Title 21, HIGHER EDUCATION

Sec. 9. The University of Southern Indiana may employ a faculty and staff for the university, define the duties of the faculty and staff, and provide compensation for the faculty and staff, including a program of fringe benefits and a program of retirement benefits that may suppl…

Sec. 1. An employee of a state educational institution may report in writing the existence of a violation first to a supervisor or appointing authority, unless the supervisor or appointing authority is the person whom the employee believes is committing the violation. [Pre-2007 H…

Sec. 2. If a supervisor or appointing authority is the person an employee of a state educational institution believes is committing a violation, the employee may report the violation in writing to: (1) the supervisor; (2) the appointing authority; or (3) any official or agency en…

Sec. 3. If a good faith effort is not made to correct a violation within a reasonable time, the employee of a state educational institution may submit a written report of the incident to any person, agency, or organization. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-1…

Sec. 4. (a) An employee must make a reasonable attempt to ascertain the correctness of any information that the employee reports. (b) An employee may be subject to disciplinary actions, including suspension or dismissal, for knowingly furnishing false information as determined by…

Sec. 5. Subject to section 4 of this chapter, if an employee makes a report of a violation in conformity with this chapter, the employee may not: (1) be dismissed from employment; (2) have salary increases or employment related benefits withheld; (3) be transferred or reassigned;…

Sec. 6. An employer who violates this chapter commits a Class A infraction. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-1-8(d).] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.280.

Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to the board of trustees of the following state educational institutions: (1) Ball State University. (2) Indiana University. (3) Indiana State University. (4) Purdue University. (5) University of Southern Indiana. (b) The board of trustees of a st…

Sec. 2. The board of trustees of Ball State University may prescribe conditions for admission. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-57.5-11(e).] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.

Sec. 3. The University of Southern Indiana may prescribe conditions for admission. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-64-5(4).] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.

Sec. 4. The board of trustees of Vincennes University shall regulate the admission of students and pupils into Vincennes University. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 23-13-18-8(4).] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to Ball State University. [2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.282.

Sec. 2. The board of trustees of Ball State University may grant degrees and issue diplomas or certificates. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-57.5-11(f).] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.282.

Sec. 3. The board of trustees may: (1) erect; (2) construct; (3) equip; (4) furnish; (5) operate; and (6) control; as a division of Ball State University, a college of architecture and planning to be known as the Ball State college of architecture and planning. [Pre-2007 Higher E…

Sec. 4. The board of trustees may acquire by: (1) purchase; (2) lease; (3) condemnation; (4) gift; or (5) other means; property, real and personal, that, in the judgment of the board of trustees, is necessary to establish the Ball State University college of architecture and plan…

Sec. 5. The construction, alteration, or repair of any facility for the Ball State University college of architecture and planning shall be contracted for in accordance with IC 21-37-3. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-59-2.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.2…

Sec. 1. A state educational institution shall: (1) accept the transfer credit of an appropriate course successfully completed by a student at another state educational institution having the same level of accreditation; or (2) allow the student to receive equal credit by successf…

Sec. 2. Each state educational institution, in collaboration with the commission for higher education, shall: (1) not later than December 1, 2012, create and report to the commission for higher education an Indiana college core, to be implemented not later than May 15, 2013. The …

Sec. 3. Credits earned in a course identified under section 2 of this chapter must be transferable among all state educational institutions. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-17.1-2.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.283.

Sec. 4. Based upon the demand for enrollment in a course identified under section 2 of this chapter and the resources available to the state educational institutions, an identified course shall be offered through: (1) onsite instruction; (2) telecommunication; or (3) a combinatio…

Sec. 5. (a) After May 15, 2013, an individual who has satisfactorily completed the Indiana college core at a state educational institution, as indicated on the individual's official transcript, may not be required to complete additional courses in the Indiana college core at the …

Sec. 6. (a) The definitions in IC 20-18-2 apply throughout this section. (b) This section applies to a high school that is: (1) a public school, including a charter school; (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; or (3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7). (c) The …

Sec. 7. (a) The commission for higher education, in coordination with the department of education and state educational institutions, shall maintain a: (1) list of eligible Indiana college core courses; and (2) syllabus or course outline of record for each eligible Indiana colleg…

Sec. 1. The trustees of Indiana University may conduct a medical school in Marion County and may receive gifts of real estate and other property on behalf of the state of Indiana for the maintenance of medical education in Marion County if the following conditions are satisfied: …

Sec. 1. The animal disease diagnostic laboratory is established at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, with a branch laboratory in Dubois County. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-5-1.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.287.

