1. (a) This section applies to the following scholarship and fee remission statutes:

   1. (1) IC 21-12-3 .
   2. (2) IC 21-12-4 .
   3. (3) IC 21-12-6 .
   4. (4) IC 21-13-2 .
   5. (5) IC 21-13-7 .
   6. (6) IC 21-13-8 .
   7. (7) IC 21-13-4 .
   8. (8) IC 21-14-5 .
   9. (9) IC 21-12-16 .
2. (b) This subsection does not apply to a grant or reduction in fees under IC 21-13-4 . Except as provided in subsection (d), and except for a scholarship granted under IC 21-13-8 to an individual described in IC 21-13-8-1 (b)(2)(B), a grant or reduction in tuition or fees, including all renewals and extensions, under any of the laws listed in subsection (a) may not exceed the number of terms that constitutes four (4) undergraduate academic years, as determined by the commission, and must be used within eight (8) years after the date the individual first applies and becomes eligible for benefits under the applicable law.
3. (c) A grant or reduction in tuition or fees, including all renewals and extensions, under IC 21-13-4 may not exceed the number of terms that constitutes six (6) academic years as determined by the commission.
4. (d) The commission may, subject to the availability of funds, extend eligibility under subsection (b) for a recipient who used a grant or reduction in tuition or fees under any of the statutes listed in subsection
5. (a) at a postsecondary educational institution that closed. The extension of eligibility may not exceed the number of terms used by the recipient at the postsecondary educational institution that closed.

As added by P.L.169-2011, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.205-2013, SEC.314; P.L.281-2013, SEC.28; P.L.2-2014, SEC.92; P.L.159-2016, SEC.1; P.L.191-2017, SEC.3; P.L.81-2019, SEC.6; P.L.63-2021, SEC.1; P.L.52-2022, SEC.3; P.L.11-2023, SEC.71; P.L.94-2026, SEC.71.