Indiana 2024 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1170 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1170
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 21-14-4.
7	7	Synopsis: Tuition and educational cost exemptions. Repeals a
8	8	provision concerning certain disability ratings, as determined by the
9	9	United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and educational cost
10	10	exemptions.
11	11	Effective: July 1, 2024.
12	12	Hamilton
13	13	January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
14	14	2024 IN 1170—LS 6527/DI 143 Introduced
15	15	Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
16	16	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
17	17	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
18	18	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
19	19	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
20	20	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
21	21	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
22	22	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
23	23	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
24	24	between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
25	25	HOUSE BILL No. 1170
26	26	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
27	27	higher education.
28	28	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
29	29	1 SECTION 1. IC 21-14-4-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.112-2019,
30	30	2 SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
31	31	3 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2. (a) Subject to this section and section 2.5 of this
32	32	4 chapter, subsection (b), an eligible applicant is entitled to enter,
33	33	5 remain, and receive instruction in a state educational institution upon
34	34	6 the same conditions, qualifications, and regulations prescribed for other
35	35	7 applicants for admission to or scholars in the state educational
36	36	8 institutions, without the payment of any educational costs for one
37	37	9 hundred twenty-four (124) semester credit hours in the state
38	38	10 educational institution.
39	39	11 (b) The maximum amount that an eligible applicant is exempt from
40	40	12 paying for a semester hour is an amount equal to the cost of an
41	41	13 undergraduate semester credit hour at the state educational institution
42	42	14 in which the eligible applicant enrolls.
43	43	15 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or another
44	44	16 law, a change in the criteria for or the amount of an exemption awarded
45	45	17 under this chapter enacted in the 2011 session of the general assembly
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47	47	1 applies only to an individual who qualifies for an exemption under this
48	48	2 chapter because of a father or mother (or in the case of section 1(a)(1)
49	49	3 of this chapter, a related member) who enlisted or otherwise initially
50	50	4 served in the armed forces of the United States after June 30, 2011.
51	51	5 SECTION 2. IC 21-14-4-2.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
52	52	6 1, 2024]. Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies to an individual who
53	53	7 qualifies as an eligible applicant under section 1(a)(3) of this chapter
54	54	8 because the individual's father or mother:
55	55	9 (1) enlisted or otherwise initially served in the armed forces of the
56	56	10 United States after June 30, 2011; and
57	57	11 (2) suffered a disability as determined by the United States
58	58	12 Department of Veterans Affairs.
59	59	13 (b) This section does not apply to an individual who:
60	60	14 (1) is an eligible applicant under section 1(a)(3) of this chapter;
61	61	15 and
62	62	16 (2) qualifies as an eligible applicant under section 1(a)(1) or
63	63	17 1(a)(2) of this chapter.
64	64	18 (c) Subject to subsection (d) and section 2(b) of this chapter, the
65	65	19 eligible applicant is entitled to a reduction in the educational costs that
66	66	20 would otherwise apply as follows:
67	67	21 (1) If the individual's father or mother suffered a disability as
68	68	22 determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
69	69	23 with a rating of eighty percent (80%) or more, the individual is
70	70	24 entitled to a one hundred percent (100%) reduction in education
71	71	25 costs.
72	72	26 (2) If the individual's father or mother suffered a disability as
73	73	27 determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
74	74	28 with a rating of less than eighty percent (80%), the individual is
75	75	29 entitled to a reduction in education costs equal to the sum of:
76	76	30 (A) twenty percent (20%); plus
77	77	31 (B) the disability rating of the individual's father or mother.
78	78	32 (d) The latest disability rating determined by the United States
79	79	33 Department of Veterans Affairs for an individual's father or mother
80	80	34 shall be used to compute the percentage by which education costs are
81	81	35 reduced under this section. If the disability rating of the individual's
82	82	36 father or mother changes after the beginning of an academic semester,
83	83	37 quarter, or other period for which educational costs have been reduced
84	84	38 under this section, the change in disability rating shall be applied
85	85	39 beginning with the immediately following academic semester, quarter,
86	86	40 or other period.
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