Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1094
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-19-11.
Synopsis: Comprehensive student support program. Establishes the
comprehensive student support program (program) for the purposes of:
(1) funding the formation and staffing of school based and district level
comprehensive student support teams; (2) improving staffing ratios for
student support personnel; (3) supporting the creation, expansion, and
work of multidisciplinary school teams to address the school
environment, school safety, school improvement, and crisis
intervention and emergency preparedness; and (4) professional
development for student support personnel. Establishes the
comprehensive student support program state board (board). Provides
that the board administers the program. Establishes the comprehensive
student support program fund for the purpose of funding the program,
and annually appropriates to the fund $1,000,000 from cigarette tax
revenue, registration fees, fines, and penalties deposited in the state
general fund.
Effective: July 1, 2023.
Shackleford
January 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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First Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2023)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1094
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education and to make an appropriation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 20-19-11 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2023]:
4 Chapter 11. Comprehensive Student Support Program
5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to the
6 comprehensive student support program state board established by
7 section 5 of this chapter.
8 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the
9 comprehensive student support program fund established by
10 section 7 of this chapter.
11 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the
12 comprehensive student support program established by section 4
13 of this chapter.
14 Sec. 4. (a) The comprehensive student support program is
15 established for the following purposes:
16 (1) Funding annual grants for school corporations and
17 charter schools to support the formation and staffing of
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1 school based and district level comprehensive student support
2 teams in order to:
3 (A) increase the role of student support personnel in
4 providing appropriate professional development to
5 advance equity, social justice, and positive school discipline
6 and related competencies among teachers, administrators,
7 and support staff; and
8 (B) support the adoption of a comprehensive, school wide
9 approach to fostering a school environment that facilitates
10 interdisciplinary collaboration, builds on a multitiered
11 system of supports, and improves equitable access to
12 school based mental health supports for all students.
13 (2) Improving staffing ratios for student support personnel in
14 order to:
15 (A) allow for a full range of services accessible by all
16 students;
17 (B) employ effective partnerships and collaborations
18 between schools and communities; and
19 (C) reduce out of school suspensions, address
20 disproportionality in discipline, and limit arrests and
21 referrals to law enforcement to situations necessary to
22 protect the health and safety of students, families, and
23 school employees.
24 (3) Supporting the creation, expansion, and work of
25 multidisciplinary teams within schools that collaborate with
26 school leadership teams, families, and community partners in
27 addressing the school environment, school safety, school
28 improvement, and crisis intervention and emergency
29 preparedness, in order to achieve an integrated approach that
30 advances a culturally responsive approach to positive school
31 discipline and trauma informed practices.
32 (4) Equipping student support personnel with professional
33 development that supports best practices for working with
34 students and families.
35 (b) The board shall administer the program.
36 (c) The program must:
37 (1) provide annual grants to school corporations to assist in
38 improving student support staff ratios and establishing
39 comprehensive student support teams to improve the school
40 environment, school safety, and equitable student academic
41 success and outcomes; and
42 (2) provide information and make recommendations
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1 concerning best practices and available resources from fields
2 related to student, family, and educator support.
3 Sec. 5. (a) The comprehensive student support program state
4 board is established.
5 (b) The department shall administer and provide staffing for the
6 board.
7 (c) The department, in consultation with educational and
8 student services professional associations, shall appoint the
9 members of the board as follows:
10 (1) One (1) school administrator, principal, or dean of
11 discipline.
12 (2) Two (2) teachers:
13 (A) one (1) of whom must teach in kindergarten through
14 grade 8; and
15 (B) one (1) of whom must teach in grades 9 through 12.
16 (3) One (1) school counselor.
17 (4) One (1) school psychologist.
18 (5) One (1) school social worker.
19 (6) One (1) school nurse.
20 (7) One (1) school resource officer.
21 (8) One (1) special education administrator or special
22 education teacher.
23 (9) One (1) expert on trauma informed practices.
24 (10) One (1) expert on:
25 (A) positive behavior interventions and supports; or
26 (B) restorative justice.
