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| 1 | + | *ES0001.3* | |
| 2 | + | Reprinted | |
| 3 | + | February 27, 2024 | |
| 4 | + | ENGROSSED | |
| 5 | + | SENATE BILL No. 1 | |
| 6 | + | _____ | |
| 7 | + | DIGEST OF SB 1 (Updated February 26, 2024 3:55 pm - DI 154) | |
| 8 | + | Citations Affected: IC 20-24; IC 20-24.2; IC 20-26.5; IC 20-28; | |
| 9 | + | IC 20-30; IC 20-31; IC 20-32. | |
| 10 | + | Synopsis: Reading skills. Provides that the department of education | |
| 11 | + | (department) may grant certain individuals a waiver that provides an | |
| 12 | + | exception to the literacy endorsement requirements if the department | |
| 13 | + | (Continued next page) | |
| 14 | + | Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2024. | |
| 15 | + | Rogers, Raatz, Buchanan, Garten, Donato, | |
| 16 | + | Crane, Deery, Johnson T, Holdman, Doriot, | |
| 17 | + | Brown L, Gaskill, Carrasco, Alexander, | |
| 18 | + | Charbonneau, Messmer, Walker K, Glick, | |
| 19 | + | Byrne, Niemeyer, Maxwell, Buck, Koch, | |
| 20 | + | Busch, Leising, Dernulc, Crider, Freeman, | |
| 21 | + | Becker, Goode, Baldwin | |
| 22 | + | (HOUSE SPONSORS — TESHKA, BEHNING, KING, DAVIS) | |
| 23 | + | January 16, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career | |
| 24 | + | Development. | |
| 25 | + | January 18, 2024, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass; reassigned to Committee on | |
| 26 | + | Appropriations. | |
| 27 | + | January 25, 2024, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass. | |
| 28 | + | January 29, 2024, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed. | |
| 29 | + | January 30, 2024, engrossed. | |
| 30 | + | February 1, 2024, read third time, passed. Yeas 36, nays 13. | |
| 31 | + | HOUSE ACTION | |
| 32 | + | February 12, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education. | |
| 33 | + | February 15, 2024, amended, reported — Do Pass. Referred to Committee on Ways and | |
| 34 | + | Means pursuant to Rule 127. | |
| 35 | + | February 22, 2024, amended, reported — Do Pass. | |
| 36 | + | February 26, 2024, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed. | |
| 37 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 Digest Continued | |
| 38 | + | submits a report to the legislative council by a specified date. Requires | |
| 39 | + | certain schools, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, to offer | |
| 40 | + | summer school courses for students who are not reading proficient or | |
| 41 | + | are at risk of not being reading proficient as indicated on the | |
| 42 | + | determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board of | |
| 43 | + | education (evaluation). Expands eligibility for funding for summer | |
| 44 | + | school courses. Requires certain summer school courses to be taught | |
| 45 | + | by a teacher, instructor, or tutor who is trained in the science of | |
| 46 | + | reading. Provides that if a student does not achieve a 90% attendance | |
| 47 | + | rate in a summer reading course, the student is required to participate | |
| 48 | + | in an individual reading plan in the following school year. Requires the | |
| 49 | + | department of education to procure a universal screening assessment | |
| 50 | + | (assessment) that meets certain criteria. Requires certain schools to | |
| 51 | + | administer the assessment to students in kindergarten through grade 2 | |
| 52 | + | who are not on track for reading proficiency by grade 3 as determined | |
| 53 | + | by the department. Requires the state board of education to establish a | |
| 54 | + | method for virtual administration of the ILEARN statewide assessment. | |
| 55 | + | Provides that a vendor must supply a student's assessment results to the | |
| 56 | + | student and the student's parents. Applies the reading deficiency | |
| 57 | + | remediation plan (plan) to public schools, charter schools, state | |
| 58 | + | accredited nonpublic schools, and eligible schools. Makes the | |
| 59 | + | following changes to the plan: (1) Beginning with evaluations | |
| 60 | + | administered in the 2024-2025 school year, requires retention of a | |
| 61 | + | student in grade 3 in addition to remediation if the student has not | |
| 62 | + | achieved a passing score on the evaluation. (2) Requires schools to | |
| 63 | + | notify a student's parent of certain assessment results, interventions, or | |
| 64 | + | remedial actions provided to the student. (3) Requires schools to | |
| 65 | + | monitor the progress of students who have failed to achieve a passing | |
| 66 | + | score on the evaluation or the statewide assessment program test. (4) | |
| 67 | + | Requires schools to provide reading instruction aligned with the | |
| 68 | + | science of reading to all students in kindergarten through grade 8. (5) | |
| 69 | + | Requires schools to administer the evaluation to students who are in | |
| 70 | + | grade 2. (6) Requires a student to take the evaluation until certain | |
| 71 | + | conditions are met. (7) Requires school reporting on interventions for | |
| 72 | + | certain students at risk of not being reading proficient and for certain | |
| 73 | + | students who do not a achieve a valid passing score on the determinant | |
| 74 | + | evaluation of reading skills. Creates exceptions to the grade 3 retention | |
| 75 | + | requirement for a student who meets certain criteria. Requires the | |
| 76 | + | governing body of a school to establish a procedure allowing a parent | |
| 77 | + | or guardian of a student to appeal the student's retention under the plan. | |
| 78 | + | Requires the department to notify the parent or guardian of a child | |
| 79 | + | enrolled in kindergarten of the retention requirements under the plan. | |
| 80 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 Reprinted | |
| 81 | + | February 27, 2024 | |
| 1 | 82 | Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024) | |
| 2 | 83 | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana | |
| 3 | 84 | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, | |
| 4 | 85 | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. | |
| 5 | 86 | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional | |
| 6 | 87 | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the | |
| 7 | 88 | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds | |
| 8 | 89 | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. | |
| 9 | 90 | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts | |
| 10 | 91 | between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. | |
| 11 | - | SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 1 | |
| 12 | - | AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education. | |
| 92 | + | ENGROSSED | |
| 93 | + | SENATE BILL No. 1 | |
| 94 | + | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning | |
| 95 | + | education. | |
| 13 | 96 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: | |
| 14 | - | SECTION 1. IC 20-24-8-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023, | |
| 15 | - | SECTION 157, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 16 | - | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 5. The following statutes and rules | |
| 17 | - | and guidelines adopted under the following statutes apply to a charter | |
| 18 | - | school: | |
| 19 | - | (1) IC 5-11-1-9 (required audits by the state board of accounts). | |
| 20 | - | (2) IC 20-39-1-1 (unified accounting system). | |
| 21 | - | (3) IC 20-35 (special education). | |
| 22 | - | (4) IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history). | |
| 23 | - | (5) IC 20-26-5-6 (subject to laws requiring regulation by state | |
| 24 | - | agencies). | |
| 25 | - | (6) IC 20-28-10-12 (nondiscrimination for teacher marital status). | |
| 26 | - | (7) IC 20-28-10-14 (teacher freedom of association). | |
| 27 | - | (8) IC 20-28-10-17 (school counselor immunity). | |
| 28 | - | (9) For conversion charter schools only if the conversion charter | |
| 29 | - | school elects to collectively bargain under IC 20-24-6-3(b), | |
| 30 | - | IC 20-28-6, IC 20-28-7.5, IC 20-28-8, IC 20-28-9, and | |
| 31 | - | IC 20-28-10. | |
| 32 | - | (10) IC 20-33-2 (compulsory school attendance). | |
| 33 | - | (11) IC 20-33-8-19, IC 20-33-8-21, and IC 20-33-8-22 (student | |
| 34 | - | due process and judicial review). | |
| 35 | - | (12) IC 20-33-8-16 (firearms and deadly weapons). | |
| 36 | - | (13) IC 20-34-3 (health and safety measures). | |
| 37 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 2 | |
| 38 | - | (14) IC 20-33-9 (reporting of student violations of law). | |
| 39 | - | (15) IC 20-30-3-2 and IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative | |
| 40 | - | observances). | |
| 41 | - | (16) IC 20-31-3, IC 20-32-4, IC 20-32-5 (for a school year ending | |
| 42 | - | before July 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (for a school year beginning | |
| 43 | - | after June 30, 2018), IC 20-32-8, and IC 20-32-8.5, as provided | |
| 44 | - | in IC 20-32-8.5-2(b) IC 20-32-8.5-2 (academic standards, | |
| 45 | - | accreditation, assessment, and remediation). | |
| 46 | - | (17) IC 20-33-7 (parental access to education records). | |
| 47 | - | (18) IC 20-31 (accountability for school performance and | |
| 48 | - | improvement). | |
| 49 | - | (19) IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction). | |
| 50 | - | (20) IC 20-26-5-37.3, before its expiration (career and technical | |
| 51 | - | education reporting). | |
| 52 | - | (21) IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention). | |
| 53 | - | (22) IC 22-2-18, before its expiration on June 30, 2021 | |
| 54 | - | (limitations on employment of minors). | |
| 55 | - | (23) IC 20-26-12-1 (curricular material purchase and provision; | |
| 56 | - | public school students). | |
| 57 | - | (24) IC 20-26-12-2 (curricular material purchase and rental). | |
| 58 | - | SECTION 2. IC 20-24.2-4-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023, | |
| 97 | + | 1 SECTION 1. IC 20-24-8-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023, | |
| 98 | + | 2 SECTION 157, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 99 | + | 3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 5. The following statutes and rules | |
| 100 | + | 4 and guidelines adopted under the following statutes apply to a charter | |
| 101 | + | 5 school: | |
| 102 | + | 6 (1) IC 5-11-1-9 (required audits by the state board of accounts). | |
| 103 | + | 7 (2) IC 20-39-1-1 (unified accounting system). | |
| 104 | + | 8 (3) IC 20-35 (special education). | |
| 105 | + | 9 (4) IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history). | |
| 106 | + | 10 (5) IC 20-26-5-6 (subject to laws requiring regulation by state | |
| 107 | + | 11 agencies). | |
| 108 | + | 12 (6) IC 20-28-10-12 (nondiscrimination for teacher marital status). | |
| 109 | + | 13 (7) IC 20-28-10-14 (teacher freedom of association). | |
| 110 | + | 14 (8) IC 20-28-10-17 (school counselor immunity). | |
| 111 | + | 15 (9) For conversion charter schools only if the conversion charter | |
| 112 | + | 16 school elects to collectively bargain under IC 20-24-6-3(b), | |
| 113 | + | 17 IC 20-28-6, IC 20-28-7.5, IC 20-28-8, IC 20-28-9, and | |
| 114 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 2 | |
| 115 | + | 1 IC 20-28-10. | |
| 116 | + | 2 (10) IC 20-33-2 (compulsory school attendance). | |
| 117 | + | 3 (11) IC 20-33-8-19, IC 20-33-8-21, and IC 20-33-8-22 (student | |
| 118 | + | 4 due process and judicial review). | |
| 119 | + | 5 (12) IC 20-33-8-16 (firearms and deadly weapons). | |
| 120 | + | 6 (13) IC 20-34-3 (health and safety measures). | |
| 121 | + | 7 (14) IC 20-33-9 (reporting of student violations of law). | |
| 122 | + | 8 (15) IC 20-30-3-2 and IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative | |
| 123 | + | 9 observances). | |
| 124 | + | 10 (16) IC 20-31-3, IC 20-32-4, IC 20-32-5 (for a school year ending | |
| 125 | + | 11 before July 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (for a school year beginning | |
| 126 | + | 12 after June 30, 2018), IC 20-32-8, and IC 20-32-8.5, as provided | |
| 127 | + | 13 in IC 20-32-8.5-2(b) IC 20-32-8.5-2 (academic standards, | |
| 128 | + | 14 accreditation, assessment, and remediation). | |
| 129 | + | 15 (17) IC 20-33-7 (parental access to education records). | |
| 130 | + | 16 (18) IC 20-31 (accountability for school performance and | |
| 131 | + | 17 improvement). | |
| 132 | + | 18 (19) IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction). | |
| 133 | + | 19 (20) IC 20-26-5-37.3, before its expiration (career and technical | |
| 134 | + | 20 education reporting). | |
| 135 | + | 21 (21) IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention). | |
| 136 | + | 22 (22) IC 22-2-18, before its expiration on June 30, 2021 | |
| 137 | + | 23 (limitations on employment of minors). | |
| 138 | + | 24 (23) IC 20-26-12-1 (curricular material purchase and provision; | |
