| HB1005 | SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. (BOSMA B) Abolishes the office of the state superintendent of public instruction on January 10, 2025. Provides that, after January 10, 2025, the governor shall appoint a secretary of education. Establishes residency, education, and experience qualifications for the secretary of education. Makes conforming and technical amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 4/27/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/21/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1005 |
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| HB1006 | MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS. (KIRCHHOFER C) Requires the secretary of family and social services to provide that residences for residential care and supported housing for chronic addiction that receive reimbursement when used as a recovery residence to be certified and meet standards determined by the division of mental health addiction through administrative rules. Adds, subject to the approval of the Indiana commission to combat drug abuse (commission), an individual who is: (1) less than 18 years of age; and (2) a defendant whose case is either waived from juvenile court to adult court or directly filed in adult court; to the individuals who may be eligible for mental health and addiction forensic treatment services. Provides that a child welfare program may be established for the purpose of providing child welfare substance abuse treatment services for families and children who have an open child welfare or delinquency case with the juvenile court. Requires that information and training concerning child welfare substance abuse treatment services be provided to certain judges, department of child services employees, and public defenders. Includes neonatal abstinence syndrome as a factor for a child to be determined a child in need of services. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on corrections and criminal code the topic of extending mental health and addiction forensic treatment services to individuals in the criminal justice system: (1) who: (A) are charged with a misdemeanor offense; or (B) have a prior misdemeanor conviction; and (2) who have been placed in or are eligible for placement in a pretrial services program, a community corrections program, a prosecuting attorney's diversion program, or jail. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services). |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2017 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 533: yeas 97, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/21/2017 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 517: yeas 49, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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| HB1007 | EDUCATION COURSE ACCESS PROGRAM. (COOK A) Allows the department of education (department) to authorize course providers to offer course access program courses that provide for the delivery of instruction through any method, including online technologies, in the course access program (program). Requires the department to: (1) oversee the program; (2) approve courses offered in the program; and (3) maintain a course access program catalog. Requires the department to negotiate a tuition fee for each offered course. Requires the school corporation in which an eligible student is enrolled to transfer the tuition fee for a course to the authorized course provider. Defines "eligible student" as a student pursing: (1) any type of diploma available for students to receive in Indiana; or (2) an industry certification that appears on the state board of education's approved industry certification list. Provides certain reasons a school corporation may deny a student's enrollment in a course access course. Provides that a parent of an eligible student or an emancipated eligible student may appeal the school corporation's decision to the department. Allows the state board of education to adopt emergency and nonemergency rules. |
| | Current Status: | 4/20/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/17/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1007 |
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| HB1024 | PRAYER IN SCHOOLS. (BARTLETT J) Provides that a school corporation or charter school shall not discriminate against a student or a student's parent on the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. Provides that students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions. Provides that public school students may pray or engage in religious activities or religious expression before, during, and after the school day in the same manner and to the same extent that students may engage in nonreligious activities or expression. Provides that students in public schools may wear clothing, accessories, and jewelry that display religious messages or religious symbols in the same manner and to the same extent that other types of clothing, accessories, and jewelry that display messages or symbols are permitted. Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the attorney general's office and organizations with expertise in religious civil liberties, to establish a model policy. Provides that each school corporation may include as an elective in the school corporation's high school curriculum a course surveying religions of the world. |
| | Current Status: | 4/27/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/17/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1024 |
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| HB1384 | VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS. (BEHNING R) Provides that before July 1, 2018, the state board of education (state board) shall establish a definition of a high mobility school for schools with a high concentration of mobile students. Provides that for each school year beginning after June 30, 2018, the department of education (department) shall make a report regarding the performance of high mobility schools and post the report on the department's Internet web site. Provides that for purposes of calculating a school's category or designation of school improvement, the state board shall consider the mobility of high school students who are credit deficient and whether any high school should be rewarded for enrolling credit deficient students or penalized for transferring out credit deficient students. Provides that $50,000 is the maximum grant a school corporation or charter school may receive under the dual language immersion pilot program. Provides that appropriations to the department to provide grants to school corporations for high ability students must be for expenditures beyond those for regular educational programs. Provides that the state board may accredit a nonpublic school at the time the nonpublic school begins operation in Indiana. Provides that the state