Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1046

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 21-3-1.7.

Synopsis: Language assistance program grants. Provides a $750 per pupil grant to school corporations for a language assistance program.

Effective: July 1, 2001.





Mock, Klinker




    January 8, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.







Introduced

First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1046



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education finance and to make an appropriation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 21-3-1.7-9.5; (01)IN1046.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 21-3-1.7-9.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2000, SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 9.5. (a) In addition to the distribution under sections 8, 9.7, and 9.8, and 9.9 of this chapter, a school corporation is eligible for an enrollment adjustment grant if the school corporation's:
        (1) current ADM minus the school corporation's previous year ADM is at least two hundred fifty (250); or
        (2) current ADM divided by the school corporation's previous year ADM is at least one and five-hundredths (1.05).
    (b) The amount of the enrollment adjustment grant is the amount determined in STEP THREE of the following formula:
        STEP ONE: Determine the school corporation's target revenue per ADM divided by three (3).
        STEP TWO: Determine the result of the school corporation's current ADM minus the school corporation's previous year ADM.
        STEP THREE: Multiply the STEP ONE result by the STEP TWO result.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision, for purposes of computing the amount of a grant under this section, "ADM" does not include an eligible pupil who is described in IC 21-3-1.6-1.2(a).
SOURCE: IC 21-3-1.7-9.7; (01)IN1046.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 21-3-1.7-9.7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.273-1999, SECTION 140, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 9.7. In addition to the distributions under sections 8, 9.5, and 9.8, and 9.9 of this chapter for 1997 and thereafter, a school corporation is eligible for an amount for at-risk programs in the amount determined in STEP SIX FIVE of the following formula:
        STEP ONE: Determine the greater of the following:
            (A) The result determined under item (ii) of the following formula:
                (I) (i) Determine the result of the school corporation's at-risk index minus two-tenths (0.2).
                (ii) Multiply the item (I) (i) result by seven-hundredths (0.07).
            (B) Zero (0).
        STEP TWO: Determine the greater of the following:
            (A) The result determined under item (ii) of the following formula:
                (I) (i) Determine the result of the school corporation's at-risk index minus fifteen-hundredths (0.15).
                (ii) Multiply the item (I) (i) result by eighteen-hundredths (0.18).
            (B) Zero (0).
        STEP THREE: Add the STEP ONE result and the STEP TWO result.
        STEP FOUR: Multiply the STEP THREE sum by the school corporation's current ADM. Round the result to the nearest one-hundredth (0.01).
        STEP FIVE: Multiply the STEP FOUR product by three thousand three hundred fifty-four dollars ($3,354) in 2000 and three thousand five hundred twenty-two dollars ($3,522) in 2001.
SOURCE: IC 21-3-1.7-9.8; (01)IN1046.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 21-3-1.7-9.8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.273-1999, SECTION 141, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 9.8. (a) In addition to the distributions under sections 8, 9.5, and 9.7, and 9.9 of this chapter, a school corporation is eligible for an honors diploma award in the amount determined under STEP TWO of the following formula:
        STEP ONE: Determine the number of the school corporation's eligible pupils who successfully completed an academic honors

diploma program in the school year ending in the previous calendar year.
        STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE amount by nine hundred twenty-five dollars ($925).
    (b) Each year the governing body of a school corporation may use the money that the school corporation receives for an honors diploma award under this section to give nine hundred twenty-five dollars ($925) to each eligible pupil in the school corporation who successfully completes an academic honors diploma program in the school year ending in the previous calendar year.

SOURCE: IC 21-3-1.7-9.9; (01)IN1046.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 21-3-1.7-9.9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 9.9. In addition to the distributions under sections 8, 9.5, 9.7, and 9.8 of this chapter, a school corporation is eligible to receive a grant for a language assistance program. The amount of the program grant for a year is determined using the following formula:
        STEP ONE: Determine the number of school corporation pupils who have:
            (A) a primary language other than English; and
            (B) limited English proficiency, as determined by using a standard proficiency examination that has been approved by the department of education.
        STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE amount by seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).
The school corporation shall dedicate the grant to the development of academic and social proficiency in the English language for pupils who have a primary language other than English and limited English proficiency.