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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1626 By: Seifried
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to higher education; amending 70 O.S.
66	66	2021, Section 3218.8 , which relates to tuition and
67	67	fee rates; removing language directing certain
68	68	combined average at comprehensive universities to
69	69	remain less than certain combined average at
70	70	institutions that are members of certain conference;
71	71	directing certain combined average to no t exceed
72	72	certain combined average at institutions in certain
73	73	states; updating statutory reference; providing an
74	74	effective date; and declaring an emergency .
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79	79	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
80	80	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3218.8, is
81	81	amended to read as follows:
82	82	Section 3218.8. A. Subject to the provisions of subsection D
83	83	of this section, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are
84	84	authorized to establish undergraduate resident tuition, nonresident
85	85	tuition, and mandatory fees, wh ich students shall pay as a condition
86	86	of enrollment, except as otherwise provid ed by law. The process for
87	87	establishing tuition and mandatory fees shall incorporate the
88	88	provisions of Section 3218.14 of this title.
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140	140	1. At the comprehensive universities the combined average of
141	141	the resident tuition and mandatory fees established for any school
142	142	year for the nonguaranteed rate, as determined by the State Regents,
143	143	shall remain less than the combined average of the resident tuition
144	144	and fees at the state -supported institutions of higher education
145	145	that are members of the Big Twelve Conference on the effective date
146	146	of this act. The combined average of the nonresident tuition and
147	147	mandatory fees, as determined by the State Regents, shall remain
148	148	less than one hundred fi ve percent (105%) of the combined average of
149	149	the nonresident tuition and fees at the state -supported institutions
150	150	of higher education that are members of the Big Twelve Conference on
151	151	the effective date of this act.
152	152	2. At the comprehensive universities, regional universities,
153	153	and two-year colleges the combined average of the resident tuition
154	154	and mandatory fees established for any school year for the
155	155	nonguaranteed rate, as determined by the State Regents, shall remain
156	156	less than the combined average of the resident tuition and mandatory
157	157	fees at like-type state-supported comprehensive, regional, or two -
158	158	year institutions of higher education in states as determined and
159	159	approved by the State Regents that include, but are not limited to,
160	160	those adjacent states contiguous to Oklahoma. The combined average
161	161	of the nonresident tuition and mandato ry fees, as determined by the
162	162	State Regents, shall remain less than one hundred five percent
163	163	(105%) of the combined average of the nonresid ent tuition and fees
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215	215	at like-type state-supported comprehensive, regional, or two-year
216	216	institutions of higher education in states as determined and
217	217	approved by the State Regents that include, but are not limited to,
218	218	those adjacent states contiguous to Oklahoma.
219	219	B. In its deliberation on the e stablishment of resident tuition
220	220	rates for undergraduate and graduate education , the Oklahoma State
221	221	Regents for Higher Education shall balance the affordability of
222	222	public higher education with the provision of availabl e, diverse,
223	223	and high-quality learning opportunities. In this endeavor the State
224	224	Regents shall give consideration to consider the level of state
225	225	appropriations, the state economy, t he per capita income and cost of
226	226	living, the college-going and college-retention rates, and the
227	227	availability of financial aid in Oklahoma. For any increase in t he
228	228	tuition rates, the State Reg ents shall demonstrate a reasonable
229	229	effort to effect a proportionate increase in the availability of
230	230	need-based student financial aid. Nee d-based financial aid shall
231	231	include, but shall not be limited to, awards for the Oklahoma Higher
232	232	Learning Access Program, Okla homa Tuition Aid Grants, federal need -
233	233	based financial aid and tuition waivers, and private donations. In
234	234	addition, when determining the guaranteed tuition rates as pro vided
235	235	for in subsection D of this section, the State Regents shall
236	236	consider the anticipated revenue needs during the four -year period
237	237	of the guarantee.
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289	289	C. Students permitted to audit courses shall pay the same
290	290	resident tuition and nonresident tuition as r equired of students who
291	291	enroll for course credit.
