§ 21-14-4-1 — Applicability

(a) This chapter applies to the following
persons:
(1) A person who:
(A) is a pupil at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home; and
(B) was admitted to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home
because the person was related to a member of the armed forces
of the United States.
(2) A person whose mother or father:
(A) served in the armed forces of the United States;
(B) received the Purple Heart decoration or was wounded as a
result of enemy action;
(C) received a discharge or separation from the armed forces
other than a dishonorable discharge; and
(D) either designated Indiana as home of record at the time of
enlistment in the armed forces of the United States or resided
in Indiana at least five (5) years before the person first applies
for an exemption under this chapter.
(3) A person whose mother or father:
(A) served in the armed forces of the United States during a war
or performed duty equally hazardous that was recognized by the
award of a service or campaign medal of the United States;
(B) suffered a service connected death or disability as
determined by the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs;
(C) received any discharge or separation from the armed forces
other than a dishonorable discharge; and
(D) either listed Indiana as home of record at the time of
enlistment in the armed forces of the United States or resided
in Indiana at least five (5) years before the person first applies
for an exemption under this chapter.
(4) A person who:
(A) enters active duty service from a permanent home address
in Indiana;
(B) received a discharge or separation from the armed forces of
the United States other than a dishonorable discharge; and
(C) received the Purple Heart decoration or was wounded as a
result of enemy action.
(5) A person whose mother, father, or spouse:
(A) served as a public safety officer; and
(B) was killed in the line of duty.
(6) A person whose mother, father, or spouse:
(A) is a member of the 1977 fund;
(B) sustained a catastrophic physical personal injury in the line
of duty; and
(C) qualifies for benefits under IC 36-8-8-13.3(f) or IC 36-8-8-13.5(m).
(7) A person whose mother, father, or spouse:
(A) was a member of the Indiana National Guard; and
(B) suffered a service connected death while serving on state
active duty (as described in IC 10-16-7-7).
(8) A person whose mother, father, or spouse:
(A) was a state police officer; and
(B) suffered a permanent and total disability from a
catastrophic personal injury that was sustained in the line of
duty and permanently prevents the state police officer from
performing any gainful work.
(b) In addition to the eligibility requirements under subsection (a),
an individual must meet the following to be eligible for an educational
costs exemption under this chapter:
(1) The individual meets one (1) of the following:
(A) If the individual will attend a state educational institution,
the individual is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate at the
state educational institution the individual will attend, as
determined by the state educational institution.
(B) If the individual will attend an approved postsecondary
educational institution, the individual is a resident of Indiana.
(2) If the individual:
(A) qualifies for an exemption under this chapter based on the
service of the individual's mother or father; and
(B) was adopted by the individual's mother or father described
in clause (A);
the individual was adopted before the individual was eighteen
(18) years of age.
(3) If the individual qualifies for an exemption under this chapter
based on the service of the individual's mother or father, the
individual is not more than thirty-two (32) years of age when the
individual first applies and becomes eligible for the exemption
under this chapter.
(4) The individual is, after high school graduation, pursuing a
prescribed course of study at the state educational institution or
approved postsecondary educational institution.
(5) The individual maintains satisfactory academic progress, as
determined by the state educational institution or approved
postsecondary educational institution.
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation:
20-12-19-1(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.255. Amended by P.L.169-2011, SEC.15; P.L.6-2012, SEC.148; P.L.112-2019, SEC.8; P.L.240-2023, SEC.8.