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IN HB1164
Bill
Status
1/8/2018
Primary Sponsor
Anthony Cook
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AI Summary
HB 1164 Summary
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Expands the definition of "eligible student" in the course access program to include adult students aged 22-35 pursuing a diploma to qualify for armed forces enlistment, allowing them to take courses through any method including online.
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Permits eligible adult students to transfer completed course access program credits to their previously attended high school to meet graduation requirements, with the school corporation awarding the diploma.
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Establishes a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale as satisfactory academic progress for children of veterans receiving tuition and fee exemptions.
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Allows retroactive eligibility determinations and tuition refunds when the Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs approves eligibility after a student initially enrolls in a state educational institution.
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Reduces tuition and fee exemptions for children of veterans by any assistance received under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill) and repeals disability rating-based limitations on exemption amounts.
Legislative Description
Military education benefits. Changes the definition of "eligible student" to expand who may participate in the course access program under which educational courses are permitted to be delivered through any method, including online technologies. Provides that an eligible student who is an adult student pursuing a diploma to qualify for enlistment in the armed forces of the United States may use course access program courses to meet graduation requirements at the school corporation that the eligible student previously attended. Provides that a student who is eligible to receive a tuition and fee exemption because the student is a child of
Last Action
Representative Cherry added as coauthor
1/9/2018