board may accredit a nonpublic school that enters into a contract with the state board to become a freeway school at the time the nonpublic school enters into the contract. Provides that a choice scholarship school may submit a request to the state board to waive or delay certain consequences if it is placed in the two lowest categories or designations of school improvement for a particular school year. Provides that the state board may grant a request to an eligible school that requests a delay or waiver if the choice scholarship school demonstrates that a majority of students in the eligible school demonstrated academic improvement during the preceding school year. Requires a school corporation to issue, upon request of a parent, a posthumous diploma to a student who: (1) dies while enrolled in grade 12 of a school in the school corporation; and (2) was academically eligible or on track to meet the requirements for the diploma at the time of death. Requires the department to conduct a review of each high school's graduation cohort on a schedule determined by the department. Prohibits a school from classifying a student as, or applying an exit code or description that indicates that a student is, leaving a cohort for the reason of removal by a student's parents to provide instruction equivalent to that given in the school unless the school has substantial evidence that the parent or guardian of the student initiated the student leaving the cohort. Amends requirements for an individual who obtains a position as a school social worker. Makes changes to the composition of the board of trustees for Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. Provides that a school corporation may designate a full-time employee of the school corporation to represent the school corporation in a small claims court action to collect unpaid required fees if the claim does not exceed $1,500. Provides that all students, regardless of age, enrolled in an adult high school must be included and calculated under the same requirements, metrics, and goals established under the alternative accountability system to assess the performance of an adult high school system. Makes technical corrections. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2017 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 549: yeas 69, nays 29; Rules Suspended
4/21/2017 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1384 |
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| HB1430 | SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION. (OLTHOFF J) Provides that, after June 30, 2018, each school corporation, charter school, and accredited nonpublic school: (1) shall require all teachers; and (2) may require any other appropriate school employees; who are employed at schools that provide instruction to students in any combination of grade 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 to attend or participate in evidence based inservice youth suicide awareness and prevention training every three school years. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to: (1) develop a statewide program for suicide prevention; and (2) employ a coordinator of the statewide program for suicide prevention. Requires the coordinator to study and determine: (1) the professions that should be required to receive training on suicide assessment, treatment, and management; and (2) the manner in which to fund the training. Requires the coordinator to report the determinations to the legislative council not later than December 31, 2017. Requires emergency medical services providers to complete an evidence based training program concerning suicide assessment, treatment, and management. Requires each school corporation to adopt a policy addressing measures intended to increase child suicide awareness and prevention. Establishes requirements regarding the policy. Requires an approved postsecondary educational institution to adopt a policy concerning suicide information and resources. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/20/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/19/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1430 |
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| HB1431 | EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AND OPEN RECORDS. (GIAQUINTA P) Provides that a governing body may admit to an executive session of the governing body an individual who has been elected to the governing body but has not been sworn in as a member of the governing body. Allows a state educational institution to: (1) meet in executive session to discuss certain matters concerning establishment of a collaborative relationship or venture to advance the research, engagement, or education mission of the state educational institution; and (2) withhold records from public disclosure that are created while the negotiations are in progress. Amends the tabulation of a provision regarding negotiations of certain state and local government entities to reflect that all of the listed entities negotiate with industrial, research, or commercial prospects. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/17/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1431 |
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| HB1507 | SCHOOL BUSES. (SOLIDAY E) Provides that a special education cooperative or school corporation may enter into an agreement with an agency or organization serving individuals with a developmental disability in which a school bus or special purpose bus used by the special education cooperative or school corporation may be used to transport individuals with a developmental disability. (Current law provides that a special education cooperative or school corporation may enter into an agreement with a state supported agency serving individuals with a developmental disability in which a school bus or special purpose bus may be used to transport individuals with a developmental disability.) Removes a requirement that an individual with a developmental disability must live within the boundaries of the special education cooperative or school corporation. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 2/21/2017 - Signed by the President of the Senate
2/20/2017 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1507 |
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| HR47 | URGING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO ASSIGN THE TOPIC OF SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE. (MACER K) Urging the legislative council to assign the topic of safe and supportive schools to the appropriate committee. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2017 - Authored By Karlee Macer
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| | State Bill Page: | HR47 |
