Ind. Code ch. 21-40-4

in effect

Ind. Code § 21-40-4-1 Applicability of chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies beginning with the class of students who enter a state educational institution as freshmen during the 2011-2012 academic year. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-17.5-1(a).] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.

Ind. Code § 21-40-4-2 Curriculum as requirement for regular admission

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to: (1) Ivy Tech Community College; and (2) Vincennes University with respect to two (2) year degree programs. (b) Except as provided in sections 5 and 6 of this chapter, each state educational institution must require a student who is an Indiana resident to have completed: (1) the Core 40 curriculum established under IC 20-30-10; (2) a curriculum that is equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum; or (3) a curriculum aligned with Indiana diploma requirements established under IC 20-19-2-21; as a general requirement for regular admission as a freshman to the state educational institution. (c) Each state educational institution must establish the institution's: (1) requirements for regular admission; and (2) exceptions to the institution's requirements for regular admission. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-17.5-2.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281. Amended by P.L.150-2024, SEC.75.

Ind. Code § 21-40-4-3 Curriculum not required for admission to two-year degree programs

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to: (1) Ivy Tech Community College; and (2) Vincennes University with respect to two (2) year degree programs. (b) A student who enters a state educational institution to which this section applies to obtain a two (2) year degree is not required to have completed: (1) the Core 40 curriculum established under IC 20-30-10; (2) a curriculum that is equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum; or (3) a curriculum aligned with Indiana diploma requirements established under IC 20-19-2-21; to be admitted to the state educational institution. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-17.5-3.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281. Amended by P.L.150-2024, SEC.76.

Ind. Code § 21-40-4-4 Commission on higher education to encourage private institutions to adopt similar requirements

Sec. 4. The commission for higher education shall encourage accredited private postsecondary educational institutions to adopt general regular admissions requirements and exceptions to the regular admissions requirements that are similar to the requirements set forth in section 2 of this chapter. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-17.5-4.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.

Ind. Code § 21-40-4-5 Students not completing curriculum; admissions requirement

Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a student who has not completed: (1) the Core 40 curriculum established under IC 20-30-10; (2) a curriculum that is equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum; or (3) a curriculum aligned with Indiana diploma requirements established under IC 20-19-2-21. (b) A student to whom this section applies may apply for acceptance as a transfer student at a state educational institution to which section 2 of this chapter applies if the student has successfully completed at least twelve (12) credit hours of college level courses with at least a "C" average or the equivalent in each course. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-17.5-5.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281. Amended by P.L.150-2024, SEC.77.

Ind. Code § 21-40-4-6 Curriculum not required for students at least 21 years of age

Sec. 6. The requirement set forth in section 2(b) of this chapter that a student must have completed: (1) the Core 40 curriculum; (2) a curriculum equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum; or (3) a curriculum aligned with Indiana diploma requirements established under IC 20-19-2-21; for regular admission does not apply to a student who will be at least twenty-one (21) years of age during the semester for which the student seeks admission. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-17.5-6.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281. Amended by P.L.150-2024, SEC.78.

Ind. Code § 21-40-4-7 Admission approval; conditions

Sec. 7. (a) Subject to subsection (c), a state educational institution shall approve for admission an Indiana resident who: (1) graduates with an Indiana diploma established under IC 20-19-2-21(c); (2) meets the diploma designation described in IC 20-19-2-21(e)(2) and the requirements for the designation under 511 IAC 6-7.2-21(b)(2); and (3) submits a nationally recognized college entrance exam score to the state educational institution to which the resident is applying. (b) Admission approval provided by a state educational institution to an Indiana resident under subsection (a) does not guarantee the resident admission to a specific academic degree or program of the state educational institution. (c) For purposes of admission under subsection (a), the commission for higher education, in coordination with state educational institutions, may establish additional admission conditions based on academic dishonesty or other misconduct. As added by P.L.138-2025, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 21-40-4-8 Admission criteria; examinations

Sec. 8. With respect to admission criteria, a state educational institution shall accept the Classic Learning Test examination to the same extent the state educational institution accepts the ACT or SAT examination. As added by P.L.108-2026, SEC.6.

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