INDIANAPOLIS – State lawmakers approved several new laws affecting Indiana’s colleges and universities during the 2024 legislative session — but questions remain about how some of those measures will be implemented.
The newest provisions — including several with hot-button issues — were outlined during Thursday’s Indiana Commission for Higher Education’s (CHE) meeting.
Among those are laws to affect tenure and promotion requirements for college faculty, reform high school diploma requirements, and expand scholarships and work-based learning opportunities for students.
It’s still not clear if Gov. Eric Holcomb will sign into law a debated bill to define and ban antisemitism on Indiana’s college campuses, though.
“This was an eventful session. I know in January I had thought — and I think we’d been told — that this would not be that eventful,” said Josh Garrison, senior associate commissioner. “But I think going forward, we will see — as higher education and K-12 and the workforce … as the lines are blurred — there will be more emphasis on the work that we do.”
For a look at the major bills discussed at Thursday’s meeting, read the complete Casey Smith story for the Indiana Capital Chronicle, here.
