Plain English Breakdown
The official source material does not specify which disciplines beyond mental and behavioral health must offer the accelerated programs.
Accelerating Graduate Programs in Mental and Behavioral Health
This bill requires Indiana schools with two-year mental or behavioral health graduate programs to assess if these can be completed within one year or as part of a five-year combined bachelor's and master's program, then report their findings.
What This Bill Does
- Requires state educational institutions offering two-year graduate degree programs in mental or behavioral health to evaluate the feasibility of providing these programs in a structured manner that allows full-time students to complete them within one year or as part of a five-year combined bachelor's and master's program.
- Requires certain state educational institutions to offer at least one accelerated graduate degree program in specific disciplines, allowing full-time students to finish it either in one year or as part of a five-year combined bachelor's and master's program.
- Asks these schools to report their findings about the feasibility of faster programs to the commission for higher education.
Who It Names or Affects
- Indiana state educational institutions that offer graduate degree programs in mental or behavioral health.
- Full-time students enrolled in or planning to enroll in these accelerated graduate programs.
Terms To Know
- Commission for Higher Education
- The agency responsible for overseeing higher education policies and standards in Indiana.
- Baccalaureate degree program
- A four-year undergraduate college or university degree program.
Limits and Unknowns
- Does not specify which disciplines must offer the accelerated programs beyond mental and behavioral health.
- The bill does not provide funding for these changes, so schools will need to find their own resources.
- It is unclear how many schools currently have two-year graduate degree programs in mental or behavioral health.