January 17, 2003





SENATE BILL No. 78

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DIGEST OF SB 78 (Updated January 15, 2003 5:52 PM - DI 71)



Citations Affected: IC 21-3.

Synopsis: Academic honors diploma awards. Requires a school corporation to use money received as an academic honors diploma award for expenditures directly related to the school corporation's academic honors diploma program or programs for high ability students. Requires a school corporation to submit a report to the department of education concerning how the award money was spent.

Effective: July 1, 2003.





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    January 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career Development.
    January 16, 2003, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






January 17, 2003

First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)


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SENATE BILL No. 78



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

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

    SECTION 1. IC 21-3-1.7-9.8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.291-2001, SECTION 98, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 9.8. (a) In addition to the distributions under sections 8, 9.5, and 9.7 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
            (1) nine hundred forty-four dollars ($944) in 2002; and
            (2) nine hundred sixty-three dollars ($963). in 2003.
    (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 forty-four dollars ($944) in 2002 and nine hundred sixty-three dollars ($963) in 2003 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.
     (b) An amount received by a school corporation as an honors diploma award may be used only for:
        (1) staff training, program development, equipment and supply expenditures, or other expenses directly related to the school corporation's academic honors diploma program; and
        (2) the school corporation's program for high ability students.
    (c) The governing body of a school corporation shall submit an annual report to the department of education that summarizes the programs and services provided with the money received under this section. A governing body that does not submit a report under this subsection for a school year is not eligible to receive an award under this section for the following school year until the report has been submitted.