Bill Text: IN SB0392 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State educational institution grading practices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-14 - Representative Porter added as cosponsor [SB0392 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-SB0392-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 392

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 21-18-9-7.

Synopsis: State educational institution grading practices. Requires each state educational institution to provide the commission for higher education with information concerning grading practices for courses that are required to fill general education requirements at the state educational institution, and the commission to file an annual report of the information with the general assembly.

Effective: July 1, 2012.

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Banks, Kruse

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    January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career Development.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)

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SENATE BILL No. 392

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 21-18-9-7; (12)IN0392.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 21-18-9-7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 7. (a) Each state educational institution shall provide the commission with information from the state educational institution concerning grading practices for courses that:
        (1) are required to fill general education requirements at the state educational institution; and
        (2) have a minimum class size of twenty-five (25) students.
    (b) The information compiled under subsection (a) must include grade distributions for the same course, grouped by:
        (1) tenured faculty members;
        (2) faculty members who are on a tenure track; and
        (3) contract instructors;
for the most recent academic year and the five (5) academic years preceding the most recent academic year.
    (c) The commission shall compile and report the information described in subsection (a) annually to the general assembly in an

electronic format under IC 5-14-6.