| 139 | + | 25 public school students). | |
| 140 | + | 26 (24) IC 20-26-12-2 (curricular material purchase and rental). | |
| 141 | + | 27 SECTION 2. IC 20-24.2-4-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023, | |
| 142 | + | 28 SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 143 | + | 29 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 3. (a) Except as specifically provided in this | |
| 144 | + | 30 article and section 4 of this chapter, the following provisions of this | |
| 145 | + | 31 title and a rule or guideline adopted by the state board under one (1) of | |
| 146 | + | 32 the following provisions of this title do not apply to a qualified district | |
| 147 | + | 33 or qualified high school: | |
| 148 | + | 34 (1) Provisions that do not apply to school corporations in general. | |
| 149 | + | 35 (2) IC 20-20 (programs administered by the state), except for | |
| 150 | + | 36 IC 20-20-1 (educational service centers). | |
| 151 | + | 37 (3) IC 20-28 (school teachers), except for IC 20-28-3-4 (teacher | |
| 152 | + | 38 continuing education), IC 20-28-4-8 (hiring of transition to | |
| 153 | + | 39 teaching participants; restrictions), IC 20-28-4-11 (transition to | |
| 154 | + | 40 teaching participants; school corporation or subject area; | |
| 155 | + | 41 transition to teaching permit), IC 20-28-5-8 (conviction of certain | |
| 156 | + | 42 felonies or misdemeanors; notice and hearing; permanent | |
| 157 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 3 | |
| 158 | + | 1 revocation of license; data base of school employees who have | |
| 159 | + | 2 been reported), IC 20-28-6 (teacher contracts), IC 20-28-7.5 | |
| 160 | + | 3 (cancellation of teacher contracts), IC 20-28-8 (contracts with | |
| 161 | + | 4 school administrators), IC 20-28-9 (teacher salary and related | |
| 162 | + | 5 payments), IC 20-28-10 (conditions of employment), and | |
| 163 | + | 6 IC 20-28-11.5 (staff performance evaluations). | |
| 164 | + | 7 (4) IC 20-30 (curriculum), except for IC 20-30-3-2 and | |
| 165 | + | 8 IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative observances), | |
| 166 | + | 9 IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements), and | |
| 167 | + | 10 IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction). | |
| 168 | + | 11 (5) IC 20-32 (student standards, assessments, and performance), | |
| 169 | + | 12 except for IC 20-32-4 (graduation requirements), IC 20-32-5 | |
| 170 | + | 13 (Indiana statewide testing for educational progress for a school | |
| 171 | + | 14 year ending before July 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (statewide | |
| 172 | + | 15 assessment program for a school year beginning after June 30, | |
| 173 | + | 16 2018), and IC 20-32-8 (remediation), and IC 20-32-8.5 (reading | |
| 174 | + | 17 improvement and remediation plans). | |
| 175 | + | 18 (6) IC 20-37 (career and technical education). | |
| 176 | + | 19 (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a school corporation may not | |
| 177 | + | 20 receive a decrease in state funding based upon the school corporation's | |
| 178 | + | 21 status as a qualified district or the status of a high school within the | |
| 179 | + | 22 school corporation as a qualified high school, or because of the | |
| 180 | + | 23 implementation of a waiver of a statute or rule that is allowed to be | |
| 181 | + | 24 waived by a qualified district or qualified high school. | |
| 182 | + | 25 SECTION 3. IC 20-24.2-4-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023, | |
| 183 | + | 26 SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 184 | + | 27 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 4. The following provisions of this title and rules | |
| 185 | + | 28 and guidelines adopted under the following provisions of this title | |
| 186 | + | 29 apply to a qualified district or qualified high school: | |
| 187 | + | 30 IC 20-20-1 (educational service centers). | |
| 188 | + | 31 IC 20-23 (organization of school corporations). | |
| 189 | + | 32 IC 20-26 (school corporation general administrative provisions). | |
| 190 | + | 33 IC 20-27 (school transportation). | |
| 191 | + | 34 IC 20-28-3-4 (teacher continuing education). | |
| 192 | + | 35 IC 20-28-4-8 (hiring of transition to teaching participants; | |
| 193 | + | 36 restrictions). | |
| 194 | + | 37 IC 20-28-4-11 (transition to teaching participants; school | |
| 195 | + | 38 corporation or subject area; transition to teaching permit). | |
| 196 | + | 39 IC 20-28-5-8 (conviction of certain felonies or misdemeanors; | |
| 197 | + | 40 notice and hearing; permanent revocation of license; data base of | |
| 198 | + | 41 school employees who have been reported). | |
| 199 | + | 42 IC 20-28-6 (teacher contracts). | |
| 200 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 4 | |
| 201 | + | 1 IC 20-28-7.5 (cancellation of teacher contracts). | |
| 202 | + | 2 IC 20-28-8 (contracts with school administrators). | |
| 203 | + | 3 IC 20-28-9 (teacher salary and related payments). | |
| 204 | + | 4 IC 20-28-10 (conditions of employment). | |
| 205 | + | 5 IC 20-28-11.5 (staff performance evaluations). | |
| 206 | + | 6 IC 20-29 (collective bargaining for teachers). | |
| 207 | + | 7 IC 20-30-3-2 and IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative | |
| 208 | + | 8 observances). | |
| 209 | + | 9 IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements). | |
| 210 | + | 10 IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction). | |
| 211 | + | 11 IC 20-31 (accountability for school performance and | |
| 212 | + | 12 improvement). | |
| 213 | + | 13 IC 20-32-4, IC 20-32-5 (for a school year beginning before July | |
| 214 | + | 14 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (for a school year ending after June 30, | |
| 215 | + | 15 2018), and IC 20-32-8 (accreditation, assessment, and | |
| 216 | + | 16 remediation), or any other statute, rule, or guideline related to | |
| 217 | + | 17 standardized assessments. | |
| 218 | + | 18 IC 20-32-8.5 (reading improvement and remediation plans). | |
| 219 | + | 19 IC 20-33 (students: general provisions). | |
| 220 | + | 20 IC 20-34-3 (health and safety measures). | |
| 221 | + | 21 IC 20-35 (special education). | |
| 222 | + | 22 IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention). | |
| 223 | + | 23 IC 20-36 (high ability students). | |
| 224 | + | 24 IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting procedures). | |
| 225 | + | 25 IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts). | |
| 226 | + | 26 IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts). | |
| 227 | + | 27 IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student instruction and | |
| 228 | + | 28 learning). | |
| 229 | + | 29 IC 20-43 (state tuition support). | |
| 230 | + | 30 IC 20-44 (property tax levies). | |
| 231 | + | 31 IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies). | |
| 232 | + | 32 IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease agreements). | |
| 233 | + | 33 IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds). | |
| 234 | + | 34 IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; state | |
| 235 | + | 35 advances and loans). | |
| 236 | + | 36 IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children). | |
| 237 | + | 37 SECTION 4. IC 20-26.5-2-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023, | |
| 238 | + | 38 SECTION 167, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 239 | + | 39 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 3. (a) Notwithstanding any other | |
| 240 | + | 40 law, the following may be suspended for a coalition member in | |
| 241 | + | 41 accordance with the coalition's plan: | |
| 242 | + | 42 (1) Subject to section 1(c) of this chapter, IC 20-30, concerning | |
| 243 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 5 | |
| 244 | + | 1 curriculum. | |
| 245 | + | 2 (2) The following statutes and rules concerning curricular | |
| 246 | + | 3 materials: | |
| 247 | + | 4 IC 20-26-12-1, except for the provision of curricular materials | |
| 248 | + | 5 at no cost to a student in a public school. | |
| 249 | + | 6 IC 20-26-12-2, except for the prohibition of renting curricular | |
| 250 | + | 7 materials to students enrolled in a public school. | |
| 251 | + | 8 IC 20-26-12-24. | |
| 252 | + | 9 511 IAC 6.1-5-5. | |
| 253 | + | 10 (3) The following rules concerning teacher licenses: | |
| 254 | + | 11 511 IAC 16. | |
| 255 | + | 12 511 IAC 17. | |
| 256 | + | 13 (4) Subject to subsection (c), IC 20-31-3 (concerning the adoption | |
| 257 | + | 14 of academic standards). | |
| 258 | + | 15 (5) IC 20-31-4.1, concerning the performance based accreditation | |
| 259 | + | 16 system. | |
| 260 | + | 17 (6) Except as provided in subsection (b), any other statute in | |
| 261 | + | 18 IC 20 or rule in 511 IAC requested to be suspended as part of the | |
| 262 | + | 19 plan that is approved by the state board under section 1 of this | |
| 263 | + | 20 chapter. | |
| 264 | + | 21 (b) A coalition member may not suspend under subsection (a)(6) | |
| 265 | + | 22 any of the following: | |
| 266 | + | 23 (1) IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history and child protection index | |
| 267 | + | 24 check). | |
| 268 | + | 25 (2) IC 20-28 (school teachers). | |
| 269 | + | 26 (3) IC 20-29 (collective bargaining). | |
| 270 | + | 27 (4) IC 20-31 (accountability for performance and improvement), | |
| 271 | + | 28 except for IC 20-31-3 and IC 20-31-4.1. | |
| 272 | + | 29 (5) Subject to subsection (c), IC 20-32-4 (graduation | |
| 273 | + | 30 requirements). | |
| 274 | + | 31 (6) IC 20-32-5.1 (Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment | |
| 275 | + | 32 Readiness Network (ILEARN) program). | |
| 276 | + | 33 (7) IC 20-32-8.5 (reading improvement and remediation | |
| 277 | + | 34 plans). | |
| 278 | + | 35 (7) (8) IC 20-33 (students). | |
| 279 | + | 36 (8) (9) IC 20-34 (student health and safety measures). | |
| 280 | + | 37 (9) (10) IC 20-35 (special education). | |
| 281 | + | 38 (10) (11) IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention). | |
| 282 | + | 39 (11) (12) IC 20-36 (high ability students). | |
| 283 | + | 40 (12) (13) IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting | |
| 284 | + | 41 procedures). | |
| 285 | + | 42 (13) (14) IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts). | |
| 286 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 6 | |
| 287 | + | 1 (14) (15) IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts). | |
| 288 | + | 2 (15) (16) IC 20-42 (fiduciary funds and accounts). | |
| 289 | + | 3 (16) (17) IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student | |
| 290 | + | 4 instruction and learning). | |
| 291 | + | 5 (17) (18) IC 20-43 (state tuition support). | |
| 292 | + | 6 (18) (19) IC 20-44 (property tax levies). | |
| 293 | + | 7 (19) (20) IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies). | |
| 294 | + | 8 (20) (21) IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease | |
| 295 | + | 9 agreements). | |
| 296 | + | 10 (21) (22) IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds). | |
| 297 | + | 11 (22) (23) IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; | |
| 298 | + | 12 state advances and loans). | |
| 299 | + | 13 (23) (24) IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children). | |
| 300 | + | 14 (c) A coalition member must comply with the postsecondary | |
| 301 | + | 15 readiness competency requirements under IC 20-32-4-1.5(b)(1). | |
| 302 | + | 16 However, notwithstanding any other law, a coalition member may | |
| 303 | + | 17 replace high school courses on the high school transcript with courses | |
| 304 | + | 18 on the same subject matter with equal or greater rigor to the required | |
| 305 | + | 19 high school course and may count such a course as satisfying the | |
| 306 | + | 20 equivalent diploma requirements established by IC 20 and any | |
| 307 | + | 21 applicable state board administrative rules or requirements. If the | |
| 308 | + | 22 coalition member school offers courses that are not aligned with | |
| 309 | + | 23 requirements adopted by the state board under IC 20-30-10, a parent of | |
| 310 | + | 24 a student and the student who intends to enroll in a course that is not | |
| 311 | + | 25 aligned with requirements adopted by the state board under | |
| 312 | + | 26 IC 20-30-10 must provide consent to the coalition member school to | |
| 313 | + | 27 enroll in the course. The consent form used by the coalition, which | |
| 314 | + | 28 shall be developed in collaboration with the commission for higher | |
| 315 | + | 29 education, must notify the parent and the student that enrollment in the | |
| 316 | + | 30 course may affect the student's ability to attend a particular | |
| 317 | + | 31 postsecondary educational institution or enroll in a particular course at | |
| 318 | + | 32 a particular postsecondary educational institution because the course | |
