Citations Affected: IC 20-20-2; IC 20-28-8-3; IC 21-41-9.
Synopsis: School administrator contracts; principal institute. Conference committee report for
ESB 402. Changes the date, from February 1 to March 1, by which a governing body shall give
written notice of renewal or refusal to renew an assistant superintendent's, a principal's, or an
assistant principal's contract. Establishes the principal institute within Indiana State University
to strengthen leadership and management skills of practicing Indiana public school principals.
Repeals provisions establishing the principal leadership academy within the department of
education. (This conference committee report: (1) changes the date, from April 1 in the
house version of the bill to March 1, by which a governing body must give written notice
of renewal or refusal to renew to certain administrators; and (2) returns the bill to the form
in which it left the senate, except for adding language that specifies that one of the topics
for the principal institute is training in conducting staff evaluations and that specifies that
the state superintendent of public instruction makes one appointment to the advisory board
for the principal institute.)
Effective: July 1, 2013.
MR. SPEAKER:
Your Conference Committee appointed to confer with a like committee from the Senate
upon Engrossed House Amendments to Engrossed Senate Bill No. 402 respectfully reports
that said two committees have conferred and agreed as follows to wit:
that the Senate recede from its dissent from all House amendments and that
the Senate now concur in all House amendments to the bill and that the bill
be further amended as follows:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
advisory board for the principal institute established by this
chapter.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "institute" refers to the principal
institute established by section 4 of this chapter.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "university" refers to Indiana
State University.
Sec. 4. The principal institute is established within the university
to achieve excellence in teacher and student performance by
strengthening leadership and management skills of practicing
Indiana public school principals.
Sec. 5. (a) The university shall:
(1) appoint a full-time director to administer the institute;
(2) employ staff necessary to implement this chapter;
(3) appoint members of the advisory board; and
(4) submit to the general assembly an annual report before
July 1 of each year.
(b) The annual report of the institute must be in an electronic
format under IC 5-14-6 and must include the following:
(1) A summary of the activities of the institute.
(2) Data on the number of individuals trained.
(3) An analysis of the extent to which the purposes of the
institute have been accomplished.
(4) A proposal for a program and budget for the two (2) years
following the year that is the subject of the report.
Sec. 6. (a) There is established an advisory board for the
institute to advise and assist the director appointed under section
5 of this chapter.
(b) The advisory board consists of eight (8) members appointed
by the president of the university, and one (1) member appointed
by the state superintendent of public instruction. Each of the
following groups must be represented by at least one (1) member
of the advisory board:
(1) Practicing public school principals.
(2) Members of the general assembly.
(3) Experts in administration, supervision, curriculum
development, or evaluation who are members of the faculty of
a state supported university.
(4) Practicing school superintendents.
(5) Practicing public school teachers.
(6) Members of the business or industry community.
(7) Parents of public school age children.
(c) The advisory board shall:
(1) annually elect a chairperson;
(2) advise the director about the curriculum of the institute;
(3) review the plan developed by the director under section 7
of this chapter;
(4) approve an evaluation plan for the institute;
(5) review the director's plan for continuing education;
(6) review the institute budget and make recommendations to
the director;
(7) set criteria for the selection of institute participants;
S
igned by:
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Senator BanksRepresentative Heaton
Chairperson
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Senator SkinnerRepresentative Kersey
Senate Conferees House Conferees