Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 48
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 21-49-3.
Synopsis: State educational institutions. Requires state educational
institutions (institutions) to publish certain information on the
institution's website regarding bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees.
Requires institutions to publish on the home page of the institution's
website: (1) acceptance rates; (2) graduation rates; and (3) certain
student debt information.
Effective: July 1, 2024.
Doriot
January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
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Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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SENATE BILL No. 48
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
higher education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 21-49-3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
2 A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2024]:
4 Chapter 3. Disclosures by State Educational Institutions of
5 Employment and Graduation Statistics
6 Sec. 1. (a) A state educational institution shall publish on the
7 home page of the state educational institution's website a hyperlink
8 to a searchable data base that contains the following information
9 for all bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees offered by the
10 state educational institution:
11 (1) The job placement rate for a graduate of the state
12 educational institution in the graduate's field of study, one (1)
13 year postgraduation, disaggregated by degree.
14 (2) The average salary range for a graduate of the state
15 educational institution in the graduate's field of study, one (1)
16 year postgraduation, disaggregated by degree.
17 (3) The percentage of graduates from the state educational
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1 institution who enroll in postgraduate education,
2 disaggregated by degree.
3 (4) Employment or internship partnerships the state
4 educational institution has available for students and
5 graduates in the student's or graduate's field of study,
6 disaggregated by degree.
7 (5) Career path recommendations for a graduate of the state
8 educational institution that are within the graduate's field of
9 study, disaggregated by degree.
10 (b) A state educational institution shall provide the information
11 in subsection (a) to new students during the students' admission
12 and orientation process at the state educational institution.
13 Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "acceptance rate" means the
14 percentage of applicants who are admitted to the state educational
15 institution.
16 (b) As used in this section, "graduation rate" means the
17 percentage of students in a given cohort who have completed their
18 degree at the state educational institution within a specified time
19 frame.
20 (c) A state educational institution shall publish on the home
21 page of the state educational institution's website a hyperlink to a
22 searchable data base that contains the following information:
23 (1) The state educational institution's acceptance rate.
24 (2) The state educational institution's graduation rate in each
25 field of study, disaggregated by degree.
26 (3) The average student loan debt, as determined from the
27 estimates under IC 21-12-15-3(a)(1), for a student who
28 completes the student's bachelor's degree at the state
29 educational institution.
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