Oklahoma HB2950: Postsecondary education; prohibiting institutions from having differentiated standardized test score requirements for certain students; removing certain differentiated grade point average and test score requirements; effective date; emergency.

What the bill says

An Act relating to postsecondary education; defining terms; prohibiting postsecondary institutions from having differentiated standardized test score requirements based on a prospective student's primary or secondary educational background; authorizing State Regents for Higher Education and State Board of Career and Technology Education to ensure compliance and promulgate rules; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 2603, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 485, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 2603), which relates to the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program eligibility requirements…

From the engrossed text, March 12, 2026:

An Act relating to postsecondary education; defining terms; prohibiting postsecondary institutions from having differentiated standardized test score requirements based on a prospective student's primary or secondary educational background; authorizing State Regents for Higher Education and State Board of Career and Technology Education to ensure compliance and promulgate rules; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 2603, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 485, O.S.L. 2025 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 2603), which relates to the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program eligibility requirements; removing differentiated grade point average and standardized test score requirements based on educational means; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. 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 4316 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. As used in this section: 1. "Postsecondary institution" means: ENGR. H. B. NO. 2950 Page a. any public university, college, or other postsecondary institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, and b. any technology center school or college governed by the State Board of Career and Technology Education; and 2. "Standardized test score requirement" means any minimum composite or sub-score on the ACT test, SAT, CLT, or …