Sec. 3. (a) An applicant is eligible to receive an adult student grant if the following conditions are met:

(1) The applicant is domiciled in Indiana, as defined by the commission.

(2) The applicant:

(A) has received a diploma of graduation from an approved secondary school;

(B) has been granted a:

(i) high school equivalency certificate before July 1, 1995; or

(ii) state of Indiana general educational development (GED) diploma under IC 20-10.1-12.1 (before its repeal), IC 20-20-6 (before its repeal), or IC 22-4.1-18; or

(C) is a student in good standing who is completing a final year of study at an approved secondary school and will be eligible upon graduation to attend an approved institution of higher learning.

(3) The applicant declares, in writing, a specific educational objective or course of study and enrolls in:

(A) a course that applies toward the requirements for completion of that objective or course of study; or

(B) a course designed to help the applicant develop the basic skills the applicant needs to successfully achieve that objective or continue in that course of study.

(4) The applicant enrolls in at least six (6) credit hours in any academic term.

(5) The commission or an approved postsecondary educational institution acting as the commission's agent determines that the financial resources available to the applicant are such that in the absence of a grant under this chapter the applicant would be deterred from beginning or completing the applicant's declared educational objective or course of study.

(6) The applicant has not received any grant for the maximum number of academic terms specified for the grant in IC 21-12-13-1 or IC 21-12-13-2.

(7) The applicant is identified as financially independent from the applicant's parents as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

(8) Except as provided in subdivision (9), the applicant maintains satisfactory academic progress, as determined by the eligible institution.

(9) An applicant who does not maintain satisfactory academic progress, as determined by the eligible institution, is still eligible to receive an adult student grant if one (1) of the following conditions is met:

(A) The applicant has not attended the eligible institution for the previous two (2) academic years.

(B) The applicant:

(i) attended the eligible institution at any time during the previous two (2) academic years; and

(ii) maintained satisfactory academic progress during the period in which the applicant attended the eligible institution.

(b) The commission may reduce an award offered under this section by the amount the applicant is eligible to receive in tuition reimbursement from an employer or another outside source.

[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-22.1-10.]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.253. Amended by P.L.7-2011, SEC.13; P.L.281-2013, SEC.22; P.L.234-2015, SEC.17; P.L.165-2016, SEC.14; P.L.230-2017, SEC.28.