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IN SB0343
Bill
AI Summary
SB 343 Summary
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Establishes a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) as the standard for satisfactory academic progress required to maintain veteran child tuition exemptions at Indiana state educational institutions.
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Allows retroactive eligibility determinations when the Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs approves requests after a student initially enrolls in a state institution, backdating benefits to the submission date of the federal service-related death or disability application.
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Permits eligible applicants to receive refunds for tuition and fees paid back to either their initial enrollment date or the Department of Veterans' Affairs' designated date, with refunds available for up to four years after enrollment.
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Repeals limitations on tuition exemption amounts for children of veterans who served after June 30, 2011, removing the previous provision that reduced benefits based on the parent's disability rating percentage.
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Effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Veterans education benefits. Provides that a student who is eligible to receive a tuition and fee exemption because the student is a child of a veteran must maintain at least a cumulative grade point average that the eligible institution determines is satisfactory academic progress, which may not be less than a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 grading scale or its equivalent as established by the eligible institution. (Current law requires the student to maintain at least a cumulative grade point average that the eligible institution determines is satisfactory academic progress.) Provides that if the Indiana department
Last Action
Senator Glick added as second author
1/11/2018