| HB1009 | INNOVATION NETWORK SCHOOLS. (BEHNING R) Provides for innovation network school programs in school corporations. Establishes the career pathways pilot program. Establishes the innovation network school pilot grant. Repeals the article relating to the establishment of innovation network schools by the Indianapolis Public Schools. |
| | Current Status: | 5/7/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (29-20)
4/29/2015 - Senate Rules & Legislative Procedure, (Bill Scheduled for
Hearing); Time & Location: 7:55 PM, Rm. 431
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1009 |
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| HB1056 | STUDENT TRANSFERS. (SOLIDAY E) Provides that a student may transfer to a school corporation if the student's parent is an employee of the school corporation and the school corporation has the capacity to accept the student. Provides that an elementary school student who attended an accredited nonpublic elementary school in the attendance area of a school corporation in which the student does not have legal settlement may attend a high school in the school corporation if the school corporation: (1) has the capacity to accept the student and the majority of the students in the same grade as the transferring student at the accredited nonpublic school have legal settlement in the transferee school corporation; (2) has only one high school; and (3) does not have a policy to accept transfer students. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/14/2015 - received by Governor
4/14/2015 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1056 |
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| HB1188 | STUDENT TEACHING. (SMITH V) Requires a student teaching agreement to include a provision requiring a student who is required to complete a student teaching requirement to be supervised by a certificated employee that has been rated as either highly effective or effective on the certificated employee's latest annual performance evaluation. Makes a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 4/17/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2015 - received by Governor
4/7/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1188 |
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| HB1194 | HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS. (CLERE E) Provides that, beginning with the annual case review when a student who is a child with a disability is in grade 8, the student's individualized education program must include the type of diploma the student will seek and the courses necessary to obtain the diploma. Provides that, beginning with grade 9, the student's teacher of record must communicate with the student's parent at least one time each grading period to review the student's progress toward the diploma. Provides that, not later than September 1, 2015, the Core 40 subcommittee of the Indiana career council shall present to the education study committee recommended changes to course requirements for general, Core 40, academic honors, and technical honors diplomas to ensure that each student who seeks a diploma has enough flexibility in the student's schedule to pursue a college or career pathway appropriate for the student's individual goals, knowledge, skills, and abilities. Provides that the education study committee may propose legislative changes necessary to carry out the recommended changes. |
| | Current Status: | 4/30/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/30/2015 - received by Governor
4/21/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1194 |
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| HB1438 | ADULT HIGH SCHOOLS. (DEVON D) Provides that the department of education shall distribute funding for adult high schools to the adult high school's organizer. Provides that an adult high school may be authorized by the executive of a consolidated city. Provides that an authorizer may not authorize an adult high school without obtaining an appropriation by the general assembly. |
| | Current Status: | 5/7/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1438 |
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| HB1637 | VARIOUS EDUCATION ISSUES. (BEHNING R) Reduces the number of members of the governing body of the school city of East Chicago from nine to five, beginning January 1, 2017. Provides that if a vacancy occurs on the governing body before January 1, 2017, the vacancy shall not be filled unless the vacancy reduces the number of members to fewer than five. Provides that three members of the governing body are elected from districts and two members of the governing body are elected at large by all the voters of the city. Repeals and provides for the expiration of statutes consistent with the new structure of the governing body. Requires higher education representatives with subject matter expertise to be appointed to academic standards committees. Provides that a waiver provision concerning psychomotor skills training for CPR expires July 1, 2015. Makes changes to provisions relating to guidelines or thresholds established by the state board of education (state board) to identify students who are likely to require remedial work at a postsecondary educational institution or workforce training program. Provides that the guidelines and thresholds for remediation established by the state board must include criteria and thresholds determined by the commission for higher education in consultation with state educational institutions. Specifies types of advanced course work and qualifying grades that may be considered as part of the determination of whether a student needs remediation. Removes the requirement that PSAT assessment scores are to be included in a student's transcript. Provides that prior to coaching football to individuals who are less than 20 years of age and are in grades 1 through 12, each head football coach and assistant football coach shall complete a certified coaching education course. |
| | Current Status: | 5/7/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (45-3)
4/29/2015 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1637 |
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| HB1638 | STATE INTERVENTION IN FAILING SCHOOLS. (BEHNING R) Changes the timeline, from six years to four years, for state intervention for a school initially placed in the lowest category or designation of school improvement after June 30, 2016. Makes various changes to the provisions relating to management of turnaround academes by special management teams. Provides that a school may not offer any item of monetary value to a student or the parent of a student in exchange for enrolling at the school. Repeals a provision relating to a correction of a disbursement of state and federal funds to the Indianapolis Public Schools for the 2012-2013 state fiscal year. Makes technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 5/7/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (62-27)
4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (27-22)
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1638 |
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| SB1 | STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION GOVERNANCE. (HOLDMAN T) Adds a statement of legislative intent regarding the roles of the general assembly, the state board of education (state board), and the department of education (department) relating to education. Makes changes, beginning June 1, 2015, to the composition of the state board. Provides that the state board may hire staff and administrative support. Provides that, after December 31, 2016, the state board shall elect a chairperson annually from the members of the state board. Provides that the state board shall, after June 30, 2015, elect a vice chairperson annually from the members of the state board. Provides that at least eight of the members of the state board appointed by the governor must have professional experience in the field of education. Provides that the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate shall each appoint one member to the state board. Provides that a state board member serves a four year term. Provides that the state board and the department are considered state educational authorities within the meaning of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Requires the chairperson to provide notice of a state board meeting on the state board's and the department of education's Internet web sites at least five days before the meeting. |
| | Current Status: | 5/7/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (31-17)
