STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 52nd Legislature (2010)

SENATE BILL 1374	By:	Crain

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to schools; requiring school districts to pay certain tuition amounts to institutions of higher education under certain circumstances; providing definition; providing certain exception; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-112 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Beginning with students graduating from high school during the 2011-12 school year, a school district shall be required to pay to an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education any amounts for which a qualified student, as designated in subsection B of this section, is obligated to pay for tuition for the remedial level course in which the student is enrolled.
B.  For purposes of this section, a “qualified student” means a student who shall have:
1.  Successfully completed in the school district a course approved for college admission requirements which is specified in the college preparatory/work ready curriculum set forth in Subsection B of Section 11-103.6 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2.  Received a grade of B or higher in the course; and
3.  Subsequently been required by an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to enroll in a remedial level course in the subject for which the grade of B or higher was received.
C.  A school district shall not be obligated to pay tuition as provided in subsection A of this section for any course for which a specific disclaimer is provided in the course syllabus which informs students and parents that the course is not suitable for college preparation.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.

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