Indiana Administrative Code
Title 512 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Article 4 - CHOICE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Rule 1 - School Choice Scholarship
Section 1-3 - Eligible choice scholarship student requirements

Universal Citation: 512 IN Admin Code 1-3

Current through March 20, 2024

Authority: IC 20-51-4-7

Affected: IC 6-3.1-30.5; IC 20-18-2-13; IC 20-18-2-16; IC 20-19-2-2; IC 20-19-3-1; IC 20-51

Sec. 3.

(a) To become an eligible choice scholarship student, the applicant must do the following:

(1) Satisfy all of the requirements of IC 20-51-1-4.3.

(2) Submit a completed application at an eligible school in accordance with this rule and any procedures established and published by the department.

(b) For purposes of IC 20-51-1-4.3(3)(C), an eligible choice scholarship student is enrolled in a public school, including a charter school, for at least two (2) semesters immediately preceding the first semester for which the eligible choice scholarship student receives a choice scholarship if attendance at the public or charter school is established by one (1) of the following:

(1) An attendance entry by the school in the department's data collection system for attendance (DOE-AT), real time (DOE-RT), or membership (DOE-ME) collections for both the fall and spring membership counts.

(2) An official transcript from the public school corporation.

(c) For purposes of IC 20-51-1-4.3(3)(B), the categorical designation ("A" through "F" grade) for the public school the eligible choice scholarship student would otherwise be required to attend is the public school's categorical designation at the time of the application at an eligible school.

(d) An applicant's choice scholarship application must be complete and contain all required information for an eligibility determination to be made. The department will determine an applicant's eligibility based on the order in which completed choice scholarship applications are received in the department's offices.

(e) The department will determine the amount of an eligible choice scholarship student's choice scholarship in accordance with IC 20-51-4-4.

(f) The department will notify the applicant and the applicable eligible school of one (1) of the following:

(1) The applicant is eligible and the amount of the eligible choice scholarship student's choice scholarship.

(2) The applicant is ineligible and the reason for ineligibility.

(g) A choice scholarship is valid for the school year for which it is awarded. Continued eligibility will be based on continued compliance with subsection (a).

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