Indiana 2024 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1353 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1353
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 20-19-3-32.5; IC 20-26-11.
7	7	Synopsis: Education matters. Requires the department of education to
8	8	prepare a report to the general assembly compiling certain data over a
9	9	40 year period. Provides that the parents of any high school student
10	10	may request a transfer from a school corporation in which the student
11	11	has a legal settlement to a transferee school corporation in Indiana if
12	12	the student may be better accommodated by the athletics program
13	13	offered by the public schools of the transferee corporation.
14	14	Effective: July 1, 2024.
15	15	Morris, Behning, Morrison, Judy
16	16	January 10, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
17	17	2024 IN 1353—LS 7015/DI 143 Introduced
18	18	Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
19	19	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
20	20	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
21	21	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
22	22	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
23	23	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
24	24	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
25	25	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
26	26	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
27	27	between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
28	28	HOUSE BILL No. 1353
29	29	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
30	30	education.
31	31	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
32	32	1 SECTION 1. IC 20-19-3-32.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
33	33	2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
34	34	3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 32.5. (a) As used in this section,
35	35	4 "cohort" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-13-2.
36	36	5 (b) As used in this section, "graduation rate" has the meaning
37	37	6 set forth in IC 20-26-13-6.
38	38	7 (c) Not later than December 31, 2024, the department shall
39	39	8 prepare a report compiling data over a forty (40) year period from
40	40	9 July 1, 1983, through July 1, 2023, concerning kindergarten
41	41	10 through grade 12 students in Indiana. The report must include the
42	42	11 following information:
43	43	12 (1) What end of school year statewide test, evaluation, or
44	44	13 scoring metric was in place each year.
45	45	14 (2) What statewide academic standards were in effect each
46	46	15 year.
47	47	16 (3) For each cohort enrolled in a public school in Indiana the
48	48	17 average:
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50	50	1 (A) score concerning an end of school year statewide test
51	51	2 described in subdivision (1);
52	52	3 (B) SAT or ACT score; and
53	53	4 (C) graduation rate.
54	54	5 (d) Not later than January 1, 2025, the department shall submit
55	55	6 the report described in subsection (c) to the general assembly in an
56	56	7 electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
57	57	8 (e) The department, in conjunction with the state board, shall do
58	58	9 the following:
59	59	10 (1) Determine, based on the report prepared under subsection
60	60	11 (c), which surveyed year produced the highest scores and
61	61	12 graduation rates.
62	62	13 (2) Not later than the 2025-2026 school year, realign current
63	63	14 statewide academic standards to the standards in place during
64	64	15 the year determined in subdivision (1).
65	65	16 SECTION 2. IC 20-26-11-5.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
66	66	17 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
67	67	18 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 5.5. (a) As used in this section,
68	68	19 "athletics program" refers to:
69	69	20 (1) an extracurricular competitive or noncompetitive activity;
70	70	21 or
71	71	22 (2) marching band.
72	72	23 (b) The parents of any high school student, or the student after
73	73	24 the student has become eighteen (18) years of age, may request a
74	74	25 transfer from a school corporation in which the student has a legal
75	75	26 settlement to a transferee school corporation in Indiana if the
76	76	27 student may be better accommodated by the athletics program
77	77	28 offered by the public schools of the transferee corporation.
78	78	29 Whether the student can be better accommodated depends on such
79	79	30 matters as:
80	80	31 (1) crowded conditions of the transferee or transferor
81	81	32 corporation; and
82	82	33 (2) athletics program offerings at the high school level that
83	83	34 are important to the aspirations of the student.
84	84	35 (c) The request for transfer must be made in writing to the
85	85	36 transferor corporation, which shall immediately mail a copy to the
86	86	37 transferee corporation. The request for transfer must be made at
87	87	38 the times provided under rules adopted by the state board. The
88	88	39 transfer is effected if both the transferee and the transferor
89	89	40 corporations approve the transfer not more than thirty (30) days
90	90	41 after that mailing. If the transferor school corporation fails to act
91	91	42 on the transfer request within thirty (30) days after the request is
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93	93	1 received, the transfer is considered approved. The transfer is
94	94	2 denied when either school corporation mails a written denial by
95	95	3 certified mail to the requesting parents or student at their last
96	96	4 known address.
97	97	5 (d) If a request for transfer is denied under subsection (c), an
98	98	6 appeal may be taken to the state board by the requesting parents
99	99	7 or student, if commenced not more than ten (10) days after the
100	100	8 denial. An appeal is commenced by mailing a notice of appeal by
101	101	9 certified mail to the superintendent of each school corporation and
102	102	10 the state board. The secretary of education shall develop forms for
103	103	11 this purpose, and the transferor corporation shall assist the parents
104	104	12 or student in the mechanics of commencing the appeal. An appeal
105	105	13 hearing must comply with section 15 of this chapter.
106	106	14 SECTION 3. IC 20-26-11-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.30-2010,
107	107	15 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
108	108	16 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 6. (a) A school corporation may accept a
109	109	17 transferring student without approval of the transferor corporation
110	110	18 under section 5 or 5.5 of this chapter.
111	111	19 (b) A transfer may be accepted regardless of whether, as a condition
112	112	20 of the transfer, the transferee school requires the requesting parents or
113	113	21 student to pay transfer tuition in an amount determined under the
114	114	22 formula established in section 13 of this chapter for the payment of
115	115	23 transfer tuition by a transferor school corporation. However, if the
116	116	24 transferee school elects to charge transfer tuition, the transferee school
117	117	25 may not offset the amounts described in section 13(b) STEP TWO (B)
118	118	26 through section 13(b) STEP TWO (D) of this chapter from the amount
119	119	27 charged to the requesting parents or student.
120	120	28 (c) When the transferee school elects to charge tuition to the
121	121	29 requesting parents or student, the tuition determined under subsection
122	122	30 (b) must be paid by the parents or the student before the end of the
123	123	31 school year in installments as determined by the transferee corporation.
124	124	32 (d) Failure to pay a tuition installment that is agreed to by the
125	125	33 parents or student and the transferee school corporation is a ground for
126	126	34 exclusion from school.
127	127	35 (e) If the transferee school elects not to charge transfer tuition to the
128	128	36 parents or student under this section, the transferee school may not
129	129	37 charge transfer tuition or fees to the transferor school.
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