Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1371

_____


DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 20-30-2; IC 20-43-4-6.

Synopsis: School instructional time. Provides that a school corporation may, instead of conducting 180 instructional days per school year, conduct at least the equivalent (in minutes) of 183 instructional days per year. Provides that if a school corporation elects to provide instructional days per year in minutes, instructional time includes the equivalent of three student instructional days (in minutes) each school year to be used for professional development activities. Provides that the number of minutes of instructional time that a school corporation shall conduct per school year is 54,900 minutes for grades 1 through 6 and 65,880 minutes for grades 7 through 12. Makes conforming amendments.

Effective: July 1, 2013.





Truitt, Dermody




    January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.







Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)


PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts between statutes enacted by the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

HOUSE BILL No. 1371



    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 20-30-2-1; (13)IN1371.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-30-2-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "instructional time" is means:
        (1)
time during which students are participating in:
            (1) (A) an approved course;
            (2) (B) a curriculum; or
            (3) (C) an educationally related activity;
        under the direction of a teacher, including a reasonable amount of passing time between classes; Instructional time does not include lunch or recess. and
        (2) for a school corporation that conducts instructional time under section 3(a)(2) of this chapter, time used for professional development activities that does not exceed:
            (A) for grades 1 through 6, nine hundred (900) minutes;
            (B) for grades 7 through 12, one thousand eighty (1,080) minutes; and
            (C) for a school flex program under section 2.2 of this chapter, five hundred forty (540) minutes;

         in a single school year.
    (b) Instructional time does not include lunch or recess.

SOURCE: IC 20-30-2-2; (13)IN1371.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 20-30-2-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.242-2005, SECTION 15, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 2. (a) A student instructional day in grades 1 through 6 consists of:
         (1) for a school corporation that conducts instructional time under section 3(a)(1) of this chapter, at least five (5) hours of instructional time; or
         (2) for a school corporation that conducts instructional time under section 3(a)(2) of this chapter, at least three hundred (300) minutes of instructional time.
    (b)
Except as provided in subsection (b), (c), a student instructional day in grades 7 through 12 consists of:
        (1) for a school corporation that conducts instructional time under section 3(a)(1) of this chapter, at least six (6) hours of instructional time; or
         (2) for a school corporation that conducts instructional time under section 3(a)(2) of this chapter, at least three hundred sixty (360) minutes of instructional time.
    (b) (c) An instructional day for a school flex program under section 2.2 of this chapter consists of a minimum of:
         (1) for a school corporation that conducts instructional time under section 3(a)(1) of this chapter, three (3) hours of instructional time; or
        (2) for a school corporation that conducts instructional time under section 3(a)(2) of this chapter, at least one hundred eighty (180) minutes of instructional time.

SOURCE: IC 20-30-2-3; (13)IN1371.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 20-30-2-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 3. (a) For each school year beginning after June 30, 2013, a school corporation shall determine to calculate the school corporation's instructional time in either instructional days or minutes and conduct either:
        (1)
at least one hundred eighty (180) student instructional days; or
         (2) at least:
            (A) fifty-four thousand nine hundred (54,900) minutes of instructional time, for grades 1 through 6; and
            (B) sixty-five thousand eight hundred eighty (65,880)

minutes of instructional time, for grades 7 through 12.
    (b)
Not later than June 15 of each school year, the superintendent of each school corporation shall certify to the department the number amount of student instructional days time conducted during that school year.

