§ 21-12-3-1 — Eligibility for awards

Indiana § 21-12-3-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 21: HIGHER EDUCATION
• Art. 12: GENERAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
• Ch. 3: Higher Education Awards

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(a) An applicant is eligible for a first year
higher education award under this chapter if the student meets the
following requirements:
(1) The applicant is a resident of Indiana, as defined by the
commission.
(2) The applicant:
(A) has successfully completed the program of instruction at an
approved secondary school;
(B) has been granted a:
(i) high school equivalency certificate before July 1, 1995; or
(ii) state of Indiana general educational development (GED)
diploma under IC 20-10.1-12.1 (before its repeal), IC 20-20-6
(before its repeal), or IC 22-4.1-18; or
(C) is a student in good standing at an approved secondary
school and is engaged in a program that in due course will be
completed by the end of the current academic year.
(3) The financial resources reasonably available to the applicant,
as defined by the commission, are such that, in the absence of a
higher education award under this chapter, the applicant would be
deterred from completing the applicant's education at the
approved postsecondary educational institution that the applicant
has selected and that has accepted the applicant. In determining
the financial resources reasonably available to an applicant to
whom IC 21-18.5-4-8 applies, the commission must consider the
financial resources of the applicant's legal parent.
(4) The applicant will use the award initially at that approved
postsecondary educational institution.
(5) The student is enrolled full time in an approved postsecondary
educational institution and making satisfactory academic
progress, as determined by the postsecondary educational
institution, toward a first baccalaureate degree.
(6) The student declares, in writing, a specific educational
objective or course of study and enrolls in:
(A) courses that apply toward the requirements for completion
of that objective or course of study; or
(B) courses designed to help the student develop the basic skills
that the student needs to successfully achieve that objective or
continue in that course of study.
(7) The student is not eligible to receive a twenty-first century
scholarship under IC 21-12-6.
(8) The student is not eligible to receive a:
(A) National Guard tuition supplement grant under IC 21-13-4;
or
(B) scholarship under the National Guard scholarship extension
program under IC 21-13-5.
(b) This subsection applies to an individual who:
(1) meets the requirements set forth in subsection (a); and
(2) before the date that eligibility is determined by the
commission, has been placed by or with the consent of the
department of child services, by a court order, or by a licensed
child placing agency in:
(A) a foster family home;
(B) the home of a relative or other unlicensed caretaker;
(C) a child caring institution; or
(D) a group home.
The commission shall consider an individual to whom this subsection
applies as a full-need student under the commission's rules when
determining the eligibility of the individual to receive financial aid
administered by the commission under this chapter.
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation:
20-12-21-6(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.253. Amended by P.L.168-2007, SEC.6; P.L.7-2011, SEC.12; P.L.107-2012, SEC.16; P.L.281-2013, SEC.6; P.L.217-2015, SEC.1; P.L.165-2016, SEC.5.