| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Nonpublic Alternative High Schools Accreditation
S.B. 283
Requires the department of education to waive accreditation standards for an accredited nonpublic alternative high school that contracts wit...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Adoption of Budget for Reorganized School.
H.B. 1058
Permits two or more school corporations to publish notices, hold public hearings, and take final action for the adoption of property tax lev...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Nonpublic to Public Student Records Transfer, Charter Start-up Grants
H.B. 1189
Requires an accredited nonpublic school to provide sufficient verbal information to permit a requesting school to which a child transfers to...
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Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Certified Scholarship Program Eligibility.
S.B. 296
Provides that an individual is eligible for a scholarship from a scholarship program that is certified by the department of education if the...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Commissions Governance Issues and Accreditation
H.B. 1270
Abolishes the state student assistance commission (SSAC). Abolishes the commission on proprietary education (COPE). Requires the commissi...
| More... |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Education Concerning Child Abuse
S.B. 267
Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the department of child services and organizations that have expertise in child ...
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Leadership--District Superintendent |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Public Notice Regarding Hiring of Employees
H.B. 1205
Requires a school corporation to give public notice and hold a public meeting pertaining to a proposed superintendent employment contract. P...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Creates Advisory Committee on Early Education
S.B. 268
Requires the education roundtable to establish an advisory committee on early education, with members from around the state, to provide prof...
| More... |
P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Augmentation of Appropriations for Full Day Kindergarten & Establish Commission to Study School Improvement & Teacher Evaluations
H.B. 1376
Permits augmentation of appropriations for full-day kindergarten. Changes the amount distributed per child.
Establishes the select commiss...
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Postsecondary Students--Military |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
Postsec. | Credit for Military Education and Training.
H.B. 1116
Requires a state educational institution to adopt a policy to award educational credit to an individual who is enrolled in a state education...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
Postsec. | State Educational Institutions; Credit Transfers.
S.B. 182
Requires the commission for higher education to create a common course numbering system, into which each state educational institution shall...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | School Discipline Best Practices Study Commission
H.B. 1169
Requests the legislative council to establish a study commission on the topic of school discipline best practices.
http://www.in.gov/legisl...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Free School Transportation
H.B. 1134
Provides that no fee may be charged to a parent or student for transportation to and from school if a school corporation provides transporta...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Services.
H.B. 1367
Establishes the center for deaf and hard of hearing education (center) to ensure that children who are deaf or hard of hearing acquire optim...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Signed into law 02/2012 |
P-12 | Creation of Education Issues Study Committee
H.B. 1047
Establishes the education issues interim study committee to study the feasibility of establishing a process by which residents of a part of ...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Adopted 01/2012 |
P-12 | Minimum Credits, Core 40 Diploma, Core 40 Diploma with Academic Honors, Core 40 Diploma with Technical Honors
511 IAC 6-7.1-1, 4, 5, 6, 7
Defines "college and career pathway", "quantitative reasoning" course, "priority course list" (for purposes of dual credit), and "dual credi...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 | Salary Increases
S.B. 1 - Salary Increases
A new section (20-28-9-1) requires increases or increments in a local salary scale based on the following factors: 1) Combination of the fol...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 1--Attendance
Defines "attend" for purposes of the compulsory school attendance law. Requires school corporations to have a policy outlining both excused ...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Selection of School Board Members
H.B. 1074
Beginning in 2012, school board members selected by election must be elected at general elections and take office the following January 1. P...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Licensing Requirements Related to Reading
S.B. 1 - Proficiencies for Teaching Reading
To be licensed as an elementary teacher, individuals must be able to demonstrate comprehensive scientifically based reading instruction skil...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Bullying
H.B. 1083
Provides defenses to the crimes of disseminating matter that is harmful to minors, child exploitation, and possession of child pornography i...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Operational Efficiency
S.B. 1 - Operational Efficiency Reviews
Requires the state department to develop a program to provide training and evaluations for school corporations in operational efficiency. Au...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Teacher Evaluations and Renewal
S.B. 1--Teachers
Establishes an annual staff performance evaluation that categorizes teachers as highly effective, effective, improvement necessary, or ineff...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Reduction in Force
S.B. 1 - Reduction in Force
From bill summary: Requires reduction in force to be based on performance. Requires that teachers subject to dismissal because of reduction ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Probationary Status and Cancellation of Teacher Contracts
S.B. 1 - Teacher Contract Renewal
Adds new sections of law (20-28-6-7.5 and 20-28-7.5). PROBATIONARY STATUS: For teachers not under contract prior to 7/2012, a teacher is con...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Indiana Education Employment Relations Board
E.O. 11-07
Indiana has recently enacted comprehensive collective bargaining reform for public education employees under Public Law 48-2011; and the leg...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 1002
Allows charter schools to opt in to the state health insurance plans. Establishes the charter school board as a statewide sponsor of charter...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Accountability
H.B. 1001--Turnaround Academies
Provides that a school that remains in the lowest performance category for a fifth year becomes a turnaround academy. Requires the state boa...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Teacher License Revocation
S.B. 363
Amends and adds certain crimes for which the department of education must revoke the licence of a school employee. Requires applicants for c...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Career and Technical
H.B. 1340
Requires the state board of education to receive, distribute, and account for funds received for career and technical education under federa...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Virtual Charter Schools
H.B. 1001--Charter Schools
Provides that, beginning with the 2011-12 school year, a virtual charter school may apply for sponsorship with a statewide sponsor in accord...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Vouchers
H.B. 1003
Provides a tax deduction for a parent who sends a child to a private school or home schools the child. Increases the school scholarship tax ...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Concussions
S.B. 93
Requires the department of education, in consultation with specified persons, to disseminate guidelines, information sheets, and forms to sc...
