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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1213 By: Dossett (J.J.)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to career and technology education;
creating the Oklahoma National Guard CareerTech
Assistance Act; providing sh ort title; providing
definitions; creating the Ok lahoma National Guard
CareerTech Assistance Program to provide tuition
assistance to certain eligible members; provi ding for
amount of assistance subject to availability of
funding; limiting assistance to ce rtain number of
years; providing for eligibility; providing
eligibility retention requirements; providing
application process; allowing denial of continued
assistance for failure to meet certain requirement s;
requiring repayment of assistance for failure t o meet
certain requirement; providing for calculation of
repayment amount; allowing for application of
hardship waiver; directing certain noti fication on
available funding; providing for promulgation of
rules and regulations; creating the Oklahoma National
Guard CareerTech Assistance Revolving Fund;
specifying source of fund; providing for
expenditures; providing purpo se of fund; providing
for codification; provid ing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-140 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
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A. This act shall be known an d may be cited as the "Oklahoma
National Guard CareerTech Assistance Act".
B. As used in this act:
1. "Technology center school " means a technology center school
under the governance of the State Board of Career and Technology
Education;
2. "Eligible Guard member" means an active member of the
Oklahoma National Guard in good standing who has a high school
diploma or who has completed General Educational Development (GED)
requirements and who has secured admission to and is enrolled in a
technology center school; and
3. "Program" means the Oklahoma National Guard CareerTech
Assistance Program established pursuant to the provisions of this
section.
C. 1. There is hereby created the Oklahoma National Guard
CareerTech Assistance Program to provide assistance to eligible
Guard members who enroll in a technology center school. Subject to
the availability of funds, t he amount of assistance shall be
equivalent to the amount of tuition for a career and technolog y
program in which the member is enrolled leading to certification or
licensure, not to exceed a maximum of three ( 3) years.
2. Assistance provided pursuant to this section shall be
granted without any limitation other than the amount of fun ds
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available for the Program and the number of eligible Gua rd members
who apply.
3. Assistance allowed by this section shall not be allowed for
courses taken in excess of the requirements for completion o f a
technology center school program leading to certification or
licensure.
D. Assistance provided pursuant to this section shall be
allocated to the technology center school from the Oklahoma National
Guard CareerTech Assistance Revolving Fund created pursuant to
Section 2 of this act.
E. To be eligible to apply for the Program, an eligible Guard
member shall:
1. Have at least one (1) year remaining on his or her
enlistment contract at the beginning of any semester for which the
member applies for assistance pursuant to this section;
2. Agree in writing to complete his or her current service
obligation in the Ok lahoma National Guard; and
3. Agree in writing to serve actively in good standing with the
Oklahoma National Guard for not less tha n twenty-four (24) months
after completion of the last semester for which the member receives
assistance pursuant to this section.
F. To retain eligibility for the Program, an eligible Guard
member shall:
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1. Maintain good academic standing and satisfacto ry progress
according to standards of the technology center school in which the
member is enrolled;
2. Maintain the require ments for retention and completion as
established by the technology center school in which the member is
enrolled;
3. Maintain a minimum grade point of average of 2.0 on a 4.0
scale; and
4. Maintain satisfac tory participation in the Oklahoma National
Guard.
G. An eligible Guard member seeking assistance pursuant to the
provisions of this section shall submit an application on a form
prescribed by the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma to
the Educational Service Office of the Military Department prior to
the semester for which assistance is sought. The eligible Guard
member's Commander or his or her designee shall confirm a member's
standing and eligibility to the technology center school in which
the student is enrolled.
H. The eligible Guard member’s Commander may deny an
application submitted by an eligible Guard member for continued
Program assistance if he or she fails to comply with t he provisions
of paragraph 1, 2, or 3 of subsection F of thi s section.
I. An eligible Guard member who has received Program assistance
pursuant to the provisions of th is section and who fails to comply
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with the provisions of paragraph 4 of subsection F of this section
shall be required to repay an amount to be calculated as follows:
1. Determine the total amount of assistance provided pursuant
to the provisions of this section;
2. Divide the amount determined in paragraph 1 of this
subsection by twenty -four (24); and
3. Multiply the amount determined in paragrap h 2 of this
subsection by the number of months the member did not fulfill the
requirements of paragraph 4 of subsection F of this section .
Repayments shall be deposited into the Oklahoma National Guard
CareerTech Assistance Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 2
of this act.
J. An eligible Guard member who has received Program assistance
pursuant to the provisions of this section and who fails to comply
with the provisions of paragraph 4 of subsection F of this section
due to hardship circumstances may request a waiver from repayment.
A waiver request shall be submitted in writing to the Adjutant
General.
K. By July 1 annually, the State Board of Career and Technology
Education shall notify the Adjutant General of the amount of funding
available in the Oklahoma National Guard Career Tech Assistance
Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 2 of this act.
L. The State Board of Career and Technology Edu cation shall
promulgate rules to imp lement the provisions of this act including
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deadlines for submission of applications required by subsection G of
this section. The Adjutant General may promulgate regulations to
implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-141 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
for the State Board of Career and Technology Education to be
designated the "Oklahoma National Guard CareerTech Assistance
Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject
to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received
by the State Board of Career and T echnology Education from state
appropriations. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are
hereby appropriated and may be budgete d and expended by the State
Board of Career and Tech nology Education for the purpose of
providing assistance to eligible Guard members pursuant to the
provisions of Section 1 of this act. Expenditures from the fund
shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against
claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its pas sage and approval.
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