§ 21-12-8-3 — Eligibility for adult education grant

(a) An applicant is eligible to receive an adult
student grant if the following conditions are met:
(1) The applicant is domiciled in Indiana, as defined by the
commission.
(2) The applicant:
(A) has received a diploma of graduation from 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 who is completing a final year
of study at an approved secondary school and will be eligible
upon graduation to attend an approved institution of higher
learning.
(3) The applicant declares, in writing, a specific educational
objective or course of study and enrolls in:
(A) a course that applies toward the requirements for
completion of that objective or course of study; or
(B) a course designed to help the applicant develop the basic
skills the applicant needs to successfully achieve that objective
or continue in that course of study.
(4) The applicant enrolls in at least six (6) credit hours in any
academic term.
(5) The commission or an approved postsecondary educational
institution acting as the commission's agent determines that the
financial resources available to the applicant are such that in the
absence of a grant under this chapter the applicant would be
deterred from beginning or completing the applicant's declared
educational objective or course of study.
(6) The applicant has not received any grant for the maximum
number of academic terms specified for the grant in IC 21-12-13-1 or IC 21-12-13-2.
(7) The applicant is identified as financially independent from the
applicant's parents as determined by the Free Application for
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
(8) Except as provided in subdivision (9), the applicant maintains
satisfactory academic progress, as determined by the eligible
institution.
(9) An applicant who does not maintain satisfactory academic
progress, as determined by the eligible institution, is still eligible
to receive an adult student grant if one (1) of the following
conditions is met:
(A) The applicant has not attended the eligible institution for
the previous two (2) academic years.
(B) The applicant:
(i) attended the eligible institution at any time during the
previous two (2) academic years; and
(ii) maintained satisfactory academic progress during the
period in which the applicant attended the eligible institution.
(b) The commission may reduce an award offered under this section
by the amount the applicant is eligible to receive in tuition
reimbursement from an employer or another outside source.
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation:
20-12-22.1-10.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.253. Amended by P.L.7-2011, SEC.13; P.L.281-2013, SEC.22; P.L.234-2015, SEC.17; P.L.165-2016, SEC.14; P.L.230-2017, SEC.28.