| More... |
Health--Suicide Prevention |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Suicide Prevention
S.B. 4
Allows a governing body to adjourn its schools to allow teachers to participate in a basic or inservice course of education and training on ...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Mitch Daniels Early Graduation Scholarship
H.B. 1001--Early Graduation Scholarship
Provides a Mitch Daniels Early Graduation Scholarship to a student who graduates from high school before Grade 12. It provides that the amou...
| More... |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Graduation Rate Study Committee
S.B. 85
Creates the education issues study committee to study the causes of low graduation rates in Indiana high schools and to identify and highlig...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Vetoed 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Board of Trustee Membership
H.B. 1177
Modifies the manner in which alumni members of the Indiana University board of trustees are elected. Requires all of the members of the boar...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Financial Aid
S.B. 577
Names certain private colleges that qualify as approved postsecondary educational institutions. Specifies that students with associate degre...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Resident Tuition
H.B. 1402
Provides that an individual who is not lawfully in the United States is not eligible to pay the resident tuition rate that is determined by ...
| More... |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Teacher Training on Emergency Medical Procedures
S.B. 176
Requires an applicant for an initial teaching license to be trained and certified in the use of an automated external defibrillator. Require...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Referendum
H.B. 1238
Provides that during the period beginning with the adoption of a resolution by a school corporation to place a school levy referendum questi...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Health Insurance
H.B. 1260
Specifies certain requirements and recommendations for school corporation employee health coverage programs.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/b...
| More... |
Curriculum--Language Arts |
Adopted 04/2011 |
P-12 | Reading Framework
511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6; 511 IAC 6.2-3.1
Amends 511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6 to include the utilization of the reading framework adopted by the state board of education as part of the required...
| More... |
Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Lawsuits by School Corporations
S.B. 495
Prohibits the governing body of a school corporation from using funds received from the state to bring or join in an action against the stat...
| More... |
Finance--Private Giving |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Special Education
H.B. 1341
Requires a school corporation, including a charter school, to expend a proportionate share of its state special education grant on providing...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Indiana Public Retirement System
S.B. 549
Establishes the Indiana public retirement system (system) to administer and manage: (1) the public employees' retirement fund (PERF); (2) th...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Collective Bargaining
S.B. 575
Extends the use of temporary teacher contracts to hiring for positions funded by grants outside the school funding formula. Provides that wa...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Curricular Materials
H.B. 1429
Expands the definition of ''textbook" to include certain hardware, software, and digital content. Adds a definition of ''curricular material...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Notices of Intent to Adopt Rules 10/2010 |
P-12 | Reading Framework
511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6; 511 IAC 6.2-3.1
Amends 511 IAC 6.1-5-2.6 to include the utilization of the reading framework adopted by the state board of education as part of the required...
| More... |
Health--Mental Health |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Training for Suicide Prevention
S.B. 226
Relates to suicide prevention training for school personnel; provides that health finance commission is to study the topic of teen suicide, ...
| More... |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Postsecondary Credit for Advanced Placement
H.B. 1135
Relates to advanced placement exams; requires state educational institutions to grant postsecondary level academic credit to students who re...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Funding Remedial Programs and School Fund Transfers
H.B. 1367
Adds a new chapter to the code, Chapter 8.5--Reading Deficiency Remediation Plan.
Requires the state superintendent and the state board...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Corrections Education
H.B. 1193
Relates to juvenile, education, and law enforcement matters; creates the law enforcement, school policing, and youth work group to be staffe...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Teacher Contracts
H.B. 1005
Relates to indefinite teacher contracts; removes the age limitof 71 for teachers who hold an indefinite contract. Effective July 1, 2010.
