Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 21 > Article 12 - General Scholarships and Grants

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• award: means any monetary grant made by the commission from:

  Indiana Code 21-12-1.5-2

• child: means a person who:

  Indiana Code 4-13-19-1

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• education loan: has the meaning set forth in IC 21-16-1-5. See Indiana Code 21-12-15-2
• eligible student: refers to an individual described in section 1 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 21-12-1.5-3
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• ombudsman: means :

  Indiana Code 4-13-19-2

• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• personal liability: means liability incurred by a teacher in the performance of the teacher's duties. See Indiana Code 4-13-20-1
• program: means the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 21-12-16-1
• program: means the next generation Hoosier minority educators scholarship program established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 21-12-16.5-1
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• publicly supported school: means the following:

  Indiana Code 21-12-10-1

• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• teacher: means a professional person whose:

  Indiana Code 4-13-20-2

• teacher: refers to a person who is employed by a public school or an eligible school (as defined in Indiana Code 21-12-16-1.5
• teacher: refers to a person who is employed by a public school or an eligible school (as defined in Indiana Code 21-12-16.5-1.5
• veteran: includes "Hoosier veteran" and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5