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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 654 By: Rosino
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to postsecondary education; creating
the Captain Steven L. Farley Goldstar Families Act;
providing short title; providing certain tuition
waivers for surviving spouses and children of certain
military members killed after certain date; providing
eligibility; providing retention eligibility;
directing certain federal benefits to be exhausted
prior to waiving of certain tuition; providing for
promulgation of rules; providing for codification;
providing 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 3234 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Captain
Steven L. Farley Goldstar Families A ct”.
B. The surviving spouse and children of a member of any branch
of the United States Armed Forces who was killed in action or killed
in the performance of his or her duty after September 11, 20 01,
shall be eligible for a waiver of:
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1. Undergraduate resident tuition at institutions within The
Oklahoma State System of H igher Education. A student shall be
eligible for a tuition waiver for up to five (5) years or completion
of the requirements for a baccalaureate degree, wh ichever comes
first; or
2. Resident tuition for a postsecondary program at a technology
center school operating under the State Board of Career and
Technology Education. Students shall be eligible for a tuition
waiver for up to five (5) years or completi on of a certificate,
whichever comes first.
C. To be eligible for a tuition waiver, a student shall:
1. Be a resident of this state; and
2. Have secured admission to and enrolled in a n institution
within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or a
postsecondary program at a technology center scho ol operating under
the State Board of Career and Technology Education.
D. To retain eligibility for a tuition waiver , the student
shall maintain good academic standing and s atisfactory progress
according to standards of the Oklahoma State Regents for High er
Education or the State Board of Career and Technology Education .
E. A student seeking a tuition waiver pur suant to this section
who is eligible for federal education benefits shall exhaust all
available federal benefits. Any amount of tuition owed aft er
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federal benefits are exhausted shall be waived by the institution of
higher education or the technology center school.
F. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the
State Board of Career a nd Technology Education shall promulgate
rules to implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereb y
declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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