Sec. 9. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2:
(1) to develop standards that govern the denial of assistance to higher education award applicants and recipients under IC 21-12-3-13;
(2) to implement IC 21-12-6, including:
(A) rules regarding the establishment of appeals procedures for individuals who become disqualified from the program under IC 21-12-6-9;
(B) notwithstanding IC 21-12-6-5, rules that may include students who are in grades other than grade 6, 7, or 8 as eligible students; and
(C) rules that allow a student described in IC 21-12-6-5(b) to become an eligible student while the student is in high school, if the student agrees to comply with the requirements set forth in IC 21-12-6-5(a)(4)(B) through IC 21-12-6-5(a)(4)(D) for not less than six (6) months after graduating from high school;
(3) to implement IC 21-13-2; and
(4) to implement:
(A) IC 21-12-7; and
(B) IC 21-14-5.