Indiana § 21-27-10-1 General assembly declaration

Indiana Statutes

§ 21-27-10-1 — General assembly declaration

Indiana·Title 21 HIGHER EDUCATION·Art. 27 STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:·Ch. 10 Postsecondary SEI Affiliated Educational Institutions

The general assembly recognizes that:

(1)Article 11, Section 12 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana provides that the state may not become a stockholder in a corporation;

(2)online, onsite, and hybrid online/onsite instructional, educational, and training programs serve an important public interest by expanding access to learning opportunities, thereby enhancing the state's ability to promote workforce and economic development; and

(3)a state educational institution may more effectively advance its educational mission and achieve its public or charitable purposes by being affiliated with a postsecondary degree granting and credit bearing institution that provides these alternative types of instructional, educational, or training offerings, whether onsite, online, or through any

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The general assembly recognizes that:
(1) Article 11, Section 12 of the Constitution of the State of
Indiana provides that the state may not become a stockholder in
a corporation;
(2) online, onsite, and hybrid online/onsite instructional,
educational, and training programs serve an important public
interest by expanding access to learning opportunities, thereby
enhancing the state's ability to promote workforce and economic
development; and
(3) a state educational institution may more effectively advance
its educational mission and achieve its public or charitable
purposes by being affiliated with a postsecondary degree granting
and credit bearing institution that provides these alternative types
of instructional, educational, or training offerings, whether onsite,
online, or through any combination of these or other instructional
modalities, to better reach adult learners and other nontraditional
students.
The general assembly declares that a state educational institution's
controlling and being a member of a postsecondary SEI affiliated
educational institution, as permitted in this section, complies with
Article 11, Section 12 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.