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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE 49Th Oklahoma Legislature First Session – 2003 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE 49th Oklahoma Legislature First Session – 2003 OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION From: Carolyn McCoy & Lesa Jolly-Borin Friday, March 21, 2003 Highlights This Week: Tuition Increase Measure Sails Through Senate By Jeff Packham - Staff Writer (GIT) Just one day after the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the tuition cap removal bill, the full Senate took up the measure and passed it with little debate. HB 1748, by Rep. Bill Nations, D-Norman, and Sen. Mike Morgan, D-Stillwater, would enlarge the distribution of the annual report by the State Regents for Higher Education to the governor and speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate. The report and actions taken in regard to fee schedules for the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education for the current academic year would also be distributed to the minority leaders and education committee chairs of both houses of the Legislature. The annual report would include data on the impact of any tuition or fee increases on the ability of students to meet the costs of attendance, enrollment patterns, availability of financial aid and any other data considered relevant by the State Regents, the bill states. The measure would strike specification of tuition credit hour rates and fees in existing language. The Regents would be authorized to establish resident and non-resident tuition rates and mandatory fee rates for undergraduate and graduate instruction not to exceed the average of certain like-type state- supported institutions of higher education, as determined by the Regents. The Regents' current criteria to authorize increases in tuition rates would be replaced with a require- ment to "balance the affordability of public higher education with the provision of available, diverse and high-quality learning opportunities." The Regents would also "give consideration to the level of state appropriations, the state economy, per capita income, cost of living, the college-going and col- lege-retention rates, and the available of financial aid in Oklahoma." Any mandatory fees established as needed would not exceed the actual costs incurred. Any increase in tuition rates should demonstrate a reasonableeffort to increase need-based financial aid. If passed, the bill would revoke the power of an institutional governing board within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to establish or increase fees. Government operations and agency oversight would also be included as requiring notification in writing prior to any establishment or increase of fees in a state institution. Everyone who spoke about the measure during the Senate Appropriations Committee the day before was in favor of the bill, and Thursday the only two who discussed it on the floor were in opposition. Sen. Kenneth Corn, D-Poteau, said he had been asked by many constituents about his no vote the day before, and he wanted to explain why he would be voting no again. He said his reasons were based on the philosophical system of government. He said the country was founded on the concept of not allowing one person to have control. Corn said when the Legislature passed poor legislation they were informed by their constituents, which would not be the case with this legislation. "When we make the wrong decision, they know who to call," Corn said. The Regents for Higher Education would not receive those phone calls from constituents complaining about high tuition rates and fees. Corn said the measure was being touted as taking the politics out of tuition increases, but it instead allowed the Legislature to remove themselves from that accountability. "I'm not against education," Corn concluded. Sen. Jim Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City, said the reason for the removal of the cap was to allow institu- tions to have tuition rates similar to those at other universities and colleges. He said meeting averages was a poor reason for a tuition hike and it should be more directly related to costs and needs. Reynolds said there was talk of regional averages, but he said Oklahoma needed to use more informa- tion in making those comparisons. As for affordability, Reynolds said there was a study in which Oklahoma graded a C in affordability. He said this measure would affect middle-income, hard-working families that would not be able to afford entrance to institutions of higher education. "It will affect students going to college," Reynolds said. The bill and emergency passed 32-9. Chancellor Paul G. Risser applauded the passage of the bill, which now goes to the governor's desk. He said it was a landmark measure that would help all of the state's institutions of higher learning. "This is truly an historic day for Oklahoma higher education," Risser said. "By allowing our public colleges and universities the flexibility to set their own tuition and fee rates, the quality instruction and services to which our students have become accustomed will continue, resulting in more college graduates in the workforce and a better quality of life for all Oklahomans." The Senate will reconvene Monday at 1:30 p.m. OSU Medical Faculty Adds Internist, Pediatricians From OSU (TULSA) An internal medicine physician and two pediatricians have joined the faculty at the Okla- homa State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine. 2 Rhonda L. Casey, D.O., joins the medical school as assistant professor of pediatrics. She is board cer- tified by the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatricians and completed her internship and residency at Tulsa Regional Medical Center. She graduated from the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1996. Casey has been a clinical associate professor at both the college and at Oklahoma University College of Medicine. Lisa Lynn Crawford, D.O., has been appointed associate professor of pediatrics. Board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatricians, she was in private practice and served as Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Providence Medical Center, Waco, Texas. She is a 1996 graduate of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. Board certified internal medicine physician Randall S. Reust, D.O., a 1994 graduate of the OSU Col- lege of Osteopathic Medicine, has been named assistant professor of internal medicine. He was Intern of the Year, Resident Teacher of the Year, Resident of the Year, and recipient of the James D. Ed- wards Excellence in Internal Medicine Award. Reust, who has a special interest in management of Type II Diabetes Mellitus, was a hospitalist with Warren Clinic, based at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa and Bartlesville, before joining OSU. Lottery Gaining Momentum on Both Sides of Aisle By Jeff Packham - Staff Writer (GIT) Future amendments may be the key to the outcome of the education lottery bill as Gov. Brad Henry said the current form of the bill may not be the final version that becomes law. Henry said after the education lottery bill passed the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday (see re- lated story) he was pleased with the progress of the bill, but there could be more tinkering with the language with at least two more votes left on the measure. According to Henry, there were still ongoing discussions involving questions and proposals involving HB 1278, by Rep. Ron R. Kirby, D-Lawton, and Sen. Cal Hobson, D-Lexington, which calls for a vote of the people to establish the "Lottery for Education Act." Among those who had proposed changes was Rep. Wayne Pettigrew, R-Edmond, who had submitted a list of requested changes prior to voting for the bill in the House. After a gentlemen's agreement on amending the measure in the Senate, Pettigrew switched what had previously been a no vote into a vote in favor of the bill. Pettigrew turned in seven amendments that he wanted inserted into the bill in order to make it a good bill for all of Oklahoma. Among those proposed amendments were the following: * to provide the same standard for sale of a lottery ticket to a minor as is currently in statute for sale of alcohol or tobacco to a minor and to remove language allowing adults to purchase lottery tickets for minors; * to set a definitive percentage of lottery net proceeds that must go for educational purposes; * to set defined percentages in statute of the percentage of net proceeds going to education that is allo- cated to educational programs, including at least 50 percent going toward common education, 5 per- cent each for the School Consolidation and Assistance Fund and the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System, and the remaining percentage going toward higher education and the CareerTech system; 3 * to provide that if any court of binding jurisdiction in a final unappealed decision, rules that the enac- tion of a lottery opens up the state to other forms of Class III gaming that the lottery law shall cease to have the force and effect of law; * to specify the Oklahoma Lottery Commission may only determine what types of "lottery" games may be offered and not what types of Class III gaming are to be offered; * to provide that no contract shall be allowed with any vendor in which a public official has a direct or indirect ownership of 10 percent or more; and * to add language to allow churches, civic clubs, schools and other qualified organizations to conduct charitable lotteries or raffles so long as the organization directly conducts the raffle and no compensa- tion is paid to any member of the organization. Pettigrew said four of the seven changes were in the bill and the percentages were actually changed more in a direction he favored, which was more than he had hoped for. He said he was pleased with the changes despite not getting everything he had requested.
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