2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 20. Education
ARTICLE 51. SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS
CHAPTER 1. Definitions
20-51-1-4.3. "Eligible choice scholarship student"

     Sec. 4.3. "Eligible choice scholarship student" refers to an individual who:

(1) has legal settlement in Indiana;

(2) is at least five (5) years of age and less than twenty-two (22) years of age on the date in the school year specified in IC 20-33-2-7; and

(3) meets at least one (1) of the following conditions:

(A) The individual is:

(i) a student with a disability who requires special education and for whom an individualized education program has been developed under IC 20-35 or a service plan developed under 511 IAC 7-34; and

(ii) a member of a household with an annual income of not more than two hundred percent (200%) of the amount required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program.

(B) The individual is:

(i) an individual who, because of the school corporation's residency requirement, would be required to attend a specific public school within a school corporation that has been placed in the lowest category or designation of school improvement under IC 20-31-8-4 (has been assigned an "F" grade); and

(ii) except as provided in IC 20-51-4-2.5, is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the amount required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program.

An individual to whom this clause applies is not required to attend the public school before becoming eligible for a choice scholarship, and may not be required to return to the public school if the public school is placed in a higher category or designation under IC 20-31-8-4.

(C) Except as provided in IC 20-51-4-2.5, the individual is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the amount required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program and the individual was enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12, in a public school, including a charter school, in Indiana for at least two (2) semesters immediately preceding the first semester for which the individual receives a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4.

(D) The individual or a sibling of the individual who, except as provided in IC 20-51-4-2.5, is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the amount required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program and satisfies either of the following:

(i) The individual or a sibling of the individual received before July 1, 2013, a scholarship from a scholarship granting organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4 in a preceding school year, including a school year that does not immediately precede a school year in which the individual receives a scholarship from a scholarship granting organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4.

(ii) The individual or a sibling of the individual receives for the first time after June 30, 2013, a scholarship of at least five hundred dollars ($500) from a scholarship granting organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4 in a preceding school year, including a school year that does not immediately precede a school year in which the individual receives a scholarship from a scholarship granting organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4.

(E) Subject to IC 20-51-4-2.7, the individual:

(i) received an early education grant under IC 12-17.2-7.2;

(ii) used the grant described in item (i) to attend a prekindergarten program at an eligible school;

(iii) continues to meet the income eligibility requirements the individual was required to meet to receive an early education grant under IC 12-17.2-7.2; and

(iv) continues to attend the eligible school at which the individual attended a prekindergarten program as described in item (ii).

As added by P.L.211-2013, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.205-2013, SEC.310; P.L.233-2015, SEC.313; P.L.184-2017, SEC.34.