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Bill	Higher education matters.	Requires each high school to: (1) beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, offer the Indiana college core (college core); or (2) not later than October 1, 2024, submit a plan or report that meets certain requirements to the commission for higher education (commission). Provides that: (1) a student who successfully completes an eligible course under the college core is entitled to secondary credit toward graduation requirements; and (2) the student's transcripts must reflect the secondary credit. Establishes the reverse transfer program for community college associate degrees. Requires each state educational institution (institution) to prepare and submit a report to the commission that includes information regarding a determination by the institution of the feasibility and advisability of establishing and conferring associate degrees to certain students. Establishes certain requirements for the commission regarding the reports. Requires each institution that offers baccalaureate degrees to establish a policy to review each of the institution's four year baccalaureate degree program offerings to determine the feasibility of providing each in a specifically structured manner to allow a full-time student to complete the baccalaureate degree within three years. Requires, not later than July 1, 2025, each institution to offer at least one baccalaureate degree program specifically structured to allow a full-time student to complete the baccalaureate degree within three years. Requires an institution to provide an annual report to the commission regarding offering four year baccalaureate degree programs completed in three years. Expands the schools to which requirements regarding secondary credit apply. Changes the name of the statewide transfer general education core to the Indiana college core. Requires the commission, in coordination with the department of education (department) and institutions, to maintain and post a list and syllabus or course outline record of each eligible college core course. Requires, by July 1, 2025, the department to partner with one or more institutions or approved postsecondary educational institutions to provide online access to the college core through the course access program. Provides that credit equivalencies, including the college core, for all Cambridge International Advanced A and AS Level examinations must be updated annually and sent by each institution to the commission by June 1 each year. Provides that each institution shall post these annually updated credit equivalencies on the institution's website by July 1 each year. Provides that the commission shall post the annually updated credit equivalencies on the commission's student transfer of credit portal by July 1 each year.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 8	Indiana SB 8 (2024)	bill	AGENCIES; Commission for Higher Education (CHE) AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education EDUCATION; Generally GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Legislative Council HIGHER EDUCATION; Colleges and Universities (Including Ivy Tech) SCHOOLS; Academic Achievements and Outcomes (Including Diplomas) SCHOOLS; Curricula	enacted	Craig Snow Jean Leising Linda Rogers Susan Glick	6	37	4	2024-01-08	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4f0ae849-38b7-4619-bf9d-57233d4e4d0e	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0008	dee613e0f12187a2305d8978bde71a193d31da50fddda080ea59e18b7c175b13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 8 (2024) — Higher education matters.

Requires each high school to: (1) beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, offer the Indiana college core (college core); or (2) not later than October 1, 2024, submit a plan or report that meets certain requirements to the commission for higher education (commission). Provides that: (1) a student who successfully completes an eligible course under the college core is entitled to secondary credit toward graduation requirements; and (2) the student's transcripts must reflect the secondary credit. Establishes the reverse transfer program for community college associate degrees. Requires each state educational institution (institution) to prepare and submit a report to the commission that includes information regarding a determination by the institution of the feasibility and advisability of establishing and conferring associate degrees to certain students. Establishes certain requirements for the commission regarding the reports. Requires each institution that offers baccalaureate degrees to establish a policy to review each of the institution's four year baccalaureate degree program offerings to determine the feasibility of providing each in a specifically structured manner to allow a full-time student to complete the baccalaureate degree within three years. Requires, not later than July 1, 2025, each institution to offer at least one baccalaureate degree program specifically structured to allow a full-time student to complete the baccalaureate degree within three years. Requires an institution to provide an annual report to the commission regarding offering four year baccalaureate degree programs completed in three years. Expands the schools to which requirements regarding secondary credit apply. Changes the name of the statewide transfer general education core to the Indiana college core. Requires the commission, in coordination with the department of education (department) and institutions, to maintain and post a list and syllabus or course outline record of each eligible college core course. Requires, by July 1, 2025, the department to partner with one or more institutions or approved postsecondary educational institutions to provide online access to the college core through the course access program. Provides that credit equivalencies, including the college core, for all Cambridge International Advanced A and AS Level examinations must be updated annually and sent by each institution to the commission by June 1 each year. Provides that each institution shall post these annually updated credit equivalencies on the institution's website by July 1 each year. Provides that the commission shall post the annually updated credit equivalencies on the commission's student transfer of credit portal by July 1 each year.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 8 - Leising — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 8 - Snow - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 8 - Snow — 85–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 8 - Leising - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Craig Snow — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Greg Goode — coauthor (person)
• Jake Teshka — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
• Jeffrey Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-08 Authored by Senator Leising
• 2024-01-10 Senator Goode G added as coauthor
• 2024-01-10 Senator Becker added as coauthor
• 2024-01-10 Senator Rogers added as second author
• 2024-01-10 Senator Glick added as third author
• 2024-01-22 Senator Raatz added as coauthor
• 2024-01-25 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-06 Cosponsors: Representatives Thompson, Davis, Teshka
• 2024-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 118: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 House sponsor: Representative Snow
• 2024-02-06 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Amendment #1 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-26 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-26 Amendment #2 (Teshka) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 211: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2024-02-29 Senate advisors appointed: Yoder, Glick and Goode
• 2024-02-29 Senate conferees appointed: Leising and Hunley
• 2024-02-29 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2024-02-29 House conferees appointed: Snow and Smith V
• 2024-02-29 House advisors appointed: Davis, Behning and Pfaff
• 2024-03-06 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2024-03-06 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2024-03-07 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 312: yeas 85, nays 0
• 2024-03-07 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 298: yeas 48, nays 0
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-13 Public Law 94 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f0ae849-38b7-4619-bf9d-57233d4e4d0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).