A. State educational institutions may be authorized by the State Regents to contract for, charge, collect, receive, and use any and all fees, tuition, charges, grants, and allowances available through the United States Veterans Administration, or any other federal agency, for the education and training of veterans.
B. The State Regents are hereby authorized to establish a system of student tuition and fee waiver scholarships for each institution in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to be administered by the Board of Regents of the institution. Said system shall include students provided for in the Oklahoma State Regents Academic Scholars Program. Any institution may waive tuition and fees for such students as determined by the institution.
C. The institutions comprising The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education are hereby authorized to establish an educational assistance program whereby such institutions may administer and utilize state funds when federal student loan programs require institutional matching funds.
D. Any institution, constituent agency or higher education center within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education is authorized to establish a program for payment by consumer credit card of tuition, enrollment fees, and any other higher education fee authorized by law.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 327, § 5, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 348, § 5, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1999, c. 330, § 7, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 134, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 4, § 5, emerg. eff. March 28, 2003.