Bill Text: IN SB0497 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Higher education scholarship.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-04-29 - Senate conferees appointed: Kruse and Yoder [SB0497 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SB0497-Engrossed.html

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April 13, 2011

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ENGROSSED

SENATE BILL No. 497

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DIGEST OF SB 497 (Updated April 12, 2011 3:00 pm - DI 109)

Citations Affected: IC 21-12; IC 21-43; noncode.

Synopsis: Higher education scholarship. Provides an early graduation scholarship to a student who graduates from high school before grade 12. Requires the state board of education to amend its rules to facilitate graduation from high school in less than seven semesters. Allows a student to participate in an early college, a dual credit, a double up for college, or a dual enrollment program during any grade in high school. Requires the department of education to report early graduation scholarship student information to the state student assistance

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Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2011.

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Kruse , Yoder , Banks, Buck, Schneider, Leising, Rogers
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ NOE, RHOADS, PORTER, THOMPSON)

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    January 13, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career Development.
    February 14, 2011, amended; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations.
    February 17, 2011, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
    February 21, 2011, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
    February 22, 2011, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 39, nays 10.

HOUSE ACTION

    March 28, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
    April 7, 2011, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
    April 12, 2011, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.

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commission (SSACI). Requires the department of education to transfer tuition support to SSACI for early graduation scholarship students that are accepted at a higher education institution. Provides for the payment of the scholarship by SSACI to the higher education institution from these transfers. Specifies that the early graduation scholarship amount is equal to the foundation amount minus a proportionate amount of any reduction in the total amount of basic tuition support distributed to publically supported schools, as determined on a per eligible pupil basis, in the calendar year in which an early graduation scholarship is awarded. Permits a higher education scholarship to be used for fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction. Provides that the unused balance of a scholarship shall be applied to educational costs incurred in a subsequent school year. Provides for the recovery of an unused scholarship.

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April 13, 2011

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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ENGROSSED

SENATE BILL No. 497

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    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 21-12-10; (11)ES0497.2.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 21-12-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]:
     Chapter 10. Early Graduation Scholarship
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "publicly supported school" means the following:
        (1) A school corporation (as defined in IC 20-18-2-16(a)).
        (2) A charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-4).
        (3) A high school maintained by a state educational institution under IC 20-24.5 or another law.
    Sec. 2. The early graduation scholarship program is established. The commission shall administer the early graduation scholarship program.
    Sec. 3. An individual is eligible for an early graduation scholarship if the individual:
        (1) is a resident of Indiana, as defined by the commission;
        (2) attended a publicly supported school on a full-time

equivalency basis (as defined in IC 20-43-1-14) for at least the last two (2) semesters before the individual graduated from high school;
        (3) had legal settlement (as defined in IC 20-18-2-11) in Indiana for at least the last two (2) semesters before the individual graduated from high school;
        (4) met at least the minimum requirements set by the Indiana state board of education for granting a high school diploma by the end of grade 11 (including any summer school courses completed before July 1 of a year) and was awarded after December 31, 2010, a high school diploma by the publicly supported school that the individual last attended for course credits earned before the end of grade 11;
        (5) was not enrolled in a publicly supported school for any part of grade 12;
        (6) applies to the commission for an early graduation scholarship in the manner specified by the commission; and
        (7) within five (5) months after graduating from high school, becomes a student in good standing at an approved postsecondary educational institution with a campus located in Indiana and is engaged in a program that will lead to an approved postsecondary degree or credential.
    Sec. 4. Graduation from a nonstandard course and curriculum program or a program for high ability students that has been granted a waiver by the Indiana state board of education shall be treated as meeting the minimum requirements set by the state board of education for granting a high school diploma.
    Sec. 5. (a) A publicly supported school shall submit to the department of education the name of each individual described in section 3(1) through 3(4) of this chapter.
    (b) The department of education shall submit to the commission the information submitted under subsection (a) and any other supporting information requested by the commission on the schedule and in the form specified by the commission.
    Sec. 6. (a) If an applicant becomes a student in good standing at an approved postsecondary institution, the institution shall provide a written notice to the commission.
    (b) If the applicant has met the eligibility requirements prescribed in this chapter, the commission shall award the applicant an early graduation scholarship and make the payment directly to the institution. The institution may apply the payment to the following:

