Senate Resolution 48 Summary

• Urges the legislative council to assign a study committee to examine school performance grades and any disparities in college enrollment eligibility caused by different grading scales used by Indiana public secondary schools.

• Directs the assigned committee to investigate whether varying grading scales among school corporations create disparities in enrollment eligibility at state educational institutions or their programs.

• Requires the study committee to issue a final report to the legislative council containing findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation in electronic format no later than November 1, 2018.

• Identifies concern that colleges and universities must separately obtain and weigh different grading scales from individual schools to ensure fair enrollment eligibility determinations for applicants.

• Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure recommended passage on March 12, 2018 with a vote of 9 Yeas, 0 Nays.