January 19, 2007

Indiana Settles Suit Over Aid Eligibility

By SARA HEBEL

Indiana students who are legal U.S. residents but whose parents are not would be able to benefit from state scholarships for low- and middle-income students under a proposed settlement the state has reached with the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana.

The settlement plan, which requires a federal court's approval, would end a class-action lawsuit originally filed last March on behalf of a high-school senior who was a U.S. citizen but was denied aid under the state's 21st Century

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