There is hereby created the Tulsa Reconciliation Education and Scholarship Program. The purpose of the program is to provide a scholarship award to residents of the City of Tulsa, which was greatly impacted both socially and economically by the civil unrest that occurred in the city during 1921. Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, the program shall each year make available not less than 300 scholarships to qualified residents of the City of Tulsa who meet the criteria set forth in this act and who are intending to pursue studies at an institution of higher education in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or a private institution , or who are intending to pursue studies in a postsecondary vocational-technical program. The scholarship shall be an amount of not more than the equivalent of the amount of resident tuition for which an eligible Tulsa Reconciliation Education and Scholarship Program participant enrolled at an institution in The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education is obligated to pay. The scholarship shall be paid as provided for in Section 19 of this act . The further purpose of this program is to establish and maintain a variety of educational support services whereby residents who qualify for the program will be prepared for success in postsecondary endeavors.

Laws 2001, HB 1178, c. 315, § 15, eff. July 1, 2001.