SB 505-1_ Filed 02/15/2001, 10:06
Adopted 2/15/2001

COMMITTEE REPORT

MR. PRESIDENT:

    The Senate Committee on Education, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 505, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:

SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (01)CR050501.1. -->     Page 1, line 1, delete "IC 20-5-2-9" and insert "IC 20-10.2-3-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.221-1999, SECTION 13,".
    Page 1, line 1, delete "ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE" and insert "AMENDED".
    Page 1, line 2, delete "AS A NEW SECTION".
    Page 1, line 3, delete "Sec. 9. (a) As used in this section, "plan" refers to a" and insert "Sec. 5. (a) A plan must contain the following components for the school:
        (1) A list of the statutes and rules that the school wishes to have suspended from operation for the school.
        (2) A description of the curriculum and information concerning the location of a copy of the curriculum that is available for inspection by members of the public.
        (3) A description and name of the assessments that will be used in the school in addition to ISTEP assessments.
        (4) A plan to be submitted to the governing body and made available to all interested members of the public in an easily understood format.
        (5) A provision to maximize parental participation in the school, which may include access to learning aids to assist students

with school work at home, information on home study techniques, or access to school resources.
        (6) For a secondary school, a provision to do the following:
            (A) Offer courses that allow all students to become eligible to receive an academic honors diploma.
            (B) Encourage all students to earn an academic honors diploma or complete the Core 40 curriculum.
        (7) A provision to maintain a safe and disciplined learning environment for students and teachers.
        (8) A provision for the coordination of technology initiatives and ongoing professional development activities.
    (b) If, for a purpose other than a plan under this chapter, a school has developed materials that are substantially similar to a component listed in subsection (a), the school may substitute those materials for the component listed in subsection (a).".
    Page 1, delete lines 4 through 17, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: ; (01)CR050501.2. -->     "SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) Not later than September 1, 2001, the department of education shall develop and make available to school building committees developing strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plans under IC 20-10.2-3 models of parental involvement plans that include student achievement as the primary focus of the plans for use by the school building committees in developing the parental participation component of the strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan required under IC 20-10.2-3-5 , as amended by this act.".


    (b) This SECTION expires September 2, 2001.
SOURCE: ; (01)CR050501.3. -->     SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.".
SOURCE: Page 2, line 1; (01)CR050501.2. -->     Page 2, delete lines 1 through 6.
    (Reference is to SB 505 as introduced.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0.

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    Lubbers
Chairperson


CR050501/DI 71    2001