| 319 | + | 33 does not align with requirements established by the state board under | |
| 320 | + | 34 IC 20-30-10. | |
| 321 | + | 35 SECTION 5. IC 20-28-5-19.7, AS ADDED BY P.L.243-2023, | |
| 322 | + | 36 SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 323 | + | 37 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 19.7. (a) Not later than July 1, 2024, the state | |
| 324 | + | 38 board shall establish and require a literacy endorsement for individuals | |
| 325 | + | 39 first licensed after June 30, 2025, to teach a content area involving | |
| 326 | + | 40 literacy instruction, including special education, in prekindergarten | |
| 327 | + | 41 through grade 5. | |
| 328 | + | 42 (b) Except as provided in section 19.8(a) of this chapter, | |
| 329 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 7 | |
| 330 | + | 1 beginning July 1, 2025, 2027, the department may not renew a | |
| 331 | + | 2 practitioner license or an accomplished practitioner license, or a | |
| 332 | + | 3 comparable license under prior rules, issued to an individual who, | |
| 333 | + | 4 (1) is first licensed after June 30, 2025; and | |
| 334 | + | 5 (2) based on the content area for which the individual is licensed, | |
| 335 | + | 6 including special education, provides literacy instruction to | |
| 336 | + | 7 students in prekindergarten through grade 5 | |
| 337 | + | 8 unless the individual receives a literacy endorsement under this section. | |
| 338 | + | 9 (c) To be eligible to receive a literacy endorsement, an individual | |
| 339 | + | 10 must meet the following: | |
| 340 | + | 11 (1) Complete eighty (80) hours of evidence based professional | |
| 341 | + | 12 development that is: | |
| 342 | + | 13 (A) aligned to the science of reading; and | |
| 343 | + | 14 (B) provided by an organization accredited by the International | |
| 344 | + | 15 Dyslexia Association; and | |
| 345 | + | 16 (C) (B) approved by the department. | |
| 346 | + | 17 (2) Demonstrate proficiency in scientifically based reading | |
| 347 | + | 18 instruction skills aligned to the science of reading on a written | |
| 348 | + | 19 examination or through other procedures prescribed by the | |
| 349 | + | 20 department in accordance with this section. | |
| 350 | + | 21 (d) Of The eighty (80) hours of evidence based professional | |
| 351 | + | 22 development required under subsection (c)(1), at least forty (40) hours | |
| 352 | + | 23 must be completed through live sessions, which may be attended in | |
| 353 | + | 24 person or virtually, taught by a certified facilitator. (c)(1) must provide | |
| 354 | + | 25 individualized and on demand support. The evidence based | |
| 355 | + | 26 professional development required under subsection (c)(1) must: | |
| 356 | + | 27 (1) promote explicit, systematic, and cumulative instruction as the | |
| 357 | + | 28 primary approach to literacy instruction; | |
| 358 | + | 29 (2) promote an understanding of how language, reading, and | |
| 359 | + | 30 writing relate to each other; | |
| 360 | + | 31 (3) promote strategies for differentiated instruction for: | |
| 361 | + | 32 (A) students with: | |
| 362 | + | 33 (i) reading difficulties; or | |
| 363 | + | 34 (ii) disabilities; and | |
| 364 | + | 35 (B) English language learners; | |
| 365 | + | 36 (4) focus on phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, | |
| 366 | + | 37 and comprehension; and | |
| 367 | + | 38 (5) allow participants to implement the strategies into a classroom | |
| 368 | + | 39 environment with the opportunity for feedback throughout the | |
| 369 | + | 40 professional development experience. | |
| 370 | + | 41 (e) The written examination required under subsection (c)(2) shall | |
| 371 | + | 42 ensure the individual demonstrates the ability to: | |
| 372 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 8 | |
| 373 | + | 1 (1) effectively teach foundational reading skills, phonemic | |
| 374 | + | 2 awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; | |
| 375 | + | 3 (2) implement reading instruction using high quality instructional | |
| 376 | + | 4 materials aligned to the science of reading; and | |
| 377 | + | 5 (3) provide effective instruction and interventions for students | |
| 378 | + | 6 with reading deficiencies. | |
| 379 | + | 7 (f) The department shall approve and provide the evidence based | |
| 380 | + | 8 professional development necessary for an individual to receive a | |
| 381 | + | 9 literacy endorsement under this section. | |
| 382 | + | 10 (g) The department shall establish the procedure for an existing | |
| 383 | + | 11 teacher to add the literacy endorsement established under this section | |
| 384 | + | 12 to the teacher's license. | |
| 385 | + | 13 (h) The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the | |
| 386 | + | 14 following: | |
| 387 | + | 15 (1) Adopt, validate, and implement the examination or other | |
| 388 | + | 16 procedures required by subsection (c)(2). | |
| 389 | + | 17 (2) Establish examination scores indicating proficiency. | |
| 390 | + | 18 (3) Otherwise carry out the purposes of this section. | |
| 391 | + | 19 SECTION 6. IC 20-28-5-19.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 392 | + | 20 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 393 | + | 21 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 19.8. (a) An individual described | |
| 394 | + | 22 in section 19.7(b) of this chapter who cannot comply with the | |
| 395 | + | 23 requirements of section 19.7 of this chapter may apply for a waiver | |
| 396 | + | 24 from the department in a form and manner prescribed by the | |
| 397 | + | 25 department. | |
| 398 | + | 26 (b) Subject to subsection (d), if the department determines that | |
| 399 | + | 27 an individual described in subsection (a) cannot comply with the | |
| 400 | + | 28 requirements of section 19.7 of this chapter, the department may | |
| 401 | + | 29 grant the individual a waiver that provides an exception to the | |
| 402 | + | 30 requirements. | |
| 403 | + | 31 (c) The department may grant a waiver under this section to an | |
| 404 | + | 32 individual that: | |
| 405 | + | 33 (1) is not more than one (1) year; and | |
| 406 | + | 34 (2) does not extend beyond July 1, 2028. | |
| 407 | + | 35 However the department may extend the waiver described in this | |
| 408 | + | 36 subsection if the department determines a hardship exists for the | |
| 409 | + | 37 individual in meeting the requirements under section 19.7 of this | |
| 410 | + | 38 chapter. | |
| 411 | + | 39 (d) Before the department may grant a waiver under this | |
| 412 | + | 40 section, the department shall submit a report not later than | |
| 413 | + | 41 December 1, 2026, to the legislative council in an electronic format | |
| 414 | + | 42 under IC 5-14-6 that contains the following information: | |
| 415 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 9 | |
| 416 | + | 1 (1) The progress made by the department toward the | |
| 417 | + | 2 requirements in section 19.7 of this chapter. | |
| 418 | + | 3 (2) The progress made by the department toward the goal of | |
| 419 | + | 4 student literacy in Indiana. | |
| 420 | + | 5 (3) Barriers and challenges that remain for all individuals | |
| 421 | + | 6 described in section 19.7(b) of this chapter to achieving the | |
| 422 | + | 7 requirements of section 19.7 of this chapter. | |
| 423 | + | 8 (4) The reasons the department's waiver authority under this | |
| 424 | + | 9 section is necessary. | |
| 425 | + | 10 (5) Any other recommendations the department may have for | |
| 426 | + | 11 educators, communities, parents, schools, teacher preparation | |
| 427 | + | 12 programs, and the general assembly for achieving: | |
| 428 | + | 13 (A) full compliance with the requirements of section 19.7 | |
| 429 | + | 14 of this chapter; and | |
| 430 | + | 15 (B) student literacy goals of the state. | |
| 431 | + | 16 SECTION 7. IC 20-30-7-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2018, | |
| 432 | + | 17 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 433 | + | 18 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), | |
| 434 | + | 19 the state board may prescribe a program of summer school education | |
| 435 | + | 20 for public schools. Subject to subsection (b), the state board shall | |
| 436 | + | 21 adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for: | |
| 437 | + | 22 (1) summer school programs; and | |
| 438 | + | 23 (2) the state distribution formula for any money appropriated by | |
| 439 | + | 24 the general assembly for summer school education to allow for | |
| 440 | + | 25 the reimbursement for: | |
| 441 | + | 26 (A) instructional costs; and | |
| 442 | + | 27 (B) costs of tuition for an applicable online summer school | |
| 443 | + | 28 course. | |
| 444 | + | 29 (b) The state board shall give priority reimbursement, which | |
| 445 | + | 30 must be exempt from the distribution formula adopted by the state | |
| 446 | + | 31 board under subsection (a), for all eligible costs for summer school | |
| 447 | + | 32 courses that include curriculum aligned with the science of reading | |
| 448 | + | 33 designated by the department to support students in: | |
| 449 | + | 34 (1) grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient; | |
| 450 | + | 35 and | |
| 451 | + | 36 (2) grade 3 who are not reading proficient; | |
| 452 | + | 37 as indicated on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 453 | + | 38 approved by the state board under IC 20-32-8.5-2. | |
| 454 | + | 39 (c) A state accredited nonpublic school and an eligible school (as | |
| 455 | + | 40 defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) shall be eligible for summer school | |
| 456 | + | 41 funding for courses that include curriculum aligned with the | |
| 457 | + | 42 science of reading designated by the department to support | |
| 458 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 10 | |
| 459 | + | 1 students in: | |
| 460 | + | 2 (1) grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient; | |
| 461 | + | 3 and | |
| 462 | + | 4 (2) grade 3 who are not reading proficient; | |
| 463 | + | 5 as indicated on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 464 | + | 6 approved by the state board under IC 20-32-8.5-2. | |
| 465 | + | 7 SECTION 8. IC 20-30-7-13 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE | |
| 466 | + | 8 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY | |
| 467 | + | 9 1, 2024]: Sec. 13. (a) This section applies to: | |
| 468 | + | 10 (1) a public school, including a charter school; | |
| 469 | + | 11 (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; and | |
| 470 | + | 12 (3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7). | |
| 471 | + | 13 (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a school shall | |
| 472 | + | 14 offer summer school courses designated by the department to | |
| 473 | + | 15 support students in: | |
| 474 | + | 16 (1) grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient; | |
| 475 | + | 17 and | |
| 476 | + | 18 (2) grade 3 who are not reading proficient; | |
| 477 | + | 19 as indicated on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 478 | + | 20 approved by the state board under IC 20-32-8.5-2. | |
| 479 | + | 21 (c) A summer school course described in subsection (b) must: | |
| 480 | + | 22 (1) be taught by a teacher, instructor, or tutor who is trained | |
| 481 | + | 23 in the science of reading as determined by the department; | |
| 482 | + | 24 and | |
| 483 | + | 25 (2) use curriculum or intervention materials aligned with the | |
| 484 | + | 26 science of reading. | |
| 485 | + | 27 (d) If a student described in subsection (b) does not achieve at | |
| 486 | + | 28 least a ninety percent (90%) attendance rate in a summer reading | |
| 487 | + | 29 course described in subsection (b), the student shall participate in | |
| 488 | + | 30 an individual reading plan aligned with the science of reading in | |
| 489 | + | 31 the following school year. | |
| 490 | + | 32 SECTION 9. IC 20-31-4.1-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023, | |
| 491 | + | 33 SECTION 169, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 492 | + | 34 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 7. A school or group of schools that | |
| 493 | + | 35 submits an application under section 4 of this chapter may not request | |
| 494 | + | 36 to waive any of the following provisions: | |
| 495 | + | 37 IC 20-24-8-2 (prohibited acts). | |
| 496 | + | 38 IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history and child protection index check). | |
| 497 | + | 39 IC 20-26-12-1 (curricular material purchase and provision; public | |
| 498 | + | 40 school students). | |
| 499 | + | 41 IC 20-26-12-2 (curricular material purchase and rental). | |
| 500 | + | 42 IC 20-27-7 (school bus inspection and registration). | |
| 501 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 11 | |
