Sec. 10. (a) The commission shall notify the department of the amount of Mitch Daniels early graduation scholarships granted for each state fiscal year. The department shall deduct the scholarship amount presented by the commission from the appropriation for tuition support for that state fiscal year and promptly transfer the amount to the commission.
(b) In the department's biennial budget request, the department shall estimate the number of students that are expected to become eligible for a Mitch Daniels early graduation scholarship and the estimated total amount needed to provide the scholarships for each state fiscal year for which the department requests an appropriation for tuition support. The department shall include in its request for tuition support an amount sufficient to provide the scholarships. The requested amount may not exceed the amount that would have been included in the department's request for tuition support if the students had not graduated early.