§ 21-13-4-2 — Use of fund; amount of scholarships; term of eligibility

Money in the National Guard tuition
supplement program fund shall be used to provide annual scholarships
to scholarship applicants under this chapter. Annual scholarships shall
be awarded in the following amounts:
(1) A scholarship applicant who attends a state educational
institution shall receive a scholarship under this chapter in an
amount that is equal to one (1) of the following:
(A) If the scholarship applicant does not receive other financial
assistance specifically designated for educational costs, the
amount equal to a full undergraduate tuition scholarship,
regardless as to whether the student uses the scholarship for
undergraduate or graduate educational costs, to attend the state
educational institution.
(B) Except as provided in subdivision (3), if the scholarship
applicant receives other financial assistance specifically
designated for educational costs, the amount:
(i) equal to the balance required to attend the state
educational institution; and
(ii) not to exceed the amount described in clause (A).
(2) A scholarship applicant who attends an approved
postsecondary educational institution listed in IC 21-7-13-6(a)(1)(C)(i) through IC 21-7-13-6(a)(1)(C)(xxx) or who
attends a program described in IC 21-13-1-8(2)(B) for an
occupational and technical education (as defined by IC 21-22-1-2)
shall receive a scholarship under this chapter in an amount equal
to the lesser of the following:
(A) Except as provided in subdivision (3), if the scholarship
applicant receives other financial assistance specifically
designated for educational costs, the amount equal to the
balance required to attend the approved postsecondary
educational institution.
(B) Five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(3) If a scholarship applicant receives a twenty-first century
scholars program scholarship under IC 21-12-6, the scholarship
applicant may use a scholarship awarded under this chapter to pay
for qualified program and educational expenses approved by the
commission and room and board for two (2) years in an amount
equal to the lesser of the following for each applicable school
year:
(A) The amount equal to the scholarship applicant's cost for
qualified program and educational expenses approved by the
commission and room and board for the school year.
(B) Five thousand dollars ($5,000).
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation:
20-12-74-7(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.254. Amended by P.L.63-2021, SEC.5; P.L.240-2023, SEC.5; P.L.155-2025, SEC.7.