2015 Indiana Code TITLE 20. EDUCATION ARTICLE 20. PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE CHAPTER 18.5. GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR LICENSES FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS
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IC 20-20-18.5
Chapter 18.5. Grants for Mental Health Counselor Licenses
for School Counselors
IC 20-20-18.5-1
Establishment of grant
Sec. 1. The mental health counselor licenses for school counselors
grant is established for the purpose of awarding grants to provide
funding for training for school counselors in kindergarten through
grade 12 schools to obtain a mental health counselor license under
IC 25-23.6-8.5.
As added by P.L.185-2015, SEC.18.
IC 20-20-18.5-2
Establishment of fund; administration; criteria
Sec. 2. (a) The mental health counselor licenses for school
counselors fund is established for purposes of funding the grant set
forth in section 1 of this chapter.
(b) The department shall administer the fund.
(c) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Appropriations from the general assembly.
(2) Gifts to the fund.
(3) Grants, including grants from private entities.
(d) In awarding a grant under this chapter, the department shall
ensure that the following criteria are met:
(1) Not more than one hundred (100) school counselors may be
awarded a grant annually.
(2) An individual receiving a grant under this chapter must have
been employed as a school counselor before July 1, 2015, and
must be currently employed as a school counselor.
(e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from the
fund.
(f) Money in the fund that is not needed to pay the obligations of
the fund may be invested in the manner that other public money may
be invested. Interest from the investment of money in the fund
becomes part of the fund.
(g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
revert to the state general fund.
As added by P.L.185-2015, SEC.18.
IC 20-20-18.5-3
Eligibility; determination of amount and terms of grant
Sec. 3. (a) A school counselor or a school corporation is eligible
to apply for a grant under this chapter. A school counselor or a school
corporation applying for a grant under this chapter must apply in the
manner prescribed by the department.
(b) The department shall determine the amount and the terms of
a grant awarded under this chapter.
Indiana Code 2015
As added by P.L.185-2015, SEC.18.
IC 20-20-18.5-4
Rules
Sec. 4. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary
to administer this chapter.
As added by P.L.185-2015, SEC.18.
Indiana Code 2015
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