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70 OK Stat § 70-2266 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2266. Preparation of State Plan.

|The State Board, acting as the state agency for administration of vocational and technical education funds referred to in Section 14 above, should involve representation from the State Regents in the preparation of the Oklahoma State Plan for Administration of Vocational Education as it concerns postsecondary education programs, including representation on the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education provided for in the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 552, S.J.R. No. 35, § 16.
70 OK Stat § 70-2267 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2267. Postsecondary occupational education.

|The State Regents, acting as the designated Section 1202 Commission provided for in P.L. 92-318, should involve representation from the State Board in developing a comprehensive statewide plan for postsecondary education, including representation on the State Advisory Council on Community Colleges to be established by the State Commission pursuant to Title X - Part A, and a similar advisory group to be established regarding planning for development of postsecondary occupational education provided for in Title X - Part B. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 552, S.J.R. No. 35, § 17.
70 OK Stat § 70-2268 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2268. Occupational education offered at postsecondary institutions - Determination.

|If it is determined that Title X - Part B of the Federal Aid Law known as P.L. 92-318 is principally for occupational education offered at postsecondary institutions (those fitting the definition of junior colleges, postsecondary technical institutes, etc.), then the State Regents' functioning as the designated state agency for administering federal funds received for occupational education programs shall, by contract arrangement with the State Board, share certain of the federal funds as appropriate for allocation by the State Board for supplemental support of programs operated by institutions under the jurisdiction of the Board (the technology center schools); and the State Board shall be accountable for administration of the funds so shared with it by the State Regents in accordance with appropriate federal laws and regulations, provided that the number of education programs offered and the number of students enrolled in them shall be taken into consideration in arriving at appropriate division of the state's allotment of funds to be shared with the State Board. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 552, S.J.R. No. 35, § 18. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 140, eff. July 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-2269 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2269. Occupational education offered at non-postsecondary institutions - Determination.

|If it is determined that Title X - Part B of the Federal Aid Law known as P.L. 92-318 is principally for occupational education offered at non-postsecondary institutions, it shall then become the responsibility of the State Board to function as the state agency for administering federal funds as described in Section 17 and a reverse arrangement of the contractural agreements referred to therein shall prevail. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 552, S.J.R. No. 35, § 19.
70 OK Stat § 70-2270 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2270. Purpose of Resolution.

|It is the purpose of this Resolution to, by legislative expression, validate the Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement subscribed to by these two state agencies and signed by the Chancellor of the State Regents and the Director of the State Board under date of March 5, 1973, and ratified by the Chairman of the State Regents and the Chairman of the State Board under date of March 29, 1973, which provides that the conduct of the state's education business of a common responsibility will be carried out on a board-to-board contract basis and an office-to-office administrative relationship in order to avoid overlap, duplication, confusion and inefficiency in the planning, development and operation of programs of technical and occupational education. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 553, S.J.R. No. 35, § 20.
70 OK Stat § 70-2271 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2271. Example for other agencies.

|The leadership in developing arrangements for understanding and cooperative action between these two agencies of state government, the State Board of Career and Technology Education and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, should be an example for other agencies of state government for cooperation and teamwork when responsibilities of a common nature fall within the bounds of their respective jurisdictions; and the Legislature, by this expression, commends this display of cooperation by these two boards as example for the challenge and guidance of other agencies of state government accordingly. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 553, S.J.R. No. 35, § 21. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 141, eff. July 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-2272 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2272. Distribution of copies.

|Duly authorized copies of this resolution shall be sent to the Director and each member of the State Board of Career and Technology Education, the Chancellor and each member of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and the head of each state agency, department, board and commission. |Added by Laws 1973, p. 553, S.J.R. No. 35, § 22. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 33, § 142, eff. July 1, 2001.
70 OK Stat § 70-2281 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2281. Former prisoners of war - Persons missing in action - Dependents - Free tuition.

|A. Any current or former prisoner of war or person missing in action, as defined by the provisions of this section, and any dependent of a current or former prisoner of war or person missing in action, upon being duly accepted for enrollment into any state-supported institution of higher education of any type, or state-supported technical or vocational school, shall be allowed to obtain a bachelors degree, or certificate of completion, for so long as such former prisoner of war, person missing in action or dependent is eligible, free of general enrollment fees. Once a person qualifies as a dependent under the terms and provisions of this section, the fact of the return of the parent or the reported death of the parent will not remove the dependent from the provisions or benefits of this section. |B. For purposes of this section:1. "Prisoner of war" and "person missing in action" means any person who was a resident of the State of Oklahoma at the time he or she entered service of the United States Armed Forces, or whose official residence is within the State of Oklahoma, and who, while serving in the United States Armed Forces has been declared to be a prisoner of war, or to be a person missing in action as established by the Secretary of Defense; and2. "Dependent" means any child not to exceed twenty-four (24) years of age born to or adopted by a parent who served or is serving as a prisoner of war or was declared by the United States Armed Forces to be a person missing in action.C. If federal funds are provided for general enrollment fees of said dependent, this section shall not be applicable.Added by Laws 1973, c. 166, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1973. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 369, § 26, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1991, c. 327, § 7, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 44, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1993.
70 OK Stat § 70-2282 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2282. Heart of the Heartland Scholarship Fund.

