Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 10 R cosponsors

SB 8 — Higher education matters.

Last action — Public Law 94

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2024. Enacted.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    4 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (10 R).

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Summary

Requires each high school to: (1) beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, offer the Indiana college core (college core); or (2) not later than October 1, 2024, submit a plan or report that meets certain requirements to the commission for higher education (commission). Provides that: (1) a student who successfully completes an eligible course under the college core is entitled to secondary credit toward graduation requirements; and (2) the student's transcripts must reflect the secondary credit. Establishes the reverse transfer program for community college associate degrees. Requires each state educational institution (institution) to prepare and submit a report to the commission that includes information regarding a determination by the institution of the feasibility and advisability of establishing and conferring associate degrees to certain students. Establishes certain requirements for the commission regarding the reports. Requires each institution that offers baccalaureate degrees to establish a policy to review each of the institution's four year baccalaureate degree program offerings to determine the feasibility of providing each in a specifically structured manner to allow a full-time student to complete the baccalaureate degree within three years. Requires, not later than July 1, 2025, each institution to offer at least one baccalaureate degree program specifically structured to allow a full-time student to complete the baccalaureate degree within three years. Requires an institution to provide an annual report to the commission regarding offering four year baccalaureate degree programs completed in three years. Expands the schools to which requirements regarding secondary credit apply. Changes the name of the statewide transfer general education core to the Indiana college core. Requires the commission, in coordination with the department of education (department) and institutions, to maintain and post a list and syllabus or course outline record of each eligible college core course. Requires, by July 1, 2025, the department to partner with one or more institutions or approved postsecondary educational institutions to provide online access to the college core through the course access program. Provides that credit equivalencies, including the college core, for all Cambridge International Advanced A and AS Level examinations must be updated annually and sent by each institution to the commission by June 1 each year. Provides that each institution shall post these annually updated credit equivalencies on the institution's website by July 1 each year. Provides that the commission shall post the annually updated credit equivalencies on the commission's student transfer of credit portal by July 1 each year.

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Action History

  1. Public Law 94

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 298: yeas 48, nays 0

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 312: yeas 85, nays 0

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  10. House advisors appointed: Davis, Behning and Pfaff

  11. House conferees appointed: Snow and Smith V

  12. Senate dissented from House amendments

  13. Senate conferees appointed: Leising and Hunley

  14. Senate advisors appointed: Yoder, Glick and Goode

  15. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  16. Motion to dissent filed

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 211: yeas 94, nays 0

  18. Amendment #2 (Teshka) prevailed; voice vote

  19. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  20. Amendment #1 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote

  21. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  22. First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  23. Referred to the House

  24. House sponsor: Representative Snow

  25. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 118: yeas 48, nays 0

  26. Cosponsors: Representatives Thompson, Davis, Teshka

  27. Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote

  28. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  29. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  30. Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

  31. Senator Raatz added as coauthor

  32. Senator Glick added as third author

  33. Senator Rogers added as second author

  34. Senator Becker added as coauthor

  35. Senator Goode G added as coauthor

  36. Authored by Senator Leising

  37. First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

Sponsors

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Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (140)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 8 do?
Requires each high school to: (1) beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, offer the Indiana college core (college core); or (2) not later than October 1, 2024, submit a plan or report that meets certain requirements to the commission for higher education (commission). Provides that: (1) a student who successfully completes an eligible course under the college core is entitled to secondary credit toward graduation requirements; and (2) the student's transcripts must reflect the secondary credit. Establishes the reverse transfer program for community college associate degrees. Requires each state educational institution (institution) to prepare and submit a report to the commission that includes information regarding a determination by the institution of the feasibility and advisability of establishing and conferring associate degrees to certain students. Establishes certain requirements for the commission regarding the reports. Requires each institution that offers baccalaureate degrees to establish a policy to review each of the institution's four year baccalaureate degree program offerings to determine the feasibility of providing each in a specifically structured manner to allow a full-time student to complete the baccalaureate degree within three years. Requires, not later than July 1, 2025, each institution to offer at least one baccalaureate degree program specifically structured to allow a full-time student to complete the baccalaureate degree within three years. Requires an institution to provide an annual report to the commission regarding offering four year baccalaureate degree programs completed in three years. Expands the schools to which requirements regarding secondary credit apply. Changes the name of the statewide transfer general education core to the Indiana college core. Requires the commission, in coordination with the department of education (department) and institutions, to maintain and post a list and syllabus or course outline record of each eligible college core course. Requires, by July 1, 2025, the department to partner with one or more institutions or approved postsecondary educational institutions to provide online access to the college core through the course access program. Provides that credit equivalencies, including the college core, for all Cambridge International Advanced A and AS Level examinations must be updated annually and sent by each institution to the commission by June 1 each year. Provides that each institution shall post these annually updated credit equivalencies on the institution's website by July 1 each year. Provides that the commission shall post the annually updated credit equivalencies on the commission's student transfer of credit portal by July 1 each year.
Who sponsors SB 8?
SB 8 is sponsored by Jake Teshka (Republican), Michelle Davis (Republican), Jeffrey Thompson (Republican), Craig Snow (Republican), Jeff Raatz (Republican), Greg Goode (Republican), Vaneta Becker (Republican), Susan Glick (Republican), Linda Rogers (Republican), and Jean Leising (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 8?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2024. Enacted.
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