Citations Affected:
IC 20-6.1-7.5
;
IC 21-3-1.7
.
Synopsis: Teacher certification fees and incentives. Provides that the
department of education shall each year pay the certification fees for up
to 2,000 teachers who participate in the certification process offered by
the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Provides a
national board certification incentive grant to school corporations of
$5,000 for each teacher employed by a school corporation who holds
a valid certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards and who is a classroom teacher.
Effective: July 1, 2003.
January 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education and to make an appropriation.
SECTION 1.
IC 20-6.1-7.5
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003]:
Chapter 7.5. Payment of National Board Certification Fees
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "department" refers to the
department of education established by
IC 20-1-1.1-2.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "national board" refers to the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if a teacher
employed by a school corporation:
(1) applies to participate in the certification program offered
by the national board; and
(2) applies to the department of education for payment of
certification fees charged to the teacher by the national
board;
the department shall pay on behalf of the teacher the certification
fees charged to the teacher by the national board.
Sec. 4. (a) The department may not pay certification fees under
this section for more than two thousand (2,000) teachers in a year.
(b) The department shall record the time of filing of each
application for payment of certification fees under this section and
shall pay the certification fees in the chronological order in which
the applications are filed in the calendar year. If the department
has paid certification fees for two thousand (2,000) teachers for a
year, the department may not pay any additional certification fees
for the year, but may, if an applicant requests, approve the
payment of certification fees with respect to the next calendar year.
Sec. 5. The amounts necessary to pay certification fees under
this section are appropriated to the department from the state
general fund.
SECTION 2.
IC 21-3-1.7-9
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.111-2002,
SECTION 8, AND AS AMENDED BY P.L.178-2002, SECTION 96,
IS AMENDED AND CORRECTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 9. (a) Subject to the amount
appropriated by the general assembly for tuition support, the amount
that a school corporation is entitled to receive in tuition support for a
year is the amount determined in section 8 of this chapter.
(b) If the total amount to be distributed as tuition support under this
chapter, for enrollment adjustment grants under section 9.5 of this
chapter, for at-risk programs under section 9.7 of this chapter, for
academic honors diploma awards under section 9.8 of this chapter, for
national board certification incentive grants under section 9.9 of
this chapter, for primetime distributions under
IC 21-1-30
, for special
education grants under
IC 21-3-2.1
, and for vocational education grants
under
IC 21-3-12
for a particular year, exceeds:
(1) three billion three hundred sixty-three million four hundred
thousand dollars ($3,363,400,000) in 2001;
(2) three billion four hundred seventy-one thirty-seven million one
hundred thousand dollars ($3,471,100,000) ($3,437,100,000) in
2002; and
(3) three billion five hundred ninety-four thirty-six million two
five hundred thousand dollars ($3,594,200,000) ($3,536,500,000)
in 2003;
the amount to be distributed for tuition support under this chapter to
each school corporation during each of the last six (6) months of the
year shall be reduced by the same dollar amount per ADM (as adjusted
by
IC 21-3-1.6-1.1
) so that the total reductions equal the amount of the
excess.
SECTION 3.
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, 2003]: 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).
SECTION 4.
IC 21-3-1.7-9.7
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.291-2001,
SECTION 97, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003]: 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 of the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the greater of the following:
(A) The result determined under item (ii) of the following
formula:
(i) Determine the result of the school corporation's at-risk
index minus two-tenths (0.2).
(ii) Multiply the item (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) Determine the result of the school corporation's at-risk
index minus fifteen-hundredths (0.15).
(ii) Multiply the item (i) result by eighteen-hundredths
(0.18).
(B) Zero (0).
STEP THREE: Determine the result under clause (B) of the
following formula: