Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 476
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-51-1-4.5.
Synopsis: Choice scholarship eligibility. Removes the requirement
that a student attend a public school for at least two semesters
immediately prior to receiving the choice scholarship.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
Introduced
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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SENATE BILL No. 476
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-51-1-4.5; (13)IN0476.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-51-1-4.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.92-2011,
SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 4.5. "Eligible individual" refers to an individual
who:
(1) has legal settlement in Indiana;
(2) is at least five (5) years of age and less than twenty-two (22)
years of age on the date in the school year specified in
IC 20-33-2-7;
(3) either has been or is currently enrolled in an accredited school;
(4) is a member of a household with an annual income of not
more than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the amount
required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or
reduced price lunch program; and
(5) either:
(A)
was enrolled attended in grade 1 through 12 in a
public
or nonpublic school
corporation that did not charge the
individual transfer tuition for at least two (2) semesters that
satisfies a child's obligation under IC 20-33-2 for
compulsory attendance at a school immediately preceding
the first semester for which the individual receives a choice
scholarship under IC 20-51-4; or
(B) received a scholarship from a scholarship granting
organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under
IC 20-51-4 in a preceding school year, including a school year
that does not immediately precede a school year in which the
individual receives a scholarship from a scholarship granting
organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under
IC 20-51-4.