Okaloosa-Walton College is a four-year community college, located in Niceville, Florida. OWC was founded in 1963 as Okaloosa-Walton Junior College, with its campus in Valparaiso, Florida; students started class the next year. A permanent campus in Niceville was built and started serving students with the 1969-70 academic year. The school voted to change its name to Okaloosa-Walton Community College in 1988, and gained four-year status in 2003, thus changing its name to Okaloosa-Walton College. OWC also has a charter high school called the Okaloosa-Walton Collegiate High School, which opened in 2000. In June 2008, Florida Governor Charlie Crist will sign a bill that allows several community colleges, including OWC, to offer four year degrees and be considered part of Florida's upper education under the newly-formed Florida College Pilot Project Fort Walton Beach Campus (Okaloosa County) Chautauqua Center (Walton County) Robert LF Sikes Center (Crestview, Florida)(Okaloosa County) Eglin AFB Center (Okaloosa County) Hurlburt AFB Center (Okaloosa County) South Walton Center* (Walton County) In May, there is a Constitutional Convention.