Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1542
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 5-2-10.1; IC 10-21-1-4.
Synopsis: Secured school safety grants. Specifies that an educational
service center may receive a grant from the Indiana safe schools fund.
Increases the secured school safety matched grant amount that may be
awarded to a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
nonpublic school. Provides that a school corporation, charter school, or
accredited nonpublic school that is awarded a secured school safety
matching grant may apportion that grant to an educational service
center or career and technical education school for certain purposes.
Effective: July 1, 2023.
Goodrich, Behning, McNamara
January 19, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
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First Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2023)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1542
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 5-2-10.1-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.40-2014,
2 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 6. (a) A school corporation, school corporation
4 career and technical education school described in IC 20-37-1-1,
5 educational service center (as defined in IC 20-20-1-2), or charter
6 school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-4) may receive a grant from the fund
7 for programs, equipment, services, or activities included in a safety
8 plan submitted with the application for funds to the institute.
9 (b) A safety plan submitted under this section must include
10 provisions for zero (0) tolerance for alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and
11 weapons on school property. If the institute approves the safety plan
12 and application, the treasurer of state shall disburse from the fund to
13 the applicant the amount of the grant certified to the treasurer of state
14 by the institute.
15 SECTION 2. IC 5-2-10.1-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.40-2014,
16 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
17 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "program" refers to
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1 a school safe haven program.
2 (b) A school corporation, school corporation career and technical
3 education school described in IC 20-37-1-1, educational service
4 center (as defined in IC 20-20-1-2), or charter school (as defined in
5 IC 20-24-1-4) may apply to the institute for a grant for matching funds
6 under this chapter to establish and operate a school safe haven
7 program.
8 (c) A program must include at least the following components:
9 (1) The school must be open to students of the school before and
10 after normal operating hours, preferably from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., on
11 days determined by the school corporation.
12 (2) The program must operate according to a plan to do the
13 following in the school:
14 (A) Reduce alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse.
15 (B) Reduce violent behavior.
16 (C) Promote educational progress.
17 (d) The institute shall adopt rules to administer the program,
18 including rules concerning evaluations by school corporations, and
19 school corporation career and technical education schools described in
20 IC 20-37-1-1, and educational service centers (as defined in
21 IC 20-20-1-2) on the use and impact of grant money received through
22 the program.
23 SECTION 3. IC 5-2-10.1-10, AS AMENDED BY P.L.40-2014,
24 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
25 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 10. (a) A county may establish a county school
26 safety commission.
27 (b) The members of the commission are as follows:
28 (1) The school safety specialist for each school corporation
29 located in whole or in part in the county.
30 (2) The judge of the court having juvenile jurisdiction in the
31 county or the judge's designee.
32 (3) The sheriff of the county or the sheriff's designee.
33 (4) The chief officer of every other law enforcement agency in the
34 county, or the chief officer's designee.
35 (5) A representative of the juvenile probation system, appointed
36 by the judge described under subdivision (2).
37 (6) Representatives of community agencies that work with
38 children within the county.
39 (7) A representative of the Indiana state police district that serves
40 the county.
41 (8) A representative of the prosecuting attorneys council of
42 Indiana who specializes in the prosecution of juveniles.
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1 (9) Other appropriate individuals selected by the commission.
2 (c) If a commission is established, the school safety specialist of the
3 school corporation having the largest ADM (as defined in
4 IC 20-18-2-2), as determined in the fall count of ADM in the school
5 year ending in the current calendar year, in the county shall convene
6 the initial meeting of the commission.
7 (d) The members shall annually elect a chairperson.
8 (e) A commission shall perform the following duties:
9 (1) Perform a cumulative analysis of school safety needs within
10 the county.
11 (2) Coordinate and make recommendations for the following:
12 (A) Prevention of juvenile offenses and improving the
13 reporting of juvenile offenses within the schools.
14 (B) Proposals for identifying and assessing children who are
15 at high risk of becoming juvenile offenders.
16 (C) Methods to meet the educational needs of children who
17 have been detained as juvenile offenders.
18 (D) Methods to improve communications among agencies that
19 work with children.
20 (E) Methods to improve security and emergency preparedness.
21 (F) Additional equipment or personnel that are necessary to
22 carry out safety plans.
23 (G) Any other topic the commission considers necessary to
24 improve school safety within the school corporations within
25 the commission's jurisdiction.
26 (3) Provide assistance to the school safety specialists on the
27 commission in developing and requesting grants for safety plans.
28 (4) Provide assistance to the school safety specialists on the
29 commission and the participating school corporations and school
30 corporation career and technical education schools described in
31 IC 20-37-1-1 in developing and requesting grants for school safe
32 haven programs under section 7 of this chapter.
33 (5) Assist each participating school corporation and each school
34 corporation career and technical education schools described in
35 IC 20-37-1-1 or educational service center (as defined in
36 IC 20-20-1-2) in carrying out the school corporation's, or career
37 and technical education school's, or educational service center's
38 safety plans.
