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Indiana Code Title 21. Higher Education § 21-18.5-2-12

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 12. (a) “Postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institution” means a degree granting and credit bearing institution that provides instructional or educational services or training, whether onsite, online, or through any combination of these or other instructional modalities, and is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or is seeking and progressing toward accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.

(b) The term does not include the following:

(1) An Indiana state educational institution or another Indiana educational institution established by law and financed in whole or in part by public funds.

(2) A postsecondary proprietary educational institution approved or regulated by any other state regulatory board, agency, or commission other than the board for proprietary education.

(3) An elementary or secondary school attended by students in kindergarten or grades 1 through 12 and supported in whole or in part by private tuition payments.

(4) Any educational institution or educational training that:

(A) is maintained or given by an employer or a group of employers, without charge, for employees or for individuals the employer anticipates employing;

(B) is maintained or given by a labor organization, without charge, for its members or apprentices;

(C) offers exclusively instruction that is clearly self-improvement, motivational, or avocational in intent (including instruction in dance, music, or self-defense, and private tutoring);  or

(D) is a Montessori or nursery school.

(5) A privately endowed two (2) or four (4) year degree granting institution that is regionally accredited and whose principal campus is located in Indiana.

(6) Out-of-state public and nonprofit degree granting institutions offering instructional or educational services or training in Indiana.

(7) A religious institution that offers educational instruction or an educational program of a clearly religious nature.

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