|A. There shall be created a trust fund to be known as the "Heart of the Heartland Scholarship Fund". The trust fund shall be managed and controlled by a board of trustees. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall constitute the board of trustees of the Heart of the Heartland Scholarship Fund. |B. The trust capital shall consist of all monies received from the sale of the Heart of the Heartland special license plates authorized pursuant to Section 14 of this act.C. The board of trustees shall invest the trust capital in a reasonable and prudent manner which, consistent with any long-term investment needs, will produce the greatest trust income over the term of the investment while preserving the trust capital. All trust income shall be reinvested into the trust fund except as provided in subsection D of this section.D. The trust fund shall be administered for the purpose of providing the necessary funds for students attending institutions in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education who were injured or whose parent or legal guardian was killed in the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall grant the monies from the trust fund to any student eligible. To be eligible to receive the trust funds, an applicant shall:1. Be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate program at a member institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; and2. Be a child injured or be the child of a parent or legal guardian killed as a result of the bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.E. Any trust capital or income remaining in the trust fund on July 1, 2025, shall be transferred and deposited into the General Revenue Fund, and the Heart of the Heartland Scholarship Fund shall terminate. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall promulgate any necessary rules to implement this section.Added by Laws 1995, c. 206, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 504, § 19, eff. July 1, 2004.
70 OK Stat § 70-2291 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2291. William P. Willis Trust Fund.

|A. There is hereby created a trust fund to be known as the "William P. Willis Trust Fund". The Trust Fund shall be managed and controlled by a Board of Trustees. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall constitute the Board of Trustees of the William P. Willis Trust Fund. |B. The trust capital shall consist of:1. any monies the Legislature may appropriate and transfer to the Trust Fund; and2. any monies or assets contributed to the Trust Fund from any other source.C. The Board of Trustees shall invest the trust capital in a reasonable and prudent manner which, consistent with any long-term investment needs, will produce the greatest trust income over the term of the investment while preserving the trust capital.D. All trust income shall be deposited in the William P. Willis Scholarship Fund to be used for the payment of scholarships awarded from said Fund.Added by Laws 1986, c. 246, § 12, operative July 1, 1986.
70 OK Stat § 70-2292 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2292. William P. Willis Scholarship Fund.

|A. There is hereby created and established the William P. Willis Scholarship Fund to be administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for the purpose of providing scholarships to low-income students attending institutions in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Income to such fund shall consist of interest accrued from the William P. Willis Trust created in Section 12 of this act. |B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall award scholarships from the William P. Willis Scholarship Fund each fiscal year, beginning July 1, 1986, to persons recommended by an advisory committee appointed by the State Regents for that purpose. To be eligible to receive a scholarship an applicant shall:1. be a bona fide resident of the State of Oklahoma;2. be enrolled full time in an undergraduate program at a member institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; and3. meet low-income criteria established by the State Regents. The scholarships shall be awarded per year, renewable for up to three (3) additional years, in an amount calculated annually by the State Regents to fully pay for general enrollment fees, other fees, books, materials, and services provided by the institution, including room and board.C. No more than one scholarship recipient shall attend each institution in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; provided, one recipient, apart from the others, shall attend Northeastern Oklahoma State University and major in a program of history.Added by Laws 1986, c. 246, § 14, operative July 1, 1986.
70 OK Stat § 70-2401 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2401. Short title.

|Sections 4 through 10 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Act." |Added by Laws 1989, c. 375, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 1989.
70 OK Stat § 70-2402 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2402. Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Program - Purpose.

|A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma State Regents’ Academic Scholars Program. The purpose of the Oklahoma State Regents’ Academic Scholars Program is to retain top-ranked students from Oklahoma in Oklahoma colleges, enable Oklahoma institutions of higher education to compete aggressively for top Oklahoma scholars, attract high-caliber out-of-state students to Oklahoma to attend colleges and universities, and enhance the academic quality in Oklahoma colleges and universities. The program shall provide participants funding for enrollment fees, tuition and other fees, room and board and required textbooks or materials for up to five (5) years of undergraduate and/or graduate study at accredited institutions of higher education in Oklahoma. |B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall administer the provisions of the Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Program.Added by Laws 1989, c. 375, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 1989. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 241, § 1, eff. June 1, 1999.
70 OK Stat § 70-2404 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2404. Scholarship award - Set-aside of funds - Additional selection and allocation criteria - Awards to nonresidents.