Sec. 2. The purpose of the animal disease diagnostic laboratory is to: (1) aid Indiana residents in the diagnosis of diseases of domestic animals by developing and applying accepted laboratory techniques and methods of diagnosis with a primary emphasis on cases submitted after a …

Sec. 3. (a) The board of trustees of Purdue University shall: (1) administer, manage, and control the laboratory; and (2) appoint the director of the laboratory. (b) Subject to the approval of the board of trustees of Purdue University, the director of the laboratory shall make a…

Sec. 4. The services of the laboratory must be furnished to any Indiana resident without charge for the services required by the rules of the Indiana state board of animal health. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-5-5.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.287.

Sec. 5. (a) Requests for any increases in funds for the expansion or other alteration of the facilities of the laboratory including: (1) all changes in policies, including approval of a charge for any services furnished by the laboratory or the level of the charges; or (2) the es…

Sec. 6. (a) The expense of operating and maintaining the laboratory must be paid from funds appropriated for the administration of the Indiana state board of animal health. (b) All funds used for the operating and maintaining of the laboratory shall be used by the board of truste…

Sec. 1. (a) Purdue University shall establish the office of geodetic adviser for the state. (b) The geodetic adviser is appointed by and serves at the discretion of Purdue University. Purdue University shall determine the amount of compensation for the geodetic adviser. [Pre-2007…

Sec. 2. (a) The geodetic adviser is responsible for implementing a new system of geodetic control monuments in the form of a high accuracy geodetic reference network that is part of the National Spatial Reference System and that meets the needs of geodetic and geographic informat…

Sec. 3. (a) The state, a state agency, or a unit may provide funding from available funds for the activities described in this chapter. (b) A unit may pay the cost of any geodetic reference monument that is established within the boundaries of that unit. (c) Money in the county s…

Sec. 4. (a) A county legislative body may adopt an ordinance: (1) prohibiting a person from moving, changing, or otherwise altering a monument that is part of the National Spatial Reference System; and (2) prescribing a monetary penalty for violation of the ordinance. (b) Any mon…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "department" means the department of education established by IC 20-19-3-1. As added by P.L.127-2024, SEC.12.

Sec. 2. Each private postsecondary educational institution and each out-of-state public and nonprofit degree granting institution that offers instructional or educational services or training in Indiana shall provide to the department, in a manner, form, and frequency prescribed …

Sec. 3. If an out-of-state public or nonprofit degree granting institution fails to comply with this chapter, the: (1) department may notify the executive officer of the commission regarding the noncompliance; and (2) executive officer of the commission may revoke the authorizati…

Sec. 1. The commission, under IC 21-18-6-1, shall administer the following: (1) This article. (2) IC 21-12. (3) IC 21-13. (4) IC 21-14. (5) IC 21-16. As added by P.L.107-2012, SEC.58.

Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to the following: (1) An applicant for admission, enrollment, or employment at an institution. (2) An employee of the institution. (3) A person with whom the institution contracts to teach a student of the institution. (b) An institution may not r…

Sec. 2. An institution shall include the following information in the institution's programming for new students: (1) The importance of: (A) free inquiry and free expression; and (B) intellectual diversity of viewpoints. (2) The appropriate and inappropriate responses to speech t…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 1. (a) The board of directors of the authority is established. The board consists of the following: (1) The following four (4) ex officio members or direct…

Sec. 10. A manager or another person designated by resolution of the authority: (1) shall keep a record of the proceedings of the authority; (2) shall be custodian of: (A) all books, documents, and papers filed with the authority; and (B) the minute book or journal of the authori…

Sec. 11. Before the adoption and implementation of any education savings program, the: (1) chairman; (2) vice chairman; (3) manager; and (4) any officer elected by the authority or member of the authority authorized by resolution to handle funds or sign checks; shall execute a su…

Sec. 12. The authority shall do the following: (1) Provide the board and each member, officer, employee, consultant, counsel, and agent of the authority or the board a defense in a suit arising out of the performance of duties for or on behalf of the authority or the board, if th…

Sec. 13. Notwithstanding any other law, it is not a conflict of interest or violation of any other law for a person to serve as a member of the authority. However, a member shall disclose a conflict of interest relating to actions of the authority as required and in a manner prov…

Sec. 2. (a) An appointed member of the board is not entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). Each appointed member is, however, entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duti…