The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education is the state's legal structure for providing public education at the collegiate level was set forth in the Oklahoma Constitution, Article XIII-A, Section 1-4:
All institutions of higher education supported wholly or in part by direct legislative appropriations shall be integral parts of a unified system to be known as "The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education."
Chapter 1 - pdf
1. GOVERNANCE
1.1 State System Coordination
1.2 Higher Education Defined
1.3 Oklahoma Constitution, Article XIII-A, Sections 1-4
1.4 Oklahoma Constitution, Article XI, Section 5
1.5 The Oklahoma Higher Education Code, Article II, Sections 3202-3206
1.6 Administration
1.7 State System institutions, Constituent Agencies, and Community Junior Colleges.
State System Chart