21-12-16-7.5. Capacity of Students Who Are at Least 17 Years of Age to Enter Contract
Sec. 7.5. A student who: (1) is at least seventeen (17) years of age; and (2) enters into a contract for a scholarship under this chapter to defray the expense of attending any postsecondary educational institution; has full legal capacity to act in the student’s own behalf in this transaction and is subject to any […]
21-12-16-8. Amount of Scholarship Awards; Limits; Distribution
Sec. 8. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), if an applicant meets the requirements under this chapter, the commission may award, for not more than four (4) academic years, a scholarship to the applicant in an amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for each academic year that the applicant attends the accredited […]
21-12-16-9. Standards to Maintain Eligibility; Petition for Exception; Extenuating Circumstances
Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the commission shall establish standards that a student must meet to remain eligible to receive a scholarship under this chapter. The standards must include the following: (1) Maintaining a cumulative minimum grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. (2) Enrolling in and […]
21-12-16-10. Approval of Accredited Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Standards for Teacher Education
Sec. 10. (a) The commission may not award a scholarship under this chapter to an applicant unless the applicant has applied to and been accepted for enrollment in an accredited postsecondary educational institution approved by the commission under this section. (b) The commission shall establish standards for teacher education that an accredited postsecondary educational institution […]
21-12-16-11. Repayment of Scholarship Award; Failure to Complete Teacher Education
Sec. 11. An individual who: (1) received a scholarship under this chapter; (2) is no longer enrolled in an accredited postsecondary educational institution approved by the commission under section 10 of this chapter; and (3) did not receive a baccalaureate degree from an accredited postsecondary educational institution approved by the commission under section 10 of […]
21-12-16-1. “Program”
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, “program” means the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program established by section 2 of this chapter. As added by P.L.105-2016, SEC.1.
21-12-16-2. Program Established; Authority to Award Scholarships
Sec. 2. (a) The next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program is established. (b) The commission shall receive and consider applications for a next generation Hoosier educators scholarship under this chapter. (c) Beginning in an academic year beginning after June 30, 2017, the commission may award a next generation Hoosier educators scholarship to an eligible applicant […]
21-12-16-3. Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship Fund
Sec. 3. (a) The next generation Hoosier educators scholarship fund is established for the purpose of providing scholarships to attract and retain eligible applicants to the teaching profession. (b) The fund consists of the following: (1) Appropriations made by the general assembly. (2) Gifts, grants, devises, or bequests made to the commission to achieve the […]
21-12-16-4. Commission for Higher Education Duties
Sec. 4. The commission shall do all the following: (1) Develop a promotional program to inform and attract students to participate in the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program. (2) Establish protocols and procedures concerning the application process for the program. (3) Develop protocols, in consultation with accredited postsecondary educational institutions approved by the commission […]
21-12-16-12. Repayment of Scholarship Award; Failure to Teach; Petition for Extension of Time; Waive Repayment; Agreement for Collection of Repayment
Sec. 12. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), if an individual: (1) receives a scholarship under this chapter; and (2) fails to teach in a public school or an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) in Indiana for at least five (5) consecutive years as described in section 5(a)(5) of this […]