Indiana § 21-49-2-4 - Prohibited practices relating to the transcripts of students owing an institution $1000 or less
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§ 21-49-2-4. Prohibited practices relating to the transcripts of students owing an institution $1000 or less
Sec. 4. If a current or former student of an institution owes a debt to the institution in an amount that is equal to or less 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;
(2) charge a higher fee for obtaining a transcript or provide less favorable treatment of a request for a transcript of a current or former student who owes a debt to the institution; or
(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 one hundred dollars ($100) or the total debt owed by the student, whichever is less.
As added by P.L.51-2023, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 21-49-2-4 ("Prohibited practices relating to the transcripts of students owing an institution $1000 or less") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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