Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2404
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Scholarship award - Set-aside of funds - Additional
Official statutory text
selection and allocation criteria - Awards to nonresidents.
A. Scholarships awarded under the Oklahoma Rising Scholars
Award Program shall be awarded to all eligible applicants without
any limitation on the number of scholarships to be awarded in any
year other than the amount of funds available for the scholarship
program and the number of eligible applicants.
B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may, at the
time a scholarship is awarded to a student, set aside in the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1374
Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award Trust Fund funds for the full five-
year commitment made to such eligible scholar. For all academic
years, students who have previously received academic scholarships
under the provisions of this act and who have continued at all times
to fulfill the requirements for eligibility to receive academic
scholarships provided in this act shall be given an absolute
priority for continued financial support by the Oklahoma Rising
Scholars Award Program superior to any students who are applying for
such academic awards for the first time.
C. In addition to the qualifications specified in Section 2403
of this title, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may
adopt additional criteria for selection and allocation of awards
which may include, but are not limited to, consideration of high
school academic performance and personal interviews. The Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education shall annually report on the
number of former Rising Scholars Award Program participants who stay
in state as compared to those who leave Oklahoma within five (5)
years of leaving the Award Program. In addition, the Oklahoma State
Regents for Higher Education are hereby authorized to determine a
maximum number of awards or a maximum amount of funding which may go
to nonresident students. Such maximum limitations shall not exceed
twenty-five percent (25%) of the awards or amount of funding in any
category provided in paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 2403 of
this title.
A. Scholarships awarded under the Oklahoma Rising Scholars
Award Program shall be awarded to all eligible applicants without
any limitation on the number of scholarships to be awarded in any
year other than the amount of funds available for the scholarship
program and the number of eligible applicants.
B. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may, at the
time a scholarship is awarded to a student, set aside in the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1374
Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award Trust Fund funds for the full five-
year commitment made to such eligible scholar. For all academic
years, students who have previously received academic scholarships
under the provisions of this act and who have continued at all times
to fulfill the requirements for eligibility to receive academic
scholarships provided in this act shall be given an absolute
priority for continued financial support by the Oklahoma Rising
Scholars Award Program superior to any students who are applying for
such academic awards for the first time.
C. In addition to the qualifications specified in Section 2403
of this title, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education may
adopt additional criteria for selection and allocation of awards
which may include, but are not limited to, consideration of high
school academic performance and personal interviews. The Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education shall annually report on the
number of former Rising Scholars Award Program participants who stay
in state as compared to those who leave Oklahoma within five (5)
years of leaving the Award Program. In addition, the Oklahoma State
Regents for Higher Education are hereby authorized to determine a
maximum number of awards or a maximum amount of funding which may go
to nonresident students. Such maximum limitations shall not exceed
twenty-five percent (25%) of the awards or amount of funding in any
category provided in paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 2403 of
this title.
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