| 502 | + | 1 IC 20-27-8-1 (school bus drivers and monitors). | |
| 503 | + | 2 IC 20-27-8-2 (school bus driver driving summary). | |
| 504 | + | 3 IC 20-27-10-3 (capacity of school bus). | |
| 505 | + | 4 IC 20-28 (school teachers). | |
| 506 | + | 5 IC 20-29 (collective bargaining). | |
| 507 | + | 6 IC 20-30-5-0.5 (display of United States flag; Pledge of | |
| 508 | + | 7 Allegiance). | |
| 509 | + | 8 IC 20-30-5-1 (constitutions). | |
| 510 | + | 9 IC 20-30-5-2 (constitutions; interdisciplinary course). | |
| 511 | + | 10 IC 20-30-5-3 (protected writings). | |
| 512 | + | 11 IC 20-30-5-4 (American history). | |
| 513 | + | 12 IC 20-30-5-4.5 (moment of silence). | |
| 514 | + | 13 IC 20-30-5-5 (morals instruction). | |
| 515 | + | 14 IC 20-30-5-6 (good citizenship instruction). | |
| 516 | + | 15 IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements). | |
| 517 | + | 16 IC 20-30-5-17 (access to materials; consent for participation). | |
| 518 | + | 17 IC 20-30-5-21 (contrary student instruction not permitted). | |
| 519 | + | 18 IC 20-30-5-22 (Indiana studies). | |
| 520 | + | 19 IC 20-31 (accountability for performance and improvement). | |
| 521 | + | 20 IC 20-32-4 (graduation requirements). | |
| 522 | + | 21 IC 20-32-5.1 (Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment | |
| 523 | + | 22 Readiness Network (ILEARN) program). | |
| 524 | + | 23 IC 20-32-8.5 (reading improvement and remediation plans). | |
| 525 | + | 24 IC 20-33-1 (equal educational opportunity). | |
| 526 | + | 25 IC 20-34 (student health and safety measures). | |
| 527 | + | 26 IC 20-35 (special education). | |
| 528 | + | 27 IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention). | |
| 529 | + | 28 IC 20-36 (high ability students). | |
| 530 | + | 29 IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting procedures). | |
| 531 | + | 30 IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts). | |
| 532 | + | 31 IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts). | |
| 533 | + | 32 IC 20-42 (fiduciary funds and accounts). | |
| 534 | + | 33 IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student instruction and | |
| 535 | + | 34 learning). | |
| 536 | + | 35 IC 20-43 (state tuition support). | |
| 537 | + | 36 IC 20-44 (property tax levies). | |
| 538 | + | 37 IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies). | |
| 539 | + | 38 IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease agreements). | |
| 540 | + | 39 IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds). | |
| 541 | + | 40 IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; state | |
| 542 | + | 41 advances and loans). | |
| 543 | + | 42 IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children). | |
| 544 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 12 | |
| 545 | + | 1 IC 20-51 (school scholarships). | |
| 546 | + | 2 SECTION 10. IC 20-32-1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020, | |
| 547 | + | 3 SECTION 70, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 548 | + | 4 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 1. Except as provided in IC 20-32-8.5, this | |
| 549 | + | 5 article applies only to the following: | |
| 550 | + | 6 (1) Public schools. | |
| 551 | + | 7 (2) State accredited nonpublic schools. | |
| 552 | + | 8 SECTION 11. IC 20-32-2-2.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 553 | + | 9 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 554 | + | 10 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2.1. "Retention" means an | |
| 555 | + | 11 individual repeating the same grade level in a subsequent school | |
| 556 | + | 12 year that the individual participated in during the immediately | |
| 557 | + | 13 preceding school year. | |
| 558 | + | 14 SECTION 12. IC 20-32-2-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020, | |
| 559 | + | 15 SECTION 71, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 560 | + | 16 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 3. Except as provided in IC 20-32-8.5-0.7, | |
| 561 | + | 17 "student" means an individual who is enrolled in: | |
| 562 | + | 18 (1) a public school; | |
| 563 | + | 19 (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; or | |
| 564 | + | 20 (3) another nonpublic school that has requested and received from | |
| 565 | + | 21 the state board specific approval of the school's educational | |
| 566 | + | 22 program. | |
| 567 | + | 23 SECTION 13. IC 20-32-5.1-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.43-2021, | |
| 568 | + | 24 SECTION 105, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 569 | + | 25 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 6. (a) The state board shall: | |
| 570 | + | 26 (1) authorize and oversee the department's development and | |
| 571 | + | 27 implementation of the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment | |
| 572 | + | 28 Readiness Network (ILEARN) program, including: | |
| 573 | + | 29 (A) establishment of criteria for requests for proposals for | |
| 574 | + | 30 statewide assessments developed or authorized under this | |
| 575 | + | 31 chapter; | |
| 576 | + | 32 (B) establishment of criteria for membership of evaluation | |
| 577 | + | 33 teams; and | |
| 578 | + | 34 (C) establishment of criteria for content and format of the | |
| 579 | + | 35 statewide assessment; and | |
| 580 | + | 36 (2) require the department to conduct ongoing analysis of whether | |
| 581 | + | 37 the statewide assessment results are predictive of success in | |
| 582 | + | 38 college and career training programs. | |
| 583 | + | 39 (b) The passing scores on a statewide assessment must be | |
| 584 | + | 40 determined by statistically valid and reliable methods as determined by | |
| 585 | + | 41 independent experts selected by the state board. | |
| 586 | + | 42 (c) The state board, in consultation with The Arc of Indiana and | |
| 587 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 13 | |
| 588 | + | 1 Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education (ICASE), shall | |
| 589 | + | 2 select one (1) or more individuals who specialize in special education | |
| 590 | + | 3 who shall, in turn, be consulted with by the state board as part of the | |
| 591 | + | 4 state board's oversight of the development and implementation of the | |
| 592 | + | 5 Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network | |
| 593 | + | 6 (ILEARN) program. | |
| 594 | + | 7 (d) The secretary of education, with the approval of the state board, | |
| 595 | + | 8 is responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of | |
| 596 | + | 9 the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network | |
| 597 | + | 10 (ILEARN) program. | |
| 598 | + | 11 (e) The department shall prepare detailed design specifications for | |
| 599 | + | 12 the statewide assessment developed under this chapter that must do the | |
| 600 | + | 13 following: | |
| 601 | + | 14 (1) Take into account the academic standards adopted under | |
| 602 | + | 15 IC 20-31-3. | |
| 603 | + | 16 (2) Include testing of students' higher level cognitive thinking in | |
| 604 | + | 17 each subject area tested. | |
| 605 | + | 18 (f) A statewide assessment described in section 7 of this chapter | |
| 606 | + | 19 may be in a form that allows the department and the state board, to the | |
| 607 | + | 20 extent possible, to compare the proficiency of Indiana students to the | |
| 608 | + | 21 proficiency of students in other states. A statewide assessment may | |
| 609 | + | 22 consist of original test items for Indiana's exclusive use if the state | |
| 610 | + | 23 board determines that: | |
| 611 | + | 24 (1) developing original test items for Indiana's exclusive use will | |
| 612 | + | 25 result in cost savings; or | |
| 613 | + | 26 (2) it would be impractical to develop a statewide assessment | |
| 614 | + | 27 adequately aligned to Indiana's academic standards without | |
| 615 | + | 28 including original test items developed for Indiana's exclusive | |
| 616 | + | 29 use. | |
| 617 | + | 30 (g) The state board shall establish a method for virtual | |
| 618 | + | 31 administration of the statewide assessment described in section 7 | |
| 619 | + | 32 of this chapter. | |
| 620 | + | 33 SECTION 14. IC 20-32-5.1-17, AS AMENDED BY P.L.245-2023, | |
| 621 | + | 34 SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 622 | + | 35 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 17. (a) The state board shall approve two (2) or | |
| 623 | + | 36 more benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessments to identify | |
| 624 | + | 37 students that require remediation and provide individualized instruction | |
| 625 | + | 38 in which a school corporation, charter school, state accredited | |
| 626 | + | 39 nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) may | |
| 627 | + | 40 receive a grant under subsection (g). | |
| 628 | + | 41 (b) For a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment | |
| 629 | + | 42 described in subsection (a) that is administered to students in | |
| 630 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 14 | |
| 631 | + | 1 kindergarten through grade 2, the assessment must meet one (1) or | |
| 632 | + | 2 more of the following: | |
| 633 | + | 3 (1) The assessment: | |
| 634 | + | 4 (A) focuses on English/language arts; and | |
| 635 | + | 5 (B) shows alignment, verified by a third party, to Indiana's | |
| 636 | + | 6 academic standards for English/language arts domains, | |
| 637 | + | 7 specifically foundational reading skills. | |
| 638 | + | 8 (2) The assessment is a universal screener that: | |
| 639 | + | 9 (A) meets the screening requirements listed in IC 20-35.5-2-2; | |
| 640 | + | 10 (B) measures foundational reading skills; and | |
| 641 | + | 11 (C) received a convincing or partially convincing rating for | |
| 642 | + | 12 accuracy, reliability, and validity by the National Center on | |
| 643 | + | 13 Intensive Intervention or a nationally recognized dyslexia | |
| 644 | + | 14 assessment expert; | |
| 645 | + | 15 (D) screens for early literacy skill deficits; | |
| 646 | + | 16 (E) provides parents and schools with data analysis guides | |
| 647 | + | 17 for interpreting results and comprehensive support for | |
| 648 | + | 18 schools to guide classroom instruction and the | |
| 649 | + | 19 implementation of reading interventions; and | |
| 650 | + | 20 (F) provides the department with an annual analysis of | |
| 651 | + | 21 statewide data trends to support identification of early | |
| 652 | + | 22 literacy skill deficits and guides targeted intervention | |
| 653 | + | 23 efforts. | |
| 654 | + | 24 (3) The assessment focuses on numeracy and shows alignment, | |
| 655 | + | 25 verified by a third party, to Indiana's academic standards for | |
| 656 | + | 26 mathematical domains, specifically: | |
| 657 | + | 27 (A) number sense; | |
| 658 | + | 28 (B) computation and algebraic thinking; and | |
| 659 | + | 29 (C) measurement. | |
| 660 | + | 30 (c) For a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment | |
| 661 | + | 31 described in subsection (a) that is administered to students in grades 3 | |
| 662 | + | 32 through 7, the assessment must show alignment, verified by a third | |
| 663 | + | 33 party, to Indiana's academic standards. | |
| 664 | + | 34 (d) For a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment | |
| 665 | + | 35 described in subsection (a) that is administered to students in grades 8 | |
| 666 | + | 36 through 10, the assessment must show alignment, verified by a third | |
| 667 | + | 37 party, to: | |
| 668 | + | 38 (1) Indiana's academic standards; or | |
| 669 | + | 39 (2) the nationally recognized college entrance exam required to be | |
| 670 | + | 40 administered under section 7 of this chapter. | |
| 671 | + | 41 (e) This subsection does not apply to an assessment that is a | |
| 672 | + | 42 universal screener described in subsection (b)(2). The majority of the | |
| 673 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 15 | |
| 674 | + | 1 benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment reporting must | |
| 675 | + | 2 indicate the degree to which students are on track for grade level | |
| 676 | + | 3 proficiency and college and career readiness. Approved assessments | |
| 677 | + | 4 must also provide predictive study results for student performance on | |
| 678 | + | 5 the statewide assessment under section 7 of this chapter, not later than | |
| 679 | + | 6 two (2) years after the summative assessment has been first | |
| 680 | + | 7 administered. | |
| 681 | + | 8 (f) This subsection does not apply to an assessment that is a | |
| 682 | + | 9 universal screener described in subsection (b)(2). A school corporation, | |
| 683 | + | 10 charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as | |
| 684 | + | 11 defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) may elect to administer a benchmark, | |
