An act relating to higher education, the official text

1                  STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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2                  1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

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3 SENATE BILL 339               By: Deevers
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6                               AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to higher education; amending 70 O.S.

7   2021, Section 3218.14, which relates to tuition and

8   fee recommendations; prohibiting the tuition and fee

8   rates from exceeding the rates approved in certain

9   academic year; providing an effective date; and

9   declaring an emergency.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13  SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY   70 O.S. 2021, Section 3218.14, is

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14 amended to read as follows:
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15  Section 3218.14. Each A. Except as provided for in subsection

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16 B of this section, each institution and constituent agency shall
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17 have the option to recommend to the governing board and to the
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18 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education fees and tuition to be
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19 charged to students enrolled at the institution or constituent
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20 agency. The fees and tuition shall not exceed the limits
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21 established by law. The State Regents shall consider and if
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22 appropriate, shall approve the recommendations of the institution or
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23 constituent agency pursuant to Article XIII-A of the Oklahoma
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24 Constitution.
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1   B. Beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the tuition and

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2 fee rates to be charged to students enrolled at an institution
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3 within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall not
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4 exceed the tuition and fee rates approved by the Oklahoma State
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5 Regents for Higher Education for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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6   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.

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7   SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

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8 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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9 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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10 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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