Req. No. 6086 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 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) HOUSE BILL 2094 By: Echols AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to higher education institutions; directing that higher education institutions shall allow governing board members to audit classes; clarifying no academic credit; pro viding for codification; and providing an effective date . 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 24-160 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. Being necessary to fulfill their role as a member of the governing board of their respective Oklahoma higher education institution, any member of a governing board of a n Oklahoma higher education institution shall be allowed by the ir institution to audit a class free of charge. B. Governing board members who audit a class un der subsection A of this act may not receive academic credit for the class or classes audited. Req. No. 6086 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 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. 59-1-6086 MJ 01/07/23