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| SB61 | COMMISSION ON SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT. (HEAD R) Requires the commission on seclusion and restraint in schools (commission) to adopt rules concerning reporting requirements for the use of seclusion and restraint by school resource officers. Requires that the commission include a member of the Indiana School Resource Officers Association. Provides that a school corporation, accredited nonpublic school, or charter school must report incidents of seclusion and restraint involving a school resource officer. Provides that the commission may adopt emergency rules. Voids a rule adopted by the commission that excludes school resource officers from the reporting requirements. Makes changes to the duties of the commission. Provides that if the department of education (department) has been advised of a discrepancy in a report, the department shall require the school to provide a written explanation of the discrepancy to the department. Provides that the department has the authority to require schools to submit seclusion and restraint plans. Provides that the department shall review incident rules and submit summary findings to the commission in compliance with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Provides that the commission shall review summary findings submitted by the department and may make nonbinding recommendations to the department or other entities. Provides that if the department receives a recommendation from the commission, the department shall send a response with regard to recommendations made by the commission. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
4/21/2017 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | SB61 |
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| SB108 | EDUCATION MATTERS. (KRUSE D) Provides that when a school corporation authorizes an absence to permit a student to attend any educationally related nonclassroom activity, the student may not be recorded as being absent on any date for which the excuse is operative and may not be penalized by the school. Provides that an initial school improvement plan must be established and approved by the governing body not later than August 1 of the school year in which the plan is to be implemented. Requires: (1) the Indiana education employment relations board (board) to publish a model compensation plan with a model salary range that a school corporation may adopt; (2) each school corporation to submit its local compensation plan to the board; and (3) the board to publish local compensation plans on the board's Internet web site. (Under current law, the department of education publishes and oversees the model compensation plan and local compensation plans.) Provides that the board: (1) shall review a compensation plan for compliance; and (2) has jurisdiction to determine compliance of a compensation plan submitted. Establishes an expiration for emergency rules that the board adopts. Requires a school corporation that has a compensation plan but does not have a ratified collective bargaining agreement to, not later than October 1 of the year in which the compensation plan becomes effective, submit the school corporation's compensation plan to the board. Provides that, if a school corporation does not submit the compensation plan by October 1, the compensation plan is considered not in compliance unless a compliance officer of the board finds good cause shown for the delay. Provides that a principal or superintendent, or the principal's or superintendent's designee, may recommend an individual to participate in the Indiana high school equivalency diploma program. Allows the governing body of a school corporation to deny a request for a student to transfer to the school corporation or discontinue enrollment, or establish terms or conditions for enrollment or for continued enrollment, if the student has a history of unexcused absences and the governing body believes that, based on the location of the student's residence, attendance would be a problem. Provides that a special needs bus may be used to provide transportation for asibling of a student with a developmental or physical disability. Requires the department of education (department), in collaboration with the state board of education, to prepare a report that includes recommendations regarding certificated employee evaluations. Requires the department, not later than November 1, 2017, to submit the report to the general assembly. Provides that a provision requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation training applies to a charter school other than a virtual charter school. Requires, before December 1, 2017, the department of workforce development to commission an entity that specializes in improving access to adult literacy programs to: (1) prepare and submit a report regarding adult literacy programs to the legislative council; and (2) present the report to the state workforce innovation council. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2017 - Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
4/21/2017 - Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
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| | State Bill Page: | SB108 |
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| SB182 | SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACTS. (HOUCHIN E) Provides that a contract entered into or renewed after June 30, 2017, between a governing body and its superintendent is subject to the following conditions: (1) The contract must, with an exception for an extension, be for a term of at least one year and not more than three years. (2) If the contract contains a provision that establishes an amount the governing body must pay to the superintendent to buy out the contract, the amount may not be more than an amount equal to the lesser of: (A) the superintendent's salary for any one year under the contract; or (B) $250,000. Provides that a superintendent (in addition to a principal under current law) may initiate the cancellation of a teacher's contract by providing notice to the teacher of the superintendent's preliminary decision. |
| | Current Status: | 4/27/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/19/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
4/10/2017 - Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 432: yeas 43, nays 6
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| | State Bill Page: | SB182 |
