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.


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