Indiana will provide local adult education programs reimbursement for test fees for students who take the high school equivalency through Dec. 30.

To qualify, students must be Indiana residents, currently enrolled in an adult education program and have successful scores on a practice exam.

Funding is through the CARES Act and will cover up to $95 for the exam at test centers.

Locally, Nickie Nolting said funding will be used to test all Jackson County Learning Center HSE students and McDowell Education Center students who are enrolled in the classes and pass the readiness pretest.

They received funding to pay for 54 HSEs and now have 24 remaining.

"Once this funding runs out, we will request more," said Nolting, who oversees the program at the learning center in Seymour. "Funding is available through Dec. 30, but we hope they will extend it past this date."