Title 21, HIGHER EDUCATION

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "reverse transfer eligible undergraduate student" means an individual currently enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at a state educational institution who meets the following requirements: (1) The individual has not previously received an a…

Sec. 5. (a) The reverse transfer associate degree program is established to provide a uniform, statewide policy for Ivy Tech Community College and Vincennes University to award associate degrees to: (1) reverse transfer eligible undergraduate students; and (2) reverse transfer el…

Sec. 6. Not later than June 30, 2025, the commission for higher education, in consultation with each state educational institution, shall establish a policy to at least semiannually identify and notify an individual who is a: (1) reverse transfer eligible undergraduate student; o…

Sec. 7. A state educational institution may not award or confer an associate degree under this chapter or through any similar reverse transfer process without the informed and written consent of the: (1) reverse transfer eligible undergraduate student; or (2) reverse transfer eli…

Sec. 8. (a) Each state educational institution shall provide to the commission for higher education, in a format and frequency prescribed by the commission for higher education and in accordance with state and federal privacy laws, the following information: (1) The number of rev…

Sec. 9. The commission for higher education may consider an associate degree awarded under this chapter in reference to both: (1) Ivy Tech Community College or Vincennes University, as applicable; and (2) the state educational institution in which the individual awarded the assoc…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to money in the fund. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 21-7-4.5-1.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.244.

Sec. 10. (a) The state comptroller shall make a complete record of every mortgage and note executed on account of any loan from the fund, in a book to be kept in the state comptroller's office for that purpose. (b) On payment of any loan to the fund, the state comptroller shall: …

Sec. 11. (a) If the state requires the loan of any part or all of the fund, the state is a preferred borrower of as much of the fund as is not loaned at the time. (b) The treasurer of state shall cause to be executed, as evidence of a loan under this section, a nonnegotiable bond…

Sec. 12. Whenever: (1) the state comptroller has made loans from the fund that were secured by a mortgage upon real property; (2) the mortgaged premises are forfeited to the state for nonpayment of the amount due or are purchased for the state by the state comptroller for the ben…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the Indiana University permanent endowment fund in the custody of the treasurer of state. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 21-7-4.5-2.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.244.

Sec. 3. (a) The treasurer of state is the exclusive custodian of the fund. (b) The state board of finance has full and complete management and control of the fund. The state board of finance shall invest the fund as provided in IC 20. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Cit…

Sec. 4. Except as provided in this chapter, the fund shall be invested in: (1) bonds, notes, certificates, and other valid obligations of the United States; (2) bonds, notes, debentures, and other securities issued by any federal instrumentality and fully guaranteed by the United…

Sec. 5. (a) The state board of finance shall direct all disbursement from the fund. The state comptroller shall draw the state comptroller's warrant on the treasurer of state, on a properly itemized voucher officially approved by: (1) the president of the state board of finance; …

Sec. 6. (a) The state board of finance may: (1) make all rules; (2) employ all help; (3) purchase all supplies and equipment; and (4) incur all expense; necessary to properly carry out this chapter. (b) The expense incident to the administration of this chapter shall be paid from…

Sec. 7. The state board of accounts shall examine the status of the fund. Upon the completion of the examination, the examiners performing the duty shall prepare a report of the examination. The report must show: (1) all necessary, pertinent information; (2) the balance of the fu…

Sec. 8. Notwithstanding any other law, the treasurer of state: (1) on the terms that the treasurer of state prescribes; and (2) without the approval of the state board of finance; may make loans from the principal of the fund to the fund's board of trustees. [Pre-2007 Higher Educ…

Sec. 9. The state comptroller shall loan as much of the fund as is not at any time absorbed by the nonnegotiable bonds of the state issued under this chapter at six percent (6%) interest, payable annually in advance in real estate security. Except as otherwise provided in this ch…

Sec. 1. Not later than October 1, 2013, the commission shall develop guidelines in consultation with state educational institutions to provide a state educational institution guidance for establishing degree maps for each full-time student attending the state educational institut…

Sec. 2. This section applies to a student who initially enrolls in a state educational institution after July 31, 2014. A state educational institution shall develop a degree map for each full-time student based on the student's specific educational objective or course of study. …

