Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3218.7: Waiver of tuition for children of peace officers or

firefighters killed in line of duty.

A. Within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, no

resident tuition or nonresident tuition shall be charged to the:

1. Children of Oklahoma peace officers as defined by Section

648 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have given their lives

in the line of duty;

2. Children of Oklahoma firefighters who have given their lives

in the line of duty;

3. Children of members of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Retirement System who have given their lives in the line of duty or

whose disability is by means of personal and traumatic injury of a

catastrophic nature, as defined by Section 2-300 of Title 47 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, and occurred in the line of duty; and

4. Children of Oklahoma emergency medical technicians who have

given their lives in the line of duty.

B. Such waiver of resident tuition and nonresident tuition

shall be limited to a period of five (5) years.

C. Such waiver of resident tuition or nonresident tuition to

the children of deceased peace officers and to the children of

deceased firefighters as provided for in this section shall be a

service benefit of each Oklahoma peace officer and Oklahoma

firefighter.

D. For purposes of this section:

1. “Firefighter” means a volunteer firefighter or a permanent

salaried professional member of any fire department within the State

of Oklahoma; and

2. “Emergency medical technician” means a person volunteering

or employed as an emergency medical technician and who is licensed

as an emergency medical technician pursuant to Section 1-2505 of

Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.