Bill Text: IN HB1218 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State educational institutions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-12 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1218 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1218-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-30; IC 20-33-2-13; IC 21-14-2-1;
IC 21-38-3; IC 21-41-2-4; IC 21-42; IC 21-43.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 12, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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Requires a state educational institution to accept as transfer credits any
course successfully completed by a student at another state educational
institution. Provides that a state educational institution may charge a
high school student tuition for a dual credit or postsecondary credit
course only if the course is taught by an employee of the state
educational institution. Provides that if a high school student is entitled
to receive postsecondary credit for a course taken from a state
educational institution, another state educational institution must
accept the credit as transfer credit. Repeals sections concerning the
core transfer library and articulation agreements between state
educational institutions, and makes corresponding changes to related
sections.
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(1) that are not regularly provided as part of the established curriculum during the school year; and
(2) for which a student who successfully completes a program may receive high school and college credit under
(1) Dual credit.
(2) Advanced placement.
(b) This subsection applies after June 30, 2013, and before July 1, 2015. Each high school shall provide a number of the following courses sufficient to allow a student who qualifies to enroll in the courses to complete at least one (1) year of college credit:
(1) Dual credit.
(2) Advanced placement.
(c) This subsection applies after June 30, 2015. Each high school shall provide a number of the following courses sufficient to allow a student who qualifies to enroll in the courses to complete at least two (2) years of college credit:
(1) Dual credit.
(2) Advanced placement.
(1) Attendance records.
(2) The student's latest ISTEP program test results under IC 20-32-5.
(3) Any secondary level and postsecondary level certificates of achievement earned by the student.
(4) Immunization information from the immunization record the student's school keeps under IC 20-34-4-1.
(5) Any dual credit courses taken.
(b) A school corporation may include information on a student's high school transcript that is in addition to the requirements of subsection (a).
(1) Ball State University.
(2) Indiana University.
(3) Indiana State University.
(4) Purdue University.
(5) University of Southern Indiana.
(b) The board of trustees of a state educational institution may:
(1) set the fees, tuition, and charges necessary or convenient to further the purposes of the state educational institution; and
(2) except as provided in subsection (c), collect the fees, tuition, and charges set by the board of trustees for the state educational institution.
(c) The board of trustees of a state educational institution may not charge or collect a fee for a service or an activity that a student does not use. A bill for student tuition and fees must:
(1) set forth the amounts of fees allocated to specific activities or services; and
(2) allow a student to cancel the fees for activities or services the student does not use.
(b) The board of trustees of each state educational institution shall require each professor employed by the state educational institution to teach at least two (2) classes during each academic year.
(b) The board of trustees of each state educational institution shall ensure that individuals who provide counseling to undergraduate students concerning course scheduling are trained in methods to determine the course requirements for each major offered by the state educational institution to assist each student in selecting courses that allow the student to finish a single major in not more than four (4) fall and four (4) spring semesters.
1, 2011]: Sec. 1. A state educational institution shall (1) accept the
transfer credit of an appropriate a course successfully completed by a
student at another state educational institution having the same level of
accreditation. or
(2) allow the student to receive equal credit by successfully
completing equivalency testing in the subject area.
(b) Upon demonstration of financial need, an eligible institution may grant financial assistance to a student accepted for admission to the eligible institution.
(b) A state educational institution may grant financial assistance, including a waiver of tuition not otherwise covered by IC 21-14-8, to a student for courses taken under this program based on:
(1) the student's financial need;
(2) the student's academic achievement; or
(3) any other criteria.
SECTION 12. THE FOLLOWING ARE REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: IC 21-18-1-6; IC 21-18-7-3; IC 21-42-1-2; IC 21-42-1-3; IC 21-42-1-5; IC 21-42-3-2; IC 21-42-3-3; IC 21-42-3-4; IC 21-42-5; IC 21-42-6; IC 21-43-1-2; IC 21-43-5-6.