§ 21-12-13-1 — Credit hour limit; exception

(a) This section applies to the following
scholarships and tuition and fee remission statutes:
(1) IC 10-12-2-6.
(2) IC 10-12-2-11.
(3) IC 10-17-7.
(4) IC 21-14-4.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), 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 one hundred twenty-four
(124) undergraduate credit hours or its equivalent, as determined by the
commission and must be used within eight (8) years after the date the
individual first applies and becomes eligible for benefits under the
applicable law.
(c) The commission may, subject to availability of funds, extend
eligibility under subsection (b) for a recipient who used a grant or
reduction in tuition or fees under any of the statutes listed in subsection
(a) at a postsecondary educational institution that has closed. The
extension of eligibility may not exceed the number of credit hours used
by the recipient at the postsecondary educational institution that closed.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.169-2011, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.281-2013, SEC.27; P.L.161-2017, SEC.1; P.L.191-2017, SEC.2; P.L.112-2019, SEC.4.