(a) Before being granted loan repayment assistance under this chapter, a teacher must:
- (1) apply for the loan repayment assistance not later than twenty-four (24) months after graduating from a postsecondary educational institution; and
- (2) enter into a contract with the commission agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the loan repayment assistance will be granted to the teacher.
- (b) As a condition of being granted loan repayment assistance under this chapter, a teacher must agree to employment for a period of at least three (3) consecutive years as a licensed teacher in a public school in Indiana in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or special education, or in a critical shortage area. The teacher is not required to teach at the same public school for three (3) consecutive years.
- (c) Service rendered by a teacher in a public school before the teacher becomes a participant in the program may not be considered to have fulfilled the employment commitment required by subsection (b).
As added by P.L.46-2014, SEC.4.