| 685 | + | 12 formative, interim, or similar assessment described in subsection (a). | |
| 686 | + | 13 If a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic | |
| 687 | + | 14 school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) administers an | |
| 688 | + | 15 assessment described in subsection (a), the school corporation, charter | |
| 689 | + | 16 school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined | |
| 690 | + | 17 in IC 20-51-1-4.7) may prescribe the time and the manner in which the | |
| 691 | + | 18 assessment is administered. | |
| 692 | + | 19 (g) If a school corporation, charter school, state accredited | |
| 693 | + | 20 nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) | |
| 694 | + | 21 elects to administer a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar | |
| 695 | + | 22 assessment described in subsection (a), the school corporation, charter | |
| 696 | + | 23 school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined | |
| 697 | + | 24 in IC 20-51-1-4.7) is entitled to receive a grant or reimbursement from | |
| 698 | + | 25 the department in an amount not to exceed the cost of the assessment. | |
| 699 | + | 26 The department shall provide grants and reimbursements to a school | |
| 700 | + | 27 corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or | |
| 701 | + | 28 eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) under this section from | |
| 702 | + | 29 money appropriated to the department for the purpose of carrying out | |
| 703 | + | 30 this section. | |
| 704 | + | 31 (h) Except as provided in subsection (j), the state board and the | |
| 705 | + | 32 department may not contract with, approve, or endorse the use of a | |
| 706 | + | 33 single vendor to provide benchmark, formative, interim, or similar | |
| 707 | + | 34 assessments for any grade level or levels of kindergarten through grade | |
| 708 | + | 35 7. | |
| 709 | + | 36 (i) Before the state board may approve a benchmark, formative, | |
| 710 | + | 37 interim, or similar assessment described in subsection (a), the | |
| 711 | + | 38 assessment vendor must enter into a data share agreement with the | |
| 712 | + | 39 department in the manner prescribed by the department. A vendor | |
| 713 | + | 40 providing an assessment described in subsection (b)(2) shall | |
| 714 | + | 41 provide a summary of a student's assessment results to the student | |
| 715 | + | 42 and the student's parents. The summary of the results must be in | |
| 716 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 16 | |
| 717 | + | 1 an understandable format for parents that is easy to read. | |
| 718 | + | 2 (j) The department shall procure a preferred assessment that | |
| 719 | + | 3 meets the requirements specified in subsection (b)(2) for use by | |
| 720 | + | 4 schools in which fewer than seventy percent (70%) of students in | |
| 721 | + | 5 the school achieved a valid passing score on the determinant | |
| 722 | + | 6 evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board. | |
| 723 | + | 7 (k) This subsection applies to: | |
| 724 | + | 8 (1) a public school, including a charter school; | |
| 725 | + | 9 (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; and | |
| 726 | + | 10 (3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7). | |
| 727 | + | 11 An elementary school shall administer an assessment described in | |
| 728 | + | 12 subsection (b)(2) to students in kindergarten through grade 2. The | |
| 729 | + | 13 department shall provide guidance as to the number of times the | |
| 730 | + | 14 assessment is required and when the administrations of the | |
| 731 | + | 15 assessment should occur. | |
| 732 | + | 16 SECTION 15. IC 20-32-8.5-0.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 733 | + | 17 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 734 | + | 18 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 0.5. This chapter applies to: | |
| 735 | + | 19 (1) a public school, including a charter school; | |
| 736 | + | 20 (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; and | |
| 737 | + | 21 (3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7). | |
| 738 | + | 22 SECTION 16. IC 20-32-8.5-0.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 739 | + | 23 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 740 | + | 24 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 0.7. As used in this chapter, | |
| 741 | + | 25 "student" means an individual who is enrolled in a school | |
| 742 | + | 26 described in section 0.5 of this chapter. | |
| 743 | + | 27 SECTION 17. IC 20-32-8.5-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.245-2023, | |
| 744 | + | 28 SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 745 | + | 29 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), or (c), | |
| 746 | + | 30 the plan required by this chapter must include the following: | |
| 747 | + | 31 (1) Reading skill standards for grade 1 through grade 3. | |
| 748 | + | 32 (2) An emphasis on A method for making determinant evaluations | |
| 749 | + | 33 by grade 3 that might require remedial action is required for the | |
| 750 | + | 34 a student, including: | |
| 751 | + | 35 (A) beginning with evaluations administered during the | |
| 752 | + | 36 2024-2025 school year, and except as provided in | |
| 753 | + | 37 subsection (c), retention of the student in grade 3 if the | |
| 754 | + | 38 student has not achieved a passing score on the | |
| 755 | + | 39 determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by the | |
| 756 | + | 40 state board after the student has had an opportunity to | |
| 757 | + | 41 retake the determinant evaluation in the summer; and | |
| 758 | + | 42 (B) the use of curricular materials and supplemental | |
| 759 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 17 | |
| 760 | + | 1 materials aligned to the science of reading that are | |
| 761 | + | 2 designed to address deficiencies in reading; | |
| 762 | + | 3 retention as a last resort, after other methods of remediation have | |
| 763 | + | 4 been evaluated or used, or both, if reading skills are below the | |
| 764 | + | 5 standard. Appropriate consultation with parents or guardians must | |
| 765 | + | 6 be part of the plan. | |
| 766 | + | 7 (3) A requirement that schools notify a student's parent of the | |
| 767 | + | 8 following: | |
| 768 | + | 9 (A) The student's assessment results regarding skill level | |
| 769 | + | 10 in: | |
| 770 | + | 11 (i) phonemic awareness; | |
| 771 | + | 12 (ii) phonics; | |
| 772 | + | 13 (iii) fluency; | |
| 773 | + | 14 (iv) vocabulary; and | |
| 774 | + | 15 (v) comprehension. | |
| 775 | + | 16 (B) The student's assessment results on the determinant | |
| 776 | + | 17 evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board. | |
| 777 | + | 18 (C) Any intervention provided to the student or any | |
| 778 | + | 19 remedial action taken. | |
| 779 | + | 20 (4) A requirement that schools monitor the progress of | |
| 780 | + | 21 students who failed to achieve a valid passing score on the: | |
| 781 | + | 22 (A) determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by | |
| 782 | + | 23 the state board; or | |
| 783 | + | 24 (B) statewide assessment program test. | |
| 784 | + | 25 (5) A requirement that schools provide reading instruction | |
| 785 | + | 26 that includes a core reading program aligned with the science | |
| 786 | + | 27 of reading to all students in kindergarten through grade 8. | |
| 787 | + | 28 (6) A requirement for the administration of the determinant | |
| 788 | + | 29 evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board to | |
| 789 | + | 30 students in grade 2. | |
| 790 | + | 31 (7) A requirement that all students take the determinant | |
| 791 | + | 32 evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board until | |
| 792 | + | 33 the student: | |
| 793 | + | 34 (A) receives a passing score, regardless of the student's | |
| 794 | + | 35 grade level; or | |
| 795 | + | 36 (B) enters grade 7. | |
| 796 | + | 37 (8) A requirement that a school report the following to the | |
| 797 | + | 38 department: | |
| 798 | + | 39 (A) The literacy interventions that will be used for students | |
| 799 | + | 40 in grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient | |
| 800 | + | 41 and students in grade 3 who do not achieve a valid passing | |
| 801 | + | 42 score on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 802 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 18 | |
| 803 | + | 1 approved by the state board. | |
| 804 | + | 2 (B) The literacy interventions in use before the adoption of | |
| 805 | + | 3 the plan for students in grade 2 who are at risk of not being | |
| 806 | + | 4 reading proficient and students in grade 3 who do not | |
| 807 | + | 5 achieve a valid passing score on the determinant | |
| 808 | + | 6 evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board. | |
| 809 | + | 7 (C) The literacy interventions in use before the adoption of | |
| 810 | + | 8 the plan for students who do not achieve a valid passing | |
| 811 | + | 9 score on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 812 | + | 10 approved by the state board. | |
| 813 | + | 11 (D) The number of students being served by the | |
| 814 | + | 12 interventions described in clauses (B) and (C). | |
| 815 | + | 13 (E) The cost of providing the interventions described in | |
| 816 | + | 14 clauses (B) and (C). | |
| 817 | + | 15 (F) Any other information requested by the department. | |
| 818 | + | 16 (3) (9) Requirements for a public school maintained by a school | |
| 819 | + | 17 corporation in which fewer than seventy percent (70%) of | |
| 820 | + | 18 students of the school achieved a valid passing score on the | |
| 821 | + | 19 determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by the state | |
| 822 | + | 20 board The requirements for the public schools described in this | |
| 823 | + | 21 subdivision that must include the following: | |
| 824 | + | 22 (A) Use of curriculum that is: | |
| 825 | + | 23 (i) based on the science of reading; and | |
| 826 | + | 24 (ii) approved by the department. | |
| 827 | + | 25 (B) Employment of the following: | |
| 828 | + | 26 (i) Before July 1, 2025, an instructional coach who is | |
| 829 | + | 27 trained in the science of reading, as determined by the | |
| 830 | + | 28 department. This item expires January 1, 2026. | |
| 831 | + | 29 (ii) After June 30, 2025, an instructional coach with a | |
| 832 | + | 30 literacy related endorsement who is trained in the science | |
| 833 | + | 31 of reading. | |
| 834 | + | 32 (C) Administration of the determinant evaluation of reading | |
| 835 | + | 33 skills approved by the state board to students in grade 2. | |
| 836 | + | 34 (D) (C) Use of only benchmark, formative, interim, or similar | |
| 837 | + | 35 assessments that: | |
| 838 | + | 36 (i) show alignment with Indiana's academic standards; and | |
| 839 | + | 37 (ii) are approved by the department. | |
| 840 | + | 38 (D) Use of a screener procured under IC 20-32-5.1-17(j). | |
| 841 | + | 39 (4) (10) The fiscal impact of each component of the plan, if any. | |
| 842 | + | 40 In determining whether a component has a fiscal impact, | |
| 843 | + | 41 consideration shall be given to whether the component will | |
| 844 | + | 42 increase costs to the state or a school corporation or require the | |
| 845 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 19 | |
| 846 | + | 1 state or school corporation to reallocate resources. | |
| 847 | + | 2 (b) For a charter school, as defined in IC 20-24-1-4, a plan may | |
| 848 | + | 3 include only the following: | |
| 849 | + | 4 (1) A method for making determinant evaluations of reading skills | |
| 850 | + | 5 by grade 3. | |
| 851 | + | 6 (2) Retention as a last resort for students reading below grade | |
| 852 | + | 7 level as measured by the evaluation or assessment. | |
| 853 | + | 8 (c) (b) This subsection applies to a public school that is not a charter | |
| 854 | + | 9 school. A school corporation may receive a waiver of the requirements | |
| 855 | + | 10 provided in 511 IAC 6.2-3.1-4(a)(2) if the state board approves an | |
| 856 | + | 11 alternative reading plan provided by the school. corporation. | |
| 857 | + | 12 (c) A student who would otherwise be subject to retention in | |
| 858 | + | 13 grade 3 under the plan is not subject to the retention requirement | |
| 859 | + | 14 only if the student meets one (1) of the following criteria: | |
| 860 | + | 15 (1) The student was subject to retention and has been retained | |
| 861 | + | 16 in grade 3 for one (1) school year. | |
| 862 | + | 17 (2) The student has an intellectual disability or the student's | |
| 863 | + | 18 individualized education program specifies that retention is | |
| 864 | + | 19 not appropriate, and the student's case conference committee | |
| 865 | + | 20 has determined that promotion to another grade is | |
| 866 | + | 21 appropriate. | |
