Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1578
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-25; IC 20-31.
Synopsis: School improvement awards. Establishes the school
improvement award fund to provide grants to public schools that show
an improvement in academic performance. Requires the department of
education to establish a distribution formula for the award fund.
Specifies the basis for the awards. Repeals the current law concerning
student educational achievement grants. Makes conforming
amendments.
Effective: July 1, 2007.
Battles
January 23, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
Introduced
First Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2007)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1578
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-25-10-1; (07)IN1578.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-25-10-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 1. (a) The board shall modify, develop, and
implement a plan for the improvement of student achievement in the
schools in the school city.
(b) A plan modified, developed, and implemented under this chapter
must be consistent with this article and with IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-2,
IC 20-31-5, IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, IC 20-31-9, and
IC 20-31-10, and IC 20-31-12.
SOURCE: IC 20-25-10-3; (07)IN1578.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 20-25-10-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2006,
SECTION 323, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 3. The board shall:
(1) modify, develop, and publish the plan required under this
chapter; and
(2) implement the modified plan;
in compliance with the timelines of IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-5,
IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, IC 20-31-9, and IC 20-31-10 .
SOURCE: IC 20-25-10-5; (07)IN1578.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 20-25-10-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2006,
SECTION 324, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 5. (a) The board shall annually
assess and evaluate educational programs offered by the school city to
determine:
(1) the relationship of the programs to improved student
achievement; and
(2) the educational value of the programs in relation to cost.
(b) The board may obtain information from:
(1) educators in the schools offering a program;
(2) students participating in a program; and
(3) the parents of students participating in a program;
in preparing an assessment and evaluation under this section. The
assessment must include the performance of the school's students in
achieving student performance improvement levels under IC 20-31-1,
IC 20-31-5, IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, IC 20-31-9,
IC 20-31-10, IC 20-31-12, and IC 20-25-11.
SOURCE: IC 20-25-11-1; (07)IN1578.1.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 20-25-11-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2006,
SECTION 325, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 1. The board shall establish annual
student performance improvement levels for each school that are not
less rigorous than the student performance improvement levels under
IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-5, IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8,
IC 20-31-9, and IC 20-31-10, including the following:
(1) For students:
(A) improvement in results on assessment tests and assessment
programs;
(B) improvement in attendance rates; and
(C) improvement in progress toward graduation.
(2) For teachers:
(A) improvement in student results on assessment tests and
assessment programs;
(B) improvement in the number and percentage of students
achieving:
(i) state achievement standards; and
(ii) if applicable, performance levels set by the board;
on assessment tests;
(C) improvement in student progress toward graduation;
(D) improvement in student attendance rates for the school
year;
(E) improvement in individual teacher attendance rates;
(F) improvement in:
(i) communication with parents; and
(ii) parental involvement in classroom and extracurricular
activities; and
(G) other objectives developed by the board.
(3) For the school and school administrators:
(A) improvement in student results on assessment tests, totaled
by class and grade;
(B) improvement in the number and percentage of students
achieving:
(i) state achievement standards; and
(ii) if applicable, performance levels set by the board;
on assessment tests, totaled by class and grade;
(C) improvement in:
(i) student graduation rates; and
(ii) progress toward graduation;
(D) improvement in student attendance rates;
(E) management of:
(i) general fund expenditures; and
(ii) total expenditures;
per student;
(F) improvement in teacher attendance rates; and
(G) other objectives developed by the board.
SOURCE: IC 20-25-12-1; (07)IN1578.1.5. -->
SECTION 5. IC 20-25-12-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 1. (a) IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-2, IC 20-31-5,
IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, IC 20-31-9, and IC 20-31-10, and
IC 20-31-12 apply to the school city. The composition of a local school
improvement committee is determined under IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-2,
IC 20-31-5, IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, IC 20-31-9, and
IC 20-31-10, and IC 20-31-12.
(b) The plan developed and implemented by the board under
IC 20-25-10 must contain general guidelines for decisions by the
educators in each school to improve student achievement in the school.
(c) The board's plan shall provide for the publication to other
schools in the school city and to the general community those:
(1) processes;
(2) innovations; and
(3) approaches;
that have led individual schools to significant improvement in student
achievement.
SOURCE: IC 20-25-13-7; (07)IN1578.1.6. -->
SECTION 6. IC 20-25-13-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2006,
SECTION 326, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 7. IC 20-28-6-4 and IC 20-28-6-5
apply to certificated employees in the school city. A teacher's students'
performance improvement levels under the assessment tests and
programs of IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-5, IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7,
IC 20-31-8, IC 20-31-9, and IC 20-31-10, and IC 20-31-12 may be
used as a factor, but not the only factor, to evaluate the performance of
a teacher in the school city.
SOURCE: IC 20-31-1-1; (07)IN1578.1.7. -->
SECTION 7. IC 20-31-1-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION
15, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2007]: Sec. 1. This article applies only to the following:
(1) Public schools.
(2) Except as provided in IC 20-31-7 and IC 20-31-9 and
IC 20-31-12, nonpublic schools that voluntarily become
accredited under IC 20-19-2-8.
SOURCE: IC 20-31-12; (07)IN1578.1.8. -->
SECTION 8. IC 20-31-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2007]:
Chapter 12. School Improvement Awards
Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a nonpublic school.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the school
improvement award fund established by section 5 of this chapter.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "grant" refers to a school
improvement award grant from the fund.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "graduation rate" has the
meaning set forth in IC 20-26-13-6.
Sec. 5. (a) The school improvement award fund is established to
reward schools that show improvement over previous years'
academic performance with a graduated series of awards. The
fund is administered by the department.
(b) The fund consists of appropriations from the general
assembly.
(c) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year:
(1) does not revert to the state general fund; and
(2) must be transferred to the remediation grants fund.
Sec. 6. The department shall determine a formula for the
allocation of grants based on the following:
(1) The performance of a school's students on the ISTEP
program test.
(2) The performance of subgroups of a school's students as
identified by the federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 and the federal No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).
(3) Graduation rates for secondary schools.
(4) Other measures of student academic performance used for
school accountability under IC 20-31-8.
Sec. 7. A grant may be used for any combination of the
following purposes:
(1) School programs to increase parental involvement.
(2) Curriculum or instruction materials, or both.
Sec. 8. Subject to section 7 of this chapter, the school
improvement committee established under IC 20-31-5-1 shall
determine the manner in which a grant must be used by a school.
Sec. 9. The general assembly shall determine the statewide
amount available for grants in appropriations during a biennium.
The maximum amount available to a school is determined by
referencing the number of full-time certified teaching positions for
the school. The department, under the direction of the state
superintendent, shall determine the available amounts and
distribute the grants earned.
Sec. 10. (a) A school that receives a grant may expend the grant
for any educational purpose for the school that is consistent with
section 7 of this chapter and the determination of the school
improvement committee under section 8 of this chapter. The school
may not expend the grant for:
(1) athletics;
(2) salaries for school personnel; or
(3) salary bonuses for school personnel.
(b) A grant may not be used to determine:
(1) the maximum permissible tuition support levy under
IC 20-45-3; or
(2) the state tuition support under IC 20-43;
of the school corporation in which the school receiving the
monetary award is located.
SOURCE: IC 20-31-7; (07)IN1578.1.9. -->
SECTION 9. IC 20-31-7 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2007].