Indiana Administrative Code
Title 500 - COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA
Article 1 - ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOLARSHIP AND GRANT PROGRAMS
Rule 1 - Grant and Scholarship Programs
Section 1-3 - Hoosier scholar guidelines
Universal Citation: 500 IN Admin Code 1-3
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 21-18.5-4-9
Affected: IC 20-12-21-20
Sec. 3.
The following guidelines apply to the commission's designation of hoosier scholars under IC 20-12-21-20[IC 20-12 was repealed by P.L. 2-2007, SECTION 390, effective July 1, 2007.]:
(1) For eligibility, a nominee must meet the following requirements:
(A) Be a senior at an
Indiana high school approved by the commission.
(B) Rank in the top twenty percent (20%) of
their graduating class, with rank to be determined by each high
school.
(C) Be physically domiciled
in the state at the time of nomination. Parents and legal guardians of a
dependent student must also be domiciled in the state at the time the student
is nominated in high school.
(D) Be
a United States citizen or hold classification as an eligible
noncitizen.
(2) The stipend must be used as follows:
(A) For any
expense, not just tuition, related to attendance at an approved institution in
Indiana. Unless permitted by law, the amount of any other state financial aid
received by a hoosier scholar recipient may not be reduced.
(B) During the academic year immediately
following high school graduation unless otherwise approved by the
commission.
(3) The stipend must be forfeited if a nominee:
(A)
enrolls at an ineligible institution;
(B) does not attend an approved institution
during any portion of the award year as a full-time student; or
(C) fails to supply requested information to
the commission within the time period specified.
(4) An approved institution must:
(A) credit the stipend award in a one (1)
time lump sum disbursement;
(B)
credit the stipend award to the recipient's account at any point in the thirty
(30) day period prior to the first term of a student's full-time enrollment or
within thirty (30) days of being notified of the award whichever is earlier;
and
(C) pay all or part of the
stipend award directly to the recipient if the stipend has not already been
credited to the recipient's account on or after the first day of classes of an
enrollment period.
Transferred from the State Student Assistance Commission ( 585 IAC 1-9-3) to the Commission for Higher Education of the State of Indiana ( 500 IAC 1-1-3) by IC 21-18.5-1-2(c), effective July 1, 2012.
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