Bill Text: IN HB1025 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Resident tuition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1025 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1025-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 21-14-12.
Synopsis: Resident tuition. Provides that Indiana veterans are eligible
for the resident tuition rate for undergraduate courses upon enrolling
at a state educational institution not later than 12 months after their
separation from the United States armed forces. Provides that Indiana
veterans who enroll later than 12 months after the separation date are
subject to the tuition policies determined by the state educational
institution. Provides that Indiana veterans who enroll in graduate
programs are subject to the tuition policies determined by the state
educational institution.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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Chapter 12. Resident Tuition and Indiana Veterans
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "Indiana veteran" means an individual who:
(1) listed Indiana as the individual's home of record at the time of enlistment in the armed forces of the United States; and
(2) received any discharge or separation from the armed forces of the United States other than a dishonorable discharge.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "qualified course" means a course prescribed by a state educational institution to obtain an undergraduate degree.
Sec. 3. An Indiana veteran who enrolls at a state educational institution not later than twelve (12) months after the date of the
Indiana veteran's discharge or separation from the armed forces
of the United States is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate
determined by the state educational institution for a qualified
course taken by the Indiana veteran while attending the state
educational institution.
Sec. 4. An Indiana veteran is eligible to pay a resident tuition
rate for a qualified course:
(1) regardless of whether the Indiana veteran has resided in
Indiana after receiving a discharge or separation from the
armed forces of the United States long enough to establish
Indiana residency under the otherwise applicable policies of
the state educational institution; and
(2) regardless of whether the Indiana veteran has returned to
Indiana for the primary purpose of attending the state
educational institution.
Sec. 5. An Indiana veteran who enrolls at a state educational
institution later than twelve (12) months after the date of the
Indiana veteran's discharge or separation from the armed forces
of the United States is subject to the tuition policies determined by
the state educational institution.
Sec. 6. An Indiana veteran who enrolls in a graduate degree
program at a state educational institution is subject to the tuition
policies determined by the state educational institution.