SOURCE: IC 20-30-2-4; (13)IN1371.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 20-30-2-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 4. If a school corporation fails to conduct the minimum number amount of student instructional days during a school year as required under section 3 of this chapter, the department shall reduce the August tuition support distribution to that school corporation for a school year by an amount determined as follows:
         (1) This subdivision applies to a school corporation that conducts instructional time under section 3(a)(1) of this chapter.
            STEP ONE: Determine the remainder of:
                (i) the amount of the total tuition support allocated to the school corporation for the particular school year; minus
                (ii) that part of the total tuition support allocated to the school corporation for that school year with respect to student instructional days one hundred seventy-six (176) through one hundred eighty (180).
            STEP TWO: Subtract the number of student instructional days that the school corporation conducted from one hundred eighty (180).
            STEP THREE: Determine the lesser of five (5) or the remainder determined under STEP TWO.
            STEP FOUR: Divide the amount subtracted under STEP ONE(B) by five (5).
            STEP FIVE: Multiply the quotient determined under STEP FOUR by the number determined under STEP THREE.
            STEP SIX: Subtract the number determined under STEP THREE from the remainder determined under STEP TWO.
            STEP SEVEN: Divide the remainder determined under STEP ONE by one hundred seventy-five (175).
            STEP EIGHT: Multiply the quotient determined under STEP SEVEN by the remainder determined under STEP SIX.
            STEP NINE: Add the product determined under STEP FIVE to the product determined under STEP EIGHT.
         (2) This subdivision applies to a school corporation that conducts instructional time under section 3(a)(2) of this chapter.
             (A) This clause applies to grades 1 through 6.
                STEP ONE: Divide the amount of the total tuition support allocated to the school corporation for the particular school year by the current ADM (as defined in IC 20-43-1-10) for the school corporation.
                STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE amount by the number of students included in the school corporation's current ADM who are in grades 1 through 6.
                STEP THREE: Divide the STEP TWO amount by fifty-four thousand nine hundred (54,900).

                STEP FOUR: Subtract the amount of instructional time, expressed in minutes, that the school corporation conducted from fifty-four thousand nine hundred (54,900).
                STEP FIVE: Multiply the quotient determined under STEP THREE by the number determined under STEP FOUR.
            (B) This clause applies to grades 7 through 12.
                STEP ONE: Divide the amount of the total tuition support allocated to the school corporation for the particular school year by the current ADM (as defined in IC 20-43-1-10) for the school corporation.
                STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE amount by the number of students included in the school corporation's current ADM who are in grades 7 through 12.
                STEP THREE: Divide the STEP TWO amount by sixty-five thousand eight hundred eighty (65,880).
                STEP FOUR: Subtract the amount of instructional time, expressed in minutes, that the school corporation conducted from sixty-five thousand eight hundred eighty (65,880).
                STEP FIVE: Multiply the quotient determined under STEP THREE by the number determined under STEP FOUR.

SOURCE: IC 20-30-2-5; (13)IN1371.1.5. -->     SECTION 5. IC 20-30-2-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 5. The department may grant a waiver of the penalty imposed under section 4 of this chapter for a particular number amount of canceled student instructional days time if:
        (1) the school corporation applies to the department for a waiver of the penalty imposed under section 4 of this chapter for a specific number amount of canceled student instructional days;

time; and
        (2) each of the particular number amount of student instructional days time requested to be waived under this section was canceled due to extraordinary circumstances.

SOURCE: IC 20-43-4-6; (13)IN1371.1.6. -->     SECTION 6. IC 20-43-4-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.234-2007, SECTION 239, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 6. (a) In determining ADM, each pupil enrolled in a public school and a nonpublic school is to be counted on a full-time equivalency basis if the pupil:
        (1) is enrolled in a public school and a nonpublic school;
        (2) has legal settlement in a school corporation; and
        (3) receives instructional services from the school corporation.
    (b) For purposes of this section, full-time equivalency is calculated as follows:
        STEP ONE: Determine the result of
            (A) the number of days instructional services will be provided to the pupil, not to exceed:
             (A) for a school corporation that conducts instructional time under IC 20-30-2-3(a)(1), one hundred eighty (180) divided by (B) one hundred eighty (180); or
             (B) for a school corporation that conducts instructional time under IC 20-30-2-3(a)(2), one hundred eighty-three (183) divided by one hundred eighty-three (183).
        STEP TWO: Determine the result of:
            (A) the pupil's public school instructional time (as defined in IC 20-30-2-1); divided by
            (B) the actual public school regular instructional day (as defined in IC 20-30-2-2).
        STEP THREE: Determine the result of:
            (A) the STEP ONE result; multiplied by
            (B) the STEP TWO result.
        STEP FOUR: Determine the lesser of one (1) or the result of:
            (A) the STEP THREE result; multiplied by
            (B) one and five hundredths (1.05).