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        (1) First, to any outstanding tuition and fees.
        (2) Second, for fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction.
The balance of the scholarship not used in a school year does not revert to the student but shall be applied by the institution to the costs described in subdivisions (1) and (2) that are incurred by the scholarship recipient in the next school year. If a scholarship recipient transfers to another approved postsecondary educational institution before the entire amount of the scholarship is used, the institution shall transfer the unused balance to the other institution for use by the scholarship recipient for the payment of costs described in subdivisions (1) and (2). If a scholarship recipient ceases to be a student in good standing at an approved postsecondary educational institution with a campus located in Indiana and engaged in a program that will lead to an approved postsecondary degree or credential, the balance of any unused scholarship shall be returned to the commission in conformity with the procedures prescribed by the commission.
    Sec. 7. The amount of an early graduation scholarship is the result of:
        (1) the STEP ONE amount specified in IC 20-43-5-4; minus
        (2) a proportionate amount of any reduction in the total amount of basic tuition support (as defined in IC 20-43-1-8) distributed to publically supported schools, as determined on a per eligible pupil basis;
in the calendar year in which an early graduation scholarship is awarded. The amount of any reduction under subdivision (2) shall be determined by the department of education.
    Sec. 8. The amount of an early graduation scholarship awarded under this chapter shall not be considered as a financial resource in a determination of the amount of any grant or scholarship under this article or, except as required by federal law, the amount of any other grant or scholarship administered by the commission.
    Sec. 9. An institution is not required to change its admission standards to accept an individual to whom the commission has issued an early graduation scholarship. The scholarship may not be used for remedial course work at the institution. The institution shall provide facilities and instruction to the applicant on the same terms as to other students.
    Sec. 10. (a) The commission shall notify the department of the amount of early graduation scholarships granted for each state fiscal year. The department shall deduct the scholarship amount

presented by the commission from the appropriation for tuition support for that state fiscal year and promptly transfer the amount to the commission.
    (b) In the department's biennial budget request the department shall estimate the number of students that are expected to become eligible for an early graduation scholarship and the estimated total amount needed to provide the scholarships for each state fiscal year for which the department requests an appropriation for tuition support. The department shall include in its request for tuition support an amount sufficient to provide the scholarships. The requested amount may not exceed the amount that would have been included in the department's request for tuition support had the students not graduated early.

SOURCE: IC 21-43-4-3; (11)ES0497.2.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 21-43-4-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2007, SECTION 284, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 3. The postsecondary enrollment program is established for secondary school students. in grades 11 and 12.

SOURCE: IC 21-43-4-4; (11)ES0497.2.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 21-43-4-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2007, SECTION 284, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 4. A student may enroll in courses offered by an eligible institution under the program on a full-time or part-time basis during grade 11 or grade 12, or both. secondary school.

SOURCE: IC 21-43-4-6; (11)ES0497.2.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 21-43-4-6, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2007, SECTION 284, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 6. Before February 1 each year, each school corporation shall provide each student in grades 8, 9, 10, and 11 with information concerning the program.

SOURCE: IC 21-43-5-2; (11)ES0497.2.5. -->     SECTION 5. IC 21-43-5-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.234-2007, SECTION 64, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 2. The double up for college program is established for secondary school students. in grades 11 and 12. School corporations and state educational institutions may collaborate to offer:
        (1) early college;
        (2) dual credit; or
        (3) dual enrollment;
programs, that as defined by the commission for higher education, that meet the educational objectives of the school corporation and are offered by the state educational institutions in secondary school locations.

SOURCE: IC 21-43-5-3; (11)ES0497.2.6. -->     SECTION 6. IC 21-43-5-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2007, SECTION 284, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 3. A student may enroll in a course offered by a state

educational institution under the program on a full-time or part-time basis during grade 11 or grade 12, or both. secondary school.

SOURCE: ; (11)ES0497.2.7. -->     SECTION 7. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) The Indiana state board of education shall amend its rules, including 511 IAC 6-7.1-3, as necessary to permit a student to elect to graduate and qualify for an early graduation scholarship, as provided in IC 21-12-10, as added by this act.
    (b) The Indiana state board of education may adopt temporary rules in the manner provided for adopting an emergency rule under IC 4-22-2-37.1 to implement this SECTION and IC 21-12-10, as added by this act. A temporary rule adopted under this SECTION expires on the earliest of the following:
        (1) The date specified in the temporary rule.
        (2) The date another temporary rule or a permanent rule repeals or supersedes the previously adopted temporary rule.
        (3) July 1, 2012.
    (c) This SECTION expires July 1, 2012.

SOURCE: ; (11)ES0497.2.8. -->     SECTION 8. An emergency is declared for this act.