Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 380

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 20-30-2-2.

Synopsis: Teacher professional development days. Provides that a maximum of three full school days or six partial days when students are dismissed for staff professional development activities count as student instructional days for purposes of the required 180 day school year. Allows a school corporation to use no more than two partial days of the six partial days, or one half day of the three full days, for parent-teacher conferences. Voids provisions in the Indiana Administrative Code that allow partial school days used for parent-teacher conferences to count as partial student instructional days and that do not allow students to be dismissed for full days for parent-teacher conferences and staff professional development activities.

Effective: July 1, 2009.





Hume, Charbonneau




    January 8, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career Development.







Introduced

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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SENATE BILL No. 380



    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 20-30-2-2; (09)IN0380.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-30-2-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.242-2005, SECTION 15, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 2. (a) A student instructional day in grades 1 through 6 consists of at least five (5) hours of instructional time. Except as provided in subsection (b), a student instructional day in grades 7 through 12 consists of at least six (6) hours of instructional time.
    (b) An instructional day for a school flex program under section 2.2 of this chapter consists of a minimum of three (3) hours of instructional time.
     (c) A school corporation may dismiss students for either:
        (1) three (3) full school days; or
        (2) six (6) partial school days;
but not both, during a school year to conduct professional development activities or parent-teacher conferences.
    (d) Not more than:
        (1) one-half (1/2) school day of the three (3) full school days under subsection (c)(1); or
        (2) two (2) of the six (6) partial days under subsection (c)(2);
may be used for parent-teacher conferences.
    (e) All full days or partial days during which students are dismissed under subsection (c) shall be counted as student instructional days under section 3 of this chapter.

SOURCE: ; (09)IN0380.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009] 511 IAC 6.1-3-1(f) and 511 IAC 6.1-3-1(g) are void. The publisher of the Indiana Administrative Code and Indiana Register shall remove these provisions from the Indiana Administrative Code.