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Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1418

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4-An Act
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636 BILL NO. 1418 By: David and Jett of the
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1647 An Act relating to higher education; creating the
1748 Oklahoma National Guard Educational A ssistance Act;
1849 providing short title; providing de finitions;
1950 creating the Oklahoma National Guard Educational
2051 Assistance Program to provide tuition and fee
2152 assistance to certain eligible members; providing for
2253 amount of assistance subject to availability o f
2354 funding; limiting assistance to certain number o f
2455 credit hours; providing for eligibility; providing
2556 eligibility retention requirements; providing
2657 application process; allowing denial of cont inued
2758 assistance for failur e to meet certain requirements;
2859 requiring repayment of assistance for failure to meet
2960 certain requirement; providing for calculation of
3061 repayment amount; allowing for application of
3162 hardship waiver; directing certain notification on
3263 available funding; providing for promulgation of
3364 rules and regulations; creating the Oklahoma National
3465 Guard Educational Assistance Revolving Fund;
3566 specifying source of fund; providing for
3667 expenditures; providing purpo se of fund; providing
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49103 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
50104 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3231 of Title 70, unless there
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53106 A. This act shall be known and may be c ited as the “Oklahoma
54107 National Guard Educational Assistance Act”.
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58109 1. “Oklahoma educational insti tution” means an institution of
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62112 2. “Eligible Guard member” means a current member of the
63113 Oklahoma National Guard in good standing who has a high school
64114 diploma or who has completed General Educational Development (GED)
65115 requirements and who has secured admission to and enrolled in an
66116 Oklahoma educational institution;
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68117 3. “Graduate program” means a program offered by an Oklahoma
69118 educational institution that leads to the award of a master’s
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72120 4. “Program” means the Oklahoma National Guard Educational
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76123 5. “Undergraduate program” means a program offered by an
77124 Oklahoma educational institution that leads to the award of an
78125 associate’s degree or a baccalaureate degree.
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80153 C. There is hereby created the Oklahoma National Guard
81154 Educational Assistance Program to provide assistance to eligible
82155 Guard members who enroll in an Oklahoma educational institution.
83156 Subject to the availability of funds, t he amount of assistance shall
84157 be equivalent to the amount of resident tuition, mandatory fees, and
85158 academic service fees for courses in which the eligible Guard member
86159 is enrolled, not to exceed a max imum of eighteen (18) credit hours
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89161 1. The amount of assistance provided to an eligible Guard
90162 member enrolled in an undergraduate program shall not exceed a
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94164 associate’s degree and/or a baccalaureate degree.
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96165 2. Subject to the assistance for eligible Gua rd members
97166 enrolled in undergraduate programs being fully funded, assistance
98167 shall be provided to an eligible Guard member with a baccalaureate
99168 degree enrolled in a graduate program. The amount of assistance
100169 provided to an eligible Guard member enrolled i n a graduate program
101170 shall not exceed a maximum of forty (40) credit hours in pursuit of
102171 a master’s degree.
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106174 available for the Program an d the number of eligible Guard members
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109203 4. Assistance allowed by this section shall not be allowed for
110204 courses taken in excess of the requireme nts for completion of a n
111205 undergraduate program or a graduate program, whichever is appli cable
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114207 D. Assistance provided pursuant to this section shall be
115208 allocated to the Oklahoma educational institution from the Oklahoma
116209 National Guard Educational Assis tance Revolving Fund created
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119211 E. To be eligible to apply for the Program, an eligible Guard
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122213 1. Have at least one (1) year remaining on his or her
123214 enlistment contract at the beginning of any semester for which the
124215 member applies for assistance pursuant to this section;
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127217 obligation in the Oklahoma Nationa l Guard; and
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129218 3. Agree in writing to serve actively in good standing with the
130219 Oklahoma National Guard for not less tha n twenty-four (24) months
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136222 F. To retain eligibility for the Program, an eligible Guard
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139224 1. Maintain good academic standing and satisfacto ry academic
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143254 2. Maintain the requ irements for retention and degree
144255 completion as established by the Oklahoma educational institution in
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154262 provisions of this section shall submit an application on a form
155263 prescribed by the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma to
156264 the Educational Service Office of the Military Department prior to
157265 the semester for which assistance is sought. The eligible Guard
158266 member’s Commander or his or her designee shall confirm a member’s
159267 standing and eligibility to the Oklahoma educational institution in
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162269 H. The eligible Guard member’s Commander may deny an
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164271 Program assistance if he or she fails to comply with the provisions
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181309 subsection by the number of months the member did not fulfill the
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183311 Repayments shall be deposited into the Oklahoma National Guard
184312 Educational Assistance Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 2
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190317 due to hardship circumstances may request a waiver from repayment.
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196322 available in the Okl ahoma National Guard Educati onal Assistance
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205356 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
206357 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3232 of Title 70, unless there
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209359 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
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211361 the “Oklahoma National Guard Educational Assistance Revolving Fund”.
212362 The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year
213363 limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the
214364 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education from state
215365 appropriations. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are
216366 hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma
217367 State Regents for Higher Education for the purpose of providing
218368 assistance to eligible Guard me mbers pursuant to th e provisions of
219369 Section 1 of this act . Expenditures from the fund shall be made
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224372 Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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230403 declared to exist, by reason wher eof this act shall take effect and
231404 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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249-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
250-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
251-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
252-By: _______________________________ __
253-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
254-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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257- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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260-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
261-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
262-day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
263-By: _______________________________ __
405+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAREER TECH,
406+dated 04/04/2022 - DO PASS.