Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1335
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 20-10.1-4.6.
Synopsis: Alternative education programs. Provides that the minimum
length of the student instructional day applying to accredited public and
nonpublic schools does not apply to an alternative education program.
Requires an alternative education program to provide at least 250
minutes of instructional time each week. Requires the scheduling of at
least two instructional periods each week during which a student
participating in an alternative education program is required to meet
with teachers. Authorizes the termination of a student's participation in
an alternative education program if the student fails to attend at least
90% of the scheduled instructional periods. Provides that for school
funding purposes, a school corporation that establishes an alternative
education program or participates in an area alternative education
program may include students in the alternative education program in
the school corporation's: (1) average daily membership; (2) average
daily attendance; and (3) additional pupil count.
Effective: July 1, 2000.
Whetstone, Crosby
January 11, 2000, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 111th General Assembly (2000)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1335
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 20-10.1-4.6-0.5; (00)IN1335.1.1. -->
SECTION 1.
IC 20-10.1-4.6-0.5
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter,
"additional count" has the meaning set forth in
IC 21-3-1.6-1.1.
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-4.6-1.2; (00)IN1335.1.2. -->
SECTION 2.
IC 20-10.1-4.6-1.2
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 1.2. As used in this chapter,
"average daily membership" or "ADM" has the meaning set forth
in
IC 21-3-1.6-1.1.
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-4.6-2.9; (00)IN1335.1.3. -->
SECTION 3.
IC 20-10.1-4.6-2.9
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 2.9. As used in this chapter, "state
support" refers to money distributed to a school corporation under
the following:
(1) State tuition support (IC 21-3-1.7).
(2) Distribution for transportation (IC 21-3-3.1).
(3) Alternative education program grant (IC 21-3-11).
(4) Average daily attendance flat grant (IC 21-3-4.5).
(5) Vocational education grants (IC 21-3-1.8).
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-4.6-5; (00)IN1335.1.4. -->
SECTION 4.
IC 20-10.1-4.6-5
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 5. The program
organizer may request the approval from the department for the
following:
(1) To receive the grant for alternative education programs under
IC 21-3-11.
(2) To be granted waivers from rules adopted by the state board
that may otherwise interfere with the objectives of the alternative
education program, including waivers of:
(A) certain high school graduation requirements;
(B) the length of the student instructional day as set forth in
IC 20-10.1-2-1
(b);
(C) (B) required curriculum and textbooks;
(D) (C) teacher certification requirements; and
(E) (D) physical facility requirements.
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-4.6-10; (00)IN1335.1.5. -->
SECTION 5.
IC 20-10.1-4.6-10
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 10. The minimum length of the
student instructional day set forth in
IC 20-10.1-2-1
(b) does not
apply to an alternative education program established under this
chapter.
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-4.6-11; (00)IN1335.1.6. -->
SECTION 6.
IC 20-10.1-4.6-11
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 11. (a) An alternative education
program must provide each student with at least two hundred fifty
(250) minutes of instructional time each week.
(b) An alternative education program must require each student
to schedule at least two (2) instructional periods each week during
which the student is required to meet with the student's teachers.
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-4.6-12; (00)IN1335.1.7. -->
SECTION 7.
IC 20-10.1-4.6-12
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 12. A program organizer may
terminate a student's participation in the alternative education
program if the student fails to attend at least ninety percent (90%)
of the student's scheduled instructional periods.
SOURCE: IC 20-10.1-4.6-13; (00)IN1335.1.8. -->
SECTION 8.
IC 20-10.1-4.6-13
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]:
Sec. 13. (a) For purposes of
calculating a school corporation's state support, a school
corporation that establishes an alternative education program
under section 3(a)(1) of this chapter may include a student
participating in the alternative education program in the school
corporation's:
(1) average daily membership;
(2) average daily attendance; and
(3) additional pupil count.
(b) For purposes of calculating a school corporation's state
support, a school corporation that participates in an area
alternative education program under section 3(a)(2) of this chapter
may include a student participating in the alternative education
program in the school corporation's:
(1) average daily membership;
(2) average daily attendance; and
(3) additional pupil count.
SOURCE: ; (00)IN1335.1.9. -->
SECTION 9. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]
IC 20-10.1-4.6-13
, as
added by this act, applies to a school year that begins after June 30,
2000.