Bills affecting Student / education borrower in Oklahoma — 2026 session

Higher education; increasing income eligibility for an Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant. Effective date. Emergency.

Higher education; TSgt Marshal Dakota Roberts Gold Star Survivor Act; career and technology education; waiver of tuition and fees for the spouse and children of a Gold Star recipient; effective date.

Higher education; removing language providing resident tuition eligibility for certain students. Emergency.

Education; providing certain tuition waivers for individuals who are victims of certain offenses. Effective date. Emergency.

Privacy; opposite sex; restrooms in public schools; sleeping quarters; private changing areas; student housing; public institutions of higher education; public buildings; domestic violence shelters; effective date.

Higher education; resident tuition; illegal immigrants; SAVE Program verification; effective date

Higher education; Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant; increasing income cap; effective date; emergency.

Education; creating the Oklahoma Veterans Higher Education Access Act; providing certain waivers; providing for calculation of waiver amounts. Effective date. Emergency.

Higher education; allowing certain institutions of higher education to charge a security fee for certain activities; directing the Oklahoma Free Speech Committee to develop certain training. Effective date. Emergency.

Higher education; waiver of tuition and fees for permanently disabled veterans; effective date; emergency.

Higher education; Selecting Neutral Accreditors Act; review for diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and procedures; Attorney General enforcement; effective date.

Higher education; Keep Accreditation About Academics Act; accrediting agencies; civil action; Attorney General; effective date.

Higher education; directing certain model policy established by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to include certain tiered system of ownership. Effective date. Emergency.

Higher education; prohibiting illegal immigrants from receiving scholarships, financial aid, or resident tuition; effective date; emergency.

Higher education; State Regents for Higher Education; feasibility study for three-year bachelor's degrees; emergency.

Higher education; requiring policy ensuring student grades are evaluated solely on an academic basis; directing the State Regents to withhold state-appropriated funds for failure to adopt a policy; effective date; emergency.

Higher education; removing language regarding the promulgation of rules and the presidential search process for the Board of Trustees for Oklahoma State University/Tulsa. Effective date. Emergency.

Higher education; prohibiting the governing boards of certain institutions of higher education from establishing and maintaining tenure plans after certain date. Effective date.

Higher education; allowing certain tuition aid grants to be used at certain institutions participating in certain agreement. Effective date. Emergency.

Higher education; protected expressive activities on campus; prohibiting public institutions of higher education from charging a security fee for certain expression; effective date; emergency.