§ 12-17.2-7.2-8 — Eligibility determinations; amount of prekindergarten voucher or grant; funding from donations and gifts

Indiana § 12-17.2-7.2-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 17.2: DAY CARE REGULATION
• Ch. 7.2: Prekindergarten Program

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(a) The office shall determine:
(1) which applicants shall be provided a:
(A) prekindergarten voucher under this chapter; or
(B) grant under section 7.4 of this chapter; and
(2) subject to subsection (b) and to the availability of funding, the
amount of each prekindergarten voucher or grant.
(b) At least five percent (5%) but not more than fifty percent (50%)
of the:
(1) tuition for eligible or limited eligibility children under the
prekindergarten program; or
(2) expansion plan described in section 7.4(a) of this chapter;
during the state fiscal year must be paid from donations, gifts, grants,
bequests, and other funds received from a private entity or person, from
the United States government, or from other sources (excluding funds
from a prekindergarten voucher or grant provided under this chapter
and excluding other state funding). The office may receive and
administer grants on behalf of the prekindergarten program. The grants
shall be distributed by the office to fulfill the requirements of this
subsection.
(c) The amount of a prekindergarten voucher provided under the
prekindergarten program to an eligible child, a limited eligibility child,
or a child of a child care employee:
(1) who attends a prekindergarten program full time must equal
at least two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) during the
state fiscal year; and
(2) may not exceed six thousand eight hundred dollars ($6,800)
from state money provided under this chapter during the state
fiscal year.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.202-2014, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.85-2017, SEC.61; P.L.184-2017, SEC.27; P.L.268-2019, SEC.13; P.L.92-2024, SEC.21.