MADAM PRESIDENT:
I move
that Engrossed House Bill 1347 be amended to read as follows:
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SOURCE: IC 20-26-5-1; (06)MO134707.8. -->
"SECTION 8. IC 20-26-5-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 1. (a) A school corporation shall:
(1) conduct an educational program for all children who reside
within the school corporation in kindergarten (subject to
subsection (e)) and in grades 1 through 12; and
(2) provide each preschool child with a disability with an
appropriate special education as required under IC 20-35-4-9
only if the general assembly appropriates state funds for
preschool special education.
(b) A school corporation may:
(1) conduct an educational program for adults and children at
least fourteen (14) years of age who do not attend a program
described in subsection (a);
(2) provide instruction in vocational, industrial, or manual
training;
(3) provide libraries for the schools of the school corporation;
(4) provide public libraries open and free for the use and benefit
of the residents and taxpayers of the school corporation where
permitted by law;
(5) provide vacation school and recreational programs;
(6) conduct other educational or other activities as are permitted
or required to be performed by law by any school corporation;
and
(7) provide a school age child care program that operates during
periods when school is in session for students who are enrolled
in a half-day kindergarten program.
(c) A school corporation shall develop a written policy that
provides for:
(1) the implementation of a school age child care program for
children who attend kindergarten through grade 6 that, at a
minimum, operates after the school day and may include periods
before school is in session or periods when school is not
otherwise in session (commonly referred to as a latch key
program) and is offered by the school corporation; or
(2) the availability of the school corporation's buildings or parts
of the school corporation's buildings to conduct the type of
program described in subdivision (1) by a nonprofit organization
or a for-profit organization.
(d) The written policy required under subsection (c) must address
compliance with certain standards of reasonable care for children served
by a child care program offered under subsection (c), including:
(1) requiring the offering entity to acquire a particular amount of
liability insurance; and
(2) establishing maximum adult to child ratios governing the
overall supervision of the children served.
If a school corporation implements a child care program as described in
subsection (c)(1) or enters into a contract with an entity described in
subsection (c)(2) to provide a child care program, the school
corporation may not assess a fee for the use of the building, and the
contract between the school corporation and the entity providing the
program must be in writing. However, the school corporation may
assess a fee to reimburse the school corporation for providing security,
maintenance, utilities, school personnel, or other costs directly
attributable to the use of the building for the program. In addition, if a
school corporation offers a child care program as described in
subsection (c)(1), the school corporation may assess a fee to cover costs
attributable to implementing the program.
(e) Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, a school
corporation may offer a full-day kindergarten program in any
school within the school corporation that has kindergarten classes.
However, a parent may elect:
(1) not to send a child to kindergarten; or
(2) to send a child to kindergarten for only a half day.
(f) By 2011-2012 school year, each school corporation shall
offer a full-day kindergarten program in any school within the
school corporation that has kindergarten classes.
(e) (g) The powers under this section are purposes as well as
powers.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to EHB 1347 as printed February 17, 2006.)