Around The Rotunda: Henry Creates Campus Security Task Force, Credit Card Bill Advances
Campus Security: Governor Brad Henry today announced the creation of the Campus Life and Safety and Security (CLASS) Task Force to study safety and security at Oklahoma’s college, university and CareerTech campuses.
Campus Credit Card Offers: Although lawmakers voted this week to restrict the sale of college students' private information to credit card companies, Rep. Joe Dorman said additional safeguards are still needed: "We took a step in the right direction today, but too many loopholes remain that allow credit card companies to target college freshmen," said Dorman, D-Rush Springs. "The door is still open for teenagers to be lured into a debt spiral that will take years to escape." Senate Bill 496, by Senator Jim Reynolds (R-Oklahoma City) and Rep. Sally Kern (R-Oklahoma City), cleared the state House today and makes it illegal for any state college or university to "enter into any agreement" to "sell student data to any creditor for purposes of marketing consumer credit to students." The legislation passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives on a 90-5 vote and now returns to the state Senate. Senate Passes Legal Reform Bill: The Oklahoma Senate on Thursday narrowly approved a Republican-sponsored bill making changes in the state's civil justice system over objections it protects wrongdoers whose negligence hurts innocent people.The vote was 25-23 for the bill. It takes 25 votes to pass a bill in the 48-member Senate.
Campus Credit Card Offers: Although lawmakers voted this week to restrict the sale of college students' private information to credit card companies, Rep. Joe Dorman said additional safeguards are still needed: "We took a step in the right direction today, but too many loopholes remain that allow credit card companies to target college freshmen," said Dorman, D-Rush Springs. "The door is still open for teenagers to be lured into a debt spiral that will take years to escape." Senate Bill 496, by Senator Jim Reynolds (R-Oklahoma City) and Rep. Sally Kern (R-Oklahoma City), cleared the state House today and makes it illegal for any state college or university to "enter into any agreement" to "sell student data to any creditor for purposes of marketing consumer credit to students." The legislation passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives on a 90-5 vote and now returns to the state Senate. Senate Passes Legal Reform Bill: The Oklahoma Senate on Thursday narrowly approved a Republican-sponsored bill making changes in the state's civil justice system over objections it protects wrongdoers whose negligence hurts innocent people.The vote was 25-23 for the bill. It takes 25 votes to pass a bill in the 48-member Senate.
Labels: Brad Henry, Campus Security, College Credit Cards Jim Reynolds, Joe Dorman, Sally Kern
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