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OklahomaHB 3701Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionHouse

Higher education; requiring all academic programs be reviewed on a five-year cycle for quality and currency; review; low-producing programs; emergency.

Sponsored By: Chad Caldwell (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Senate Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Five-year reviews and low-enrollment rules

The law requires faculty to review every academic program every five years to check quality and keep content current. Programs flagged as low‑producing get an early review. A program is low‑producing if its five‑year average falls below: AA/AS under 5 degrees or under 25 majors; AAS under 5 degrees or under 17 majors; Bachelor’s under 5 degrees or under 12 majors; Master’s under 3 degrees or under 6 majors; Doctoral under 2 degrees or under 4 majors.

Tighter rules for low-producing college programs

The State Regents review each low‑producing program every year and decide if it continues, is suspended, or is deleted. A program may continue only if it meets an exception: no cost; shared costs with other programs or partners; restructured after suspension; offered with other schools; or a plan to grow to the minimum size. Any program allowed to continue is on a three‑year probation and must file an improvement plan. If it shows no progress in three years, the Board may suspend or delete it. Suspensions must finish within one academic year. Deleted programs get one academic year to file a teach‑out plan. Only two exemptions for shared cost, restructuring, collaboration, or growth‑plan categories are allowed in any 10 years; if flagged again in that period after two exemptions, the program is scheduled for deletion. After probation ends, the Board reviews the program the next year.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Chad Caldwell

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Ally Seifried

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 142 • No: 25

Senate vote • 4/29/2026

THIRD READING

Yes: 37 • No: 7

Senate vote • 4/21/2026

Committee vote: Education

Yes: 10 • No: 1

Senate vote • 4/21/2026

emergency

Yes: 0 • No: 1

House vote • 3/10/2026

THIRD READING

Yes: 81 • No: 13

House vote • 2/25/2026

DO PASS

Yes: 8 • No: 1

House vote • 2/17/2026

DO PASS

Yes: 6 • No: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor 05/05/2026

    5/6/2026House

  2. Sent to Governor

    4/30/2026House

  3. Enrolled measure signed, returned to House

    4/30/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled, signed, to Senate

    4/30/2026House

  5. Referred for enrollment

    4/29/2026House

  6. Engrossed measure signed, returned to House

    4/29/2026Senate

  7. Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 7

    4/29/2026Senate

  8. General Order, Considered

    4/29/2026Senate

  9. Placed on General Order

    4/23/2026Senate

  10. Reported Do Pass Education committee; CR filed

    4/21/2026Senate

  11. Second Reading referred to Education

    4/1/2026Senate

  12. First Reading

    3/11/2026Senate

  13. Engrossed, signed, to Senate

    3/11/2026House

  14. Referred for engrossment

    3/10/2026House

  15. Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 13

    3/10/2026House

  16. General Order

    3/10/2026House

  17. CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee

    2/26/2026House

  18. Emergency added

    2/17/2026House

  19. Authored by Senator Seifried (principal Senate author)

    2/17/2026House

  20. Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Postsecondary Education

    2/17/2026House

  21. Referred to Postsecondary Education

    2/10/2026House

  22. Referred to Education Oversight

    2/10/2026House

  23. Withdrawn from Rules Committee

    2/10/2026House

  24. Second Reading referred to Rules

    2/3/2026House

  25. Authored by Representative Caldwell (Chad)

    2/2/2026House

Bill Text

  • Enrolled (final version)

    4/29/2026

    PDF

  • Floor (Senate)

    4/22/2026

    PDF

  • Senate Committee Report

    4/21/2026

    PDF

  • Engrossed

    3/11/2026

    PDF

  • Floor (House)

    3/2/2026

    PDF

  • House Committee Substitute

    2/26/2026

    PDF

  • House Policy Committee Report

    2/17/2026

    PDF

  • Introduced

    1/15/2026

    PDF

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