2014 Indiana Code
TITLE 21. HIGHER EDUCATION
ARTICLE 42. STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: TRANSFER OF ACADEMIC CREDITS
CHAPTER 7. MILITARY EDUCATION
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IC 21-42-7
Chapter 7. Military Education
IC 21-42-7-1
"Military service"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "military service" means service
performed while an active member of any of the following:
(1) The armed forces of the United States.
(2) A reserve component of the armed forces of the United
States.
(3) The National Guard.
As added by P.L.57-2012, SEC.1.
IC 21-42-7-2
Credit for military service courses
Sec. 2. (a) Each state educational institution shall adopt a policy
to award educational credit to an individual who:
(1) is enrolled in a state educational institution; and
(2) successfully:
(A) completes courses that:
(i) are part of the individual's military service;
(ii) meet the standards of the American Council on
Education, or the council's successor organization, for
awarding academic credit; and
(iii) meet the state educational institution's role, scope, and
mission;
(B) completes:
(i) a College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam
developed by the College Board and receives a score of
fifty (50) or higher;
(ii) a United States Department of Defense's Defense
Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support Program
examination; or
(iii) an Excelsior College Examination;
that meets the state educational institution's role, scope, and
mission during the individual's military service in an active
or reserve component of the armed forces of the United
States or the Indiana National Guard or upon the individual's
receiving an honorable discharge from the armed forces of
the United States or the Indiana National Guard; or
(C) completes courses at a postsecondary educational
institution accredited by a regional accrediting agency or
association:
(i) during the individual's military service in an active or
reserve component of the armed forces of the United
States or the Indiana National Guard or upon the
individual's receiving an honorable discharge from the
armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National
Guard; and
(ii) that meet the state educational institution's role, scope,
and mission.
(b) The state educational institution's policy described in
subsection (a) must provide that educational credit awarded to an
individual under this section applies to the individual's undergraduate
degree requirements if the credit is comparable and applicable, as
reasonably determined by the state educational institution, to credit
offered by the state educational institution and is necessary for the
individual to meet the individual's undergraduate degree
requirements at the state educational institution.
(c) Each state educational institution's policy described in
subsection (a):
(1) shall be reviewed by the commission for higher education
and subsequently published on the commission for higher
education's Internet web site; and
(2) shall be published on the state educational institution's
Internet web site.
(d) The amount of educational credits that may be applied to an
individual's degree requirements under subsection (b) may not
exceed:
(1) seventy-five percent (75%) of an individual's degree
requirements, as determined by the state educational institution,
if the state educational institution in which the individual is
enrolled requires the individual to attend in person any course
during any part of the student's enrollment at the state
educational institution; or
(2) seventy percent (70%) of an individual's degree
requirements, as determined by the state educational institution,
if one hundred percent (100%) of the degree requirements for
the degree program is available online by the state educational
institution.
As added by P.L.57-2012, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.101-2014, SEC.2.
IC 21-42-7-3
Rules
Sec. 3. The commission for higher education shall adopt rules
under IC 4-22-2 that establish uniform guidelines for state
educational institutions to follow when implementing the
requirements under section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.57-2012, SEC.1.
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