| 867 | + | 22 (3) The student is an English learner who has received | |
| 868 | + | 23 services for fewer than two (2) years and a committee | |
| 869 | + | 24 consisting of: | |
| 870 | + | 25 (A) the student's parent; | |
| 871 | + | 26 (B) a building level administrator or designee; | |
| 872 | + | 27 (C) a classroom teacher of service; | |
| 873 | + | 28 (D) an English learner teacher of record, if one exists; and | |
| 874 | + | 29 (E) an English learner district administrator, if one exists; | |
| 875 | + | 30 determines that promotion is appropriate based on the | |
| 876 | + | 31 implementation of research based instructional practices | |
| 877 | + | 32 outlined in the student's individual learning plan. | |
| 878 | + | 33 (4) The student received a score of proficient or above | |
| 879 | + | 34 proficient in grade 3 math on the statewide summative | |
| 880 | + | 35 assessment. | |
| 881 | + | 36 (5) The student: | |
| 882 | + | 37 (A) has received intensive intervention as determined by | |
| 883 | + | 38 the department in reading for two (2) or more years; and | |
| 884 | + | 39 (B) was retained more than one (1) time throughout | |
| 885 | + | 40 kindergarten, grade 1, or grade 2. | |
| 886 | + | 41 (d) A student who is not subject to the retention requirement as | |
| 887 | + | 42 provided under (c) must be provided with additional reading | |
| 888 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 20 | |
| 889 | + | 1 instruction that is aligned with the science of reading until the | |
| 890 | + | 2 student achieves a passing score on the determinant evaluation of | |
| 891 | + | 3 reading skills approved by the state board. | |
| 892 | + | 4 (e) This subsection applies after June 30, 2024. Before October | |
| 893 | + | 5 1 of each school year the department shall: | |
| 894 | + | 6 (1) identify each incoming student (as defined in section 0.7 of | |
| 895 | + | 7 this chapter) enrolled in kindergarten in a school in Indiana; | |
| 896 | + | 8 and | |
| 897 | + | 9 (2) notify the parent or guardian of the student of the | |
| 898 | + | 10 retention requirement under this chapter for grade 3 students | |
| 899 | + | 11 who do not achieve a passing score on the Indiana reading | |
| 900 | + | 12 evaluation and determination (IRead3). | |
| 901 | + | 13 (f) The department shall establish a standard reporting process | |
| 902 | + | 14 and reporting window for schools to report students who qualify | |
| 903 | + | 15 for an exemption under subsection (c). | |
| 904 | + | 16 SECTION 18. IC 20-32-8.5-2.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 905 | + | 17 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 906 | + | 18 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2.5. The governing body of a | |
| 907 | + | 19 school or the equivalent authority of a charter school, state | |
| 908 | + | 20 accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in | |
| 909 | + | 21 IC 20-51-1-4.7) shall establish a procedure that allows a parent of | |
| 910 | + | 22 a student who: | |
| 911 | + | 23 (1) has been retained in grade 3 under the plan; and | |
| 912 | + | 24 (2) would not be subject to retention for other reasons; | |
| 913 | + | 25 to appeal the student's retention if the parent believes the student | |
| 914 | + | 26 meets an exception under section 2(c) of this chapter. | |
| 915 | + | 27 SECTION 19. An emergency is declared for this act. | |
| 916 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 21 | |
| 917 | + | COMMITTEE REPORT | |
| 918 | + | Madam President: The Senate Committee on Education and Career | |
| 919 | + | Development, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 1, has had the | |
| 920 | + | same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the | |
| 921 | + | Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as | |
| 922 | + | follows: | |
| 923 | + | Page 2, between lines 26 and 27, begin a new paragraph and insert: | |
| 924 | + | "SECTION 2. IC 20-24.2-4-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023, | |
| 59 | 925 | SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 60 | 926 | JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 3. (a) Except as specifically provided in this | |
| 61 | 927 | article and section 4 of this chapter, the following provisions of this | |
| 62 | 928 | title and a rule or guideline adopted by the state board under one (1) of | |
| 63 | 929 | the following provisions of this title do not apply to a qualified district | |
| 64 | 930 | or qualified high school: | |
| 65 | 931 | (1) Provisions that do not apply to school corporations in general. | |
| 66 | 932 | (2) IC 20-20 (programs administered by the state), except for | |
| 67 | 933 | IC 20-20-1 (educational service centers). | |
| 68 | 934 | (3) IC 20-28 (school teachers), except for IC 20-28-3-4 (teacher | |
| 69 | 935 | continuing education), IC 20-28-4-8 (hiring of transition to | |
| 70 | 936 | teaching participants; restrictions), IC 20-28-4-11 (transition to | |
| 71 | 937 | teaching participants; school corporation or subject area; | |
| 72 | 938 | transition to teaching permit), IC 20-28-5-8 (conviction of certain | |
| 73 | 939 | felonies or misdemeanors; notice and hearing; permanent | |
| 74 | 940 | revocation of license; data base of school employees who have | |
| 75 | 941 | been reported), IC 20-28-6 (teacher contracts), IC 20-28-7.5 | |
| 76 | 942 | (cancellation of teacher contracts), IC 20-28-8 (contracts with | |
| 77 | 943 | school administrators), IC 20-28-9 (teacher salary and related | |
| 78 | 944 | payments), IC 20-28-10 (conditions of employment), and | |
| 79 | 945 | IC 20-28-11.5 (staff performance evaluations). | |
| 80 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 3 | |
| 81 | 946 | (4) IC 20-30 (curriculum), except for IC 20-30-3-2 and | |
| 82 | 947 | IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative observances), | |
| 83 | 948 | IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements), and | |
| 84 | 949 | IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction). | |
| 85 | 950 | (5) IC 20-32 (student standards, assessments, and performance), | |
| 86 | 951 | except for IC 20-32-4 (graduation requirements), IC 20-32-5 | |
| 87 | 952 | (Indiana statewide testing for educational progress for a school | |
| 88 | 953 | year ending before July 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (statewide | |
| 89 | 954 | assessment program for a school year beginning after June 30, | |
| 90 | 955 | 2018), and IC 20-32-8 (remediation), and IC 20-32-8.5 (reading | |
| 91 | 956 | improvement and remediation plans). | |
| 92 | 957 | (6) IC 20-37 (career and technical education). | |
| 958 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 22 | |
| 93 | 959 | (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a school corporation may not | |
| 94 | 960 | receive a decrease in state funding based upon the school corporation's | |
| 95 | 961 | status as a qualified district or the status of a high school within the | |
| 96 | 962 | school corporation as a qualified high school, or because of the | |
| 97 | 963 | implementation of a waiver of a statute or rule that is allowed to be | |
| 98 | 964 | waived by a qualified district or qualified high school. | |
| 99 | 965 | SECTION 3. IC 20-24.2-4-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023, | |
| 100 | 966 | SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 101 | 967 | JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 4. The following provisions of this title and rules | |
| 102 | 968 | and guidelines adopted under the following provisions of this title | |
| 103 | 969 | apply to a qualified district or qualified high school: | |
| 104 | 970 | IC 20-20-1 (educational service centers). | |
| 105 | 971 | IC 20-23 (organization of school corporations). | |
| 106 | 972 | IC 20-26 (school corporation general administrative provisions). | |
| 107 | 973 | IC 20-27 (school transportation). | |
| 108 | 974 | IC 20-28-3-4 (teacher continuing education). | |
| 109 | 975 | IC 20-28-4-8 (hiring of transition to teaching participants; | |
| 110 | 976 | restrictions). | |
| 111 | 977 | IC 20-28-4-11 (transition to teaching participants; school | |
| 112 | 978 | corporation or subject area; transition to teaching permit). | |
| 113 | 979 | IC 20-28-5-8 (conviction of certain felonies or misdemeanors; | |
| 114 | 980 | notice and hearing; permanent revocation of license; data base of | |
| 115 | 981 | school employees who have been reported). | |
| 116 | 982 | IC 20-28-6 (teacher contracts). | |
| 117 | 983 | IC 20-28-7.5 (cancellation of teacher contracts). | |
| 118 | 984 | IC 20-28-8 (contracts with school administrators). | |
| 119 | 985 | IC 20-28-9 (teacher salary and related payments). | |
| 120 | 986 | IC 20-28-10 (conditions of employment). | |
| 121 | 987 | IC 20-28-11.5 (staff performance evaluations). | |
| 122 | 988 | IC 20-29 (collective bargaining for teachers). | |
| 123 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 4 | |
| 124 | 989 | IC 20-30-3-2 and IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative | |
| 125 | 990 | observances). | |
| 126 | 991 | IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements). | |
| 127 | 992 | IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction). | |
| 128 | 993 | IC 20-31 (accountability for school performance and | |
| 129 | 994 | improvement). | |
| 130 | 995 | IC 20-32-4, IC 20-32-5 (for a school year beginning before July | |
| 131 | 996 | 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (for a school year ending after June 30, | |
| 132 | 997 | 2018), and IC 20-32-8 (accreditation, assessment, and | |
| 133 | 998 | remediation), or any other statute, rule, or guideline related to | |
| 134 | 999 | standardized assessments. | |
| 135 | 1000 | IC 20-32-8.5 (reading improvement and remediation plans). | |
| 1001 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 23 | |
| 136 | 1002 | IC 20-33 (students: general provisions). | |
| 137 | 1003 | IC 20-34-3 (health and safety measures). | |
| 138 | 1004 | IC 20-35 (special education). | |
| 139 | 1005 | IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention). | |
| 140 | 1006 | IC 20-36 (high ability students). | |
| 141 | 1007 | IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting procedures). | |
| 142 | 1008 | IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts). | |
| 143 | 1009 | IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts). | |
| 144 | 1010 | IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student instruction and | |
| 145 | 1011 | learning). | |
| 146 | 1012 | IC 20-43 (state tuition support). | |
| 147 | 1013 | IC 20-44 (property tax levies). | |
| 148 | 1014 | IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies). | |
| 149 | 1015 | IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease agreements). | |
| 150 | 1016 | IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds). | |
| 151 | 1017 | IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; state | |
| 152 | 1018 | advances and loans). | |
| 153 | 1019 | IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children). | |
| 154 | 1020 | SECTION 4. IC 20-26.5-2-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023, | |
| 155 | 1021 | SECTION 167, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 156 | 1022 | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 3. (a) Notwithstanding any other | |
| 157 | 1023 | law, the following may be suspended for a coalition member in | |
| 158 | 1024 | accordance with the coalition's plan: | |
| 159 | 1025 | (1) Subject to section 1(c) of this chapter, IC 20-30, concerning | |
| 160 | 1026 | curriculum. | |
| 161 | 1027 | (2) The following statutes and rules concerning curricular | |
| 162 | 1028 | materials: | |
| 163 | 1029 | IC 20-26-12-1, except for the provision of curricular materials | |
| 164 | 1030 | at no cost to a student in a public school. | |
| 165 | 1031 | IC 20-26-12-2, except for the prohibition of renting curricular | |
| 166 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 5 | |
| 167 | 1032 | materials to students enrolled in a public school. | |
| 168 | 1033 | IC 20-26-12-24. | |
| 169 | 1034 | 511 IAC 6.1-5-5. | |
| 170 | 1035 | (3) The following rules concerning teacher licenses: | |
| 171 | 1036 | 511 IAC 16. | |
| 172 | 1037 | 511 IAC 17. | |
| 173 | 1038 | (4) Subject to subsection (c), IC 20-31-3 (concerning the adoption | |
| 174 | 1039 | of academic standards). | |
| 175 | 1040 | (5) IC 20-31-4.1, concerning the performance based accreditation | |
| 176 | 1041 | system. | |
| 177 | 1042 | (6) Except as provided in subsection (b), any other statute in | |
| 178 | 1043 | IC 20 or rule in 511 IAC requested to be suspended as part of the | |
| 1044 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 24 | |
| 179 | 1045 | plan that is approved by the state board under section 1 of this | |
| 180 | 1046 | chapter. | |
