Indiana 2024 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1105 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1105
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 20-33-2; IC 22-4.1-18.
7	7	Synopsis: Education matters. Sets forth certain requirements for a
8	8	student to withdraw from school. Provides a specified exception to the
9	9	information required in an official high school transcript. Provides that
10	10	an individual less than 18 years of age may participate in the Indiana
11	11	high school equivalency testing program (testing program) if the
12	12	individual receives a recommendation from a specified individual.
13	13	Prohibits the department of education from requiring certain students
14	14	to attend an exit interview to participate in the testing program.
15	15	Effective: July 1, 2024.
16	16	Davis
17	17	January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
18	18	2024 IN 1105—LS 6535/DI 152 Introduced
19	19	Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
20	20	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
21	21	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
22	22	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
23	23	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
24	24	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
25	25	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
26	26	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
27	27	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
28	28	between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
29	29	HOUSE BILL No. 1105
30	30	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
31	31	education.
32	32	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
33	33	1 SECTION 1. IC 20-33-2-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.233-2015,
34	34	2 SECTION 247, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
35	35	3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 9. (a) The governing body of each
36	36	4 school corporation shall designate the appropriate individuals to attend
37	37	5 the exit interviews for students described in section 6(3) of this chapter.
38	38	6 (b) A student who is at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than
39	39	7 eighteen (18) years of age is bound by the requirements of compulsory
40	40	8 school attendance and may not withdraw from school before graduation
41	41	9 unless:
42	42	10 (1) the student, the student's parent and the principal agree to the
43	43	11 provides written consent for the student's withdrawal; and
44	44	12 (2) the student provides written acknowledgment of the
45	45	13 withdrawal that meets the requirements of subsection (c) and the:
46	46	14 (A) student's parent; and
47	47	15 (B) school principal;
48	48	16 each provide written consent for the student to withdraw from
49	49	17 school; and
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51	51	1 (3) (2) the withdrawal is due to:
52	52	2 (A) financial hardship and the individual must be employed to
53	53	3 support the individual's family or a dependent;
54	54	4 (B) illness; or
55	55	5 (C) an order by a court that has jurisdiction over the student;
56	56	6 or
57	57	7 (D) any other reason to be determined by the student's
58	58	8 parent to be in the best interest of the student.
59	59	9 (c) A written acknowledgment of withdrawal under subsection (b)
60	60	10 must include a statement that the student and the student's parent
61	61	11 understand that withdrawing from school is likely to:
62	62	12 (1) reduce the student's future earnings; and
63	63	13 (2) increase the student's likelihood of being unemployed in the
64	64	14 future.
65	65	15 SECTION 2. IC 20-33-2-13, AS AMENDED BY P.L.160-2023,
66	66	16 SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
67	67	17 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 13. A school corporation shall record or include
68	68	18 the following information in the official high school transcript for a
69	69	19 student in high school:
70	70	20 (1) Attendance records.
71	71	21 (2) The student's latest statewide assessment program test results,
72	72	22 except for test results from an exam described in
73	73	23 IC 20-32-5.1-7(d).
74	74	24 (3) Any secondary level and postsecondary level certificates of
75	75	25 achievement earned by the student.
76	76	26 (4) Any dual credit courses taken that are included in the core
77	77	27 transfer library under IC 21-42-5-4.
78	78	28 SECTION 3. IC 20-33-2-28.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.147-2020,
79	79	29 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
80	80	30 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 28.5. (a) This section applies to an individual:
81	81	31 (1) who:
82	82	32 (A) attends or last attended a public school;
83	83	33 (B) is at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than eighteen
84	84	34 (18) years of age; and
85	85	35 (C) has not completed the requirements for graduation;
86	86	36 (2) who:
87	87	37 (A) wishes to withdraw from school before graduation;
88	88	38 (B) fails to return at the beginning of a semester; or
89	89	39 (C) stops attending school during a semester; and
90	90	40 (3) who has no record of transfer to another school.
91	91	41 (b) An individual to whom this section applies may withdraw from
92	92	42 school only if all of the following conditions are met:
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94	94	1 (1) An exit interview is conducted.
95	95	2 (2) The individual's parent consents provides written consent to
96	96	3 the withdrawal.
97	97	4 (3) The school principal approves of the withdrawal.
98	98	5 (4) (3) The withdrawal is due to:
99	99	6 (A) financial hardship and the individual must be employed to
100	100	7 support the individual's family or a dependent;
101	101	8 (B) illness; or
102	102	9 (C) an order by a court that has jurisdiction over the child; or
103	103	10 (D) any other reason to be determined by the student's
104	104	11 parent to be in the best interest of the student.
105	105	12 During the exit interview, the school principal shall provide to the
106	106	13 student and the student's parent a copy of statistics compiled by the
107	107	14 department concerning the likely consequences of life without a high
108	108	15 school diploma. The school principal shall advise the student and the
109	109	16 student's parent that the student's withdrawal from school may prevent
110	110	17 the student from receiving or result in the revocation of the student's
111	111	18 employment certificate and driver's license or learner's permit.
112	112	19 (c) For purposes of this section, the following must be in written
113	113	20 form:
114	114	21 (1) An individual's request to withdraw from school.
115	115	22 (2) A parent's consent to a withdrawal.
116	116	23 (3) A principal's consent to a withdrawal.
117	117	24 (d) If the individual's principal does not consent to the individual's
118	118	25 withdrawal under this section, the individual's parent may appeal the
119	119	26 denial of consent to the governing body of the public school that the
120	120	27 individual last attended.