Pu...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Adopted 08/2009 |
Postsec. | College Savings Programs
540 IAC 1-1-1, -2, -5, -8, -10, -11, -15, -17, -18; 1-2; -3-1; -4;-7-2; -8-2, -8; -10-1, -2; -11; -12-1, -3, -4
Repeals rules regarding Family College Savings Trust Program Procedures and Operations. ...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Financial Literacy
H.B. 1581
Requires public schools, charter schools and accredited nonpublic schools to provide instruction in personal financial responsibility to stu...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Energy
H.B. 1669
Establishes the geothermal conversion revolving fund for the purpose of making loans to school corporations; requires a school corporation t...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Immunizations
S.B. 219
Includes a physician's designee and a pharmacist's designee as persons who may provide immunization data to the immunization data registry; ...
| More... |
Minority/Diversity Issues |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Board for the Coordination of Programs Serving Vulnerable Individuals
H.B. 1289 - Section 1
Creates the board for the coordination of programs serving vulnerable individuals to coordinate the delivery of services to vulnerable indiv...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Foster Care
H.B. 1681
Relates to educational assistance for foster care youth; requires the state student scholarship commission to annually report to the legisla...
| More... |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Programs for High-Ability Students
H.B. 1289 - Section 2
Amends provision requiring school boards to develop local plans to provide appropriate educational experiences to high ability students in g...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Sign Language Interpreters
S.B. 057
Requires the Division of Professional Standards by July 1, 2010 to set standards for sign language interreters who provide services to child...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Dropout Prevention
H.B. 1343
Creates the dropout prevention fund, to be administered by the Department of Education, to provide money for school corporation programs tha...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Postsec. | Background Checks, Student Discipline
H.B. 1462
Exempts a postsecondary educational institution from paying a fee for a limited pre-employment criminal history record; requires school corp...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Tax Distribution
H.B. 1432
Relates to county auditor tax distributions; requires the county auditor to distribute the part of the certified distribution that constitut...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Air Quality
S.B. 440
Requires the State Department of Health to adopt rules concerning indoor air quality in schools and state agencies; provides that after the ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Postsec. | Tuition/Fees
H.B. 1165
Exempts the children of a public safety officer who is killed in the line of duty from the payment of educational costs for up to specified ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Student Discipline
H.B. 1419
Requires the governing body of a school corporation to develop an evidence-based plan for improving behavior and discipline in the school co...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | School Speed Zones
H.B. 1123
Authorizes a city, county, or town to establish speed limits for schools located on streets or highways under the jurisdiction of the city, ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Facilities
H.B. 1097
Requires the state board of education to adopt standards concerning indoor and outdoor air quality and water quality as part of the nonbindi...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Libraries
H.B. 1372
Allows a library services authority to merge with another authority or a nonprofit corporation, or both, to create a nonprofit corporation; ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | School Bus Drivers
H.B. 1200
Relates to physicians allowed to certify that an individual is physically able to drive a school bus; allows a physician who is licensed in ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Transportation
S.B. 228
Requires the operator of a school bus or special purpose bus to visually inspect each seat within the bus at the end of each trip during whi...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Autism Training
H.B. 1455
Relates to autism training; requires certain firefighter and law enforcement personnel to be trained in interacting with individuals with au...
| More... |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Education of Military Children
H.B. 1107
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; provides for coordination of efforts among state agencies an...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Compensation
S.B. 263
Provides that a school corporation and an employee or the exclusive representative of its certificated employees with respect to those emplo...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Retirement Fund
S.B. 536
Allows the board of trustees of the public employees' retirement fund to establish by rule the valuation date for a member's annuity savings...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
Postsec. | Scholarship Programs
H.B. 1389
Requires school corporations to provide each student who applies for free or reduced lunches under the national school lunch program with an...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Adopted 03/2009 |
Postsec. | Prepaid Tuition
540 IAC 1-1 through 1-12
Repeals rules regarding the Family College Savings Trust Program, including application procedures, transfers, investment policies and contr...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Energy
H.B. 1193
Adds school corporations, colleges, and universities to the list of entities that are eligible to apply for a grant under the E85 fueling st...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Minority Teacher Recruitment
H.B. 1479
Requires the Department of Education to collaborate with nonprofit entities, the commission for higher education and state educational insti...
| More... |
Technology |
Signed into law 03/2009 |
P-12 | Technology
S.B. 027
Renames the educational technology fund as the Senator David C. Ford educational technology fund; provides a continuing appropriation to the...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Adopted 12/2008 |
Postsec. | Prepaid Tuition
540 IAC 1-1 and sections through 1-12
Repeals rules regarding the Family College Savings Trust Program relating to eligibility, beneficiary definition, administration of Plan, ma...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
Postsec. | Interim Study Committee on Adult Education
H.B. 1193
Creates the interim committee to study issues that relate to adult education, including funding for programs.The committee is to operate by ...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Attendance Enforcement
H.B. 1234
Allows certain law enforcement officers to inspect student attendance records and to enforce the attendance laws and requires an affidavit a...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Congressional Township School Funds
H.B. 1244
Allows for the transfer of congressional township school funds held by counties to the treasurer of state. The transfers may take place over...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
Postsec. | Tuition for Recent Military Veterans
H.B. 1249
Indiana residents who entered active duty military service after 9/10/2001, who received the Purple Heart decoration and who satisfy other c...
