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IN SB0339
Bill
Status
1/8/2019
Primary Sponsor
Eddie Melton
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AI Summary
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Repeals IC 21-12-3-13, which prohibited the Indiana Commission for Higher Education from providing financial assistance to individuals who are convicted of a felony, sentenced to imprisonment, and confined in a penal facility
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Removes the restriction effective July 1, 2019, allowing incarcerated felons to become eligible for state higher education awards
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Amends IC 21-18.5-4-9 to delete the commission's rulemaking authority related to denying assistance based on felony confinement
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Sponsored by Senator Melton and referred to the Committee on Education and Career Development on January 8, 2019
Legislative Description
Eligibility for higher education awards. Repeals a provision that provides that the commission for higher education may not provide assistance to a higher education award applicant or recipient who is: (1) convicted of a felony; (2) sentenced to a term of imprisonment for that felony; and (3) confined for that felony at a penal facility.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
1/8/2019