39 (f) The affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members of the
40 commission are required for the commission to take action on a
41 measure.
42 (g) A commission shall receive the school safety plans described in
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1 IC 20-26-18.2-2 for the schools and school corporations located in the
2 county. The commission may share the school safety plans with law
3 enforcement agencies.
4 SECTION 4. IC 10-21-1-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.139-2022,
5 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
6 JULY 1, 2023]: Sec. 4. (a) The board may award a matching grant to
7 enable a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
8 school (or a coalition of schools applying jointly) to:
9 (1) establish a program to employ a school resource officer;
10 (2) employ a law enforcement officer;
11 (3) provide school resource officer training described in
12 IC 20-26-18.2-1(c);
13 (4) conduct a threat assessment;
14 (5) purchase equipment to restrict access to the school or expedite
15 the notification of first responders; or
16 (6) implement a student and parent support services plan in the
17 manner set forth in IC 20-34-9;
18 in accordance with section 2(a) of this chapter.
19 (b) A matching grant awarded to a school corporation, charter
20 school, or accredited nonpublic school (or a coalition of schools
21 applying jointly) may not exceed the lesser of the following during a
22 two (2) year period beginning on or after May 1, 2013:
23 (1) The total cost of the program established by the school
24 corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school (or the
25 coalition of schools applying jointly).
26 (2) Except as provided in subsection (d), the following amounts:
27 (A) Thirty-five Fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars
28 ($35,000) ($52,500) per year, in the case of a school
29 corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school
30 that:
31 (i) has an ADM of at least one (1) and less than one
32 thousand one (1,001) students; and
33 (ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
34 charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
35 (B) Fifty Seventy-five thousand dollars ($50,000) ($75,000)
36 per year, in the case of a school corporation, charter school, or
37 accredited nonpublic school that:
38 (i) has an ADM of more than one thousand (1,000) and less
39 than five thousand one (5,001) students; and
40 (ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
41 charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
42 (C) Seventy-five One hundred twelve thousand dollars
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1 ($75,000) ($112,000) per year, in the case of a school
2 corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school
3 that:
4 (i) has an ADM of more than five thousand (5,000) and less
5 than fifteen thousand one (15,001) students; and
6 (ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
7 charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
8 (D) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($100,000) ($150,000)
9 per year, in the case of a school corporation, charter school, or
10 accredited nonpublic school that:
11 (i) has an ADM of more than fifteen thousand (15,000); and
12 (ii) is not applying jointly with any other school corporation,
13 charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
14 (E) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($100,000) ($150,000)
15 per year, in the case of a coalition of schools applying jointly.
16 (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the match requirement for
17 a grant under this chapter is based on the ADM, as follows:
18 (1) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
19 nonpublic school with an ADM of less than five hundred one
20 (501) students, the grant match must be twenty-five percent
21 (25%) of the grant amount described in subsection (b).
22 (2) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
23 nonpublic school with an ADM of more than five hundred (500)
24 and less than one thousand one (1,001) students, the grant match
25 must be fifty thirty-three percent (50%) (33%) of the grant
26 amount described in subsection (b).
27 (3) For a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
28 nonpublic school with an ADM of more than one thousand
29 (1,000) students or a coalition of schools applying jointly, the
30 grant match must be one hundred fifty percent (100%) (50%) of
31 the grant amount described in subsection (b).
32 (d) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
33 school may be eligible to receive a grant of up to:
34 (1) one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($100,000) ($150,000) if:
35 (A) the school corporation, charter school, or accredited
36 nonpublic school receives a grant match of one hundred
37 seventy-five percent (100%) (75%) of the requested grant
38 amount; and
39 (B) the board approves the grant request; or
40 (2) for a school corporation, charter school, or accredited
41 nonpublic school described subsection (c)(1) or (c)(2), a grant of
42 up to fifty seventy-five thousand dollars ($50,000) ($75,000) if:
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1 (A) the school corporation, charter school, or accredited
2 nonpublic school receives a grant match of fifty thirty-three
3 percent (50%) (33%) of the requested grant amount; and
4 (B) the board approves the grant request.
5 (e) A school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic
6 school may receive only one (1) matching grant under this section each
7 year.
8 (f) The board may not award a grant to a school corporation, charter
9 school, or accredited nonpublic school under this section unless the
10 school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is in
11 a county that has a county school safety commission, as described in
12 IC 5-2-10.1-10.
13 (g) A matching grant awarded to a school corporation, charter
14 school, or accredited nonpublic school under this section may be
15 apportioned by the school corporation, charter school, or
16 accredited nonpublic school to:
17 (1) a career and technical education school described in
18 IC 20-37-1-1; or
19 (2) an educational service center (as defined in IC 20-20-1-2);
20 for the purposes described in subsection (a).
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