§ 21-18.5-5-2 — Membership

Indiana § 21-18.5-5-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 21: HIGHER EDUCATION
• Art. 18.5: ADMINISTRATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
• Ch. 5: Board for Proprietary Education

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(a) The board for proprietary education
consists of the following seven (7) members:
(1) The secretary of education or the secretary's designee.
(2) The executive officer of the commission for higher education
or the executive officer's designee.
(3) Five (5) members appointed by the governor.
(b) The members appointed by the governor under subsection (a)
serve for a term of four (4) years.
(c) Not more than three (3) of the members appointed by the
governor may be members of the same political party.
(d) Of the five (5) members appointed by the governor:
(1) one (1) must have been engaged for a period of at least five
(5) years immediately preceding appointment in an executive or
a managerial position in a postsecondary proprietary educational
institution subject to IC 21-18.5-6;
(2) one (1) must have been engaged in administering or managing
an industrial employee training program for a period of at least
five (5) years immediately preceding appointment; and
(3) three (3) must be representatives of the public at large who are
not representatives of the types of postsecondary credit bearing
proprietary educational institutions to be authorized.
For purposes of subdivision (3), an elected or appointed state or local
official or a member of a private or public school may not be appointed
as a representative of the public at large.
(e) An appointment to fill a vacancy occurring on the board for
proprietary education is for the unexpired term.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.107-2012, SEC.58. Amended by P.L.273-2013, SEC.9; P.L.43-2021, SEC.141.