- (a) Subject to this section and section 2.5 of this chapter, an eligible applicant is entitled to enter, remain, and receive instruction in a state educational institution upon the same conditions, qualifications, and regulations prescribed for other applicants for admission to or scholars in the state educational institutions, without the payment of any educational costs for one hundred twenty-four (124) semester credit hours in the state educational institution.
- (b) The maximum amount that an eligible applicant is exempt from paying for a semester hour is an amount equal to the cost of an undergraduate semester credit hour at the state educational institution in which the eligible applicant enrolls.
- (c) This subsection applies only to an individual who qualifies for a benefit under this chapter because of a father or mother (or in the case of section 1(1) of this chapter, a related member) who enlisted or otherwise initially served in the armed forces of the United States after June 30, 2011. This subsection applies to a student who initially enrolls in an eligible institution for a semester (or its equivalent) beginning after June 30, 2012. Subject to subsection (d), any benefits awarded under this chapter may not be renewed, subject to subsections (a) and (b), if the eligible individual fails to maintain at least a cumulative grade point average that the eligible institution determines is satisfactory academic progress.
- (d) After the first semester or its equivalent at the eligible institution that a person does not achieve the requisite cumulative grade point average specified in subsection (c), the person is considered to be on probation and must achieve the requisite cumulative grade point average by the next semester or its equivalent at the eligible institution in order to continue to receive benefits under this chapter.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or another law, a change in the criteria for or the amount of a benefit awarded under this chapter enacted in the 2011 session of the general assembly applies only to an individual who qualifies for a benefit under this chapter because of a father or mother (or in the case of section 1(1) of this chapter, a related member) who enlisted or otherwise initially served in the armed forces of the United States after June 30, 2011.
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-19-1(c) part.]
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.255. Amended by P.L.141-2008, SEC.2; P.L.169-2011, SEC.16; P.L.217-2015, SEC.6.