Bill Sponsors: IN HB1248 | 2016 | Regular Session

Bill Title: Higher education matters. Amends, applying in an academic year beginning after August 31, 2017, the definition of "accelerated progress" for purposes of additional awards for state financial aid for higher education. Removes a provision that provides that the commission for higher education may offer certain performance incentive awards only to students who initially enroll in an eligible institution for an academic year beginning after August 31, 2013. Amends, beginning in an academic year beginning after August 31, 2017, eligibility requirements for: (1) larger award amounts under the Frank O'Bannon grant; (2) renewal of Frank O'Bannon grant awards; and (3) renewal

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-23 - Public Law 165 [HB1248 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative Randy Truitt [R]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-026FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Thomas Dermody [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-020FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Edward Clere [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-072FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Justin Moed [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-097FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Vernon Smith [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-014FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Pete Miller [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-024FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Ed Charbonneau [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-005FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Dennis Kruse [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-014FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Mark Stoops [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-040FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

Social Comments on IN HB1248

feedback