SECTION 610:25-23-1. Purpose

  The Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, created by the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Act passed in 1992 (70 O.S. § 2601 et seq.), is designed to help provide access to postsecondary education opportunities for students with financial need who have demonstrated a commitment to academic success in high school. The program shall also be known as "Oklahoma's Promise." The Act identifies two primary purposes:

(1)   The first is to ensure that students who satisfy the requirements of the program, and who pursue an associate or baccalaureate degree in Oklahoma at an accredited public or private institution, or pursue studies in a postsecondary career technology program that meets the requirements to be eligible for federal student aid and is offered by a technology center school supervised by the State Board of Career and Technology Education, are relieved of the burden of paying:

(A)   undergraduate resident nonguaranteed tuition at institutions of The Oklahoma State System for Higher Education;

(B)   tuition for enrollment in postsecondary programs or courses of a public technology center, not to exceed the amount the student would have received for comparable enrollment at a two-year institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; or

(C)   some portion of fees or tuition at a private institution of higher education in Oklahoma accredited pursuant to 70 O.S. § 4103.

(2)   The further purpose of the program is to establish and maintain a variety of support services whereby a broader range of the general student population of this state will be prepared for success in postsecondary endeavors. [70 O.S. § 2602]

[Source: Added at 13 Ok Reg 767, eff 10-24-95 (emergency); Added at 13 Ok Reg 1377, eff 5-13-96; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 3062, eff 7-13-00; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 1779, eff 5-25-01; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 2592, eff 7-11-08; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 334, eff 11-10-09 (emergency); Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1278, eff 5-27-10; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 1981, eff 9-14-18]