Title 21, HIGHER EDUCATION

Sec. 3. The commission for higher education shall exercise its powers and duties under this chapter to facilitate the use of: (1) the core transfer library at state educational institutions; and (2) articulation degree programs at Ivy Tech Community College and Vincennes Universi…

Sec. 4. The core transfer library shall be developed in accordance with the following principles: (1) Each course in the core transfer library must transfer in and apply toward meeting degree requirements in the same way as the receiving state educational institution's equivalent…

Sec. 5. The commission for higher education shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 and prescribe procedures to facilitate the use of the core transfer library, including designating courses in the course transfer library in the materials that colleges and universities use to communica…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 1. There is established a medical education board, consisting of seven (7) persons. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-30-2 part.] A…

Sec. 10. The general assembly recommends that the plan do the following: (1) Include formal teaching opportunities for intern and resident training and advanced medical education throughout Indiana. (2) Establish the positions and partially or wholly fund additional off-campus In…

Sec. 11. Medical institutions throughout Indiana may apply for grants-in-aid to the board or the Indiana University School of Medicine for financial support of personnel or programs. The grants may permit funding of programs not affiliated with Indiana University School of Medici…

Sec. 12. The board shall establish policies for the use and expenditure of money appropriated for intern, residency, and graduate programs. The board shall set standards for qualification for participation under this chapter. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20…

Sec. 13. (a) The medical education advisory board shall establish policies for the use and expenditure of money appropriated for intern, residency, and graduate programs. (b) The medical education advisory board shall not establish or recommend policies for the clinical teaching …

Sec. 14. The policies established by the board for intern, residency, and graduate programs must include the following: (1) A hospital must present an educational plan and a training schedule to the board for each program for which the hospital desires assistance under this chapt…

Sec. 15. The intent of this chapter is to establish intern, residency, and graduate programs to assist in annually preparing, educating, and retaining more than one hundred (100) physicians for family practice in Indiana. Family practice programs are necessary to teach the latest…

Sec. 16. In addition to the intern, residency, and graduate programs established under this chapter, the board shall provide financial support for the development, enlargement, and continuation of graduate training programs in family practice for physicians that prepare the physi…

Sec. 17. Funding for family practice residency programs must be used to provide supplemental support to eligible hospitals on behalf of the education of family medicine residents in accordance with the policies recommended by the board. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification C…

Sec. 18. Appropriations to the board from the general fund for the board's use in developing, enlarging, and continuing graduate training programs in family practice must be placed in a separate fund to be called the "family practice residency fund". Amounts in this fund do not r…

Sec. 19. (a) As used in this section, "medical school" means a postsecondary educational institution that: (1) operates in Indiana; and (2) offers a health education program leading to a graduate or postgraduate degree in medicine. (b) Not later than July 1, 2030, a medical schoo…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 2. (a) The board consists of the following members: (1) The dean of the Indiana University School of Medicine, who serves as an ex officio member of the boa…

Effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies after June 30, 2027. (b) The board consists of the following fourteen (14) members: (1) The dean of the Indiana University School of Medicine. (2) The following thirteen (13) members appointed by the governor: (A) One (1) mem…

Sec. 3. The board shall meet initially at the call of the governor. After the initial meeting, the board shall meet at least twice each year. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-30-2.1.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285.

Effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 3.5. The chairperson of the board is permitted to vote only to break a tie. As added by P.L.152-2026, SEC.304.

Sec. 4. The board members may not receive a salary. The board members must be allowed a per diem for each day actually spent upon the business of the board and may be reimbursed for any travel expenses incurred in the performance of their responsibilities under this chapter. [Pre…

Sec. 5. (a) The budget agency shall provide for necessary office space and secretarial personnel that are: (1) requested by the board; and (2) required for the conduct of the board's business. (b) Board expenses may include necessary rent, salaries, and other necessary administra…

Sec. 6. This chapter does not in any way compromise the accreditation of the participating hospital by the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the American Osteopathic Hospital Association, the American Osteopathic Association or the Association of Am…

Sec. 7. To retain and attract more physicians by the state, the Indiana University School of Medicine shall establish a plan for statewide medical education. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-30-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285.

