Indiana Senate Bill 89 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-13 - Committee report: amended, reassigned to Education and Career Development
Pending: Senate Education and Career Development Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Requires a state educational institution to adopt a policy to award educational credit to a veteran or an individual serving in the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard who completes courses: (1) 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 a veteran or an individual serving in the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard 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. Provides that, after August 31, 2014, each state educational institution shall include on a student's transcript the average grade that was awarded to all students enrolled in the same unit of instruction. Provides an exemption for units of instruction: (1) offered to students solely on a pass-fail basis or for independent study credit; or (2) in which grades are reported for 10 or fewer students.

College transcripts.

Sen. James Banks [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-13	Senate	Committee report: amended, reassigned to Education and Career Development
2014-01-13	Senate	Senator Long removed as first author.
2014-01-13	Senate	Senator Banks added as first author.
2014-01-07	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Rules and Legislative Procedure
2014-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Long

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/senate/89/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/9/c/3/29c3833c/SB0089.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/4/1/3/b413eda8/SB0089.02.COMS.pdf