292	292	D. 1. Beginning with the 2008 -2009 academic year, each
293	293	comprehensive and regional institution within The Oklahoma State
294	294	System of Higher Education shall offer to resident students
295	295	enrolling for the first time as a full-time undergraduate a tuition
296	296	rate that will be guaranteed for a period of not less than four (4)
297	297	consecutive academic years as provided for in this subsection.
298	298	Students shall have the option to particip ate or not participate in
299	299	the guaranteed tuition rate program and shall indicate their
300	300	election at the time of enrollment. Each institution shall provide
301	301	students with the following info rmation prior to enrollment:
302	302	a. the annual tuition rate charged and the percentage
303	303	increase for the previou s four (4) academic years, and
304	304	b. the annual tuition and percentage increase th at the
305	305	nonguaranteed tuition rate would have to increase to
306	306	equal or exceed the guaranteed tuition rate for the
307	307	succeeding four (4) academi c years.
308	308	2. Except as otherwise provi ded for in this subsection, for a
309	309	student who elects to participate in the guaranteed tuition rate
310	310	program, who is a resident of the state, and who e nrolls for the
311	311	first time as a full -time undergraduate student at an institution in
312	312	the state after the 200 7-2008 academic year, the amount of
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364	364	undergraduate resident tuition charged to t he student for four (4)
365	365	consecutive academic years at a comprehensive and regional
366	366	institution shall not exceed the amount that the student was charged
367	367	at the time of first enro llment, nor shall it exceed one hundred
368	368	fifteen percent (115%) of the nonguaranteed undergraduate tuition
369	369	rate charged to resident students enrolling for the first time as
370	370	undergraduate students at the same institution for the same academic
371	371	year.
372	372	3. If the normal time of completion for an undergraduate
373	373	program is more than four (4) years, as determined by the
374	374	institution, the amount of resident tuition charged to students in
375	375	that program who have elected to participate in the guaranteed
376	376	tuition rate program shall not increase during the normal completion
377	377	period of the program.
378	378	4. If a student who has elected to participate in the
379	379	guaranteed tuition ra te program is a member of the United States
380	380	Armed Forces including the Army and Air National Guard, the Arm y,
381	381	Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guar d Reserves, or any
382	382	other component of the Armed Forces, and when ordered by the proper
383	383	authority to active or inactive duty or service is required to
384	384	withdraw from an ins titution for military or other nationa l defense
385	385	emergencies, the amount of resident tuition the student is required
386	386	to pay upon reentering the institution shall not exceed the amount
387	387	the student was charged at the time of withdrawal.
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439	439	5. If a student who has elected to participate in the
440	440	guaranteed tuition rate program transfers to another institution or
441	441	transfers from a constituent agency of an institution to another
442	442	constituent agency or the institution after initial enrollment, the
443	443	student shall be charg ed the amount of resident tuition char ged to
444	444	other students enrolling for the first time at that institution or
445	445	constituent agency.
446	446	6. If a student who has elected to participate in the
447	447	guaranteed tuition rate program changes majors or transfers to
448	448	another campus of the same institution after initial enrollment, the
449	449	tuition charged to the student shall equal the amount the student
450	450	would have been charged had the student been admitted to the changed
451	451	major or enrolled at the new campus when the student first enrolled.
452	452	This paragraph shall not a pply if a student transfers from a
453	453	constituent agency of an institution to another constituent agency
454	454	of the institution.
455	455	7. A student who elects to participate in the guaranteed
456	456	tuition rate program shall maintain full -time enrollment during the
457	457	guaranteed four-year period. For purposes of this subse ction, full-
458	458	time enrollment shall be the number of credit hours as determined by
459	459	the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to be full -time
460	460	enrollment for each institution.
461	461	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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513	513	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
514	514	of the public peace, health , or safety, an emergency is hereby
515	515	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
516	516	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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