Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1672

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 21-13-2-4.

Synopsis: Minority teacher scholarships. Allows an individual to qualify for an initial minority teacher scholarship if the individual meets certain criteria, including acceptance into an eligible institution as a full-time student. Makes an appropriation from the state general fund to the state student assistance commission for operating expenses for minority teacher scholarships for state fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Effective: July 1, 2009.





Smith V




    January 16, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.







Introduced

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1672



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education and to make an appropriation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 21-13-2-4; (09)IN1672.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 21-13-2-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2007, SECTION 254, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 4. An individual qualifies for an initial scholarship from the fund if the individual:
        (1) is a minority student;
        (2) is admitted to accepted into an eligible institution as a full-time student or already attends an eligible institution as a full-time student;
        (3) either:
            (A) intends to pursue; or
            (B) in the case of a student who is already attending an eligible institution, pursues;
        a course of study that would enable the student, upon graduation, to teach in an accredited school in Indiana;
        (4) agrees, in writing, to teach in an accredited school in Indiana for at least three (3) years of the first five (5) years following that student's certification as a teacher; and
        (5) meets any other minimum criteria established by the commission.
SOURCE: ; (09)IN1672.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009] (a) There is appropriated to the state student assistance commission four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) from the state general fund for operating expenses for minority teacher scholarships for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010.
    (b) There is appropriated to the state student assistance commission four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) from the state general fund for operating expenses for minority teacher
scholarships for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011.