Bill Text: IN SB0577 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Financial aid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-18 - SECTIONS 3 through 23 effective 07/01/2011 [SB0577 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0577-Engrossed.html
Citations Affected: IC 21-12; IC 21-14.
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2011.
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ DERMODY, ESPICH, WELCH, PORTER)
January 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Appropriations.
February 3, 2011, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
February 7, 2011, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
February 8, 2011, engrossed.
February 10, 2011, read third time, passed. Yeas 32, nays 17.
March 28, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
April 5, 2011, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
the approved postsecondary educational institution applicable to
students generally, after the tuition and necessary fees have become
fixed.
(1) A person who:
(A) is a pupil at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home;
(B) was admitted to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home because the person was related to a member of the armed forces of the United States;
(C) is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate at the state educational institution the person will attend as determined by the institution; and
(D) possesses the requisite academic qualifications.
(2) A person:
(A) whose mother or father:
(i) served in the armed forces of the United States;
(ii) received the Purple Heart decoration or was wounded as
a result of enemy action; and
(iii) received a discharge or separation from the armed
forces other than a dishonorable discharge; and
(iv) designated Indiana as home of record at the time of
enlistment in the armed forces of the United States;
(B) who is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate at the state
educational institution the person will attend as determined by
the institution; and
(C) who possesses the requisite academic qualifications.
(3) A person:
(A) whose mother or father:
(i) served in the armed forces of the United States during a
war or performed duty equally hazardous that was
recognized by the award of a service or campaign medal of
the United States;
(ii) suffered a service connected death or disability as
determined by the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs; and
(iii) received any discharge or separation from the armed
forces other than a dishonorable discharge; and
(iv) listed Indiana as home of record at the time of
enlistment in the armed forces of the United States;
(B) who is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate at the state
educational institution the person will attend, as determined by
the institution; and
(C) who possesses the requisite academic qualifications.
(b) The maximum amount that an eligible applicant is exempt from paying for a semester hour is an amount equal to the cost of an undergraduate semester credit hour at the state educational institution in which the eligible applicant enrolls.
(c) Any benefits awarded under this chapter may be renewed,
subject to subsections (a) and (b), until one (1) of the following
occurs:
(1) The eligible individual, after two (2) consecutive semesters,
no longer maintains at least a grade point average equivalent
to 2.5 on a 4.0 grading scale.
(2) The eligible individual becomes thirty-two (32) years of
age.
(d) After the first semester that an individual does not achieve
the requisite grade point average specified in subsection (c)(1), the
individual is considered to be on probation and must achieve the
requisite grade point average by the next semester in order to
continue to receive benefits under this chapter.
(1) If the applicant does not receive financial assistance specifically designated for educational costs, the amount determined under sections 2 through 6 of this chapter.
(2) If the applicant receives any financial assistance, including federal assistance, specifically designated for educational costs:
(A) the amount determined under sections 2 through 6 of this chapter; minus
(B) the financial assistance specifically designated for educational costs.
