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OK SB1336

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/2/2026

Primary Sponsor

Kristen Thompson

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates tuition and fee waivers for Oklahoma resident veterans with honorable discharge and VA-rated service-connected disabilities of 60% or higher at state higher education institutions and technology center schools

  • Waiver amounts scale with disability rating: 50% waiver at 60% disability, 75% at 70%, 80% at 80%, 90% at 90% or total disability based on individual unemployability, and 100% at 100% or permanent and total disability

  • Limits waivers to 150 undergraduate credit hours at higher education institutions or 3 years at technology center schools, excluding remedial courses, excess credits, textbooks, room, and board

  • Requires eligible veterans to exhaust all federal education benefits before using state waivers

  • Effective date of July 1, 2026, with Legislature directed to annually fund the waiver program subject to availability

Legislative Description

Education; creating the Oklahoma Veterans Higher Education Access Act; providing certain waivers; providing for calculation of waiver amounts. Effective date. Emergency.

Last Action

Referred to Education

2/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Education2/3/2026

Full Bill Text

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