Oklahoma HB 2094: Higher education institutions; governing board members; class audit; academic credit; effective date.

Bill Text

An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2094 By: Echols of the House

and

McCortney of the Senate

An Act relating to higher education institutions;
directing that higher education institutions shall
allow governing board members to audit classes;
prohibiting board members from receiving academic
credit; providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

SUBJECT: Higher education institutions

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 24-160 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A. Being necessary to fulfill their role as a member of the
governing board of their respective Oklahoma higher education
institution, any member of a governing board of an Oklahoma higher
education institution shall be allowed by their institution to audit
a class free of charge.

B. Governing board members who audit a class pursuant to
subsection A of this section may not receive academic credit for the
class or classes audited.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.

ENR. H. B. NO. 2094 Page 2
Passed the House of Representatives the 20th day of March, 2023.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 18th day of April, 2023.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________