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 […]
21-12-16-5. Scholarship Qualifications
Sec. 5. (a) An applicant who is enrolled in an accredited postsecondary educational institution after June 30, 2017, may qualify for a scholarship under this chapter. To qualify for a scholarship, an applicant must: (1) apply for a scholarship on a form supplied by the commission; (2) except as provided in subsection (b), have graduated […]
21-12-16-6. Consideration of Applications; Priority
Sec. 6. (a) The commission shall consider each application and determine the eligibility of the applicant for the scholarship. The commission shall give priority to recent high school graduates, students pursuing teacher shortage areas as described in 34 CFR 682.210(q)(6), and students showing significant financial need when selecting applicants. (b) The commission shall also give […]
21-12-16-7. Contract Requirements
Sec. 7. Before receiving a scholarship under this chapter, the applicant must enter into a contract with the commission agreeing to: (1) the terms and conditions described in section 5(a)(5) of this chapter; and (2) any other terms and conditions established by the commission. As added by P.L.105-2016, SEC.1.
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 […]
21-12-16-12. 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 […]