Bill Text: IN SB0209 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-14 - Committee report: amend do pass, reassigned to Committee on Appropriations [SB0209 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0209-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 21-7; IC 21-12; IC 21-13; IC 21-14.
Effective: Upon passage; September 1, 2013.
January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedure.
January 17, 2013, amended; reassigned to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
February 14, 2013, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass; reassigned to Committee on
Appropriations.
Digest Continued
first century scholars award to complete academic requirements specified in the student's degree map for the academic year in order to renew the grant or award. Requires a state educational institution to ensure that courses necessary for the student to comply with the student's degree map are available for the student during the academic term in which the student is required to complete the particular course in accordance with the student's degree map. Provides that a state educational institution must provide a course to the student at no cost during the next academic term in which the course is offered, if: (1) the state educational institution does not offer a course which the student must take to comply with the student's degree map during the current academic term; (2) the timing of the course conflicts with other courses the student is required to take to comply with the student's degree map for the current academic term; or (3) the course is full. Establishes a performance grant for a student who attends a state educational institution if the student earns either a baccalaureate or an associate degree on or before the date the student is expected to earn the degree pursuant to the student's degree map. Provides that the performance grant shall be paid for by the commission from any funds available to the commission. Makes conforming amendments. Makes technical amendment.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
(1) a baccalaureate degree within four (4) academic years; or
(2) an associate degree within two (2) academic years;
in the student's intended field of study. The reference shall specify the expected date that the student will earn a baccalaureate degree or an associate degree and the academic requirements that a student should complete each academic year to timely earn a degree.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2013]: Sec. 2. A higher education award recipient is
not eligible for assistance after the recipient has received an award for
a total of eight (8) semesters or twelve (12) quarters of postsecondary
education the number of academic terms that constitutes four (4)
undergraduate academic years.
(1) the applicant has successfully completed the work of a preceding year;
(2) the applicant remains domiciled in Indiana;
(3) the recipient's financial situation continues to warrant an award, based on the financial requirements set forth in section (1)(a)(3) of this chapter;
(4) the applicant is eligible under section 2 of this chapter;
(5) subject to subsection (b), if the student initially enrolls in an eligible institution for a semester (or its equivalent) beginning after June 30, 2012, the student maintains at least the following cumulative grade point average:
(A) For credit hours applicable to the equivalent of the applicant's freshman academic year, a cumulative grade point average that the eligible institution determines is satisfactory academic progress.
(B) For credit hours applicable to the equivalent of the applicant's sophomore academic year, a cumulative grade point average of 2.25 on a 4.0 grading scale or its equivalent as established by the eligible institution.
(C) For credit hours applicable to the equivalent of the applicant's junior or senior academic year, a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 grading scale or its equivalent as established by the eligible institution; and
(6) the applicant meets the requirements under IC 21-12-13-2.5.
(b) After the first semester or its equivalent at the eligible institution that a person does not achieve the requisite cumulative grade point average specified in subsection (a)(5), the person is considered to be on probation and must achieve the requisite cumulative grade point average by the next semester or its equivalent at the eligible institution in order to continue to receive benefits under this chapter.
(1) Submit to the commission a renewal application that contains all the information and evidence required by the commission to determine eligibility for the scholarship renewal.
(2) Continue to be enrolled as a full-time student in good standing at an eligible institution.
(3) This subdivision applies only to applicants who initially enroll in the program under section 5 of this chapter or IC 21-12-6.5-2 after June 30, 2011. For purposes of this chapter, applicants who are enrolled in the program before July 1, 2011, will not have an income or financial resources test applied to them when they subsequently apply to renew a scholarship. Continue to have a lack of financial resources reasonably available to the applicant, as defined by the commission, that, in the absence of an award under this chapter, would deter the scholarship applicant from completing the applicant's education at the approved postsecondary educational institution that the applicant has selected and that has accepted the applicant.
(4) Subject to subsection (b), if the student initially enrolls in an eligible institution for a semester (or its equivalent) beginning after June 30, 2012, maintain at least the following cumulative grade point average:
(A) For credit hours applicable to the equivalent of the applicant's freshman academic year, a cumulative grade point average that the eligible institution determines is satisfactory academic progress.
(B) For credit hours applicable to the equivalent of the applicant's sophomore academic year, a cumulative grade point average of 2.25 on a 4.0 grading scale or its equivalent as established by the eligible institution.
(C) For credit hours applicable to the equivalent of the
applicant's junior or senior academic year, a cumulative grade
point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 grading scale or its equivalent as
established by the eligible institution.
(5) Continue to meet any other minimum criteria established by
the commission.
(6) Meet the requirements described under IC 21-12-13-2.5.
(b) After the first semester or its equivalent at the eligible institution
that a person does not achieve the requisite cumulative grade point
average specified in subsection (a)(4), the person is considered to be on
probation and must achieve the requisite cumulative grade point
average by the next semester or its equivalent at the eligible institution
in order to continue to receive benefits under this chapter.
(1) part-time student grants under this chapter; and
(2) Frank O'Bannon grants;
are made may not exceed the equivalent of
(b) A scholarship awarded under this chapter may be used only for the payment of tuition or fees that are:
(1) approved by the state educational institution that awards the scholarship; and
(2) not otherwise payable under any other scholarship or form of financial assistance specifically designated for tuition or fees.
(c) Subject to section 8(c) of this chapter, each scholarship awarded under this chapter is renewable under section 9 of this chapter for a total number of terms that does not exceed
(1) IC 21-12-3.
(2) IC 21-12-4.
(3) IC 21-12-6.
(4) IC 21-12-8.
(5) IC 21-12-9.
(6) IC 21-13-2.
