Citations Affected:
IC 20-1-21.
Synopsis: School corporation performance report. Changes the
required publication date and some components of school corporation
annual performance reports. Provides for reports to be made available
on the Internet. Requires school corporations to provide free copies of
reports upon request. Removes language concerning the performance
based accreditation program.
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.
SECTION 1.
IC 20-1-21-4
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 4. (a) Not earlier than
September 1 January 15 or later than September 15 January 31 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.
(b) The department shall make each school corporation's annual
performance report available on the department's Internet web
site. The governing body of a school corporation may make the
school corporation's annual performance report available on the
school corporation's Internet web site.
(c) The governing body of a school corporation shall provide a
copy of the annual performance report to any person who requests
a copy. The governing body may not charge a fee for providing the
copy.
SECTION 2.
IC 20-1-21-7
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.221-1999,
SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 7. A report must contain the following:
(1) The benchmarks and indicators of performance information
listed in section 9 of this chapter for each of the preceding three
(3) years.
(2) Additional components determined under section 8(4) of this
chapter.
(3) A comparison of the benchmarks described in section 9(1)
through 9(3) of this chapter to performance based accreditation
goals developed under IC 20-1-1.2.
(4) (3) Additional information or explanation that the governing
body wishes to include, including the following:
(A) Results of assessments of students under programs other
than the ISTEP program that a school corporation uses to
determine if students are meeting or exceeding academic
standards in grades that are not tested under the ISTEP
program.
(B) The number and types of staff professional
development programs.
(C) The number and types of partnerships with the
community, business, or higher education.
(D) Levels of parental participation.
SECTION 3.
IC 20-1-21-8
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.221-1999,
SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 8. The state superintendent and the Indiana state
board of education, in consultation with school corporations,
educational organizations, appropriate state agencies, and other
organizations and individuals having an interest in education, shall
develop and periodically revise the following for the benchmarks and
indicators of performance under section 9 of this chapter and the
additional components of the performance report:
(1) Reporting procedures, including the following:
(A) A determination of the information that a school
corporation must compile and the information that the
department must compile.
(B) A determination of the information required on a school by
school basis and the information required on a school
corporation basis.
(C) A common format suitable for publication, including
tables, graphics, and explanatory text.
(2) Operational definitions.
(3) Standards for implementation.
taking the test.
(7) (8) Course completion, including the number and percentage
of students completing the following programs:
(A) Academic honors diploma.
(B) Core 40 curriculum.
(C) Vocational programs.
(9) The percentage of grade 8 students enrolled in algebra I.
(8) (10) The percentage of graduates who pursue higher
education.
(9) (11) School safety, including the number and percentage of
students receiving suspension or expulsion for the possession of
alcohol, drugs, or weapons.
(10) (12) Financial information and various school cost factors,
relevant to performance, including the following:
(A) Expenditures per pupil.
(B) Average teacher salary.
(C) Remediation funding.
(11) (13) Technology accessibility and use of technology in
instruction.
(12) Staff professional development, including the type and extent
of opportunities available.
(13) (14) Interdistrict and intradistrict student mobility rates,
if that information is available.
(14) Number and types of partnerships with the community,
business, or higher education.
(15) Teacher licensing, certification, and preparation, including
The number and percentage of teachers with national board
certification. each of the following within the school
corporation:
(A) Teachers who are certificated employees (as defined in
IC 20-7.5-1-2
).
(B) Teachers who teach the subject area for which the
teacher is certified and holds a license.
(C) Teachers with national board certification.
(16) The percentage of grade 3 students reading at or above grade
3 level.
(17) A comparison of ISTEP scores and the dropout rate. The
number of students expelled, including the number
participating in other recognized education programs during
their expulsion.
(18) Other indicators of performance as recommended by the
education roundtable (IC 20-1-20.5-3).