Citations Affected: IC 21-3.
Synopsis: Language assistance program grants. Provides a $750 per
pupil grant to school corporations for a language assistance program.
Effective: July 1, 2001.
January 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
January 25, 2001, amended; reassigned to Committee on Finance.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education finance and to make an appropriation.
SECTION 1. IC 21-3-1.7-9.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2000,
SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 9.5. (a) In addition to the distribution under
sections 8, 9.7, and 9.8, and 9.9 of this chapter, a school corporation is
eligible for an enrollment adjustment grant if the school corporation's:
(1) current ADM minus the school corporation's previous year
ADM is at least two hundred fifty (250); or
(2) current ADM divided by the school corporation's previous
year ADM is at least one and five-hundredths (1.05).
(b) The amount of the enrollment adjustment grant is the amount
determined in STEP THREE of the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the school corporation's target revenue per
ADM divided by three (3).
STEP TWO: Determine the result of the school corporation's
current ADM minus the school corporation's previous year ADM.
STEP THREE: Multiply the STEP ONE result by the STEP TWO
result.
diploma program in the school year ending in the previous
calendar year.
STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE amount by nine hundred
twenty-five dollars ($925).
(b) Each year the governing body of a school corporation may use
the money that the school corporation receives for an honors diploma
award under this section to give nine hundred twenty-five dollars
($925) to each eligible pupil in the school corporation who successfully
completes an academic honors diploma program in the school year
ending in the previous calendar year.
SECTION 4. IC 21-3-1.7-9.9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 9.9. In addition to the
distributions under sections 8, 9.5, 9.7, and 9.8 of this chapter, a
school corporation is eligible to receive a grant for a language
assistance program. The amount of the program grant for a year
is determined using the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the number of school corporation
pupils who have both:
(A) a primary language other than English; and
(B) limited English proficiency, as determined by using a
standard proficiency examination that has been approved
by the department of education.
STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE amount by seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750).
The school corporation shall dedicate the grant to the development
of academic and social proficiency in the English language for
pupils who have a primary language other than English and
limited English proficiency.