4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (60-38)
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1 |
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| SB267 | DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION; BILITERACY. (KRUSE D) Establishes the dual language immersion pilot program to provide grants to school corporations and charter schools that establish dual language immersion programs in certain foreign languages. Creates the state certificate of biliteracy. Requires that the appropriate designation appear on the student's transcript. Requires the state board of education to adopt rules and to direct the department of education to administer the state biliteracy program. Provides that a school corporation, a charter school, or a nonpublic high school is not required to participate in the biliteracy program. |
| | Current Status: | 5/7/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/28/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (49-0)
4/28/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (98-0)
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| | State Bill Page: | SB267 |
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| SB315 | SCHOOL PROPERTY. (SMITH J) Provides that a consolidated school corporation shall offer to transfer property to the township from which the consolidated school corporation received the property for any purpose if the property is no longer needed by the school corporation. (Current law requires the transferred property to be used for park and recreation purposes.) Allows the township to sell or lease the property to an Indiana nonprofit corporation that is exempt from federal taxation. Requires a consolidated school corporation to offer to transfer property to the city or town from which the consolidated school corporation received the property for any purpose if the property is no longer needed by the school corporation. Requires a consolidated school corporation to provide to a township, city, or town written notice of its intent to demolish a structure located on a property subject to transfer. Allows a township, city, or town 90 days to inform the school corporation whether the township, city, or town wishes to retain the structure. Prohibits a school corporation from demolishing a structure if the township, city, or town wishes to retain the structure. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2015 - House Conferees appointed Cherry and Austin
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| | Recent Status: | 4/28/2015 - House Advisors appointed Thompson, Cook and Smith V
4/28/2015 - Senate dissented from House Amendments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB315 |
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| SB369 | PUBLICATION AND INTERNET POSTING OF INFORMATION. (MILLER P) Requires local governments and school corporations to provide information for posting on the Indiana transparency Internet web site as follows: (1) Expenditures categorized by personal services, other operating expenses or total operating expenses, and debt service, including lease payments, related to debt. (2) A listing of fund balances, specifically identifying balances in funds that are being used for accumulation of money for future capital needs. Requires the department of local government finance (DLGF) after July 31, 2016, to publish an annual financial and operational summary of each political subdivision on the Indiana transparency Internet web site. Requires a political subdivision that has a public web site to publish a link to the Indiana transparency web site. Requires the DLGF to determine the summary's form, content, and publishing dates. Provides that the department of education determines the educational performance information to be included in the summary published by a school corporation. Allows a state or local government public agency to charge a fee for the time required by the public agency in excess of two hours, to search for a public record. Restricts the hourly rate charged for the search. Prohibits a public agency from charging a fee for the public agency to transmit a public record by electronic mail. Provides that if a public record is in an electronic format, a public agency shall provide a public record (excluding a public record recorded in the office of the county recorder) in electronic form or in paper form, at the option of the person making the request for a public record. Provides that a search fee collected by a department, agency, or office of a county, city, town, or township shall be deposited in the general fund of the county, city, town, or township. Changes a waiting period described by cross reference from 30 days to 60 days to conform with the extension of the waiting period enacted in SEA 7-2015. Specifies that a political subdivision or the appropriate fiscal body may also publish in one or more newspapers the budget information required to be submitted to the department of local government finance's computer gateway. Provides that in certain circumstances, a political subdivision (other than a county) may publish notice in a locality newspaper that has its business office located in the political subdivision instead of in a newspaper that is published in the county and circulates in the political subdivision. Establishes requirements for locality newspapers that may publish notice. Resolves a conflict with a provision in ESB 530-2015 that removes a duplicative provision from the publication statute that prescribes a publication procedure if another specific publication procedure does not apply to an event. |
| | Current Status: | 5/8/2015 - VETOED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Signed by the Speaker
4/29/2015 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB369 |
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| SB500 | EDUCATION DEREGULATION. (MILLER P) Makes comprehensive revisions to the Indiana Code relating to all aspects of the administration of schools and school corporations and the education of students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Repeals various obsolete provisions and provisions that limit local control of schools. Establishes a school reporting oversight committee to review all reporting requirements by the state for schools. Makes conforming and technical amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 5/7/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/9/2015 - Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 412: yeas 36, nays 13
4/9/2015 - Senate Concurred in House Amendments (36-13)
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| | State Bill Page: | SB500 |
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| SB566 | EDUCATION. (MISHLER R) Requires the attorney general in consultation with the Indiana education employment relations board (IEERB) to draft and disseminate a letter by first class mail to teachers providing a summary of the teacher's rights and protections under state and federal law. Provides that the state board of education (state board) may not adopt Common Core standards or an assessment or test that is produced solely by the United States government or a consortium of states. Requires the department of education (department) to establish a program to permit an individual with a major in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics and a minor in education to obtain a teaching license. Provides that a school corporation must consider certain factors in developing a performance evaluation model. Provides that a school corporation shall report its staff performance evaluation plan to the department (which may review the plan for efficacy) and IEERB (which may review the plan for legality). Provides that the state board, in consultation with the department, shall define "low population schools" and shall determine the criteria for placing low population schools in performance categories. Provides that in developing metrics for the categories to measure school performance, the state board, in consultation with the department, shall consider the severity of tested students' disabilities when using ISTEP scores. Requests the legislative council to assign the topic of replacing the ISTEP test to a study committee. |
| | Current Status: | 5/7/2015 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/29/2015 - Conference Committee Report Adopted CCR #1 (49-0)
4/29/2015 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action CCR #1
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| | State Bill Page: | SB566 |
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