Sec. 6. In determining the financial resources available to a student for a higher education award, the commission may not consider principal or interest, including an original issue discount that qualifies as interest excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, on a bond that is:
(1) issued by a:
(A) public body corporate and politic of the state; or
(B) state educational institution;
designated by the governor as a college savings bond and purchased after December 31, 1989; or
(2) a United States savings bond purchased after December 31, 1989, if the interest is claimed as exempt from federal taxation under Section 135 of the Internal Revenue Code.