| More... |
Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Concurrent Enrollment Partnership and Virtual School Committee
H.B. 1246
The bill established the concurrent enrollment partnership to coordinate dual credit programs among high schools and state educational insti...
| More... |
Special Populations--Homeless Education |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Office of Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children
H.B. 1165
Requires the department of education to establish an Office of Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children. Each local school corporation...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Teachers Retirement Fund
S.B. 210
Reduces the waiting period after which a retired member of the state Teachers Retirement Fund may be reemployed in a covered position and co...
| More... |
Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Budget
H.B. 1001
From Center for Evaluation & Education Policy: Appropriates money for state agencies and makes other distributions. Specifies a school fundi...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Funding for Students in Dual Enrollment and Early College High School Programs
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - IC 20-43-4-8
A student who participates in:
(1) a postsecondary enrollment program under IC 21-43-4 is considered a student enrolled in the schoo...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Workforce Proficiency Panel
S.B. 345
Repeals provisions establishing the vocational technical proficiency panel (also called the workforce proficiency panel); repeals a provisio...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Speciality Schools
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Article 24.5
Authorizes the board of trustees of Ball State University, Indiana State University, Indiana University or Purdue University to establish a ...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Allocation of Expenditures to Student Instruction
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Article 42.5
Creates new article in the education code, "Allocation of Expenditures to Student Instruction."
Chapter 1. Purposes and General Provisions
...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Recodification of Higher Education Code
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Recodification of Higher Education Code
Recodifies the law governing higher education. Changes references in provisions that cross reference to the law being recodified. Makes rela...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Eligibility for 21st Century Scholars Program
H.B. 1266
Provides that a student who is in foster care or placed in the home of a relative or other unlicensed caretaker may enroll in the 21st Centu...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | 21st Century Scholars Program Expansion, Graduation
H.B. 1647
Expands eligibility for the 21st Century Scholars program to grade 7 students, and beginning with the 2008-09 school year, to grade 6 studen...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Postsecondary Financing Authority
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Chapter 16.5
Allows nonprofit colleges and universities in the state to work together to create bonding pools that would allow them to share the risk of ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Minority |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Postsecondary Diversity Committees
H.B. 1256
Creates a diversity committee at each state educational institution to review and approve employment policies concerning diversity; hear fac...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | School Safety
S.B. 192
Directs each school's safe school committee to submit a copy of the floor plans for each building located on the school's property to the la...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | School Bus Size and Speed Limits
H.B. 1018
Extends the maximum permitted length of a conventional school bus from 38 to 42 feet. Increases the highway speed limit for a school bus to ...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Autism and Asperger's Syndrome Training
H.B. 1428
Requires every school corporation police officer to complete training to enable the officer to appropriately deal with individuals with auti...
| More... |
Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Placement of Foster and Juvenile Court Students
S.B. 330
Provides that a student who is placed in a foster family home or the home of a relative or other unlicensed caretaker may attend school in e...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
H.B. 1116
Requires an individual to have training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, removing obstructions to a person's airway and the Heimlich maneuv...
| More... |
Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Advanced Placement and Pre-AP
H.B. 1300
Provides that for a teacher to be eligible for a stipend to cover expenses related to a summer training institute, the training must:
(1) P...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Holocaust Education
H.B. 1059
Directs each district to include a study of the Holocaust in each high school U.S. history course. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection
S.B. 327
Directs the state department of health to provide a school that enrolls grade 6 female students with information on cervical cancer and the ...
| More... |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | High Ability Programs
S.B. 408
Changes references from gifted and talented to high ability. Changes the criteria for awarding grants to school corporations for high abilit...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Student Interrogation and Convictions
H.B. 1382
Requires a parent to be notified if a student is being interrogated by the police on school property regarding an investigation in which the...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Division of Professional Standards and Emergency Communication Disorder Permit
S.B. 451
Eliminates reference to professional standards board. Establishes the divisions of professional standards within the department of education...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Nonrenewal of a Teacher's Contract
H.B. 1489
Allows a nonpermanent teacher ten days to request a conference with the governing body after receiving a notice of nonrenewal of the teacher...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Issued 12/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Scholarships
E.O. 06-18
Designates the Indiana Finance Authority as the entity to oversee and execute financial transactions in connection with the governor's 2007 ...
