Video & Transcript Research : 'Oklahoma's Promise'

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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 2ND REVISED Apr 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • this bill, we are running some cleanup as it relates to when we extended the deadline to apply for Oklahoma's
  • Promise to December 31st of a student's senior year.
  • this bill, we are running some cleanup as it relates to when we extended the deadline to apply for Oklahoma's
  • promise to December 31st of student senior year.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met and first recognized visiting students and staff from Putnam City North and Edmond Public Schools. The committee then took up several House bills, beginning with HB 3312, which would require annual age-appropriate firearm safety instruction in public schools starting in the 2026–2027 school year, with CLEET and the Department of Education developing the curriculum. The bill was advanced on a 9-2 vote after the author described it as a safety measure and cited a personal tragedy involving children and a firearm. The committee also passed HB 3700, requiring colleges and universities to adopt policies ensuring grades are based only on academic performance, and HB 2981, requiring school districts to post school board meeting minutes within two weeks of approval. HB 2961, creating the Tech Sergeant Marshall Dakota Roberts Gold Star Surviving Act to provide tuition, fees, and room and board for spouses and children of Gold Star recipients at state public universities or career tech schools, passed unanimously after discussion of a possible fiscal impact. HB 3016, establishing a two-year pilot vision screening program for about 12 schools to identify convergence insufficiency disorders linked to literacy, also passed. Later, HB 4478 passed to raise the daily deposit threshold for school districts and sites from $100 to $500 while still requiring weekly deposits. HB 4326, a cleanup bill related to Oklahoma’s Promise deadlines, certified teacher definitions, and a contingent T-SET-related provision, passed after debate about its unfinished status and funding concerns. HB 3025 passed with a change excluding donations from general fund collections for carryover balance purposes for one year, and HB 3710 passed to make a new higher education program cohort-based, requiring students to begin eligibility as freshmen. The chair closed by noting the committee had moved quickly, and announced upcoming executive nominee meetings and another committee meeting the following week.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Last year, we expanded Oklahoma's promise for children of certified teachers.
  • I know that Oklahoma's legislative body thinks a lot of Oklahoma Promise. We've extended it.
  • Body thinks a lot of Oklahoma Promise. We've extended it.
  • Then, there's no need to qualify for Oklahoma Promise.
  • The Oklahoma Promise is a tremendous program benefiting so many students in our great state who want
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we're going to jump into the Duluth Promise before I turn that over.
  • I urge the committee to support House File 849 and to help make the Youth Promise a reality.
  • I urge the committee to support House File 849 and to help make the Youth Promise a reality.
  • I urge the committee to support House File 849 and to help make the Youth Promise a reality.
  • I urge the committee to support House File 849 and to help make the Youth Promise a reality.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-21

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • rates, aligning the definitions of resident student with the North Star Promise Program.
  • We were promised a path towards stability and a path toward the future.
  • Please honor your promises, because I can promise you that we're not going anywhere.
  • I want to start off by thanking you for protecting the North Star Promise Program.
  • That is nearly three hundred students who the state promised a better future.
Bills: HF2312
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Did we we did hold nor promise budget. Did we we did hold nor promise harmless?
Bills: HF2312
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/16/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Vice Chair Coulter. >> Yes, I promise I will be quick.
  • They will only be covered by the North Star Promise, which only covers the tuition and fees.
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Bills: HF4252
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I did some research regarding the North Star Promise program.
  • The North Star Promise delivers on that promise.
  • The North Star Promise will only discourage students from participating in the promise programs that
  • North Star Promise should be no different.
  • program is showing a lot of promise and is very successful.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the Northstar Promise delivers on that promise.
  • to the Northstar Promise Scholarship. to the Northstar Promise Scholarship.
  • And the Northstar Promise delivers on that promise.
  • promise.
  • promise and is really very successful. promise and is really very successful.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Keep in mind, Oklahoma's Promise Is not just a need-based financial program.
  • We are thankful for the legislature's ongoing commitment to Oklahoma's Promise, including recent actions
  • Can you talk about expanding Oklahoma's Promise and the impact it's had.
  • that are low income, then you'll love Oklahoma's Promise.
  • If you like a voucher program where the dollars follow the students, you love Oklahoma's Promise.
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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Oversight Feb 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Education Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • It removes the ACT requirement for homeschoolers to receive Oklahoma's Promise.
  • That they should be able to keep their GPA up to above a 2.5 and keep Oklahoma's Promise.
  • But there are many homeschool families that apply for Oklahoma's Promise, apply to our universities.
  • They made a choice to apply to our universities, and they made a choice to apply to Oklahoma's Promise
  • And so again, if a parent and a student want to pursue Oklahoma's Promise in general to pay for their
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for returning to state service to help me complete Oklahoma's turnaround.
  • When I ran for office, I promised Oklahomans a $2 billion savings account.
  • Oklahoma's public schools have lagged in outcomes for some time, holding our state back.
  • A new candidate runs for that office, promising parents a new solution.
  • Every decision we make here must be in pursuit of the good of Oklahoma's future.