STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 54th Legislature (2014)

HOUSE BILL 3499	By:	Nelson

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to higher education; amending 70 O.S. 2011, Section 2602, which relates to the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program; clarifying language; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     70 O.S. 2011, Section 2602, is amended to read as follows:
Section 2602.  There is hereby created the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program.  The program shall also be known as "Oklahoma's Promise".  The purpose of the program is to provide an award to students who meet the criteria set forth in the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Act, Section 2601 et seq. of this title, and who are pursuing studies in this state leading to an associate or baccalaureate degree or who are pursuing studies in a postsecondary vocational-technical program or course offered pursuant to a duly approved cooperative agreement between a technology center school and an institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, and who are in good academic standing in the institution of higher education or technology center school in which enrolled, to relieve them of the burden of paying nonguaranteed resident tuition at institutions of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, to relieve them of the burden of paying tuition for enrollment in postsecondary programs of the technology center districts, or to relieve them of some portion of the burden of paying such fees or tuition, pursuant to the provisions of this act, as may be required of enrollees at private institutions of higher education which are accredited pursuant to Section 4103 of this title.  The further purpose of this program is to establish and maintain a variety of support services whereby a broader range of the general student population of this state will be prepared for success in postsecondary endeavors.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2014.

54-2-9578	KB	01/12/14