Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2503: Financial qualifications and eligibility

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.