passed Senate Finance Committee 4/3/23
(11 aye, 0 nay), to Senate Appropriations Committee (not heard).<o:p></o:p></s></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:106%"><b><s>HB 2555 (Rep. Mark McBride and Sen. Roger Thompson):</s></b><s> Creates the Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program. Authorizes a four-year pilot program. Requires full-time
enrollment at a state public higher education institution or state public technology center school. Provides for identification of critical industry programs including computer science, engineering, and cybersecurity programs. Directs state matching funds
up to $15 million.<o:p></o:p></s></p>
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<s>Status: Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee, Education Subcommittee; passed House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education 2/13/23 (14 aye, 0 nay); passed full House Appropriations and Budget Committee 3/2/23 (31 aye, 0 nay);
passed House floor 3/9/23 (90 aye, 0 nay); to Senate Education Committee and then to Senate Appropriations Committee (not heard).<o:p></o:p></s></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Vice Chancellor for Scholarships & Grants<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:bfair@osrhe.edu">bfair@osrhe.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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