Indiana SB 448: Higher education and workforce development matters.

Bill Text

Introduced Version
SENATE BILL No. 448
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 4-3-26-10; IC 20-19-3-36.5; IC 21-18-9;
IC 21-40-6.
Synopsis: Higher education and workforce development matters.
Requires the Indiana management performance hub to annually report
certain credential information on its website. Requires the secretary of
education to establish a plan to develop a market driven stackable
credentials and qualifications framework and submit the plan to the
general assembly. Provides that the commission for higher education
(commission) shall (instead of may) approve or disapprove certain
branches, campuses, centers, new colleges, new schools, degrees, or
programs. Provides that before the commission approves or
disapproves a degree or program, a state educational institution shall
provide, and the commission shall consider, certain information
regarding the degree or program. Requires the commission to: (1)
review each degree or program for approval or disapproval at least one
time every 10 years; (2) outline a process for degree and program
monitoring, improvement, suspension, and closure; and (3) publish
certain information. Requires that, beginning with the 2026-2027
academic year, at least 50% of the students in a freshman class at a
state educational institution must be residents of Indiana. Requires the
commission to: (1) prepare recommendations regarding the percentage
of resident students state educational institutions should enroll to meet
workforce demands; and (2) submit the recommendations to the
governor and legislative council.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Goode
January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
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Introduced
First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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SENATE BILL No. 448
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 4-3-26-10, AS AMENDED BY P.L.216-2021,
2 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 10. The MPH shall do the following:
4 (1) Establish and maintain a program to collect, analyze, and
5 exchange government information in carrying out the powers and
6 duties of the OMB and the powers and duties of the executive
7 state agency sharing the data. In carrying out this program, the
8 MPH may, in accordance with IC 4-1-6, obtain government
9 information from each executive state agency.
10 (2) In accordance with IC 4-1-6 and IC 5-14-3, establish and
11 maintain a program to make government information available to
12 executive state agencies, political subdivisions, educational
13 institutions, researchers, nongovernmental organizations, and the
14 general public, subject to the following:
15 (A) A request for data subject to IC 4-1-6-8.6 shall be made in
16 conformance with that section.
17 (B) A program established and maintained under this chapter
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1 must include policies governing access to government
2 information held by the MPH under this chapter. Government
3 information may be made available only in accordance with
4 applicable confidentiality and disclosure laws.
5 (3) Establish privacy and quality policies for government
6 information that comply with all applicable Indiana and federal
7 laws, rules, and policies.
8 (4) In accordance with standards developed by the office of
9 technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, establish and maintain
10 a program to ensure the security of government information under
11 this chapter.
12 (5) Conduct operational and procedural audits of executive state
13 agencies.
14 (6) Perform financial planning and design and implement
15 efficiency projects for executive state agencies.
16 (7) Advise and assist each executive state agency to identify and
17 implement continuous process improvement in state government.
18 (8) Carry out such other responsibilities as may be designated by
19 the director of the OMB or the chief data officer to carry out the
20 responsibilities of the OMB or the chief data officer.
21 (9) Collect income data of or by a student upon the student's
22 graduation from h