| More... |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 | Student Absences
512 IAC
Establishes rules regarding the established threshold for absences related to students in local school corporations and accredited nonpublic...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12 | Teacher Licensing
515 IAC 8-1, -21, -35, 28-2-6 and 515 IAC 9-1, -2, 1-2-2
Clarifies rules to add a definition to reflect that the responsibility for teacher licensing has been transferred to the Department of Educa...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Emergency Rule Adoption 05/2006 |
P-12 | Academic Honors Diploma
511 IAC 6-7-6.5
Clarifies that a student who as earned an international baccalaureate degree is eligible to receive an academic honors diploma. http://www.i...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Pupil Counts
S.B. 173
Requires each school corporation (district) to conduct an informational count on May 1, 2007, May 1, 2008, and May 1, 2009 -- in the same ma...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | District Report Cards
H.B. 1347 Section 7
Requires district report cards to report:
--The number and percentage of students participating in the school flex program, if offered (see...
| More... |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | U.S. Savings Bonds for Students Earning Academic Honors Diploma
S.B. 231
Allows districts that before January 1, 2006 purchased U.S. savings bonds for graduates who earned an academic honors diploma to continue to...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Overhaul of State Testing System
H.B. 1240
Mandates that the department and the state board review the current statewide testing program and develop a long term plan that is subject t...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Dropping Out of High School
H.B. 1347 Section 12 and 18
Allows a student who is at least 16 but less than 18 years old to withdraw from school if the withdrawal is due to:
(A) financia...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Progression Toward Completion of Career Plan
H.B. 1347 Section 8
Requires a student's guidance counselor, in consultation with the student and the student's parent, to review annually a student's career pl...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Students Attending Nonclassroom Activities
H.B. 1347 Section 14
Allows a district to authorize the absence and excuse of a student who attends any educationally related nonclassroom activity. Requires any...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Sex Offenders
S.B. 246
Prohibits a sex offender from working or volunteering on school property, at a youth program center, or at a public park. Creates new secti...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | District and School Financial Management, Analysis and Reporting
H.B. 1006 - Section 4
Requires the department to develop a plan to upgrade the financial management, analysis, and reporting system for school corporations (distr...
| More... |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Resource Efficiency
H.B. 1006 - Section 3
Section 3: Authorizes school corporations (districts) individually, in collaboration with other school corporations, and through the educati...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Automatic External Defibrillators
H.B. 1106
Relates to automatic external defibrillators; allows persons who provide emergency medical services to use an automated external defibrillat...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Proficiency-Based Credit and Early Graduation
S.B. 310
Allows a student to demonstrate proficiency and receive credits in a subject area required for high school graduation or for an academic hon...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Fast Track to College
H.B. 1347 Section 1 - 4, 6, 16
Authorizes public 4-year postsecondary institutions, Ivy Tech Community College and Vincennes University to establish "fast track to college...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Dual Enrollment and Advanced Placement
H.B. 1347 Section 9
Requires every high school to provide at least 2 of each of the following course offerings to high school students who qualify to enroll in...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Academic Honors Diploma
H.B. 1347 Section 17
Requires to state board to adopt rules to amend the academic honors course requirement rules to allow for a high school student who has earn...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
Postsec. | Need-Based and Merit-Based Financial Aid
H.B. 1347 Section 5
Requires all 4-year public postsecondary institutions to annually submit a report to the legislative council and the commission for higher e...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Proprietary Educational Institutions
H.B. 1257
Establishes minimum standards for the owners and chief administrators of postsecondary proprietary educational institutions. Adds conditions...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Possessing a Knife on School Property
H.B. 1093
Makes possessing a knife on school property or on a school bus a Class B misdemeanor; makes the offense a Class A misdemeanor if the offende...
| More... |
Special Populations--Homeless Education |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 | Transportation of Homeless Students
H.B. 1006 - Section 1 and 2
Provides that a special purpose bus may be used to transport homeless students.
Creates new chapter on transportation of homeless students....
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Double Up for College
H.B. 1347 Section 10
Establishes Chapter 11.5, the Double Up For College Program
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "postsecondary credit" means credit toward an a...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
S.B. 172
Allows the governing body of a school corporation or an accredited nonpublic school to hire an individual who is in the process of obtaining...
| More... |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Academic Honors Diploma Awards
H.B. 1001 (Section 201)
Districts are eligible for the academic honors diploma awards according to the number of students who successfully completed an academic hon...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Phonologic Weakness
H.B. 1488
Defines "phonologic weakness." Requires the department of education to develop and implement a plan to
(1) train teachers, especially the t...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 598
Requires the department of education to publish in its school performance reports, in addition to ISTEP scores, any nationally recognized co...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Matching Funds for Federal Charter School Facilities Initiative
H.B. 1001 (Section 129)
States that if the U.S. Department of Education approves a new competition for states to receive matching funds for charter school facilitie...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Tuition Payments for Transfers
S.B. 372
Specifies that if a transferor school corporation fails to take action within thirty (30) days after receipt of a transfer tuition request, ...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Display of Flag, Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 332
Requires a United States flag to be displayed in each classroom of a school corporation. Requires a school corporation to provide a daily op...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Unreimbursed Costs of Textbooks for Low-Income Students
H.B. 1001 (Section 183-184)
Requires each district's debt service fund to pay all unreimbursed costs of textbooks for the district's students who were eligible for free...
