Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)
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SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 296
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-51-1-5; (12)SE0296.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-51-1-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.182-2009(ss),
SECTION 364, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 5. "Eligible student" refers to an
individual who:
(1) has legal settlement in Indiana;
(2) is at least five (5) years of age and less than twenty-two (22)
years of age on the date in the school year specified in
IC 20-33-2-7;
(3) either has been or is currently enrolled in a participating
school;
(4)
either: (A) is a member of a household with an annual income
of not more than two hundred percent (200%) of the amount
required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or
reduced price lunch program;
or and
(B) received a scholarship under this article in the immediately
preceding school year or the immediately pre
ceding term of
the current school year and qualified under clause (A) in the
first year that the individual received a scholarship under this
article; and
(5) meets at least one (1) of the following conditions:
(A) The individual is enrolling in kindergarten.
(B) The individual was enrolled in a public school during the
school year preceding the first school year for which a
scholarship granting organization provides a scholarship to the
individual.
(C) The individual received a scholarship in the previous year
from a nonprofit scholarship granting organization that
qualifies for certification as a school scholarship program.
(D) The individual received a school scholarship for the
previous school year. from a scholarship granting
organization in a preceding year, including a school year
that does not immediately precede a school year in which
the individual receives a scholarship from a scholarship
granting organization.