Sec. 8. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), if an applicant meets the requirements under this chapter, the commission may award, for not more than four (4) academic years, a scholarship to the applicant in an amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for each academic year that the applicant attends the accredited postsecondary educational institution approved by the commission under section 10 of this chapter.
(b) The commission may not do the following:
(1) Award a scholarship under this chapter in an amount of more than a total of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to an individual applicant.
(2) Award scholarships under this chapter to more than two hundred (200) new applicants each academic year.
(c) If the total amount to be distributed from the fund in a state fiscal year exceeds the amount available for distribution, the amount to be distributed to each eligible applicant shall be proportionately reduced so that the total reductions equal the amount of the excess.
As added by P.L.105-2016, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 12. General Scholarships and Grants
Chapter 16. Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship Program and Fund
21-12-16-2. Program Established; Authority to Award Scholarships
21-12-16-3. Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship Fund
21-12-16-4. Commission for Higher Education Duties
21-12-16-5. Scholarship Qualifications
21-12-16-6. Consideration of Applications; Priority
21-12-16-7. Contract Requirements
21-12-16-7.5. Capacity of Students Who Are at Least 17 Years of Age to Enter Contract
21-12-16-8. Amount of Scholarship Awards; Limits; Distribution
21-12-16-9. Standards to Maintain Eligibility; Petition for Exception; Extenuating Circumstances
21-12-16-11. Repayment of Scholarship Award; Failure to Complete Teacher Education
21-12-16-13. Same School Not Required for Teaching Requirement
21-12-16-14. Administered as Financial Aid Award
21-12-16-15. Other Scholarships or Forms of Financial Aid; Conditions