Bill Text: IN HB1368 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: In-state tuition for military families.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1368 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1368-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 21-14.
Synopsis: In-state tuition for military families. Defines military
dependent. Provides that a military dependent, whose spouse, parent,
or legal guardian: (1) is currently serving on active duty in an active
component of the armed forces; (2) designated Indiana as their home
of record at the time of enlistment and continues to maintain Indiana as
the home of record at the time the military dependent is admitted to a
state educational institution; and (3) is a legal resident of Indiana; is
eligible to pay the resident tuition rate for an undergraduate course at
a state educational institution. Requires a military dependent to
physically attend the qualified course in Indiana in order to qualify for
the resident tuition rate. Provides that an Indiana veteran and the
Indiana veteran's military dependent are eligible for the resident tuition
rate for an undergraduate course upon admission to a state educational
institution not more than 12 months after the later of: (1) the date the
Indiana veteran separates from active duty from an active component
of the armed forces; or (2) the date the Indiana veteran is released from
a hospital or rehabilitative facility after receiving care for a service
related injury resulting from the Indiana veteran's active duty in an
active duty service. Requires an Indiana veteran or Indiana veteran's
military dependent to physically attend the qualified course in Indiana
in order to qualify for the resident tuition rate.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 10, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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admitted to a state educational institution after June 30, 2012.
(b) Notwithstanding any other statute, a military dependent
whose spouse, parent, or legal guardian:
(1) is currently serving on active duty in an active component
of the armed forces of the United States;
(2) designated Indiana as the spouse's, parent's, or legal
guardian's home of record at the time of enlistment in an
active component of the armed forces of the United States and
continues to maintain Indiana as the home of record at the
time the military dependent is admitted to a state educational
institution; and
(3) is a legal resident of Indiana at the time the military
dependent is admitted to a state educational institution;
is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate determined by the state
educational institution for a qualified course taken by the military
dependent while attending the state educational institution. In
order for a military dependent to be eligible to pay the resident
tuition rate under this section, the military dependent must
physically attend the qualified course in Indiana.
(c) The military dependent is eligible to pay a resident rate for
a qualified course regardless of whether the military dependent has
resided in Indiana long enough to establish Indiana residency
under the otherwise applicable policies of the state educational
institution.
(d) A state educational institution may request reasonable
documentation to verify that a military dependent's spouse, parent,
or legal guardian is a legal resident of Indiana under subsection
(b)(3). A military dependent may submit the most recent copy of
the military dependent's spouse's, parent's, or legal guardian's
military leave and earnings statement to satisfy the requirements
of this subsection.
(b) As used in this section, "Indiana veteran" means an individual who:
(1) designated Indiana as the individual's home of record at the time of enlistment in an active component of the armed forces of the United States and continues to maintain Indiana as the home of record throughout the individual's military
service;
(2) is a legal resident of Indiana throughout the Indiana
veteran's military service at the time the Indiana veteran or
Indiana veteran's military dependent is admitted to a state
educational institution; and
(3) received any discharge or separation from the armed
forces of the United States other than a dishonorable
discharge.
(c) An Indiana veteran or an Indiana veteran's military
dependent who is admitted to a state educational institution not
more than twelve (12) months after the later of:
(1) the date of the Indiana veteran's discharge or separation
from an active component of the armed forces of the United
States; or
(2) if applicable, the date the Indiana veteran was released
from a hospital or rehabilitative facility after receiving care
for a service related injury received during the Indiana
veteran's active duty service;
is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate for a qualified course
taken by the Indiana veteran or the Indiana veteran's military
dependent while attending the state educational institution.
(d) An Indiana veteran and an Indiana veteran's military
dependent are eligible to pay a resident tuition rate for a qualified
course:
(1) regardless of whether the Indiana veteran or the Indiana
veteran's military dependent has resided in Indiana after the
Indiana veteran received 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 or Indiana
veteran's military dependent has returned to Indiana for the
primary purpose of attending the state educational institution.
In order for a Indiana veteran or Indiana veteran's military
dependent to be eligible to pay the resident tuition rate under this
section, the Indiana veteran or the Indiana veteran's military
dependent must physically attend the qualified course in Indiana.
(e) An Indiana veteran or an Indiana veteran's military
dependent who is admitted to a state educational institution after
the time frame specified in subsection (c) is subject to the tuition
policies determined by the state educational institution. An Indiana
veteran or an Indiana veteran's military dependent who is
admitted in a graduate degree program at a state educational
institution is subject to the tuition policies determined by the state
educational institution.
(f) A state educational institution may request reasonable
documentation to verify that an Indiana veteran is a legal resident
of Indiana under subsection (b)(2). An individual may submit the
most recent copy of the individual's military leave and earnings
statement to satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
