AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
SECTION 1. IC 20-6.1-3-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2003]: Sec. 12. (a) This section applies to an examination that is
required for teacher licensure under this chapter.
(b) If an individual does not demonstrate the level of proficiency
required to receive a license on all or a part of an examination, the
examination's scorer must provide the individual with the
individual's test scores, including subscores for each area tested.
SECTION 2. IC 20-6.1-4-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 8. The Supplemental
Service Teacher's Contract. (a) As used in this section, "teacher"
includes an individual who:
(1) holds a substitute teacher's license; and
(2) provides instruction in a joint summer school program
under IC 20-10.1-7-12.5.
(b) The supplemental service teacher's contract shall be used when
a teacher provides professional service in evening school or summer
school employment, except when a teacher or other person is employed
to supervise or conduct noncredit courses or activities.
(c) If a teacher serves more than one hundred twenty (120) days on
a supplemental service teacher's contract in any school year, then
sections 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15 of this chapter and
IC 20-6.1-6-1 through IC 20-6.1-6-4 apply as they do to a teacher on a
regular teacher's contract.
(d) The salary of a teacher on a supplemental service contract must
equal the salary of a teacher on the regular salary schedule of the
school corporation where the teacher will serve. Part-time service on
the supplemental service contract is computed on the basis of six (6)
hours as a full day of service.
SECTION 3. IC 20-10.1-7-12.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 12.5. (a) A school corporation
may enter into an agreement with:
(1) another school corporation;
(2) an accredited nonpublic school; or
(3) entities described in both subdivisions (1) and (2);
to offer a joint summer school program for high school students
under this section.
(b) An agreement under this section must:
(1) designate one (1) participating school corporation as the
local education agency for the joint educational program; and
(2) specify how the costs of the joint summer school program,
including compensation for teachers, will be allocated among
the parties to the agreement.
(c) The parties to an agreement under subsection (a) may
provide educational programs:
(1) that are not regularly provided as part of the established
curriculum during the school year; and
(2) for which a student who successfully completes a program
may receive high school and college credit under an
articulation agreement or dual credit provision under
IC 20-10.1-4.4-9, IC 20-12-1-9, or IC 20-12-17.1.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), an instructor for an
educational program described in subsection (c) must be:
(1) licensed under IC 20-6.1; or
(2) granted a substitute teacher's license by the professional
standards board.
(e) If the school superintendent of the school corporation that is
the local education agency determines that there:
(1) is not a qualified licensed teacher available from the
entities entering into an agreement under subsection (a); and
(2) is a qualified postsecondary instructor available;
to instruct in an educational program described under subsection
(c), the superintendent may request the professional standards
board to issue a substitute teacher's license to the instructor of an
educational program described in subsection (c).
(f) If the professional standards board finds that there is not a
qualified licensed teacher available from the entities entering into
an agreement under subsection (a) to instruct in an educational
program described under subsection (c), the professional standards
board may issue a substitute teacher's license to the instructor of
an educational program described in subsection (c).
(g) An instructor for an educational program described under
subsection (c) must be compensated at the same rate as that
determined for a teacher under IC 20-6.1-4-8 and the local
education agency's contract with certificated employees.
(h) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to govern the
distribution of state funds for purposes of this section.