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Higher Education Coordinating Commission seeks eligibility and award changes for Oregon Opportunity Grant (House Bill 3,025)
Summary
HEC staff described House Bill 3,025, which would update awarding methodology, align residency and eligibility rules with other state grants, allow prorated awards by course load and permit awards for select non‑degree certificate programs; the bill and dash-1 amendment include a one‑year deferral option for short-term credential awarding.
The Higher Education Coordinating Commission staff described House Bill 3,025 in a public hearing as a set of policy changes to the Oregon Opportunity Grant (OOG), the state’s primary needs-based financial aid program. HEC staff said the bill would simplify and modernize award methodology, close an eligibility gap for non‑citizen students who meet other state aid residency requirements, allow prorated awards by actual course load…
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