Sec. 12. In determining which applicants are least able to provide funds for the cost of education under section 8 of this chapter, the commission may not consider principal or interest, including an original issue discount that qualifies as interest excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, on a bond that is:

(1) issued by a:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 21-12-3-12

  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(A) public body corporate and politic of the state; or

(B) state educational institution;

designated by the governor as a college savings bond and purchased after December 31, 1989; or

(2) a United States savings bond purchased after December 31, 1989, if the interest is claimed as exempt from federal taxation under Section 135 of the Internal Revenue Code.

[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-21-7.1.]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.253.