1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3457 By: Moore
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to concurrent enrollment; amending 70
7 O.S. 2021, Section 628.13, which relates to
8 concurrent enrollment for high school students;
8 establishing limit for tuition rate reimbursement;
9 providing for future rate adjustment based on certain
9 federal index; providing an effective date; and
10 declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 628.13, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 628.13 A. 1. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
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17 Education, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, shall
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18 actively encourage the concurrent enrollment in college or
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19 university courses of eligible high school students on high school
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20 campuses, on college and university campuses and via online courses.
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21 2. The State Regents and State Board shall establish concurrent
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22 enrollment requirements with an emphasis on determining course
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23 readiness and take all necessary actions to ensure the availability
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 1 of concurrent enrollment opportunities to students in all Oklahoma
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2 high schools.
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3 B. The State Board of Education in cooperation with the
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4 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall prepare
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5 promotional materials explaining the requirements, features and
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6 opportunities of concurrent enrollment and shall ensure that the
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7 independent school districts distribute the materials to each
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8 student prior to enrollment for each year of high school.
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9 C. No institution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher
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10 Education shall deny enrollment in any course to any otherwise
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11 eligible high school student, or student of at least thirteen (13)
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12 years of age who is receiving high-school-level instruction at home,
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13 who meets the requirements of concurrent enrollment, nor shall any
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14 independent school district prohibit any student who meets the
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15 requirements of concurrent enrollment from participating.
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16 D. 1. Each high school senior who meets the eligibility
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17 requirements for concurrent enrollment shall be entitled to receive
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18 a tuition waiver equivalent to the amount of resident tuition for a
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19 maximum of eighteen (18) credit hours in their senior year.
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20 2. Subject to the high school senior concurrent enrollment
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21 program being fully funded, each high school junior who meets the
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22 eligibility requirements for concurrent enrollment shall be entitled
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23 to receive a tuition waiver equivalent to the amount of resident
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 1 tuition for a maximum of nine (9) credit hours in their junior year,
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2 subject to the availability of funds.
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3 3. Tuition waivers provided pursuant to this section shall be
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4 granted without any limitation on the number of waivers granted in
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5 any year other than the amount of funds available for the program
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6 and the number of eligible applicants.
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7 4. Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025,
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8 concurrent enrollment tuition rates shall be reimbursed at a rate of
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9 not more than One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120.00) per credit hour.
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10 Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and annually
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11 thereafter, the concurrent enrollment tuition reimbursement rate
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12 shall be adjusted to reflect the percentage changes, if any, in the
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13 previous year's Consumer Price Index published by the United States
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14 Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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15 E. When a student earns college credit through concurrent
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16 enrollment, school districts shall provide academic credit for any
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17 concurrently enrolled higher education courses that are correlated
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18 with the academic credit awarded by the institution of higher
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19 education. Academic credit shall only be transcripted as elective
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20 credit if there is no correlation between the concurrent enrollment
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21 higher education course and a course provided by the school
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22 district.
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23 F. On or before December 1 of each year, the Oklahoma State
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24 Regents for Higher Education shall issue an annual report on the
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 1 concurrent enrollment program implemented pursuant to this section.
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2 The annual report shall include but not be limited to the following
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3 information:
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4 1. The number of students participating in concurrent
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5 enrollment;
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6 2. The number of students participating in concurrent
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7 enrollment who received tuition waivers pursuant to subsection D of
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8 this section;
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9 3. The high school graduation rate of students described in
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10 paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection; and
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11 4. The number of students described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of
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12 this subsection who earned an associate's degree or a bachelor's
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13 degree at an institution of higher education.
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14 The annual report shall be posted on the websites of the
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15 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the State Department
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16 of Education.
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17 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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18 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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19 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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20 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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21 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Statutes affected:
Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill: 70-2605
Floor (Senate): 70-2605