IN SB0008 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-13 - Public Law 94
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-13 - Public Law 94
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Higher education matters. Requires each high school to: (1) beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, offer the Indiana college core (college core); or (2) not later than October 1, 2024, submit a plan or report that meets certain requirements to the commission for higher education (commission). Provides that: (1) a student who successfully completes an eligible course under the college core is entitled to secondary credit toward graduation requirements; and (2) the student's transcripts must reflect the secondary credit. Establishes the reverse transfer program for community college associate degrees. Requires each state educational institution (institution) to prepare and submit a report to the commission that includes information regarding a determination by the institution of the feasibility and advisability of establishing and conferring associate degrees to certain students. Establishes certain requirements for the commission regarding the reports. Requires each institution that offers baccalaureate degrees to establish a policy to review each of the institution's four year baccalaureate degree program offerings to determine the feasibility of providing each in a specifically structured manner to allow a full-time student to complete the baccalaureate degree within three years. Requires, not later than July 1, 2025, each institution to offer at least one baccalaureate degree program specifically structured to allow a full-time student to complete the baccalaureate degree within three years. Requires an institution to provide an annual report to the commission regarding offering four year baccalaureate degree programs completed in three years. Expands the schools to which requirements regarding secondary credit apply. Changes the name of the statewide transfer general education core to the Indiana college core. Requires the commission, in coordination with the department of education (department) and institutions, to maintain and post a list and syllabus or course outline record of each eligible college core course. Requires, by July 1, 2025, the department to partner with one or more institutions or approved postsecondary educational institutions to provide online access to the college core through the course access program. Provides that credit equivalencies, including the college core, for all Cambridge International Advanced A and AS Level examinations must be updated annually and sent by each institution to the commission by June 1 each year. Provides that each institution shall post these annually updated credit equivalencies on the institution's website by July 1 each year. Provides that the commission shall post the annually updated credit equivalencies on the commission's student transfer of credit portal by July 1 each year.
Title
Higher education matters.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-07 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-07 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 85 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-07 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 85 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Public Law 94 |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Signed by the Governor |
| 2024-03-12 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Signed by the Speaker |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 298: yeas 48, nays 0 |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 312: yeas 85, nays 0 |
| 2024-03-06 | House | CCR # 1 filed in the House |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | CCR # 1 filed in the Senate |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Senate advisors appointed: Yoder, Glick and Goode |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Senate conferees appointed: Leising and Hunley |
| 2024-02-29 | House | House advisors appointed: Davis, Behning and Pfaff |
| 2024-02-29 | House | House conferees appointed: Snow and Smith V |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Senate dissented from House amendments |
| 2024-02-28 | Senate | Motion to dissent filed |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Returned to the Senate with amendments |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 211: yeas 94, nays 0 |
| 2024-02-26 | House | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2024-02-26 | House | Amendment #2 (Teshka) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2024-02-26 | House | Amendment #1 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2024-02-22 | House | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2024-02-12 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Education |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Cosponsors: Representatives Thompson, Davis, Teshka |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Snow |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 118: yeas 48, nays 0 |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2024-01-25 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2024-01-22 | Senate | Senator Raatz added as coauthor |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Senator Goode G added as coauthor |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Senator Becker added as coauthor |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Senator Glick added as third author |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Senator Rogers added as second author |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | Authored by Senator Leising |
