OK HB3701

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education must review all academic programs on a five-year cycle for quality and currency, with low-producing programs triggering early review

Low-producing programs are defined by five-year averages: Associate degrees require at least 5 degrees conferred or 17-25 majors enrolled; Baccalaureate requires 5 degrees or 12 majors; Master's requires 3 degrees or 6 majors; Doctoral requires 2 degrees or 4 majors

Programs may qualify for exemption from deletion through five categories: no cost to university, shared costs/external funding, recent restructuring, collaboration with other institutions, or having a strategic growth plan

Low-producing programs granted exemption enter a 3-year probationary period requiring an improvement plan; failure to show progress results in deletion or suspension within one academic year

Programs may receive no more than 2 exemptions in a consecutive 10-year period; a third classification as low-producing within that period requires deletion