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:
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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).".
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"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.
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SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.".
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(Reference is to SB 505 as introduced.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0.
Lubbers
CR050501/DI 71 2001