| More... |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | State Budget Review and Government Efficiency Commission
H.B. 1001 (Section 255-256)
Establishes legislative intent that the state budget be reviewed comprehensively before the budgetary process for the next biennium begins i...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Office of Management and Budget
H.B. 1001 (Section 38)
Adds a new chapter creating an Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Requires all state boards and agencies to comply with the policies and...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Notification of Meningoccal Meningitis Vaccines
S.B. 326
Requires public and nonpublic schools to distribute materials concerning meningococcal meningitis and its vaccines. Requires the department ...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Dual Enrollment Program
H.B. 1314 (Section 14-21)
Eliminates the requirement of approval from the school corporation and the student's principal for a high school student to enroll in the po...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Kindergarten Cutoff Date
H.B. 1001 (Section 177)
Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, changes kindergarten eligibility date from age 5 by July 1 to age 5 by August 1. http://www.in.gov...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. | Transfer of Courses and Setting Tuition
H.B. 1001 (Section 122-123, 242)
Requires the commission for higher education to establish standards for the transfer of courses between state educational institutions. Requ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
H.B. 1794
Requires schools to report the reasons for student suspensions and expulsions to the department of education, and to categorize suspended an...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Bullying
S.B. 285
Defines "bullying", and requires a school corporation to adopt rules to prohibit bullying. Allows the use of grants from the safe schools fu...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
H.B. 1314 (Section 1-13, 22 ff)
Changes the name of the School for the Blind to the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Changes the title of "superintendent" to "ch...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Office of Technology Established
H.B. 1137
Creates the office of technology by combining the duties performed by the division of information technology of the department of administra...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | State Professional Standards Board
H.B. 1001 (various sections)
Changes statutory references to the state professional standards board to the advisory board of the division of professional standards. Plac...
| More... |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Grants for Technology Plans
H.B. 1001 (Section 127)
Rewrites IC 20-20-13-18 on uses of school technology. Requires grants for technology plans to fund uses that promote 1:1 computing infrastr...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Core 40 Curriculum
S.B. 200
Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, requires, with certain exceptions, a student to complete the Core 40 curriculum in order to gradua...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Cheerleading Safety
S.B. 301
Requires the state board of education to develop standards and guidelines concerning cheerleading safety in schools. http://www.in.gov/apps/...
| More... |
State Policymaking |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 | Recodification of Education Code
H.B. 1288
Title 20 recodification. Recodifies Title 20 concerning elementary and secondary education to reorganize and restate the law without substan...
| More... |
High School |
Adopted 02/2005 |
P-12 | Graduation Requirements
511 IAC 6-7.1
Adds 511 IAC 6-7.1, effective with the graduating class of 2010, to adopt new minimum high school graduation requirements, adopt new Core 40...
| More... |
Class Size |
Signed into law 01/2005 |
P-12 | Funding Formula for K-3 Class Size Reduction
H.B. 1001 (Section 181 and 233)
Revises the funding formula for the K-3 class size reduction program. Effective retroactive to January 1, 2005. Makes other adjustments.
ht...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 | Reporting Student Absenteeism
H.B. 1202
Requires a school corporation or an accredited nonpublic school to report to the local health department the percentage of student absences ...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 | School Board Member Military Leave
H.B. 1345
Establishes a procedure for a person holding a state, legislative, local, or school board office to take a leave of absence when called into...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 | Hepatitis B
H.B. 1133
Requires every child who enters grade 9 and grade 12 to be immunized against hepatitis B until July 1, 2008. Prohibits the prevention of a c...