| 181 | 1047 | (b) A coalition member may not suspend under subsection (a)(6) | |
| 182 | 1048 | any of the following: | |
| 183 | 1049 | (1) IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history and child protection index | |
| 184 | 1050 | check). | |
| 185 | 1051 | (2) IC 20-28 (school teachers). | |
| 186 | 1052 | (3) IC 20-29 (collective bargaining). | |
| 187 | 1053 | (4) IC 20-31 (accountability for performance and improvement), | |
| 188 | 1054 | except for IC 20-31-3 and IC 20-31-4.1. | |
| 189 | 1055 | (5) Subject to subsection (c), IC 20-32-4 (graduation | |
| 190 | 1056 | requirements). | |
| 191 | 1057 | (6) IC 20-32-5.1 (Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment | |
| 192 | 1058 | Readiness Network (ILEARN) program). | |
| 193 | 1059 | (7) IC 20-32-8.5 (reading improvement and remediation | |
| 194 | 1060 | plans). | |
| 195 | 1061 | (7) (8) IC 20-33 (students). | |
| 196 | 1062 | (8) (9) IC 20-34 (student health and safety measures). | |
| 197 | 1063 | (9) (10) IC 20-35 (special education). | |
| 198 | 1064 | (10) (11) IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention). | |
| 199 | 1065 | (11) (12) IC 20-36 (high ability students). | |
| 200 | 1066 | (12) (13) IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting | |
| 201 | 1067 | procedures). | |
| 202 | 1068 | (13) (14) IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts). | |
| 203 | 1069 | (14) (15) IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts). | |
| 204 | 1070 | (15) (16) IC 20-42 (fiduciary funds and accounts). | |
| 205 | 1071 | (16) (17) IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student | |
| 206 | 1072 | instruction and learning). | |
| 207 | 1073 | (17) (18) IC 20-43 (state tuition support). | |
| 208 | 1074 | (18) (19) IC 20-44 (property tax levies). | |
| 209 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 6 | |
| 210 | 1075 | (19) (20) IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies). | |
| 211 | 1076 | (20) (21) IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease | |
| 212 | 1077 | agreements). | |
| 213 | 1078 | (21) (22) IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds). | |
| 214 | 1079 | (22) (23) IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; | |
| 215 | 1080 | state advances and loans). | |
| 216 | 1081 | (23) (24) IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children). | |
| 217 | 1082 | (c) A coalition member must comply with the postsecondary | |
| 218 | 1083 | readiness competency requirements under IC 20-32-4-1.5(b)(1). | |
| 219 | 1084 | However, notwithstanding any other law, a coalition member may | |
| 220 | 1085 | replace high school courses on the high school transcript with courses | |
| 221 | 1086 | on the same subject matter with equal or greater rigor to the required | |
| 1087 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 25 | |
| 222 | 1088 | high school course and may count such a course as satisfying the | |
| 223 | 1089 | equivalent diploma requirements established by IC 20 and any | |
| 224 | 1090 | applicable state board administrative rules or requirements. If the | |
| 225 | 1091 | coalition member school offers courses that are not aligned with | |
| 226 | 1092 | requirements adopted by the state board under IC 20-30-10, a parent of | |
| 227 | 1093 | a student and the student who intends to enroll in a course that is not | |
| 228 | 1094 | aligned with requirements adopted by the state board under | |
| 229 | 1095 | IC 20-30-10 must provide consent to the coalition member school to | |
| 230 | 1096 | enroll in the course. The consent form used by the coalition, which | |
| 231 | 1097 | shall be developed in collaboration with the commission for higher | |
| 232 | 1098 | education, must notify the parent and the student that enrollment in the | |
| 233 | 1099 | course may affect the student's ability to attend a particular | |
| 234 | 1100 | postsecondary educational institution or enroll in a particular course at | |
| 235 | 1101 | a particular postsecondary educational institution because the course | |
| 236 | 1102 | does not align with requirements established by the state board under | |
| 237 | - | IC 20-30-10. | |
| 238 | - | SECTION 5. IC 20-28-5-19.7, AS ADDED BY P.L.243-2023, | |
| 239 | - | SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 240 | - | JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 19.7. (a) Not later than July 1, 2024, the state | |
| 241 | - | board shall establish and require a literacy endorsement for individuals | |
| 242 | - | first licensed after June 30, 2025, to teach a content area involving | |
| 243 | - | literacy instruction, including special education, in prekindergarten | |
| 244 | - | through grade 5. | |
| 245 | - | (b) Except as provided in section 19.8(a) of this chapter, | |
| 246 | - | beginning July 1, 2025, 2027, the department may not renew a | |
| 247 | - | practitioner license or an accomplished practitioner license, or a | |
| 248 | - | comparable license under prior rules, issued to an individual who, | |
| 249 | - | (1) is first licensed after June 30, 2025; and | |
| 250 | - | (2) based on the content area for which the individual is licensed, | |
| 251 | - | including special education, provides literacy instruction to | |
| 252 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 7 | |
| 253 | - | students in prekindergarten through grade 5 | |
| 254 | - | unless the individual receives a literacy endorsement under this section. | |
| 255 | - | (c) To be eligible to receive a literacy endorsement, an individual | |
| 256 | - | must meet the following: | |
| 257 | - | (1) Complete eighty (80) hours of evidence based professional | |
| 258 | - | development that is: | |
| 259 | - | (A) aligned to the science of reading; and | |
| 260 | - | (B) provided by an organization accredited by the International | |
| 261 | - | Dyslexia Association; and | |
| 262 | - | (C) (B) approved by the department. | |
| 263 | - | (2) Demonstrate proficiency in scientifically based reading | |
| 264 | - | instruction skills aligned to the science of reading on a written | |
| 265 | - | examination or through other procedures prescribed by the | |
| 266 | - | department in accordance with this section. | |
| 267 | - | (d) Of The eighty (80) hours of evidence based professional | |
| 268 | - | development required under subsection (c)(1), at least forty (40) hours | |
| 269 | - | must be completed through live sessions, which may be attended in | |
| 270 | - | person or virtually, taught by a certified facilitator. (c)(1) must provide | |
| 271 | - | individualized and on demand support. The evidence based | |
| 272 | - | professional development required under subsection (c)(1) must: | |
| 273 | - | (1) promote explicit, systematic, and cumulative instruction as the | |
| 274 | - | primary approach to literacy instruction; | |
| 275 | - | (2) promote an understanding of how language, reading, and | |
| 276 | - | writing relate to each other; | |
| 277 | - | (3) promote strategies for differentiated instruction for: | |
| 278 | - | (A) students with: | |
| 279 | - | (i) reading difficulties; or | |
| 280 | - | (ii) disabilities; and | |
| 281 | - | (B) English language learners; | |
| 282 | - | (4) focus on phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, | |
| 283 | - | and comprehension; and | |
| 284 | - | (5) allow participants to implement the strategies into a classroom | |
| 285 | - | environment with the opportunity for feedback throughout the | |
| 286 | - | professional development experience. | |
| 287 | - | (e) The written examination required under subsection (c)(2) shall | |
| 288 | - | ensure the individual demonstrates the ability to: | |
| 289 | - | (1) effectively teach foundational reading skills, phonemic | |
| 290 | - | awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; | |
| 291 | - | (2) implement reading instruction using high quality instructional | |
| 292 | - | materials aligned to the science of reading; and | |
| 293 | - | (3) provide effective instruction and interventions for students | |
| 294 | - | with reading deficiencies. | |
| 295 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 8 | |
| 296 | - | (f) The department shall approve and provide the evidence based | |
| 297 | - | professional development necessary for an individual to receive a | |
| 298 | - | literacy endorsement under this section. | |
| 299 | - | (g) The department shall establish the procedure for an existing | |
| 300 | - | teacher to add the literacy endorsement established under this section | |
| 301 | - | to the teacher's license. | |
| 302 | - | (h) The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the | |
| 303 | - | following: | |
| 304 | - | (1) Adopt, validate, and implement the examination or other | |
| 305 | - | procedures required by subsection (c)(2). | |
| 306 | - | (2) Establish examination scores indicating proficiency. | |
| 307 | - | (3) Otherwise carry out the purposes of this section. | |
| 308 | - | SECTION 6. IC 20-28-5-19.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 309 | - | CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 310 | - | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 19.8. (a) An individual described | |
| 311 | - | in section 19.7(b) of this chapter who cannot comply with the | |
| 312 | - | requirements of section 19.7 of this chapter may apply for a waiver | |
| 313 | - | from the department in a form and manner prescribed by the | |
| 314 | - | department. | |
| 315 | - | (b) Subject to subsection (d), if the department determines that | |
| 316 | - | an individual described in subsection (a) cannot comply with the | |
| 317 | - | requirements of section 19.7 of this chapter, the department may | |
| 318 | - | grant the individual a waiver that provides an exception to the | |
| 319 | - | requirements. | |
| 320 | - | (c) The department may grant a waiver under this section to an | |
| 321 | - | individual that: | |
| 322 | - | (1) is not more than one (1) year; and | |
| 323 | - | (2) does not extend beyond July 1, 2028. | |
| 324 | - | However the department may extend the waiver described in this | |
| 325 | - | subsection if the department determines a hardship exists for the | |
| 326 | - | individual in meeting the requirements under section 19.7 of this | |
| 327 | - | chapter. | |
| 328 | - | (d) Before the department may grant a waiver under this | |
| 329 | - | section, the department shall submit a report not later than | |
| 330 | - | December 1, 2026, to the legislative council in an electronic format | |
| 331 | - | under IC 5-14-6 that contains the following information: | |
| 332 | - | (1) The progress made by the department toward the | |
| 333 | - | requirements in section 19.7 of this chapter. | |
| 334 | - | (2) The progress made by the department toward the goal of | |
| 335 | - | student literacy in Indiana. | |
| 336 | - | (3) Barriers and challenges that remain for all individuals | |
| 337 | - | described in section 19.7(b) of this chapter to achieving the | |
| 338 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 9 | |
| 339 | - | requirements of section 19.7 of this chapter. | |
| 340 | - | (4) The reasons the department's waiver authority under this | |
| 341 | - | section is necessary. | |
| 342 | - | (5) Any other recommendations the department may have for | |
| 343 | - | educators, communities, parents, schools, teacher preparation | |
| 344 | - | programs, and the general assembly for achieving: | |
| 345 | - | (A) full compliance with the requirements of section 19.7 | |
| 346 | - | of this chapter; and | |
| 347 | - | (B) student literacy goals of the state. | |
| 348 | - | SECTION 7. IC 20-30-7-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.167-2018, | |
| 349 | - | SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 350 | - | UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), | |
| 351 | - | the state board may prescribe a program of summer school education | |
| 352 | - | for public schools. Subject to subsection (b), the state board shall | |
| 353 | - | adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for: | |
| 354 | - | (1) summer school programs; and | |
| 355 | - | (2) the state distribution formula for any money appropriated by | |
| 356 | - | the general assembly for summer school education to allow for | |
| 357 | - | the reimbursement for: | |
| 358 | - | (A) instructional costs; and | |
| 359 | - | (B) costs of tuition for an applicable online summer school | |
| 360 | - | course. | |
| 361 | - | (b) The state board shall give priority reimbursement, which | |
| 362 | - | must be exempt from the distribution formula adopted by the state | |
| 363 | - | board under subsection (a), for all eligible costs for summer school | |
| 364 | - | courses that include curriculum aligned with the science of reading | |
| 365 | - | designated by the department to support students in: | |
| 366 | - | (1) grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient; | |