Sec. 8. The general assembly recommends that the plan do the following: (1) Provide supplemental income for interns and residents based on the policies recommended by the board. (2) Include a statewide communications network for television, audio, and computer library service. (3…

Sec. 9. The board shall choose the sites for its community clinical teaching and training programs. The board shall consider site candidates in: (1) Indianapolis; (2) Lafayette; (3) cities of Lake County; (4) Michigan City; (5) South Bend; (6) Fort Wayne; (7) Bluffton; (8) Marion…

Sec. 1. The board of trustees of Indiana University and the board of trustees of Purdue University may establish, in total, two (2) spinal cord and head injury research centers to advance the methods of treatment of spinal cord and head injuries. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodi…

Sec. 2. One (1) center established under section 1 of this chapter must be located in Indianapolis, with faculty and staff from Indiana University. This center must focus on basic research with an emphasis on clinical research into medical treatments for injuries to the central n…

Sec. 3. One (1) center established under section 1 of this chapter must be located in West Lafayette, with faculty and staff from Purdue University. This center must focus on basic research with an emphasis on applied research for the pre-clinical testing of injuries to the centr…

Sec. 4. A center established under section 1 of this chapter may participate in research projects: (1) with another center; or (2) with hospitals and medical centers. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-30.6-3.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.286.

Sec. 1. (a) The office of the cooperative extension service is established in each county. (b) Each county council shall annually appropriate the amount of money that the county council considers necessary to pay secretarial and clerical employees, travel expenses of the county c…

Sec. 2. (a) Each county cooperative extension service must have one (1) administrator and may have other staff members in agriculture, home economics, youth, and other subject matter specialties. (b) The director of the state cooperative extension service of Purdue University, wi…

Sec. 3. Each county cooperative extension service educator under the supervision of the state cooperative extension service of Purdue University shall do the following: (1) Provide and carry on educational programs in agricultural production, home economics, family living, manage…

Sec. 4. (a) All claims covering the salaries and travel expenses of county cooperative extension service educators that are payable from county funds must be submitted monthly to the state cooperative extension service of Purdue University for approval for matching federal funds.…

Sec. 1. A state educational institution shall do the following: (1) Prominently display on the home page of the state educational institution's website a hyperlink to the state educational institution's profile on the United States Department of Education's college scorecard. (2)…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 1. The board for proprietary education is established. As added by P.L.107-2012, SEC.58.

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 2. (a) The board for proprietary education consists of the following seven (7) members: (1) The secretary of education or the secretary's designee. (2) The …

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 3. (a) A member of the board for proprietary education who is not a state employee is entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b).…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 4. (a) The board for proprietary education may select officers from the board for proprietary education's membership as the board for proprietary education …

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 5. An associate commissioner of the commission (as defined in IC 21-18.5-2-7) shall serve as the executive director of the board for proprietary education. …

Effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 6. (a) The following are transferred on July 1, 2027, from the board for proprietary education to the commission for higher education: (1) All real and personal property of the board for proprietary education. (2) All powers, duties, assets, and liabiliti…

Sec. 1. The commission for higher education may establish a student survey that attempts to collect information from students of an institution regarding the current perceptions of whether free speech and academic freedom are recognized and fostered by the institution in a manner…

Sec. 2. If the commission for higher education establishes a student survey under section 1 of this chapter, each institution may promote and provide to students the survey established under section 1 of this chapter. As added by P.L.113-2024, SEC.11.

Sec. 3. If the commission for higher education establishes a student survey under section 1 of this chapter, the commission for higher education may do the following: (1) Prepare a biennial report that summarizes, for each institution, the information collected from the student s…

Sec. 1. The twenty-first century scholars program is established to do the following: (1) Reduce the number of students who withdraw from high school before graduation. (2) Increase the number of students who are prepared to enter the workforce upon graduation. (3) Increase the n…

Sec. 10. (a) This section applies to a student who qualifies for a scholarship under section 6 or 7 of this chapter, if the student initially enrolls in the program before July 1, 2011. (b) The amount of a scholarship is equal to the lowest of the following amounts: (1) If the sc…

Sec. 10.3. (a) This section applies to a student who qualifies for a scholarship under section 6 or 7 of this chapter, if the student initially enrolls in the program after June 30, 2011. Applicants who are enrolled in the program before July 1, 2011, will not have an income or f…

Sec. 12. Each eligible institution shall develop specific mentoring programs for scholarship recipients to assist the scholarship recipients through particularized academic and social counseling. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-70-14.] As added by P.L.2-…