27 (11) One (1) expert on culturally responsive practices.
28 (12) One (1) mental health practitioner.
29 (13) One (1) community stakeholder.
30 (14) One (1) student in grades kindergarten through grade 12.
31 (15) One (1) parent or guardian of a student in grades
32 kindergarten through grade 12.
33 (16) Any additional members considered appropriate by the
34 board.
35 The membership of the board must be culturally diverse.
36 (d) The members of the board shall annually appoint a
37 chairperson.
38 (e) The board shall perform the following duties:
39 (1) Advise and recommend evidence informed practices for
40 the program.
41 (2) Conduct a review of 511 IAC 4-1.5 to determine whether
42 511 IAC 4-1.5 requires amendment to conform with this
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1 chapter.
2 (3) Approve or disapprove applications for matching grants
3 from the fund.
4 (4) Set standards to assist schools in effectively and accurately
5 assessing the schools' staffing levels of student services
6 personnel.
7 (5) Recommend standards for district level policies to
8 promote equitable and effective school discipline and positive
9 behavior.
10 (6) Make recommendations for intra-agency and interagency
11 collaboration to strengthen the ability of schools to provide
12 coordinated services to address inequities and barriers to
13 learning, mental health, and school safety.
14 (7) Develop a comprehensive plan for student support
15 workforce development, in consultation with educational
16 professional associations and university programs.
17 (8) Advise the department regarding training curricula and
18 standards for student support personnel.
19 (9) Advise the department regarding training standards based
20 on principles of equity and social justice.
21 (f) The department shall coordinate meetings of the board.
22 Sec. 6. (a) The department shall:
23 (1) administer the matching grant program and other
24 activities of the board;
25 (2) conduct annual training sessions for student support
26 personnel in consultation with educational and student
27 support professional associations; and
28 (3) develop appropriate guidelines, curricula, and standards
29 for student support personnel.
30 (b) Curricula developed under subsection (a)(3) must include
31 training in:
32 (1) culturally responsive practices, equity, and social justice;
33 (2) implicit bias;
34 (3) trauma informed practices; and
35 (4) positive school discipline practices.
36 Sec. 7. (a) The comprehensive student support program fund is
37 established to provide matching grants for school corporations and
38 charter schools for the purposes of:
39 (1) improving ratios of student to student service staff; and
40 (2) furthering the creation of multidisciplinary student
41 services personnel teams to help improve the school
42 environment and school safety, increase access to services for
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1 all students, and foster academic success and positive student
2 outcomes for all students.
3 (b) The department shall administer the fund.
4 (c) The fund consists of:
5 (1) money appropriated to the fund under subsection (d);
6 (2) money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly
7 in addition to money appropriated to the fund under
8 subsection (d); and
9 (3) donations, gifts, and money received from any other
10 source, including transfers from other funds or accounts.
11 Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
12 to the state general fund.
13 (d) There is annually appropriated to the fund one million
14 dollars ($1,000,000) from money deposited in the state general fund
15 under IC 6-7-1-28.1(3).
16 (e) The board shall annually award matching grants from the
17 fund to school corporations for the following purposes:
18 (1) Building multidisciplinary teams in schools that are
19 comprised of school counselors, school psychologists, school
20 social workers, and school nurses, and paying related
21 expenses to support these teams.
22 (2) Employing appropriately licensed school psychologists,
23 school counselors, school social workers, and school nurses at
24 both the district and school level to improve student support
25 staff ratios to help meet national best practice standards.
26 (3) Providing professional development and training for
27 school staff or community partners to address competencies
28 essential to creating positive learning environments, including
29 those related to school environment and safety, positive
30 discipline, culturally responsive practices, equity and social
31 justice issues, implicit bias, trauma informed practices, and
32 crisis prevention, preparedness, and response.
33 (4) Provide technology or equipment needs for staff hired
34 under the program.
