An act relating to higher education, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 3315            By: Eaves

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to higher education; requiring the

    Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education conduct

8   feasibility study for implementing three-year

    bachelor's degree programs; requiring study

9   investigate and analyze certain issues; requiring

    State Regents to submit study report; providing for

10  codification; providing an effective date; and

    declaring an emergency.

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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

14  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3252 of Title 70, unless there

16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

17  A. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall

18 conduct a thorough study to determine the feasibility of

19 implementing bachelor's degree programs that require only three (3)

20 years, or ninety (90) credit hours, to complete in this state. The

21 study shall investigate a variety of fields of study and determine

22 the feasibility of reducing specific course requirements, quantity

23 of electives, and total credit hours required for graduation. The

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1 study shall consider and evaluate potential issues related to

2 accreditation and degree marketability.

3   B. On or before July 1, 2027, the State Regents shall prepare

4 and submit to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of

5 Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State

6 Senate a report concerning the findings of the study.

7   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.

8   SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

9 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby

10 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and

11 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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