HB 1117 Summary

• Provides adult education grants to school corporations as part of state tuition support distribution beginning July 1, 2010.

• Defines "eligible adults" as Indiana residents who have withdrawn from K-12 without a diploma or are high school graduates needing basic skill development in mathematics or English/language arts.

• Establishes funding formula for adult education grants based on "standard reimbursable units of adult instruction" with $250 per unit for basic programs and additional $75 per unit for schools meeting specific operational criteria.

• Sets maximum annual distributions of $7 million for calendar year 2010 and $14 million for calendar year 2011, with proportional reductions if distributions exceed these caps.

• Reassigns the adult education appropriation for fiscal year 2010-2011 to supplement the tuition support distribution appropriation and repeals prior provisions allowing tuition support surplus to fund adult education.