Fabio
85 lines
5.2 KiB
Markdown
85 lines
5.2 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Higher education matters."
|
||
description: "Changes the eligibility requirements for the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship and provides that a student may qualify for the scholarship by achieving a cumulative grade point average upon graduation of at least a 3.5 on a 4.0 grading scale during grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. Requires the commission for higher education to give priority to an individual who is: (1) a recent high school graduate; (2) pursuing a teacher shortage area; (3) showing significant financial need; or (4) a member of a household with an annual income of not more than the amount required for the individual to qualify for the free or reduced price lunch program as determined for the immediately preceding taxable year. Provides that the National Guard tuition supplement program may be used by a scholarship applicant for graduate credits."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
|
||
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2021"
|
||
identifier: "HB 1553"
|
||
citation: "Indiana HB 1553 (2021)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: ["EDUCATION generally", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "Colleges and Universities", "STUDENT ASSISTANCE", "LOANS", "AND GRANTS"]
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Raatz", "Kyle Walker", "Robert Behning"]
|
||
version_count: 4
|
||
action_count: 20
|
||
vote_count: 1
|
||
first_action: "2021-01-14"
|
||
last_action: "2021-04-15"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06daff20-16f2-4f27-8134-c71286fd686d"
|
||
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1553"
|
||
source_hash: "a80c24fcea6d1e985ee402622e4b044f92b097d621e4c143bd0106c1d569d411"
|
||
vintage: "2026-07-01"
|
||
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
|
||
confidence: "reported"
|
||
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# Indiana HB 1553 (2021) — Higher education matters.
|
||
|
||
Changes the eligibility requirements for the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship and provides that a student may qualify for the scholarship by achieving a cumulative grade point average upon graduation of at least a 3.5 on a 4.0 grading scale during grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. Requires the commission for higher education to give priority to an individual who is: (1) a recent high school graduate; (2) pursuing a teacher shortage area; (3) showing significant financial need; or (4) a member of a household with an annual income of not more than the amount required for the individual to qualify for the free or reduced price lunch program as determined for the immediately preceding taxable year. Provides that the National Guard tuition supplement program may be used by a scholarship applicant for graduate credits.
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1553/versions/HB1553.04.ENRS)
|
||
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1553/versions/HB1553.02.COMH)
|
||
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1553/versions/HB1553.03.COMS)
|
||
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1553/versions/HB1553.01.INTR)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- HB 1553 - Walker K - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
|
||
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
|
||
- Robert Behning — primary (person)
|
||
- Anthony Cook — coauthor (person)
|
||
- Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
|
||
- Robert Heaton — coauthor (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representatives Cook and Teshka
|
||
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Behning
|
||
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
|
||
- **2021-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2021-02-15** Representative Heaton added as coauthor
|
||
- **2021-02-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
|
||
- **2021-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 156: yeas 93, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
|
||
- **2021-02-17** Senate sponsors: Senators Walker K and Raatz
|
||
- **2021-02-18** Referred to the Senate
|
||
- **2021-03-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
|
||
- **2021-03-25** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2021-03-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
|
||
- **2021-03-29** Amendment #1 (Yoder) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
|
||
- **2021-03-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 299: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
|
||
- **2021-03-31** Returned to the House without amendments
|
||
- **2021-04-07** Signed by the Speaker
|
||
- **2021-04-08** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
|
||
- **2021-04-14** Signed by the President of the Senate
|
||
- **2021-04-15** Public Law 63
|
||
- **2021-04-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06daff20-16f2-4f27-8134-c71286fd686d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
|
||
|