Second Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2008)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1210
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-28-5-12; (08)HE1210.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-28-5-12, AS ADDED BY P.L.246-2005,
SECTION 163, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 12. (a) Subsection (b) does not
apply to an individual who held an Indiana limited, reciprocal, or
standard teaching license on June 30, 1985.
(b) The department may not grant an initial standard license to an
individual unless the individual has demonstrated proficiency in the
following areas on through a written examination, through
certification under section 13(c) of this chapter, or through other
procedures prescribed by the department:
(1) Basic reading, writing, and mathematics.
(2) Pedagogy.
(3) Knowledge of the areas in which the individual is required to
have a license to teach.
(4) If the individual is seeking to be licensed as an elementary
school teacher, comprehensive reading instruction skills,
including:
(A) phonemic awareness; and
(B) phonics instruction.
(c) An individual's license examination score may not be disclosed
by the department without the individual's consent unless specifically
required by state or federal statute or court order.
(d) The advisory board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the
following:
(1) Adopt, validate, and implement the examination or other
procedures required by subsection (b).
(2) Establish examination scores indicating proficiency.
(3) Otherwise carry out the purposes of this section.
(e) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing the
conditions under which the requirements of this section may be waived
for an individual holding a valid teacher's license issued by another
state.
SOURCE: IC 20-28-5-13; (08)HE1210.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 20-28-5-13, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 13. (a) This section Subsection (b) applies to
an examination 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.
(c) This subsection applies to an individual who is not an
individual with a disability that might affect test performance. An
individual who has failed one (1) or more sections of the Praxis I
examination may request a proficiency review under this
subsection by submitting the following to the division:
(1) Verification that the individual has:
(A) successfully completed all other requirements of a
teacher education program, including demonstrating
competence in the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and
Support Consortium standards, as verified by the
individual's Indiana licensing advisor at the teacher
education program or an equivalent individual at an
out-of-state teacher educational institution;
(B) attempted each section of the Praxis I examination that
the individual has failed at least two (2) times before
applying for a proficiency review;
(C) failed each section of the Praxis I examination that the
individual has failed by three (3) or fewer points each time
the individual has attempted the section;
(D) attempted each section of the Praxis I examination not
more than three (3) years before requesting a proficiency
review;
(E) successfully completed each required section of the
Praxis II examination;
(F) attained an overall grade point average of 2.8 or higher
on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent;
(G) attained a grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0
scale, or its equivalent, in the content area to be listed on
the individual's license; and
(H) demonstrated a successful student teaching experience
by providing:
(i) a letter from the student teaching program
coordinator of the individual's teacher education
program; and
(ii) a letter from the cooperating teacher in the school
corporation in which the individual completed the
student teaching experience.
(2) A letter of recommendation from each of the following:
(A) A faculty member in the individual's content area at
the postsecondary educational institution at which the
individual completed the teacher education program.
(B) A pedagogy faculty member at the postsecondary
educational institution at which the individual completed
the teacher education program.
SOURCE: ; (08)HE1210.1.3. -->
SECTION 3.
An emergency is declared for this act.
HEA 1210
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