(7) IC 21-13-3.
(8) IC 21-13-4.
(9) IC 21-14-5.
(10) IC 21-14-6-2.
(b) Except as provided in sections 3 and 4 of this chapter, a grant or reduction in tuition or fees, including all renewals and extensions, under any of the laws listed in subsection (a) may not exceed
(1) to a student who initially enrolls in a state educational institution after July 31, 2014; and
(2) to the following scholarship statutes:
(A) IC 21-12-3.
(B) IC 21-12-4.
(C) IC 21-12-6.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a student shall request to renew a grant or reduction in tuition or fees for any scholarships, awards, or grants under any of the laws listed in subsection (a)(2) after completion of an academic year for a total of three (3) undergraduate academic years following the academic year of the first award or reduction in tuition or fees, or until an earlier time
as the student receives a degree normally obtained in four (4)
undergraduate academic years. Except as provided in
IC 21-12-14-1(b), a student may not renew a grant or reduction in
tuition or fees under any scholarships, awards, or grants under any
of the laws listed in subsection (a)(2) if the student does not timely
complete the academic requirements specified by the student's
degree map under IC 21-12-14-2(3). A student shall submit
verification, on a form and in a manner prescribed by the
commission, that the student is timely meeting the requirements
specified in the student's degree map described under
IC 21-12-14-2(3).
Chapter 14. Degree Maps
Sec. 1. (a) Not later than August 1, 2013, the commission shall develop guidelines or rules under IC 4-22-2, in consultation with state educational institutions, to provide a state educational institution guidance for establishing degree maps for each full-time student attending the state educational institution. The commission may adopt emergency rules in the manner set forth in IC 4-22-2-37.1. The rules or guidelines shall include:
(1) procedures for establishing a degree map with a student, including requirements for adjusting a degree map in situations in which the student changes the student's field of study;
(2) procedures that a state educational institution must follow to comply with IC 21-12-13-2.5;
(3) requirements and guidance for a state educational institution to determine when the state educational institution must offer a course at no cost to a student under section 3 of this chapter;
(4) requirements for excusing a student from complying with the student's degree map described under subsection (b); and
(5) anything the commission determines is necessary to implement this chapter.
(b) This subsection applies to a student that is subject to the requirements set forth in IC 21-12-13-2.5. The guidelines or rules established by the commission under this section shall include requirements for waiving the requirements set forth in IC 21-12-13-2.5:
(1) if the student is serving on active duty in the armed forces
of the United States or the national guard;
(2) if the student has a physical or mental disability or a
serious illness; or
(3) for an extenuating circumstance that prevents the student
from complying with IC 21-12-13-2.5 and that is recognized
by the commission.
Sec. 2. This section applies to a student who initially enrolls in
a state educational institution after July 31, 2014. A state
educational institution shall develop a degree map for each
full-time student based on the student's specific educational
objective or course of study. A full-time student's degree map must
contain:
(1) an academic term by academic term sequence of course
options that will allow the full-time student to complete
either:
(A) a baccalaureate degree within four (4) academic years;
or
(B) an associate degree within two (2) academic years;
in the student's intended field of study;
(2) the expected date that the student will earn a
baccalaureate degree or an associate degree described in
subdivision (1);
(3) the academic requirements that a student must complete
each academic year to timely earn a degree described in
subdivision (1); and
(4) any information the commission determines is appropriate
under section 1 of this chapter.
Sec. 3. This section applies to a student who initially enrolls in
a state educational institution after July 31, 2014. A state
educational institution shall ensure that courses necessary for the
student to comply with the student's degree map are available for
the student during the academic term in which the student is
required to complete the particular course. If a student who is
compliant with the student's degree map is unable to take a course
required under the student's degree map for the current academic
term either because:
(1) the state educational institution does not offer the course
during that particular academic term; or
(2) the student is unable to enroll in the course:
(A) because the course times in which the course is offered
conflicts with other course requirements specified for the
current academic term in the student's degree map; or
(B) because the course is full;
the state educational institution shall provide the particular course
to the student at no cost during the next available academic term
in which the course is offered.
Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to a student who initially enrolls
in a state educational institution after July 31, 2014. A full-time
student is entitled to a performance grant for earning a
baccalaureate degree or an associate degree at a state educational
institution if the full-time student earns the degree on or before the
date the student is expected to earn the degree pursuant to the
student's degree map. The performance grant shall be paid by the
commission from any funds available to the commission.
(b) The amount of the performance grant is as follows:
(1) If the student earns a baccalaureate degree in the
academic term in which the student is expected to earn the
degree pursuant to the student's degree map, one thousand
dollars ($1,000).
(2) If the student earns an associate degree in the academic
term in which the student is expected to earn the degree
pursuant to the student's degree map, seven hundred fifty
dollars ($750).
(3) If the student earns a baccalaureate degree at least one (1)
academic term before the academic term in which the student
is expected to earn the baccalaureate degree pursuant to the
student's degree map, one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500).
(4) If the student earns an associate degree at least one (1)
academic term before the academic term in which the student
is expected to earn the associate degree pursuant to the
student's degree map, one thousand two hundred fifty dollars
($1,250).
(c) To receive a grant under this section, the student must apply
to the commission on a form and in a manner prescribed by the
commission within sixty (60) days after the date the student earns
the degree.
(d) A student may receive only one (1) performance grant under
this section.
equivalent). four (4) academic years. However, an eligible institution
may not grant a scholarship renewal to a student for an academic year
that ends later than six (6) years after the date the student received the
initial scholarship under this chapter.
(1) may be renewed under this chapter for a total scholarship award that does not exceed the equivalent of
(2) is subject to other eligibility criteria as established by the commission.
(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.