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| SB248 | CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS. (RAATZ J) Allows two or more school corporations situated in the same or adjoining counties to consolidate in a manner in which debts or obligations paid by a debt service levy incurred by a school corporation before the new consolidated school corporation comes into existence may be levied only on the taxpayers of the subunit that initially incurred the debt or obligation before consolidation. Provides that each school corporation is considered a subunit of the consolidated school corporation. Provides that the resolution consolidating the school corporations may declare: (1) that administrative functions of each subunit will be consolidated in the proposed consolidated school corporation; and (2) that the name or attendance area of each school within a subunit may remain unchanged after the date the consolidated school corporation comes into existence. Provides that, if two or more school corporations consolidate under the new consolidation provision, the department of local government finance shall set for the consolidated school corporation: (1) new maximum levies, which must equal the sum of the existing maximum levies adjusted for assessed value growth; and (2) a maximum capital projects levy rate. Relocates and amends the provision that provides that 20% of the legal voters residing in the district of any school corporation, jointly with 20% of the legal voters residing in the district of each of one or more other school corporations, may petition the trustees of their respective school corporations to consolidate the school corporations. Provides that the meeting that the governing bodies of the school corporations are required to hold one week after the date of the appearance of the last publication of notice of intention to consolidate must be a public meeting. Amends provisions concerning compensation and vacancies regarding the membership of the governing body after a consolidation. Provides that the governing body must meet to reorganize not more than 15 days after the commencement date of the members' terms of office. |
| | Current Status: | 4/25/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
4/21/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB248 |
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| SB355 | CHILD ABUSE EDUCATION AND POLICIES. (MESSMER M) Requires, not later than July 1, 2018, the department of education (department) to make available model educational materials and model response policies and reporting procedures concerning child abuse and child sexual abuse to assist schools with the implementation of: (1) child abuse and child sexual abuse education programs in kindergarten through grade 12; and (2) child abuse and child sexual abuse response and reporting policies. (Current law requires the department to make available the model educational materials and model response policies and reporting procedures concerning child abuse and child sexual abuse to assist schools with the implementation of: (1) child abuse and child sexual abuse education programs in grades 2 through 5; and (2) child abuse and child sexual abuse response and reporting policies.) Requires that the: (1) materials and guidelines provided to assist a safe school committee in developing a plan and policy for a school include the model educational materials and the model response policies and reporting procedures; and (2) plan and policy developed by the safe school committee; must address the issues of child abuse and child sexual abuse. Requires the child abuse and child sexual abuse response and reporting policies to include information on the duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Beginning in 2018, requires, not later than December 15 of each year, a public school, including a charter school and an accredited nonpublic school, to provide age appropriate and research and evidence based instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students in kindergarten through grade 12. Provides that a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school that employs one or more employees may not establish a policy that restricts or delays the duty of an employee or individual to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Provides that the legislative council is urged to assign to the education interim study committee during the 2017 legislative interim the topic of teacher training requirements regarding student behavior and health issues. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/19/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
4/13/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB355 |
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| SB392 | EMERGENCY MEDICATION. (STOOPS M) Defines "emergency medication" as epinephrine, albuterol, or naloxone. Allows a school or school corporation to: (1) fill a prescription for an emergency medication; and (2) store the emergency medication. (Current law allows a school to fill a prescription for auto-injectable epinephrine and store the auto-injectable epinephrine.) Defines "emergency stock medication" as emergency medication to which both the following apply: (1) The prescription of the emergency medication is filled by a school or school corporation. (2) The emergency medication is stored at a school. Provides that injectable epinephrine filled by certain entities must have an expiration date of not less than 12 months from the date that the pharmacy dispenses the injectable epinephrine. Makes conforming changes regarding: (1) administering emergency stock medication; (2) prescribing and dispensing emergency medication; and (3) certain immunity from liability concerning the administration of emergency stock medication. Defines "school" and "school nurse". Requires the department of education (department) to develop guidance materials concerning emergency medication and post a copy of the materials on the department's Internet web site. Requires a school nurse or school employee to make a report if an emergency stock medication is administered and submit the report in an electronic format to the department. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/10/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
4/3/2017 - Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 354: yeas 47, nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | SB392 |
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| SB407 | EDUCATION MATTERS. (HOUCHIN E) Requires a school employer to submit a copy of the affidavit submitted by the exclusive representative indicating the number of teachers who are members of the exclusive representative to the Indiana education employment relations board (board). Requires the board to compile information included in the affidavit from each school corporation and post aggregate information on the board's Internet web site. Provides that the information posted by the board may not include any information that would identify a particular school employee. Requires the board to develop and post on its Internet web site training modules, videos, or other instructional material informing school employees of their rights to select an exclusive representative. Provides that each school year in which school employee participation in a school employee organization currently serving as the exclusive representative of the bargaining unit does not represent a majority of the school employees within the unit, the board shall notify the school employees of the bargaining unit of their right to: (1) representation; and (2) the ability to change their exclusive representative. Urges the general assembly to assign certain issues relating to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act to the education interim study committee. |
