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IN SB0005
Bill
AI Summary
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Students gain legal settlement for school attendance in an Indiana school corporation when a parent is transferred or pending transfer to an Indiana military installation under official military orders while on active duty
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School corporations must accept enrollment applications and course registration electronically for children of military families with pending 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 government/military housing
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Spouses and dependents of active duty military members remain eligible for resident tuition rates at state educational institutions while continuously enrolled, even after the service member is reassigned outside Indiana
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Resident tuition eligibility ends if there is a subsequent change in the service member's permanent duty station 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 in Indiana while on active duty. Requires a school corporation to allow 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 Veterans Affairs and The Military
1/14/2019