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IN HB1529
Bill
Status
1/17/2019
Primary Sponsor
Steve Bartels
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AI Summary
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Students of active duty military parents transferred or pending transfer to an Indiana military installation gain legal settlement status for school attendance in that school corporation
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School corporations must accept enrollment applications and course registration electronically for children of military families with pending or completed transfers
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Parents must provide proof of residence within 10 days of arrival, with acceptable documentation including temporary on-base billeting, purchased or leased housing, or federal/military housing
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Spouses and dependents of active duty service members who were stationed in Indiana remain eligible for resident tuition rates at state educational institutions while continuously enrolled, even after the service member is reassigned elsewhere
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Resident tuition eligibility ends if the service member receives a subsequent permanent duty station change to a location outside Indiana
Legislative Description
Military family matters. Allows for a student to have legal settlement in a school corporation if the student's parent is transferred to or is pending transfer to a military installation within Indiana while on active duty. Requires a school corporation to accept the application for enrollment and course registration of the student by electronic means. Allows a spouse or child of an active member of the armed forces of the United States who is assigned to duty elsewhere immediately following assignment to duty in Indiana to be eligible for the resident tuition rate.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
1/17/2019