Req. No. 1256 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) SENATE BILL 660 By: Dahm AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to higher education; amending 7 0 O.S. 2011, Section 3218.14, which relat es to tuition and fee recommendations; prohibiting the tuition and fee rates from exceeding the rate s approved in certain academic year; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency . BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHO MA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2011, Section 3218.14, is amended to read as follows: Section 3218.14. Each A. Except as provided for in subsection B of this section, each institution and constituent agency shall have the option to recommend to the governing board and to the S tate Regents fees and tuition to be charged to students enrolled at the institution or constituent agency. The fees and tuition shall not exceed the limits establi shed by law. The State Regents shall consider and if appropriate, shall approve the recomme ndations of the institution or constituent agency pursuant to Article XIII -A of the Oklahoma Constitution. Req. No. 1256 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 B. Beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year, the tuiti on and fee rates to be charged to student s enrolled at an institution within The Oklahoma St ate System of Higher Education shall not exceed the tuition and fee rates approved by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for the 2020-2021 academic year. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021. SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval . 58-1-1256 EB 1/21/2021 10:32:57 AM