HB 1039-1_ Filed 01/31/2001, 13:22
Adopted 1/31/2001


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COMMITTEE REPORT


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                                                        NO:
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MR. SPEAKER:

    Your Committee on       Education     , to which was referred       House Bill 1039     , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

SOURCE: Page 2, line 10; (01)CR103901.2. -->     Page 2, delete lines 10 through 38, begin a new paragraph and insert the following:
SOURCE: IC 20-1-21-4; (01)CR103901.2. -->     "SECTION 2. IC 20-1-21-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 4. (a) A school corporation shall implement subsection (b) or (c), or both.
    (b) The governing body shall provide a copy of the annual performance report, which must comply with the procedures identified in section 8 of this chapter, to any person requesting it. The governing body shall make the annual performance report available on the Internet. The governing body shall mail or distribute a printed report to the parents or guardians of students attending schools operated by the school corporation. The printed report must contain all elements of the electronic report, along with any additional information the school elects to provide. The governing body may not charge a fee for providing a copy of the annual performance report. Not earlier than September 1 or later

than September 15 of each year, the governing body of a school corporation shall publish a notice on paper that is not less than eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches by eleven (11) inches in size stating the following:
        (1) That the annual performance report of the school corporation, in compliance with the procedures identified in section 8 of this chapter,
is available.
        (2) That the governing body will provide a copy of the annual performance report to any person requesting it.
        (3) That the annual performance report of the school corporation that complies with section 8 of this chapter is available at a specific Internet address.
        (4) That the governing body will mail or distribute a printed report to the parents or guardians of students attending schools operated by the school corporation.
The
notice must be published one (1) time annually under IC 5-3-1.
     (c) Not earlier than September 1 or later than September 15 of each year, the governing body of a school corporation shall publish an annual performance report of the school corporation, in compliance with the procedures identified in section 8 of this chapter. The report must be published one (1) time annually under IC 5-3-1. Notwithstanding IC 5-3-1-1(c), the annual performance report of the school corporation may include the following:
        (1) Type larger than the type used in the regular reading matter of the newspaper or qualified publication.
        (2) Graphics.
        (3) Other typographical methods to enhance the report.
    (d) A newspaper or other qualified publication may not charge the governing body of a school corporation more than the amount determined using the formula set forth in IC 5-3-1-1(b) for publishing an annual performance report under subsection (c). To determine the charge for publishing the annual performance report, advertising space devoted to graphics, type larger than the type used in the regular reading matter of the newspaper or qualified publication, and other typographical methods to enhance


the report shall be converted to the number of lines of regular reading matter that would have normally occupied the same space.".
    (Reference is to HB 1039 as introduced.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

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Representative Porter


CR103901/DI 97    2001