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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 2006 By: Seifried
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to higher education; prohibiting
7 certain institutions of higher education from using
8 state funds to provide certain scholarship, grant,
8 aid, or discount to certain students; providing for
9 promulgation of rules; providing for codification;
9 providing an effective date; and declaring an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3242.4 of Title 70, unless there
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17 A. Beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year, an institution
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18 of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
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19 Education shall be prohibited from using state funds to provide a
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20 scholarship, grant, tuition aid, or discounted tuition to any
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21 foreign national student from a country that is designated by the
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22 United States Department of State as a country of particular
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1 B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall
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2 promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
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3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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4 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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5 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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6 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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7 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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