SECTION 610:25-29-3. Eligibility requirements

(a)   General eligibility requirements. To be eligible to participate in the Program, individuals must be residents of the Tulsa School District who are intending to pursue studies at an institution of higher education in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, a private institution or in a postsecondary career technology education program.

(b)   Additional eligibility requirements.

(1)   Individuals must have secured admission to, and be enrolled in, an institution which is a member of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, a private institution of higher education, or a post-secondary career technology education program, and must have secured such admission by regular admission standards. Participants may not be admitted by special admission standards.

(2)   To retain eligibility, individuals must maintain good academic standing at the institution in which the student is enrolled.

(c)   High school scholarship eligibility requirements. The State Regents may also annually award scholarships to a maximum of two graduating students from each high school in the Tulsa School District for the purpose of preserving awareness of the history and meaning of the civil unrest that occurred in Tulsa in 1921. The State Regents shall involve the administration of the Tulsa School District in the selection process. [70 O.S. §2623] Eligibility requirements for the high school scholarships shall include:

(1)   enrollment in the appropriate high school,

(2)   family income of the applicant from taxable sources not to exceed Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00) per year.

(3)   satisfaction of the criteria in paragraph (b) of this section.

[Source: Added at 19 Ok Reg 1505, eff 5-28-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2679, eff 7-25-03]