Indiana-2013-HB1341-Enrolled

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1341

AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. IC 21-18-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]:
     Chapter 12. Indiana E-Transcript Program
    Sec. 1. (a) The Indiana e-transcript program is created to allow students at all accredited high schools located in Indiana to request that the student's school transcripts be transmitted electronically to state educational institutions, participating Indiana not-for-profit or privately endowed institutions, and participating Indiana institutions authorized by the board for proprietary education established by IC 21-18.5-5-1.
    (b) The commission shall administer the program.
    (c) Beginning July 1, 2013, the department of education established by IC 20-19-3-1, in collaboration with the state educational institutions and the commission, shall develop a common electronic transcript, using common data fields and formats that are required by state educational institutions.
    (d) Not later than July 1, 2015, all public secondary schools shall use the common electronic transcript developed by the department of education.
     (e) The governing body of an accredited nonpublic secondary school may elect to use the common electronic transcript developed

by the department of education.
Sec. 2. The commission, in consultation with the department of education established by IC 20-19-3-1, may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter.