{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-2403v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-2403v1","heading":"Eligibility requirements - Enrollment requirements -","body":"Levels of scholarship awards - Award limits.\n\nA. No person shall be eligible to participate in the Oklahoma\n\nState Regents’ Academic Scholars Program unless the person:\n\n1. Has complied with all of the rules promulgated by the\n\nOklahoma State Regents for Higher Education pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of the Oklahoma State Regents’ Academic Scholars Act,\n\nSection 2401 et seq. of this title, for the award, regulation, and\n\nadministration of scholarships; and\n\n2. Qualifies as one of the following:\n\na. an Individual Applicant Qualified Student, which shall\n\nmean a student who is a resident of this state whose\n\nscore on a nationally norm-referenced college entrance\n\nexam falls within the 99.5 to 100.0 percentile levels\n\nas administered in this state and whose grade point\n\naverage and/or class rank is exceptional, as\n\ndetermined by the State Regents,\n\nb. a Presidential Scholar, which shall mean a student\n\nselected by the Commission on Presidential Scholars\n\nadministered by the United States Department of\n\nEducation,\n\nc. a National Merit Scholar, which shall mean a student\n\ndesignated as a National Merit Scholar by the National\n\nMerit Scholarship Corporation,\n\nd. a National Merit Finalist, which shall mean a student\n\ndesignated as a National Merit Finalist by the\n\nNational Merit Scholarship Corporation, or\n\ne. after October 1, 1999, an Institutional Nominee, which\n\nshall mean a student nominated by an institution in\n\nThe Oklahoma State System of Higher Education:\n\n(1) whose score on a nationally norm-referenced\n\ncollege entrance exam falls within the 95.0 to\n\n99.49 percentile levels, or\n\n(2) who shows exceptional academic achievement as\n\nevidenced by factors, including, but not limited\n\nto, grade point average, class rank, national\n\nawards, scholastic achievements, honors, and who\n\nshows exceptional promise based on documentation\n\nthat may include, but not be limited to, teacher\n\nrecommendations, extracurricular activities, and\n\nevidence of overcoming economic and social\n\nobstacles as determined by the State Regents.\n\nThe State Regents shall ensure that standards of\n\nhigh academic ability are documented.\n\nScholarship awards to Institutional Nominees\n\nshall become effective when appropriate\n\ndocumentation is verified by the State Regents.\n\nB. No person shall be eligible to receive a scholarship\n\npursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma State Regents’ Academic\n\nScholars Program unless the person is enrolled as a full-time\n\nstudent at a public or private accredited institution of higher\n\neducation in Oklahoma.\n\nC. The Oklahoma State Regents’ Academic Scholars Program shall\n\nprovide a scholarship in an amount not to exceed the average costs\n\nof all enrollment fees, tuition and other fees, room and board, and\n\nall required textbooks or materials for up to five (5) years of\n\nundergraduate and/or graduate study at an accredited public or\n\nprivate institution of higher education in Oklahoma as provided in\n\nsubsection E of this section. The State Regents may establish\n\nseparate scholarship award levels for each qualifying category.\n\nD. If a person identifies himself or herself as a student with\n\na disability and requests consideration for a scholarship under the\n\nAcademic Scholars Program by means other than standard testing\n\nprocedures, the State Regents shall determine what means of\n\nassessment are appropriate and upon the basis of such assessment\n\nresults, determine what level of award, if any, shall be made.\n\nE. 1. If the student is attending an institution of The\n\nOklahoma State System of Higher Education, the total funding for the\n\nscholarship provided in this section, exclusive of any internships,\n\nshall not exceed the costs for items specified in subsection C of\n\nthis section at the institution attended as determined annually by\n\nthe Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.\n\n2. If the student is attending a private institution of higher\nution of The\n\nOklahoma State System of Higher Education, the total funding for the\n\nscholarship provided in this section, exclusive of any internships,\n\nshall not exceed the costs for items specified in subsection C of\n\nthis section at the institution attended as determined annually by\n\nthe Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.\n\n2. If the student is attending a private institution of higher\n\neducation, the total funding for the scholarship provided in this\n\nsection, exclusive of any internships, shall not exceed the costs\n\nfor items specified in subsection C of this section at an\n\ninstitution of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education of\n\ncomparable type which has the highest general enrollment fees of its\n\ntype institution in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education as\n\ndetermined annually by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher\n\nEducation.","path":["OK Code","Title 70"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os70.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4fbb746e6c923d4daf4c6a35f410847564cacdd3e561ab89b62d2d721b730edc","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-2403","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-70-70-2403v2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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