Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2503
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Financial qualifications and eligibility
Official statutory text
A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this
section, a student with an intellectual disability shall not be
found to be in financial need for purposes of the Oklahoma Access
and Achievement Act if prior to receiving any scholarship program
award for any year during which the student is enrolled in a CTP
program at a state educational institution, the federal adjusted
gross income of the student’s parents or legal guardians exceeds One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) per year. The determination
of financial qualification provided in this subsection shall be
based on the income of the student, not the income of the parents or
legal guardians, if a student is determined to be independent of his
or her parents or legal guardians for federal financial aid
purposes.
B. 1. A student with an intellectual disability who was
adopted between birth and twelve (12) years of age while in the
permanent custody of the Department of Human Services, in the court-
ordered custody of a licensed private nonprofit child-placing
agency, or federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the
federal Indian Child Welfare Act, shall not be found to be in
financial need for purposes of the Oklahoma Access and Achievement
Act if, prior to receiving any scholarship program award for any
year during which the student is enrolled in a CTP program at a
state educational institution, the federal adjusted gross income of
the student’s parents exceeds One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($150,000.00) per year.
2. A student with an intellectual disability who was adopted
between thirteen (13) and seventeen (17) years of age while in the
permanent custody of the Department of Human Services, in the court-
ordered custody of a licensed private nonprofit child-placing
agency, or federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the
federal Indian Child Welfare Act, shall not be found to be in
financial need for purposes of the Oklahoma Access and Achievement
Act if, prior to receiving any scholarship program award for any
year during which the student is enrolled in a CTP program at a
state educational institution, the federal adjusted gross income of
the student’s parents exceeds Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($200,000.00) per year.
3. The determination of financial qualification provided for in
this subsection shall be based on the income of the student, not the
income of the student’s parents, if the student is determined to be
independent of the student’s parents for federal financial aid
purposes.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1380
section, a student with an intellectual disability shall not be
found to be in financial need for purposes of the Oklahoma Access
and Achievement Act if prior to receiving any scholarship program
award for any year during which the student is enrolled in a CTP
program at a state educational institution, the federal adjusted
gross income of the student’s parents or legal guardians exceeds One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) per year. The determination
of financial qualification provided in this subsection shall be
based on the income of the student, not the income of the parents or
legal guardians, if a student is determined to be independent of his
or her parents or legal guardians for federal financial aid
purposes.
B. 1. A student with an intellectual disability who was
adopted between birth and twelve (12) years of age while in the
permanent custody of the Department of Human Services, in the court-
ordered custody of a licensed private nonprofit child-placing
agency, or federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the
federal Indian Child Welfare Act, shall not be found to be in
financial need for purposes of the Oklahoma Access and Achievement
Act if, prior to receiving any scholarship program award for any
year during which the student is enrolled in a CTP program at a
state educational institution, the federal adjusted gross income of
the student’s parents exceeds One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($150,000.00) per year.
2. A student with an intellectual disability who was adopted
between thirteen (13) and seventeen (17) years of age while in the
permanent custody of the Department of Human Services, in the court-
ordered custody of a licensed private nonprofit child-placing
agency, or federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the
federal Indian Child Welfare Act, shall not be found to be in
financial need for purposes of the Oklahoma Access and Achievement
Act if, prior to receiving any scholarship program award for any
year during which the student is enrolled in a CTP program at a
state educational institution, the federal adjusted gross income of
the student’s parents exceeds Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($200,000.00) per year.
3. The determination of financial qualification provided for in
this subsection shall be based on the income of the student, not the
income of the student’s parents, if the student is determined to be
independent of the student’s parents for federal financial aid
purposes.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1380
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