COMMITTEE REPORT

    Madam President: Pursuant to Joint Rule 20, your Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure, to which was referred Engrossed House Bill 1647 because it conflicts with HEA 1266-2007 without properly recognizing the existence of HEA 1266-2007, has had Engrossed House Bill 1647 under consideration and begs leave to report back to the Senate with the recommendation that Engrossed House Bill 1647 be corrected as follows:
    

    Page 7, delete lines 28 through 42, begin a new paragraph and insert:
    "SECTION 16. IC 21-12-6-5, AS AMENDED BY HEA 1266-2007, SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 5. (a) To qualify to participate in the program, a student must meet the following requirements:
        (1) Be a resident of Indiana.
        (2) Be:
            (A) enrolled in grade 7 or 8, for the 2007-2008 school year, and grade 6, 7, or 8, for the 2008-2009 school year and for subsequent school years, at a:
                (i) public school; or
                (ii) nonpublic school that is accredited either by the state board of education or by a national or regional accrediting agency whose accreditation is accepted as a school improvement plan under IC 20-31-4-2; or
            (B) otherwise qualified under the rules of the commission that are adopted under IC 21-11-9-4 to include students who are in grades other than grade 8 as eligible students.


        (3) Be eligible for free or reduced priced lunches under the national school lunch program.
        (4) Agree, in writing, together with the student's custodial parents or guardian, that the student will:
            (A) graduate from a secondary school located in Indiana that meets the admission criteria of an eligible institution;
            (B) not illegally use controlled substances (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9);
            (C) not commit a crime or an infraction described in IC 9-30-5;
            (D) not commit any other crime or delinquent act (as described in IC 31-37-1-2 or IC 31-37-2-2 through IC 31-37-2-5 (or IC 31-6-4-1(a)(1) through IC 31-6-4-1(a)(5) before their repeal));
            (E) timely apply, when the eligible student is a senior in high school:
                (i) for admission to an eligible institution; and
                (ii) for any federal and state student financial assistance available to the eligible student to attend an eligible institution; and
            (F) achieve a cumulative grade point average upon graduation of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 grading scale (or its equivalent if another grading scale is used) for courses taken during grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.
    (b) The term includes a student who:
        (1) before or during grade 7 or grade 8, is placed by or with the consent of the department of child services, by a court order, or by a child placing agency in:
            (A) a foster family home;
            (B) the home of a relative or other unlicensed caretaker;
            (C) a child caring institution; or
            (D) a group home;

        (2) agrees in writing, together with the student's caseworker (as defined in IC 31-9-2-11), to the conditions set forth in subsection (a)(4); and
        (3) except as provided in subdivision (2), otherwise meets the requirements of subsection (a).".
    Page 8, delete lines 1 through 23.
    (Reference is to EHB 1647 as reprinted April 10, 2007.)

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Senator LONG, Chairperson

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Senator R YOUNG, R.M.M.

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Senator LUBBERS

            


JR 164702/DI 50
2007