1. (a) The office shall determine:

   1. (1) which applicants shall be awarded a grant; and
   2. (2) subject to subsection (b) and to the availability of funding, the amount of each grant.

2. (b) Except as provided in section 7.1 of this chapter, at least five percent (5%) but not more than fifty percent (50%) of the:

   1. (1) tuition for eligible children under the prekindergarten pilot program; or

   2. (2) expansion plan described in section 7.4(a) of this chapter;

      during the state fiscal year must be paid from donations, gifts, grants, bequests, and other funds received from a private entity or person, from the United States government, or from other sources (excluding funds from a grant provided under this chapter and excluding other state funding). The office may receive and administer grants on behalf of the prekindergarten pilot program. The grants shall be distributed by the office to fulfill the requirements of this subsection.

3. (c) The amount of a grant made under the pilot program to an eligible child:

   1. (1) must equal at least two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) during the state fiscal year; and
   2. (2) may not exceed six thousand eight hundred dollars ($6,800) during the state fiscal year.

As added by P.L.202-2014, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.85-2017, SEC.61; P.L.184-2017, SEC.27.