Bill Text: IN SB0180 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 180
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 5-14-3.5-2; (13)SE0180.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 5-14-3.5-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.172-2011,
SECTION 15, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 2. (a) The auditor of state, working with the office
of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, or another organization that
is part of a state educational institution, and the office of management
and budget established by IC 4-3-22-3, shall post on the Indiana
transparency Internet web site the following data:
(1) A listing of state expenditures and fund balances, including expenditures for contracts, grants, and leases.
(2) A listing of state owned real and personal property that has a value of more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
The web site must be electronically searchable by the public and must be intuitive to users of the web site.
(b) The data base must include for each state agency:
(1) the amount, date, payer, and payee of expenditures;
(2) a listing of state expenditures by:
(A) personal services;
(B) other operating expenses; or
(C) total operating expenses;
to reflect how the funds were appropriated in the state budget act;
(3) a listing of state fund balances; and
(4) a listing of property owned by the state.
(c) The data base must include for each state educational institution a listing of the annual salaries for employees of the state educational institution.
(1) A listing of state expenditures and fund balances, including expenditures for contracts, grants, and leases.
(2) A listing of state owned real and personal property that has a value of more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
The web site must be electronically searchable by the public and must be intuitive to users of the web site.
(b) The data base must include for each state agency:
(1) the amount, date, payer, and payee of expenditures;
(2) a listing of state expenditures by:
(A) personal services;
(B) other operating expenses; or
(C) total operating expenses;
to reflect how the funds were appropriated in the state budget act;
(3) a listing of state fund balances; and
(4) a listing of property owned by the state.
(c) The data base must include for each state educational institution a listing of the annual salaries for employees of the state educational institution.
SOURCE: IC 5-14-3.5-6; (13)SE0180.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 5-14-3.5-6, AS ADDED BY P.L.172-2011,
SECTION 15, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 6. To the extent any information required to be in
the data base is collected or maintained by a state agency or state
educational institution, the state agency or state educational
institution shall provide that information to the auditor of state for
inclusion in the data base.
SOURCE: IC 21-18-9-9; (13)SE0180.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. 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 and administrator 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.
(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 and administrator 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.
SOURCE: IC 21-18-9-10; (13)SE0180.1.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 21-18-9-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2013]: Sec. 10. (a) Before November 1, 2014, the commission, in
consultation with the office of management and budget and each
state educational institution, shall prepare and submit a report to
the general assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 that
analyzes each state educational institution's expenses for the state
fiscal years beginning in 2012 and 2013 and determine the
percentage or amount of the state educational institution's total
expenditures for a particular state fiscal year that were:
(1) overhead and operational expenditures;
(2) instructional expenses; and
(3) capital or other expenses.
(b) The commission may establish criteria for categorizing a state educational institution's expenses.
(c) A state educational institution shall submit to the commission any information necessary by the commission to prepare the report required in subsection (a).
(d) This section expires January 1, 2015.
(1) overhead and operational expenditures;
(2) instructional expenses; and
(3) capital or other expenses.
(b) The commission may establish criteria for categorizing a state educational institution's expenses.
(c) A state educational institution shall submit to the commission any information necessary by the commission to prepare the report required in subsection (a).
(d) This section expires January 1, 2015.
SEA 180 _ Concur
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