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.
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.