Bill > HB1747

This bill modifies the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP), which provides tuition assistance to eligible students in Oklahoma. Starting in the 2018-2019 academic year, the bill already prohibits using OHLAP funds for remedial, non-credit-earning courses. The new provision adds that beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year, students will not be allowed to receive OHLAP funding to reenroll in courses they previously failed and were already funded by the program. This change aims to encourage academic success and more efficient use of educational funding by discouraging repeated failures in the same courses. The bill specifies that the new restriction will take effect on July 1, 2025, and contains an emergency clause, which means it can be implemented immediately upon passage. The existing law already sets limits on OHLAP benefits, such as a five-year cumulative time period for receiving benefits and restrictions on courses beyond baccalaureate program requirements, so this new provision adds another layer of eligibility criteria to the existing scholarship program.

http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb1747&Session=2600