SB 352-2_ Filed 02/18/2000, 10:58


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MR. SPEAKER:

    I move that Engrossed Senate Bill 352 be amended to read as follows:

    Page 2, after line 21 , begin a new paragraph and insert:
    “SECTION 2. IC 20-10.1-4-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 5. Each school corporation shall include in its curriculum the following studies:
        (1) Language arts, including English, grammar, composition, speech, and second languages.
         (2) World literature, including the Bible and other similar great works of literature. The school corporation must offer world literature as an elective and not as a mandatory course of study.
        (2) (3) Mathematics.
        (3) (4) Social studies and citizenship, including the constitutions, governmental systems, and histories of Indiana and the United States.
        (4) (5) Sciences.
        (5) (6) Fine arts, including music and art.
        (6) (7) Health education, physical fitness, safety, and the effects of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and other substances on the human body.
        (7) (8) Additional studies selected by each governing body, subject to revision by the state board of education.
SOURCE: ; (00)IN1057.1.2. -->     SECTION 3. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000] (a) The Indiana state board of education and the professional standards board shall jointly develop and report to the general assembly by January 1,

2001, a plan to implement the "Academic Study of Religion in Secondary Schools", which was implemented in Indiana in 1978, 1979, and 1980. The plan must do the following:
        (1) Address the following:
            (A) The training of prospective and current teachers.
            (B) Curriculum guidelines.
            (C) Teacher training materials.
            (D) Student learning materials.
            (E) Costs.
        (2) Follow guidelines established or implied by the United States Supreme Court on the teaching of religion in public schools.
        (3) Encourage variety in course programming, such as providing for courses to be offered as:
            (A) self-contained units within language arts, fine arts, or social studies curricula; or
            (B) part of an integrated program in humanities studies.
        (4) To assure constitutional applications, address the need for teacher consultation and professional oversight and review to answer questions of interpretation and application.
    (b) This SECTION expires July 1, 2002.

    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to ESB352 as printed February 17, 2000.)

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Representative BURTON


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