Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1216
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-30-2-2.
Synopsis: School instructional days. Provides that a maximum of: (1)
two school days when students are dismissed for a full day for
parent-teacher conferences; and (2) two school days when students are
dismissed for a full day for staff professional development activities;
may be counted as student instructional days for purposes of the
required 180 day school year. Voids provisions in the Indiana
Administrative Code that allow partial school days used for
parent-teacher conferences to count as partial student instructional days
and that do not allow students to be dismissed for full days for
parent-teacher conferences and staff professional development
activities.
Effective: July 1, 2006.
January 10, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 114th General Assembly (2006)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1216
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 20-30-2-2; (06)IN1216.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-30-2-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.242-2005,
SECTION 15, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 2. (a)
Except as provided in subsections (c) and
(d), a student instructional day in grades 1 through 6 consists of at least
five (5) hours of instructional time. Except as provided in
subsection
subsections (b),
(c), and (d), a student instructional day in grades 7
through 12 consists of at least six (6) hours of instructional time.
(b) An instructional day for a school flex program under section 2.2
of this chapter consists of a minimum of three (3) hours of instructional
time.
(c) Not more than two (2) school days in a school year when the
school corporation dismisses students for a full day to conduct
parent-teacher conferences may be counted as student
instructional days. However, if students are dismissed for a partial
school day for parent-teacher conferences, the partial school day
may not count as a partial student instructional day.
(d) Not more than two (2) school days in a school year when the
school corporation dismisses students for a full day to conduct staff
professional development activities may be counted as student
instructional days. However, if students are dismissed for a partial
school day for staff professional development activities, the partial
school day may not count as a partial student instructional day.