2011 Indiana Code
TITLE 21. HIGHER EDUCATION
ARTICLE 18. COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
CHAPTER 9. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REVIEW

IC 21-18-9
Chapter 9. Educational Program Review

IC 21-18-9-1
Powers of commission; budget review; recommendations
Sec. 1. The commission may:
(1) review the legislative request budgets of all state educational institutions preceding each session of the general assembly; and
(2) make recommendations concerning appropriations and bonding authorizations to state educational institutions, including public funds for financial aid to students by any state agency.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.259.

IC 21-18-9-2
Powers of commission; program review; recommendations
Sec. 2. The commission may:
(1) review all programs of any state educational institution, regardless of the source of funding; and
(2) make recommendations to the board of trustees of the state educational institution, the governor, and the general assembly concerning the funding and the disposition of the programs.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.259.

IC 21-18-9-3
Request for receipts and expenditures
Sec. 3. In making a review under section 1 or 2 of this chapter, the commission may request and shall receive, in the form reasonably required by the commission, from all state educational institutions, complete information concerning all receipts and all expenditures.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.259.

IC 21-18-9-4
Powers of commission; studies; recommendations
Sec. 4. The commission may:
(1) make, or cause to be made, studies of the needs for various types of postsecondary education; and
(2) make recommendations to the general assembly and the governor concerning the organization of these programs.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.259.

IC 21-18-9-5
Powers of commission; approval or disapproval of new branches, degrees, and programs
Sec. 5. The commission may approve or disapprove the:
(1) establishment of any new branches, regional or other campuses, or extension centers;
(2) establishment of any new college or school; or
(3) offering on any campus of any: (A) additional associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree; or
(B) additional program leading to a certificate or other indication of accomplishment.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.259. Amended by P.L.169-2011, SEC.21.

IC 21-18-9-6
Entrepreneurship programs
Sec. 6. (a) The commission shall inventory the entrepreneurship programs conducted by postsecondary educational institutions in Indiana. The commission shall publish the inventory on the commission's Internet web site in a form that allows students to identify the educational opportunities that are available in the field of entrepreneurship, after consulting with the department of workforce development and the Indiana economic development corporation.
(b) The commission shall report the findings under subsection (a) to the legislative council not later than November 1, 2011, in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(c) This section expires June 30, 2013.
As added by P.L.114-2011, SEC.6.