Bill Text: IN SB0408 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Single articulation pathways.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-10 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development [SB0408 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0408-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 21-42-5-2.5.
Synopsis: Single articulation pathways. Requires the commission for
higher education, in collaboration with the state educational institutions
and the committee on statewide transfer and articulation, to develop,
implement, and maintain single articulation pathways that allow a
student who receives an associate degree in an area in which an
articulation agreement is appropriate to continue studies toward a
related baccalaureate degree as a junior status student.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
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(1) an:
(A) associate of science; or
(B) associate of arts;
or another relevant associate degree designation; and
(2) a related baccalaureate degree;
is appropriate.
(b) The single articulation pathways described in subsection (a) must:
(1) incorporate the statewide transfer general education core
created under IC 21-42-3-2;
(2) be based on a set of clearly identified and complementary
competencies and learning outcomes for both the associate
and baccalaureate degrees;
(3) allow a student anywhere in the community college system
to pursue a single, common curriculum in a particular
programmatic area that will articulate, without alteration,
with related baccalaureate degrees at all four (4) year state
educational institutions that offer the baccalaureate degrees;
(4) allow a student who completes an associate degree for
which a single articulation pathway has been developed to
apply all the credits earned for the student's associate degree
toward the related baccalaureate degree so that the student
may begin the baccalaureate program as a junior status
student;
(5) be developed with the advice of employers regarding the
competencies and learning outcomes considered especially
important for successful careers and employment; and
(6) be published on the Internet web sites of the commission
for higher education and each state educational institution.
(c) In developing the single articulation pathways under
subsection (a) and in identifying the competencies and learning
outcomes for associate and baccalaureate degree programs under
subsection (b), the commission for higher education and the state
educational institutions shall take into account, to the extent
possible, emerging innovations in technology and practice,
including:
(1) distance education;
(2) prior learning assessments of civilian and military training
and experience; and
(3) industry recognized or third party certifications.
