Sec. 12. (a) The state department shall give funding priority to applications under this chapter for eligible children who are less than fourteen (14) years of age.
(b) The funding priority described in subsection (a) has the highest priority. However, the state department may issue guidelines establishing additional funding priorities to give to applications that are submitted under this chapter. If the state department issues guidelines under this subsection, the state department shall post the guidelines on the state department's Internet web site.