1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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3|SENATE BILL 363 By: Pugh |
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6| AS INTRODUCED |
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7| An Act relating to higher education; amending 70 O.S. |
| 2021, Section 3218.14, which relates to tuition and |
8| fee recommendations; prohibiting the tuition and fee |
| rates from exceeding the rates approved in certain |
9| academic year; providing an effective date; and |
| 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 2023-2024 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 2022-2023 academic year. |
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6| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. |
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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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