35 (f) To qualify for funding a position pursuant to this grant, the
36 intended personnel must have appropriate credentials and training
37 to provide student support expertise and professional development
38 for staff and the school community to help improve school climate,
39 safety, equitable practices, academic success, and positive student
40 outcomes.
41 (g) To apply for a grant under this section, a school corporation
42 shall:
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1 (1) agree to match ten percent (10%) of the amount of the
2 grant;
3 (2) submit to the board a comprehensive student support
4 plan; and
5 (3) agree that each school in the school corporation shall:
6 (A) collect and regularly review disaggregated data on
7 school suspensions and expulsions, school level arrests, and
8 referrals to outside agencies; and
9 (B) collect data on perceptions of school environment, and
10 the number and type of programs and activities engaged in
11 by student support personnel whose positions are funded
12 by the grant.
13 (h) A student support plan submitted under subsection (g) must
14 demonstrate that:
15 (1) the school corporation has a long term commitment to
16 improving student support staff ratios in order to effectively
17 operate multidisciplinary teams at the district level and in all
18 schools in the school corporation;
19 (2) the multidisciplinary teams will work collaboratively with
20 school leadership teams, families, and community partners
21 and help provide the expertise to achieve comprehensive
22 integration of social, emotional, and behavioral health
23 services at the district and school levels and to implement
24 strategies for using high quality interventions that are
25 accessible by all students;
26 (3) the plan is based on clear district policy priorities and a
27 documented need at the district and school level to direct
28 funding to programs and practices that will effectively
29 address school environment and safety concerns and improve
30 equitable academic success and school outcomes;
31 (4) coordination with existing school programs and teams will
32 help inform the district and school level annual planning
33 process, including crisis preparation, school safety, positive
34 school discipline, and school achievement and improvement
35 plans;
36 (5) the plan targets services that are most needed,
37 appropriate, and culturally responsive to a school's unique
38 student population and learning community; and
39 (6) multidisciplinary teams will help develop and support
40 current and future planning to achieve an interconnected
41 framework of systems linking:
42 (A) multitiered systems of support that encompass
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1 prevention, wellness promotion, interventions, and
2 evidence based approaches to address the complex needs
3 of children and youth experiencing, or at risk for,
4 academic, emotional, behavioral, or mental health
5 challenges;
6 (B) professional training of all staff on, and
7 implementation of, activities and programs advancing
8 equity and social justice, student and family engagement,
9 social emotional learning, culturally responsive practices,
10 restorative practices, positive behavioral supports, trauma
11 responsive practices, nonexclusionary discipline practices,
12 and regular use of disaggregated data in evaluating school
13 practices;
14 (C) the development of evidence based standards for
15 district and school level policies to promote effective school
16 discipline and positive behavior;
17 (D) communication strategies among the multidisciplinary
18 team and district and school leadership personnel to
19 advance school safety and the school environment in a
20 positive and equitable learning environment; and
21 (E) district and school teams to collaboratively address
22 school safety efforts, including crisis response and
23 emergency preparedness activities, within a positive
24 learning environment.
25 (i) A school corporation's second and subsequent applications
26 for a grant under this section must:
27 (1) present data collected under subsection (g)(3) for purposes
28 of assessing the extent of improvement in outcomes regarding
29 positive school environment, school safety, and equitable
30 academic and behavioral student outcomes; and
31 (2) include a data statement that analyzes root causes related
32 to underlying reasons for disproportionate outcomes.
33 (j) A grant awarded under this section may not exceed the
34 following:
35 (1) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per year, in the
36 case of:
37 (A) a school corporation or charter school that has an
38 ADM of at least one thousand (1,000); or
39 (B) a cooperative of school corporations whose ADM
40 collectively totals at least one thousand (1,000).
41 (2) Sixty thousand dollars ($60,000 per year), in the case of:
42 (A) a school corporation or charter school that has an
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1 ADM of less than one thousand (1,000); or
2 (B) a cooperative of school corporations whose ADM
3 collectively totals less than one thousand (1,000).
4 (k) Grant funds awarded under this section may not be used to
5 fund unlicensed staffing positions or school security positions.
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