IN SB0089 | 2014 | Regular Session
Status
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]
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]
Summary
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.
Title
College transcripts.
Sponsors
Sen. James Banks [R] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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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 |