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Chapter 6. Tuition and Fee Exemption for Children and Surviving
Spouse of Public Safety Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
IC 21-14-6-1
Applicability
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the children and surviving spouse
of a public safety officer if the public safety officer was a resident of
Indiana when killed in the line of duty.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.255.
IC 21-14-6-2
Eligibility; children of slain public safety officers
Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to a public safety officer's child
who is less than twenty-four (24) years of age on the date of the
public safety officer's death. The children of a public safety officer
who has been killed in the line of duty are exempt from the payment
of tuition and regularly assessed fees for eight (8) semesters (or the
equivalent) in which the children enroll at a state educational
institution or state supported technical school. The children must be
full-time students pursuing a prescribed course of study.
(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.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.255. Amended by P.L.51-2009, SEC.1.
IC 21-14-6-3
Eligibility; surviving spouse of public safety officers
Sec. 3. The surviving spouse of a public safety officer who has
been killed in the line of duty is not required to pay educational costs
at a state educational institution or state supported technical school,
as long as the surviving spouse is pursuing a prescribed course of
study at the institution towards an undergraduate degree.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.255.
IC 21-14-6-4
Amount of benefits
Sec. 4. The amount of the benefits under this chapter is equal to
one (1) of the following amounts:
(1) If an eligible applicant does not receive financial assistance
specifically designated for educational costs, the amount
determined under section 2 or 3 of this chapter that is applicable
to the eligible applicant.
(2) If an eligible applicant receives financial assistance
specifically designated for educational costs:
(A) the amount determined under section 2 or 3 of this
chapter that is applicable to the eligible applicant; minus
(B) the financial assistance specifically designated for
educational costs.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.255.
