| HB1069 | IMMUNIZATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS. (BACON R) Adds meningitis to the required immunizations a student matriculating to a residential campus of a state educational institution must be immunized against. Specifies that the immunizations must be conducted in accordance with specified federal recommendations. Adds an expiration date to the law requiring a state educational institution to disseminate information concerning the meningococcal disease and immunization and deletes a reference to that requirement. Provides that the new immunization requirements do not take effect until the first academic term following July 1, 2018. Makes conforming and technical changes. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/20/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/19/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1069 |
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| HB1117 | PERFORMANCE BOND REQUIREMENTS. (MILLER D) Provides that a local governmental unit and a land developer may agree to the partial release of a performance bond or other surety required of the land developer to ensure the completion of certain unfinished improvements and installations in a subdivision on a more frequent basis than an annual basis. (Under current law, a performance bond or other surety may be partially released on an annual basis, which would continue to be permitted.) Provides that a contractor is not required to submit a payment bond for a public works contract of a state educational institution if the amount to be paid under the contract is less than $500,000 and the state educational institution agrees to waive the requirement. Provides that a contractor is not required to submit a performance bond for a public works contract of a state educational institution if the amount to be paid under the contract is less than $500,000 and the state educational institution agrees to waive the requirement. Makes a technical change to make language in the statute uniform. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/20/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/19/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1117 |
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| HB1281 | VARIOUS HIGHER EDUCATION MATTERS. (SULLIVAN H) Allows the commission for higher education (commission) to extend, with limitations, eligibility for certain grants or reductions in tuition or fees for recipients who used the grants or reductions in tuition or fees at postsecondary educational institutions that have closed. Amends provisions regarding renewal of certain scholarships and tuition and fee remissions. Changes the term "professional degree program" to "professional degree program or accelerated graduate degree program" and amends the definition. Amends the provision regarding the use of renewals and extensions of certain grants or reductions in tuition or fees for professional degree programs or accelerated graduate degree programs. Allows recipients of certain grants, scholarships, or remissions of fees to: (1) use, with certain limitations, funds from the grants, scholarships, or remissions of fees to pay for costs associated with prior learning assessments that the student attempts to earn during the academic year in which the student receives the grants, scholarships, or remissions of fees; and (2) count anticipated credit hours for prior learning assessments toward attendance requirements. Establishes the tuition and fee exemption reimbursement fund to provide reimbursement to state educational institutions for certain tuition and fee remissions. Provides that the commission, in coordination with the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, shall administer the primary care shortage area scholarship. (Current law provides that the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine shall administer the scholarship.) Requires a scholarship recipient to enter into an agreement with the commission (instead of the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine). Requires the commission to: (1) study and make recommendations regarding the benefits of a reverse transfer policy for Indiana students and prepare a report regarding the recommendations; and (2) submit, not later than November 1, 2017, the report to the budget agency and legislative council. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/21/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1281 |
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| SB412 | 529 EDUCATION SAVINGS PLAN MATTERS. (KOCH E) Prohibits, unless otherwise provided under federal law, money in a 529 education savings account from being considered as a resource or asset in determining an applicant's or recipient's eligibility for: (1) certain public assistance programs; or (2) scholarships, grants, or awards administered by the commission for higher education. |
| | Current Status: | 4/13/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/10/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
3/20/2017 - Returned to the Senate without amendments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB412 |
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| SB423 | SANCTUARY POLICIES AND POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. (YOUNG M) Prohibits a postsecondary educational institution from enacting or implementing an ordinance, a resolution, a rule, or a policy that prohibits or in any way restricts an employee of the postsecondary educational institution from taking certain actions with regard to information of the citizenship or immigration status of an individual. |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/19/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
4/11/2017 - Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 454: yeas 38, nays 10
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| | State Bill Page: | SB423 |
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| SR53 | URGING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO STUDY FORMING A STATEWIDE LIBRARY CONSORTIUM FOR STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. (BROWN L) A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate committee the topic of investigating the formation of a statewide library consortium for state educational institutions. |
| | Current Status: | 4/19/2017 - Second reading adopted voice vote
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| | Recent Status: | 4/19/2017 - Senate Resolutions Eligible for Adoption
4/18/2017 - Committee Report do pass, adopted
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| | State Bill Page: | SR53 |
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