Oklahoma § 70-4417 - Western Oklahoma State College

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§ 70-4417. Western Oklahoma State College

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are hereby

directed to complete the study authorized by House Concurrent

Resolution No. 1003 of the First Session of the Thirty-second

Legislature within ninety (90) days after the passage of this act

and, upon a finding of need and feasibility, are authorized to

establish a two-year junior college in Altus, to serve Jackson,

Tillman, Kiowa, Greer and Harmon Counties and surrounding area, if

provision is made locally for the donation, to the State of

Oklahoma, of a suitable site for the college, which shall be known

as the Western Oklahoma State College and shall be an integral part

of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; and shall be

entitled to the same privileges and be subject to the same laws as

other member institutions of such State System.

Added by Laws 1969, c. 295, § 2, emerg. eff. May 7, 1969. Amended

by Laws 1974, c. 16, § 3.

Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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