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February 2, 2010





SENATE BILL No. 150

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DIGEST OF SB 150 (Updated February 1, 2010 3:21 pm - DI 71)



Citations Affected: IC 20-30; noncode.

Synopsis: School year; calendar flexibility. Prohibits public schools and accredited nonpublic schools from beginning student instructional days for the school year before the Tuesday after the first Monday in September (Labor Day) and from ending after June 10 of the following year, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year. Provides that a governing body may establish an end date for a school year that is later than June 10 following a public hearing and a majority vote of the governing body. Makes an exception for year-round schools, schools with balanced calendars, and schools that coordinate calendars with a postsecondary educational institution. Makes the change effective for collective bargaining agreements and contracts negotiated after June 30, 2012.

Effective: July 1, 2010.





Delph, Kruse, Schneider, Zakas, Young R, Hume, Randolph, Mrvan, Stutzman, Mishler




    January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career Development.
    January 28, 2010, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
    February 1, 2010, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.





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February 2, 2010

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)


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SENATE BILL No. 150



    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 20-30-2-9; (10)SB0150.2.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-30-2-9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to:
        (1) a year-round school that has a calendar in which a break between instructional days does not exceed six (6) weeks;

         (2) a school that has a balanced calendar of quarters; or
        (3) a school that coordinates the school's calendar with that of a postsecondary educational institution.
    (b) Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the student instructional days that make up a school year may not:
        (1) begin before the Tuesday after Labor Day, the first Monday in September; and
        (2) end after June 10 of the following year.

     (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a governing body may end a school year after June 10 if:
        (1) the governing body holds a public hearing on the issue; and
        (2) following the public hearing, a majority of the members of the governing body vote for an ending date for the school year that is after June 10.

SOURCE: ; (10)SB0150.2.2. -->     SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010] (a) IC 20-30-2-9, as added by this act, applies only to a collective bargaining agreement between a school employer (as defined in IC 20-29-2-15) and an exclusive representative that is entered into after June 30, 2012.
    (b) IC 20-30-2-9, as added by this act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed by a school after June 30, 2012.
    (c) This SECTION expires June 30, 2013.