Sec. 5. If a current or former student of an
institution owes a
debt to the institution in an amount that is more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), the institution may not:
(1) refuse to provide a transcript for a current or former student of the institution on the grounds that the student owes a debt to the institution;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 21-49-2-5
- debt: means any money, obligation, claim, or sum due or owing or alleged to be due or owing from a student. See Indiana Code 21-49-2-1
- institution: means a:
Indiana Code 21-49-2-2
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- transcript: means the statement of an individual's academic record provided by an institution. See Indiana Code 21-49-2-3
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) withhold from a current or former student’s transcript any degrees earned on the grounds that the student owes a debt to the institution;
if the student has paid to the institution in the past year at least ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the debt owed to the institution or three hundred dollars ($300), whichever is less.
As added by P.L.51-2023, SEC.1.