| More... |
Minority/Diversity Issues |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Cultural Competency In Education
H.B. 1308
Defines "cultural competency" and sets forth teacher training, professional development, and school plan requirements for achieving cultural...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 | Special Purpose School Buses
H.B. 1253
Allows a school corporation to use special purpose buses to provide regular transportation of school children from their residences to schoo...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Retroactive Credit For Earning A Degree In Prison
S.B. 482
Allows a prisoner to receive additional credit time for a diploma or degree completed before July 1, 1999, if the prisoner has a good conduc...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Student Discipline
S.B. 186
Provides that a student who is expelled from a charter school is subject to the same requirements for enrollment in another school corporati...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Background checks, criminal acts, contract and license termination, liability,
H.B. 1620
Revises policies a school may adopt concerning criminal history checks; requires a prosecuting attorney to notify the state superintendent o...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Charter School Funding
S.B. 501
Requires the department of education to distribute tuition support and other state funding to a charter school at the same time and in the s...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Immunization for Chicken Pox
H.B. 1702
Requires a child who enters kindergarten or grade 1 to be immunized against chicken pox after a June 30, 2004. http://www.in.gov/serv/lsa_bi...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Joint Summer School Programs; Teacher Testing
S.B. 230
Allows a school corporation to enter into an agreement with other school corporations and accredited nonpublic schools to provide joint summ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Student Financial Aid Eligibility
S.B. 117
Provides if a dependent student has resided with a caretaker relative other than the student's parent for at least 4 years, the student's el...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Open Door Law
S.B. 169
Allows a governing body in an executive session to receive information about misconduct and discuss the status of a school bus driver, who i...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Nonpermanent Teacher Contracts
H.B. 1734
Allows flexibility in the time when a school corporation must hold a conference on the nonrenewal of the contract of a nonpermanent teacher ...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | School Corporation Performance Report; Graduation Rate
H.B. 1120
Changes the required publication date and some components of school corporation annual performance reports. Provides for reports to be made ...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. | State Educational Institution Credit Agreements
H.B. 1209
State educational institution credit agreements. Requires the statewide transfer and articulation committee to: (1) submit an annual report ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. | Tuition Exemption
H.B. 1278
Adds the children and surviving spouses of paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and advanced emergency medical technicians to t...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 08/2002 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services
N/A
Supplemental Education Services Application (dated August 2002); closing date: 10/4/02 (http://paris.doe.state.in.us/downloads/SuppServicesA...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 | 2002 Consolidated Plan
N/A
2002 Consolidated Plan (dated 6/12/02): http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/esea/pdf/Indiana_esea.PDF...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Districts Annual Performance Reports
H.B. 1108
Changes the required publication date and some components of school corporation annual performance reports; provides for reports to be made ...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | District Review of Programs to Consider Consequences of Tracking, Ability Grouping or Screening of Students by Test Results
S.B. 292
Requires every district to review district's programs to judge if district's practices of separating students by ability, placing students i...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Vetoed 03/2002 |
P-12 | Background Checks
H.B. 1202
Requires a prosecuting attorney to notify the state superintendent of public instruction and the employer when a licensed school employee is...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | State List of Approved Voc. Ed. Courses
H.B. 1099
Requires the state board of education to establish a list of approved secondary level vocational education courses and provides a procedure ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Charter School Proposals and Finance
S.B. 216
Makes specifications as regards charter school finance and required minimum contents of charter school proposals. Requires charter school sp...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | School buses, display of flag
H.B. 1133
Makes changes to the voting and nonvoting members of the state school bus committee; requires the committee to adopt rules allowing the disp...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Definition of Educational Facility Project Changed
H.B. 1143
Expands the definition of educational facility project for purposes of the Indiana Development Finance Authority Law to permit the authority...
| More... |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Guaranteed Energy Savings Contracts Law
H.B. 1158
Makes certain changes in the guaranteed energy savings contracts law used by school corporations and political subdivisions; provides that a...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | District Donations to Charitable Foundations
H.B. 1201
Allows the governing body of a school corporation to donate specified sources of revenue to a charitable nonprofit community foundation if t...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Indoor School Air Quality
S.B. 407
Requires the state department of health to establish an indoor air quality in schools program, and to inspect the air quality of schools ann...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
Postsec. | University students must be immunized for meningococcal disease
H.B. 1161
Provides that a student, before enrolling in a residential campus at a public university, must be immunized for meningococcal disease or qua...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Child Care Regulation
H.B. 1214
Extends the expiration date of the law establishing the board for the coordination of child care regulation and the terms of board members; ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College Choice Plan
H.B. 1273
Renames the Family College Savings Plan the College Choice Plan; conforms definitions used in the education savings program law to recent ch...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Interagency Task Force
S.B. 290
Requires the Director of the Division of Special Education to coordinate an interagency task force to review services and funding sources av...
| More... |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Exceptional Learners
S.B. 292
Deletes requirement that Education Roundtable include representative of "special education." Requires the Education Roundtable to include a ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Vetoed 03/2002 |
P-12 | Cost of Living Adjustment
H.B. 1065
Provides a cost of living adjustment in 2003 for pensions of members of the Public Employees' Retirement Fund or their survivors or benefici...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Vetoed 03/2002 |
P-12 | Service Credit Accounts
S.B. 233
Assigns school employees to different service credit accounts based on employment pre- or post-1996....