Sec. 3. This section applies to a student who initially enrolls in a state educational institution after July 31, 2014. A state educational institution shall ensure that courses necessary for the student to comply with the student's degree map are available for the student during…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "qualified course" means a course prescribed by a state educational institution to obtain an undergraduate degree or graduate degree. As added by P.L.24-2021, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "qualified nonresident veteran" means an individual who meets the following conditions: (1) Resides in a state that borders Indiana. (2) Served in the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard. (3) Received an honorable disch…

Sec. 3. (a) Subject to subsection (c), a qualified nonresident veteran who enrolls in a state educational institution not later than three (3) years after the date of the qualified nonresident veteran's discharge or separation from the armed forces of the United States or the Ind…

Sec. 4. A qualified nonresident veteran who enrolls in a state educational institution later than three (3) years after the date of the qualified nonresident veteran's discharge or separation from the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard is subject to t…

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "project student" means an individual who: (1) is an Indiana resident; (2) has previously enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution; (3) has not earned an associate or baccalaureate degree; and (4) is not currently enrolled in a postse…

Sec. 10. (a) The commission shall collect and maintain complete and accurate information of the following: (1) The total number of project students reported to the commission by each postsecondary educational institution. (2) The total number of project students contacted by the …

Sec. 2.5. The commission, in partnership with postsecondary educational institutions, shall administer a project to encourage project students to complete an associate or baccalaureate degree or a technical certificate. As added by P.L.37-2020, SEC.6.

Sec. 3. Not later than August 1 of each year, the commission, in consultation with postsecondary educational institutions, shall adopt guidelines for postsecondary educational institutions concerning the administration of the project, including the exchange of data and coordinate…

Sec. 4. Postsecondary educational institutions shall provide student record data to the commission for use in targeted outreach. As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.236. Amended by P.L.37-2020, SEC.8.

Sec. 5. The commission shall conduct targeted outreach to project students. As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.236. Amended by P.L.37-2020, SEC.9.

Sec. 6. A postsecondary educational institution may offer financial aid or tuition discounts that are exclusively for project students. As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.236. Amended by P.L.37-2020, SEC.10.

Sec. 7. If the commission receives confidential student record information, the commission may not release confidential student record information to any individual or entity that is not permitted access to the record information under the federal Family Education Rights and Priv…

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to Ivy Tech Community College or Vincennes University. As added by P.L.94-2024, SEC.6.

Sec. 2. The definitions in IC 21-43-1 apply throughout this chapter. As added by P.L.94-2024, SEC.6.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "eligible current student" means an individual currently enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at the main campus or a regional campus of a state educational institution who meets the following requirements: (1) The individual has not previou…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "eligible former student" means an individual formerly enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at the main campus or regional campus of a state educational institution who meets the following requirements: (1) The individual has not previously …

Sec. 5. Not later than June 30, 2025, each state educational institution shall, for each main campus and regional campus of the state educational institution, prepare and submit a report to the commission for higher education, in a format prescribed by the commission for higher e…

Sec. 6. Not later than September 1, 2024, the commission for higher education shall issue guidance regarding the information that the state educational institution must include in the report under section 5 of this chapter. As added by P.L.94-2024, SEC.6.

Sec. 7. The commission for higher education shall post the reports submitted under this chapter on the commission for higher education's website. As added by P.L.94-2024, SEC.6.

Sec. 8. The commission for higher education shall do the following: (1) Review all of the reports submitted by state educational institutions under this chapter. (2) Prepare a summary report that: (A) includes a summary of the reports described in subdivision (1); (B) estimates t…

Sec. 9. This chapter expires July 1, 2026. As added by P.L.94-2024, SEC.6.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the endowment fund for Purdue University described in section 2 of this chapter. [2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.245.

Sec. 2. The treasurer of state shall take in charge, hold, manage, and invest, for the use and benefit of the board of trustees of Purdue University, its endowment fund, derived from acceptance, by the state of Indiana, of the benefits and provisions of the acts of Congress, appr…

Sec. 3. The fund shall be held, managed, controlled, and invested in accordance with: (1) 7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.; (2) the acts of Congress that are amendatory or supplemental to 7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.; and (3) this chapter. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 21-7-11-…

Sec. 4. The fund or any part of the fund may be invested in securities bearing the rate of interest that is obtainable as follows: (1) In bonds, notes, or certificates that are the obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States. (2) In: (A) bonds of any territory or insular …