Bill Text: IN SB0180 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Higher education grading practices and faculty organization.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 177 [SB0180 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-SB0180-Amended.html

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February 15, 2013

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SENATE BILL No. 180

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DIGEST OF SB 180 (Updated February 14, 2013 3:49 pm - DI 71)

Citations Affected: IC 21-18.

Synopsis: Higher education grading practices and faculty organization. Requires the commission to compile information from each campus of each state educational institution concerning faculty organizational structure and grading practices for the campus. Requires the information to be made available to the public. Requires the commission for higher education to make an annual report to the general assembly of certain information concerning each state educational institution.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Banks , Kruse, Taylor

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    January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career Development.
    February 14, 2013, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.

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February 15, 2013

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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SENATE BILL No. 180

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education.

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

SOURCE: IC 21-18-9-9; (13)SB0180.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 21-18-9-9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 9. (a) In collaboration with each state educational institution's institutional research or strategic planning department, the commission shall develop an annual report to the general assembly that includes the following information:
        (1) Faculty activities related to the mission of the state educational institution, including teaching, course grading practices, research, scholarship, outreach, and professional services.
        (2) Average and median faculty salaries.
        (3) Median grade point averages for all students for the fall and spring semesters.
        (4) Median grade point averages for all graduating seniors.
        (5) Other information the commission considers necessary.
The information in the report must include undergraduate student information and faculty data by academic department, college, or

university.
    (b) A state educational institution shall provide the information set forth in subsection (a) in the form required by the commission.
    (c) The report to the general assembly under subsection (a) must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.