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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2785 By: Munson
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to higher education; prohibiting
state educational insti tutions from refusing to
provide certain student transcripts; banning
conditional release of transcripts; proscribing
higher fees or less favorable treatment for certain
requests; defining term; construing provision;
providing for codification ; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOP LE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3218.16 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A state educational institution within The Oklahoma State
System of Higher Education shall not:
1. Refuse to provide a transcript of a current or former
student on the grounds that the student owes a debt to the
institution;
2. Condition the provision of a transcript on the payment of a
debt, other than a fee charged to provide the transcript ; or Req. No. 7008 Page 2
3. Charge a higher fee for obtain ing a transcript or provide
less favorable treatment of a transcript request because a current
or former student owes a debt to the institution.
B. As used in this section, "debt" means any money, obligation,
claim, or sum, due or owing, or alleged to be due or owing, from a
current or former student, but shall not include the fee, if any,
charged to all students for the actual costs of providin g
transcripts.
C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the
institution to forgive or cancel a debt owed by a current or former
student to the institution.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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