Indiana House Bill 1317 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 21 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-21 - Representative Baird added as coauthor.
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows a nonresident individual who: (1) is transitioning from active duty; or (2) has been separated from active duty for less than one year; to pay resident tuition at state educational institutions. Requires a state educational institution to adopt a policy to award educational credit to an individual who completes courses: (1) taken during the individual's active duty military service at a postsecondary educational institution accredited by a regional accrediting agency or association or by an organization recognized by the United States Department of Education; and (2) that meet the state educational institution's role, scope, and mission. Requires a state educational institution to adopt a policy to award educational credit to an individual who completes certain college equivalency examinations that meet the state educational institution's role, scope, and mission. Provides that the state educational institution's policy must provide that educational credit awarded to an individual applies to the individual's degree requirements if the credit is comparable and applicable to credit necessary for the individual to meet the individual's degree requirements.

College credit for military training.

Rep. John Bartlett [D]

Rep. James Baird [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-21	House	Representative Baird added as coauthor.
2014-01-21	House	First Reading: Referred to Education
2014-01-21	House	Authored by Representative Bartlett.

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/house/1317/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/b/f/f/ebff00e7/HB1317.01.INTR.pdf