121	121	28 (e) (c) Each public school, including each school corporation and
122	122	29 each charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-4), shall provide an
123	123	30 annual report to the department setting forth the following information:
124	124	31 (1) The total number of individuals:
125	125	32 (A) who withdrew from school under this section; and
126	126	33 (B) who either:
127	127	34 (i) failed to return to school at the beginning of a semester;
128	128	35 or
129	129	36 (ii) stopped attending school during a semester;
130	130	37 and for whom there is no record of transfer to another school.
131	131	38 (2) The number of individuals who withdrew from school
132	132	39 following an exit interview.
133	133	40 (f) (d) If an individual to which this section applies:
134	134	41 (1) has not received consent to withdraw withdrawn from school
135	135	42 under in accordance with this section; and
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137	137	1 (2) fails to return to school at the beginning of a semester or
138	138	2 during the semester;
139	139	3 the principal of the school that the individual last attended may deliver
140	140	4 by certified mail or personal delivery to the bureau of youth
141	141	5 employment a record of the individual's failure to return to school so
142	142	6 that the bureau of youth employment revokes any employment
143	143	7 certificates issued under IC 22-2-18 (before its expiration on June 30,
144	144	8 2021) to the individual and does not issue any additional employment
145	145	9 certificates to the individual. For purposes of IC 22-2-18-20 (before its
146	146	10 expiration on June 30, 2021), the individual shall be considered a
147	147	11 dropout.
148	148	12 (g) (e) At the same time that a school principal delivers the record
149	149	13 under subsection (f), (d), the principal may deliver by certified mail or
150	150	14 personal delivery to the bureau of motor vehicles a record of the
151	151	15 individual's failure to return to school so that the bureau of motor
152	152	16 vehicles revokes any driver's license or learner's permit issued to the
153	153	17 individual and does not issue any additional driver's licenses or
154	154	18 learner's permits to the individual before the individual is at least
155	155	19 eighteen (18) years of age. For purposes of IC 9-24-2-1, the individual
156	156	20 shall be considered a dropout.
157	157	21 (h) (f) If:
158	158	22 (1) a principal has delivered the record required described under
159	159	23 subsection (f) (d) or (g), (e), or both; and
160	160	24 (2) the school subsequently gives consent to the individual
161	161	25 subsequently complies with the requirements to withdraw from
162	162	26 school under this section;
163	163	27 the principal of the school shall send a notice of withdrawal to the
164	164	28 bureau of youth employment and the bureau of motor vehicles by
165	165	29 certified mail or personal delivery and, for purposes of IC 22-2-18-20
166	166	30 (before its expiration on June 30, 2021) and IC 9-24-2-1, the individual
167	167	31 shall no longer be considered a dropout.
168	168	32 SECTION 4. IC 20-33-2-28.6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.147-2020,
169	169	33 SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
170	170	34 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 28.6. (a) This section applies to a high school
171	171	35 student who is transferring to a nonaccredited nonpublic school.
172	172	36 (b) Before a student withdraws from a public school, the principal
173	173	37 of the student's school shall provide to the student and to the student's
174	174	38 parent information on a form developed by the department and
175	175	39 approved by the state board that explains the legal requirements of
176	176	40 attending a nonaccredited nonpublic school located in Indiana. The
177	177	41 principal and a parent of the student shall both sign the form to
178	178	42 acknowledge that the parent understands the content of the form.
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180	180	1 (c) If the parent of the student refuses to sign the form provided by
181	181	2 the principal under subsection (b), the student is considered a dropout
182	182	3 and the principal may report the student to the bureau of motor vehicles
183	183	4 for action under section 28.5(g) 28.5(e) of this chapter. The student is
184	184	5 considered a dropout for purposes of calculating a high school's
185	185	6 graduation rate under IC 20-26-13-10.
186	186	7 (d) A student or a parent of a student described in subsection (a)
187	187	8 may not be required to attend an exit interview or meeting for the
188	188	9 student to transfer to a nonaccredited nonpublic school.
189	189	10 SECTION 5. IC 22-4.1-18-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.228-2017,
190	190	11 SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
191	191	12 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 1. This chapter applies to an individual who is:
192	192	13 (1) at least eighteen (18) years of age; or
193	193	14 (2) less than eighteen (18) years of age, if at least one (1) of the
194	194	15 following applies:
195	195	16 (A) a superintendent (as defined in IC 20-18-2-21) or
196	196	17 principal, or the superintendent's or principal's designee,
197	197	18 recommends that the individual participate in the testing
198	198	19 program. The individual:
199	199	20 (i) attends a school maintained by a school corporation
200	200	21 or charter school; and
201	201	22 (ii) receives a recommendation from the superintendent
202	202	23 of the school corporation or principal of the school, or
203	203	24 the superintendent's or principal's designee, to
204	204	25 participate in the testing program.
205	205	26 (B) The individual:
206	206	27 (i) attends a nonpublic school that has at least one (1)
207	207	28 employee; and
208	208	29 (ii) receives a recommendation from the principal of the
209	209	30 nonpublic school, or the principal's designee, to
210	210	31 participate in the testing program.
211	211	32 (C) The individual:
212	212	33 (i) attends a nonaccredited nonpublic school that has less
213	213	34 than one (1) employee; and
214	214	35 (ii) receives a recommendation from the individual's
215	215	36 parent or guardian that the individual participate in the
216	216	37 testing program.
217	217	38 (D) A judge recommends the individual participate in the
218	218	39 testing program.
219	219	40 SECTION 6. IC 22-4.1-18-4.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
220	220	41 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
221	221	42 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 4.5. The department may not
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223	223	1 require an individual who attends a nonaccredited nonpublic
224	224	2 school that has less than one (1) employee to attend an exit
225	225	3 interview to participate in the testing program.
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