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Staff Performance Evaluation Plan
S.B. 165
Section formerly required each school to develop staff performance evaluation plan that would examine each employee's performance. New langu...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Accountability System
S.B. 165
Eliminates language that defined "expected [school] performance level" by student attendance rates, remediation rates, assessment scores and...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Placement of School in Academic Receivership
S.B. 165
Deletes language permitting local board to place school in academic receivership if school fails for four consecutive school years to attain...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Charter Schools Established in Indiana
S.B. 165
Creates new section establishing charter schools in the state. Permits mayor of Indianapolis to serve as a sponsor of a charter school withi...
| More... |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Local School Improvement Committee Membership
S.B. 165
Beginning in 2004-05 school year, the makeup of any local school improvement committee is to be determined by IC 20-10.2...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Student Self Medication
S.B. 376
Provides that a school corporation's discipline policy must allow a student with a chronic disease or medical condition to possess and self-...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | The Use of Mercury In Schools
H.B. 1901
Prohibits the sale and distribution of mercury-added novelties after 7/1/2003; limits the circumstances under which a mercury fever thermome...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Principals' Performance Evaluations
S.B. 204
Provides that a school principal's performance evaluation may not be based wholly on Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (IST...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Distance Learning Standards
H.B. 1934
Allows distance learning methods to account for 50% of continuing education requirements for all professions, except doctors, nurses, and de...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Child care development vouchers
S.B. 110
Provides that a child care ministry that receives child care development voucher may only be required by a local Step Ahead Council to meet ...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Parental involvement in the school
S.B. 505
Sets forth provisions that a school's strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan may include to encourage parental inv...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Sexual Misconduct by a Teacher
H.B. 1942
Defines that sexual misconduct with a minor as a Class A felony as a crime of violence; provides that a person employed in a state agency wh...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | School Employees Reporting Threats
S.B. 33
Amends the crime of intimidation to make it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to communicate a threat to another person with the intent of ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Rules for Busing Students
S.B. 501
Requires a person that transports children in the care of a preschool operated by a school corporation, a public elementary school, or a pub...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Teacher Retirement Rules
S.B. 107
Specifies that the additional annuity savings account contributions that may be made by a Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) member or...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Transition to Teaching Program
S.B. 165
Creates new section effective July 1, 2002 establishing Transition to Teaching Program to assist individuals who do not have teaching certif...
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Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Criminal history checks
S.B. 445
Relates to criminal history checks; specifies that a state or governmental entity may obtain the release of limited criminal history for an ...
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Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Collective Bargaining
S.B. 165
In section allowing local board flexibility, deletes language stating the section does not apply to collective bargaining. Deletes language ...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Education license plates
H.B. 2126
Continues the division of fees collected from the education license plates as follows: 25% to the School Intervention and Career Counseling ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Conflict resolution in school curriculum
H.B. 1971
Relates to conflict resolution in school curriculum; requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to school corporatio...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Parents as Teachers Program
H.B. 1417
Specifies that parents as teachers programs are included among the parent information programs eligible to receive Step Ahead early childhoo...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Teacher Retirement Funding
H.B. 1815
Provides a cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 2001 to members of the Public Employees Retirement Fund (PERF) and members of the Indiana Sta...
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Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | School technology fund
S.B. 454
Makes various changes concerning school accounting and school business officers; removes provisions requiring certain money to be deposited ...
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Religion |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Ten Commandments
H.B. 1180
Authorizes the display of the Ten Commandments on real property owned by the state or a political subdivision as part of an exihibit display...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Reports to the Public; Kindergarten
S.B. 489
Requires the mailing, instead of publishing, of the school corporation performance report; provides that a child must be at least five years...
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Finance--Facilities |
Vetoed 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Education Facility Projects
S.B. 408
Expands the definition of education facility projects for purposes of the Indiana Development Finance Authority (IDFA) law to permit the aut...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Vetoed 03/2000 |
Postsec. | Financial Assistance for Military Personnel
H.B. 1278
Provides that a resident who is serving in the armed forces of the United States, stationed outside the state and otherwise qualified to rec...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec. | Save Indiana Program
S.B. 373
Relates to education; defines the Save Indiana Program; makes conforming changes; extends the expiration date of a noncode provision that re...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community College/Economic Development
S.B. 278
Allows Ivy Tech state college to promote economic development by providing certain assessment and training services through 2005; prohibits ...
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Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Proficiency in Reading Instruction
S.B. 352
Provides that an individual seeking licensure as an elementary teacher must demonstrate proficiency in comprehensive reading instruction ski...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Budget Year
S.B. 508
Repeals the requirement for school corporations to change to a July-June budget year; repeals the July-June budget year pilot project; chang...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | School Bus Rules
H.B. 1267
Requires the State School Bus Committee to adopt and enforce rules requiring each school bus to bear the name of the school district on the ...
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Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Savings from Telecommunications Act
S.B. 393
Establishes a method for determining the amount of money saved by a school corporation as the result of universal service discounts under th...
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