Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 610 - State Regents for Higher Education › Chapter 25 - Student Financial Aid and Scholarships › Subchapter 1 - Academic Scholars Program › Section 610:25-1-3 - General principles for operation of program

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Recipients of award must attend a
				regionally or State Regents' accredited public, independent or proprietary
				higher education institution in Oklahoma.
(b) The program is designed to adhere to the
				State Regents' Policy on Social Justice by encouraging all potential applicants
				to the Oklahoma State Regents' Academic Scholars Program to enter national
				scholarship competition.
(c)
				Concurrently enrolled high school students are not eligible for this
				program.
(d) Only ACT test scores
				reported by ACT prior to college entry, excluding concurrently enrolled
				students and students enrolled for the summer term following high school
				graduation, will be considered for admission to the program. Scores from ACT
				residual tests will not be considered except under extraordinary circumstances
				as determined and approved by the Chancellor. SAT test scores will be
				considered in a manner comparable to ACT test scores. Qualifying test scores
				obtained after college enrollment are invalid for applying to the program.
				Until August 31, 2020, partial scores from more than one examination will not
				be considered. Beginning September 1, 2020, all test scores reported by ACT,
				including "superscores" as defined by ACT, will be considered.
(e) A student must enter the program the fall
				semester immediately after his/her class graduates from high school, except for
				students admitted under the State Regents' Opportunity Admission Category. The
				Chancellor may approve exceptions to this requirement for extraordinary
				circumstances.
(f) Disability
				Provision. Provisions contained in this section are consistent with 70 O.S.
				1991, Section 2403, as amended, and federal legislation affecting disabled
				persons. If a person identifies himself or herself as a student with a
				disability and requests consideration for a scholarship under the Academic
				Scholars Program by means other than standard testing procedures, the State
				Regents shall permit the student to be examined under the special testing
				arrangements provided by either ACT or The College Board provided that he or
				she meets the qualifications specified by ACT and SAT respectively to be
				examined. Performance percentile requirements for participation in the Academic
				Scholars Program remain the same as for other students. Students taking such
				tests and receiving Academic Scholarship awards will be expected to meet the
				same retention standards as other students. Special provisions may be
				considered in determining full-time enrollment for students falling in this
				category.
Amended at 9 Ok Reg
				  3401, eff 7-9-92 (emergency); Amended at 10 Ok Reg 3231, eff 6-25-93; Amended
				  at 17 Ok Reg 196, eff 10-12-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 3055, eff
				  7-13-00; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 1770, eff 5-25-01; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1498, eff
				  5-28-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2570, eff
				  7-11-03