| | Current Status: | 4/27/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/10/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
3/30/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB407 |
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| SB447 | CHILD SERVICES. (MERRITT J) Requires child abuse and neglect training for school employees. Allows the department of child services (department) to share costs incurred in maintaining the new hire directory in accordance with federal law with the department of workforce development. Adds a definition of "concurrent planning". Adds a definition of "nonwaivable offense" and makes conforming changes. Allows the department to pay the criminal background check fee in certain adoption cases. Prohibits the department from charging a fee for state tax offsets. Amends provisions concerning restricted driving licenses. Provides that the department may not grant a variance or waiver of a rule to an applicant for a: (1) child care institution; (2) foster family home; (3) group home; or (4) child placing agency; license if the applicant has been convicted of certain felonies. Requires that a criminal history check be conducted on all members of the household of an applicant for a foster family home license. (Current law requires a criminal history check of household members 14 years of age or older.) Amends provisions governing sharing of jurisdiction between: (1) a court that has jurisdiction over a child in a marriage dissolution or paternity action; and (2) another court hearing a delinquency or child in need of services proceeding regarding the child. Permits a juvenile court to authorize drug and alcohol testing of a child under certain circumstances. Requires an individual who is required to make a report of abuse or neglect in the individual's capacity as a member of the staff of a hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2 to first notify the individual in charge of the hospital or the designated agent of the individual in charge of the hospital. Prohibits a public or nonpublic school, school corporation, facility, or agency from establishing a policy restricting an employee's duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Adds a written report as a means to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Amends a requirement that the department must notify the United States Department of Defense Family Advocacy Program (Program) regarding a substantiated investigation of abuse or neglect of a child of an active duty military member, to provide that the department must notify the Program upon request. Provides that a child: (1) who lives in the same household as another child who is a child in need of services because the other child is a victim of specified offenses; and (2) regarding whom a caseworker makes specified determinations; is a child in need of services. Provides that a child who: (1) is born with: (A) neonatal abstinence syndrome; or (B) a controlled substance, legend drug, or metabolite of a controlled substance or legend drug in the child's body, including in the child's blood, urine, umbilical cord tissue, or meconium; and (2) needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation the child is not receiving or unlikely to receive without court intervention; is a child in need of services, and establishes a rebuttable presumption that the conditions regarding the child's care, treatment, or rehabilitation are met if evidence exists that the child's mother used a controlled substance or a legend drug during pregnancy. Provides that a child in need of services may be placed in a residence at which a person who has been convicted of battery (rather than battery only as a felony, as provided in current law) resides, if the person's commission of the offense is not relevant to the person's ability to care for the child and the placement is in the best interests of the child. Makes optional (rather than required, as under current law) certain recommendations in a petition seeking participation of a parent, guardian, or custodian in a program of care, treatment, or rehabilitation of a child. Permits out-of-home placement of a child in a facility located outside Indiana only if there is not an equivalent facility (rather than a comparable facility, under current law) located in Indiana. Provides that a court may order a parent, guardian, or custodian of a child to participate in a mental health or addiction treatment program if the parent, guardian, or custodian will be participating in a program of care, treatment, or rehabilitation of the child. Prohibits filing by a child placing agency of a petition for voluntary termination of parental rights unless the petition is in furtherance of an adoption or other permanency plan. Requires a law enforcement agency to forward a missing child report to the department. Requires the department to complete a written report within 24 hours of receiving a report of a missing child. Requires the department to provide information concerning certain missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Provides that the consent of an agency or local office: (1) with lawful custody of a child whose adoption is being sought; and (2) who is served with a notice of adoption concerning the child; is not subject to being irrevocably implied. Provides immunity for a person who leaves an infant with a person who is an emergency medical services provider. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/21/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
4/21/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB447 |
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| SB475 | DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY. (MELTON E) Requires the state board of education to amend its rule establishing developmental delay as a disability category to provide that, beginning July 1, 2018, developmental delay is a disability category solely for students who are at least three years of age and less than nine years of age. (Currently, developmental delay is a disability category solely for students who are at least three years of age and not more than five years of age.) Adds developmental delay as a category for mild and moderate disabilities for purposes of determining special education grant amounts. |
| | Current Status: | 4/13/2017 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/10/2017 - Signed by the Speaker
3/30/2017 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB475 |
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