|A. Scholarships awarded under the Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Program shall be awarded to all eligible applicants without any limitation on the number of scholarships to be awarded in any year other than the amount of funds available for the scholarship program and the number of eligible applicants. |B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may, at the time a scholarship is awarded to a student, set aside in the Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Trust Fund funds for the full five-year commitment made to such eligible scholar. For all academic years, students who have previously received academic scholarships under the provisions of this act and who have continued at all times to fulfill the requirements for eligibility to receive academic scholarships provided in this act shall be given an absolute priority for continued financial support by the Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Program superior to any students who are applying for such academic scholarships for the first time.C. In addition to the qualifications specified in Section 2403 of this title, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may adopt additional criteria for selection and allocation of awards which may include, but are not limited to, consideration of high school academic performance and personal interviews. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall annually report on the number of former Academic Scholars Program participants who stay in state as compared to those who leave Oklahoma within five (5) years of leaving the Program. In addition, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are hereby authorized to determine a maximum number of awards or a maximum amount of funding which may go to nonresident students. Such maximum limitations shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the awards or amount of funding in any category provided in paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 2403 of this title.Added by Laws 1989, c. 375, § 7, emerg. eff. June 6, 1989. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 241, § 3, eff. June 1, 1999.
70 OK Stat § 70-2405 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2405. Rules and regulations - Requirement of continuing and satisfactory progress towards degree - Conditions of expenditure of award monies.

|The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may adopt rules and regulations, prescribe and provide appropriate forms for application, and employ such persons, contract for such services and make such additional expenditures as may be necessary or appropriate for implementing the provisions of the Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Act; provided, as part of the regulations adopted for administration of the provisions of the Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Program, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall require that each scholarship recipient make continuing and satisfactory progress toward a degree, including the establishment of an annual minimum grade point average and annual minimum credit hours to be maintained by the participants. Such regulations shall also provide for revoking or rescinding assistance to any scholarship recipient who fails to meet such required standards. Such regulations shall also provide that the funds made available to students as part of the Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Program shall be paid directly to the institution of the student's choice, in trust for the student, and on the student's behalf, and shall contain appropriate restrictions and conditions that such monies are expended only for the purposes authorized by this act. Such regulations shall also provide for portability of award for a recipient among accredited institutions of higher education in Oklahoma in which the recipient may enroll as long as the recipient meets requirements of the program. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 375, § 8, emerg. eff. June 6, 1989.
70 OK Stat § 70-2406 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2406. Construction of Act - Authority to control or influence educational institutions participating in scholarship program.

|The Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Act shall not be construed as granting any authority to control or influence the policies of any educational institution because it accepts students who are participating in the scholarship program, or to require any such institution to admit, or once admitted to continue in such institution, any participant in the scholarship program. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 375, § 9, emerg. eff. June 6, 1989.
70 OK Stat § 70-2407 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2407. Encouragement of high school juniors to take Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

|As part of its duties in administering the Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Program, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, shall encourage Oklahoma high school juniors who plan to attend college to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in their junior year in high school as preparation for taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test their senior year in high school. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 375, § 10, emerg. eff. June 6, 1989.
70 OK Stat § 70-2601 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2601. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Act". |Added by Laws 1992, c. 353, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992.
70 OK Stat § 70-2602 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2602. Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program.

|There is hereby created the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program. The program shall also be known as "Oklahoma's Promise". The purpose of the program is to provide an award to students who meet the criteria set forth in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Act who are pursuing studies in this state leading to an associate or baccalaureate degree or who are pursuing studies in a postsecondary career technology program that would meet the requirements to be eligible for federal student financial aid and is offered by a technology center school supervised by the State Board of Career and Technology Education, and who are in good academic standing in the institution or school in which the student is enrolled, that will relieve the student of the burden of paying nonguaranteed resident tuition at institutions of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, paying tuition for enrollment in postsecondary programs of the technology center districts, or paying some portion of such fees or tuition, pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Act, as may be required of enrollees at private institutions of higher education which are accredited pursuant to Section 4103 of this title. The further purpose of this program is to establish and maintain a variety of support services whereby a broader range of the general student population of this state will be prepared for success in postsecondary endeavors. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 353, § 2, eff. July 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 153, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1994; Laws 2000, c. 232, § 12, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 143, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2006, c. 278, § 7, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 437, § 1, eff July 1, 2009; Laws 2017, c. 289, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017.
70 OK Stat § 70-2606 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 70. Schools|§70-2606. Return of funds upon withdrawal from class – Survey on reasons for withdrawal.

|A. If a student withdraws from a class in which he or she has received an award from the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, the awarded funds shall be returned to the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program. The provisions of this subsection shall only apply to awarded funds when a student withdraws prior to the end of the add/drop period for the session in which the student is enrolled. |B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall administer a survey to students who receive an Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program award and who withdraw from an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, a private institution of higher learning located within this state and accredited pursuant to Section 4103 of this title or a technology center school before completing a degree or certificate program. The survey shall gather information on the reasons for withdrawal, the barriers to completion of a degree or certificate program and the future plans of the students.C. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.Added by Laws 2018, c. 297, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 573, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.