Section 512IAC4-1-3.2. Eligible school tuition and fees

  2. (a) It is the intent of this rule that an eligible choice scholarship student be charged the same tuition and fees, and receive the same discounts and reductions of tuition, as a similarly situated nonchoice scholarship student attending the same eligible school.

  (b) An eligible school must have an established tuition and fees policy in place at the time the school makes application to the department to become an eligible school.

  (c) Tuition and fees may only include the costs a student would otherwise be obligated to pay to the eligible school absent a choice scholarship award.

  (d) An eligible school may not charge eligible choice scholarship students tuition and fees that are in amounts that differ from what the eligible school charges similarly situated nonchoice scholarship students.

  (e) Eligible schools must first apply all tuition and fee discounts and the eligible school's financial aid that the eligible choice scholarship student, or a similarly situated nonchoice scholarship student, would have otherwise received absent a choice scholarship before determining the amount of tuition for purposes of the choice application.

  (f) An eligible school may not include the costs of special education or related services in the tuition and fees amount entered on a choice scholarship application.

  (g) Eligible schools that include textbook fees in the tuition and fees amount entered on their choice scholarship applications may not file a claim for textbook reimbursement under IC 20-33-5-9 for eligible choice scholarship students.

  (h) Eligible schools must proportionally reduce the tuition and fee amount entered on a choice scholarship student's application for an eligible choice scholarship student who is dual enrolled at a public school and at an eligible school. (Department of Education; 512 IAC 4-1-3.2; filed Jan 21, 2016, 1:32 p.m.: 20160217-IR-512140509FRA)