| 367 | - | and | |
| 368 | - | (2) grade 3 who are not reading proficient; | |
| 369 | - | as indicated on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 370 | - | approved by the state board under IC 20-32-8.5-2. | |
| 371 | - | (c) A state accredited nonpublic school and an eligible school (as | |
| 372 | - | defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) shall be eligible for summer school | |
| 373 | - | funding for courses that include curriculum aligned with the | |
| 374 | - | science of reading designated by the department to support | |
| 375 | - | students in: | |
| 376 | - | (1) grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient; | |
| 377 | - | and | |
| 378 | - | (2) grade 3 who are not reading proficient; | |
| 379 | - | as indicated on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 380 | - | approved by the state board under IC 20-32-8.5-2. | |
| 381 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 10 | |
| 382 | - | SECTION 8. IC 20-30-7-13 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE | |
| 383 | - | AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY | |
| 384 | - | 1, 2024]: Sec. 13. (a) This section applies to: | |
| 385 | - | (1) a public school, including a charter school; | |
| 386 | - | (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; and | |
| 387 | - | (3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7). | |
| 388 | - | (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a school shall | |
| 389 | - | offer summer school courses designated by the department to | |
| 390 | - | support students in: | |
| 391 | - | (1) grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient; | |
| 392 | - | and | |
| 393 | - | (2) grade 3 who are not reading proficient; | |
| 394 | - | as indicated on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 395 | - | approved by the state board under IC 20-32-8.5-2. | |
| 396 | - | (c) A summer school course described in subsection (b) must: | |
| 397 | - | (1) be taught by a teacher, instructor, or tutor who is trained | |
| 398 | - | in the science of reading as determined by the department; | |
| 399 | - | and | |
| 400 | - | (2) use curriculum or intervention materials aligned with the | |
| 401 | - | science of reading. | |
| 402 | - | (d) If a student described in subsection (b) does not achieve at | |
| 403 | - | least a ninety percent (90%) attendance rate in a summer reading | |
| 404 | - | course described in subsection (b), the student shall participate in | |
| 405 | - | an individual reading plan aligned with the science of reading in | |
| 406 | - | the following school year. | |
| 407 | - | SECTION 9. IC 20-31-4.1-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023, | |
| 1103 | + | IC 20-30-10.". | |
| 1104 | + | Page 2, line 31, delete "The state" and insert "Subject to subsection | |
| 1105 | + | (b), the state". | |
| 1106 | + | Page 3, line 5, delete "board." and insert "board under | |
| 1107 | + | IC 20-32-8.5-2.". | |
| 1108 | + | Page 3, line 14, delete "board." and insert "board under | |
| 1109 | + | IC 20-32-8.5-2.". | |
| 1110 | + | Page 3, line 27, delete "board." and insert "board under | |
| 1111 | + | IC 20-32-8.5-2. | |
| 1112 | + | (c) A summer school course described in subsection (b) must be | |
| 1113 | + | taught by a teacher who is trained in the science of reading as | |
| 1114 | + | determined by the department. | |
| 1115 | + | SECTION 7. IC 20-31-4.1-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023, | |
| 408 | 1116 | SECTION 169, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 409 | 1117 | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 7. A school or group of schools that | |
| 410 | 1118 | submits an application under section 4 of this chapter may not request | |
| 411 | 1119 | to waive any of the following provisions: | |
| 412 | 1120 | IC 20-24-8-2 (prohibited acts). | |
| 413 | 1121 | IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history and child protection index check). | |
| 414 | 1122 | IC 20-26-12-1 (curricular material purchase and provision; public | |
| 415 | 1123 | school students). | |
| 416 | 1124 | IC 20-26-12-2 (curricular material purchase and rental). | |
| 417 | 1125 | IC 20-27-7 (school bus inspection and registration). | |
| 418 | 1126 | IC 20-27-8-1 (school bus drivers and monitors). | |
| 419 | 1127 | IC 20-27-8-2 (school bus driver driving summary). | |
| 420 | 1128 | IC 20-27-10-3 (capacity of school bus). | |
| 421 | 1129 | IC 20-28 (school teachers). | |
| 1130 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 26 | |
| 422 | 1131 | IC 20-29 (collective bargaining). | |
| 423 | 1132 | IC 20-30-5-0.5 (display of United States flag; Pledge of | |
| 424 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 11 | |
| 425 | 1133 | Allegiance). | |
| 426 | 1134 | IC 20-30-5-1 (constitutions). | |
| 427 | 1135 | IC 20-30-5-2 (constitutions; interdisciplinary course). | |
| 428 | 1136 | IC 20-30-5-3 (protected writings). | |
| 429 | 1137 | IC 20-30-5-4 (American history). | |
| 430 | 1138 | IC 20-30-5-4.5 (moment of silence). | |
| 431 | 1139 | IC 20-30-5-5 (morals instruction). | |
| 432 | 1140 | IC 20-30-5-6 (good citizenship instruction). | |
| 433 | 1141 | IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements). | |
| 434 | 1142 | IC 20-30-5-17 (access to materials; consent for participation). | |
| 435 | 1143 | IC 20-30-5-21 (contrary student instruction not permitted). | |
| 436 | 1144 | IC 20-30-5-22 (Indiana studies). | |
| 437 | 1145 | IC 20-31 (accountability for performance and improvement). | |
| 438 | 1146 | IC 20-32-4 (graduation requirements). | |
| 439 | 1147 | IC 20-32-5.1 (Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment | |
| 440 | 1148 | Readiness Network (ILEARN) program). | |
| 441 | 1149 | IC 20-32-8.5 (reading improvement and remediation plans). | |
| 442 | 1150 | IC 20-33-1 (equal educational opportunity). | |
| 443 | 1151 | IC 20-34 (student health and safety measures). | |
| 444 | 1152 | IC 20-35 (special education). | |
| 445 | 1153 | IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention). | |
| 446 | 1154 | IC 20-36 (high ability students). | |
| 447 | 1155 | IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting procedures). | |
| 448 | 1156 | IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts). | |
| 449 | 1157 | IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts). | |
| 450 | 1158 | IC 20-42 (fiduciary funds and accounts). | |
| 451 | 1159 | IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student instruction and | |
| 452 | 1160 | learning). | |
| 453 | 1161 | IC 20-43 (state tuition support). | |
| 454 | 1162 | IC 20-44 (property tax levies). | |
| 455 | 1163 | IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies). | |
| 456 | 1164 | IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease agreements). | |
| 457 | 1165 | IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds). | |
| 458 | 1166 | IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; state | |
| 459 | 1167 | advances and loans). | |
| 460 | 1168 | IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children). | |
| 461 | - | IC 20-51 (school scholarships). | |
| 462 | - | SECTION 10. IC 20-32-1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020, | |
| 463 | - | SECTION 70, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 464 | - | JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 1. Except as provided in IC 20-32-8.5, this | |
| 465 | - | article applies only to the following: | |
| 466 | - | (1) Public schools. | |
| 467 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 12 | |
| 468 | - | (2) State accredited nonpublic schools. | |
| 469 | - | SECTION 11. IC 20-32-2-2.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 1169 | + | IC 20-51 (school scholarships).". | |
| 1170 | + | Page 6, delete lines 12 through 19, begin a new paragraph and | |
| 1171 | + | insert: | |
| 1172 | + | "(k) This subsection applies to: | |
| 1173 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 27 | |
| 1174 | + | (1) a public school, including a charter school; | |
| 1175 | + | (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; and | |
| 1176 | + | (3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7). | |
| 1177 | + | An elementary school shall administer an assessment described in | |
| 1178 | + | subsection (b)(2) to students in kindergarten through grade 2 who | |
| 1179 | + | are not on track for reading proficiency by grade 3 as determined | |
| 1180 | + | by the department. The department shall provide guidance as to | |
| 1181 | + | the number of times the assessment is required and when the | |
| 1182 | + | administrations of the assessment should occur.". | |
| 1183 | + | Page 6, line 37, strike "require". | |
| 1184 | + | Page 6, line 37, after "action" insert "is required". | |
| 1185 | + | Page 6, line 37, after "for" strike "the" and insert "a". | |
| 1186 | + | Page 7, line 2, delete "board;" and insert "board after the student | |
| 1187 | + | has had an opportunity to retake the determinant evaluation in the | |
| 1188 | + | summer;". | |
| 1189 | + | Page 7, line 10, delete "or". | |
| 1190 | + | Page 7, line 11, delete "guardian". | |
| 1191 | + | Page 8, delete lines 7 though 8, begin a new line double block | |
| 1192 | + | indented and insert: | |
| 1193 | + | "(B) Employment of the following: | |
| 1194 | + | (i) Before July 1, 2025, an instructional coach who is | |
| 1195 | + | trained in the science of reading, as determined by the | |
| 1196 | + | department. This item expires January 1, 2026. | |
| 1197 | + | (ii) After June 30, 2025, an instructional coach with a | |
| 1198 | + | literacy related endorsement who is trained in the science | |
| 1199 | + | of reading.". | |
| 1200 | + | Page 9, line 10, after "statewide" insert "summative". | |
| 1201 | + | Page 9, line 11, delete " retained under subsection (c)(4)" and insert | |
| 1202 | + | "subject to the retention requirement as provided under (c)". | |
| 1203 | + | Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively. | |
| 1204 | + | and when so amended that said bill do pass and be reassigned to the | |
| 1205 | + | Senate Committee on Appropriations. | |
| 1206 | + | (Reference is to SB 1 as introduced.) | |
| 1207 | + | RAATZ, Chairperson | |
| 1208 | + | Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 4. | |
| 1209 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 28 | |
| 1210 | + | COMMITTEE REPORT | |
| 1211 | + | Madam President: The Senate Committee on Appropriations, to | |
| 1212 | + | which was referred Senate Bill No. 1, has had the same under | |
| 1213 | + | consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with | |
| 1214 | + | the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows: | |
| 1215 | + | Page 7, line 7, after "courses" insert "that include curriculum | |
| 1216 | + | aligned with the science of reading". | |
| 1217 | + | Page 7, line 16, after "courses" insert "that include curriculum | |
| 1218 | + | aligned with the science of reading". | |
| 1219 | + | Page 7, delete lines 36 through 38, begin a new paragraph and | |
| 1220 | + | insert: | |
| 1221 | + | "(c) A summer school course described in subsection (b) must: | |
| 1222 | + | (1) be taught by a teacher who is trained in the science of | |
| 1223 | + | reading as determined by the department; and | |
| 1224 | + | (2) use curriculum aligned with the science of reading.". | |
| 1225 | + | Page 15, line 3, after "instruction" insert "that is aligned with the | |
| 1226 | + | science of reading". | |
| 1227 | + | and when so amended that said bill do pass. | |
| 1228 | + | (Reference is to SB 1 as printed January 19, 2024.) | |
| 1229 | + | MISHLER, Chairperson | |
| 1230 | + | Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3. | |
| 1231 | + | _____ | |
| 1232 | + | SENATE MOTION | |
| 1233 | + | Madam President: I move that Senate Bill 1 be amended to read as | |
| 1234 | + | follows: | |
| 1235 | + | Page 7, line 6, delete "distribution formula shall ensure" and insert | |
| 1236 | + | "board shall give". | |
| 1237 | + | Page 7, line 7, after "reimbursement" insert ", which must be | |
| 1238 | + | exempt from the distribution formula adopted by the state board | |
| 1239 | + | under subsection (a),". | |
| 1240 | + | Page 7, between lines 41 and 42, begin a new paragraph and insert: | |
| 1241 | + | "(d) If a student described in subsection (b) does not achieve at | |
| 1242 | + | least a ninety percent (90%) attendance rate in a summer reading | |
| 1243 | + | course described in subsection (b), the student shall participate in | |
| 1244 | + | an individual reading plan aligned with the science of reading in | |
| 1245 | + | the following school year.". | |
| 1246 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 29 | |
| 1247 | + | Page 13, between lines 26 and 27, begin a new line block indented | |
| 1248 | + | and insert: | |
| 1249 | + | "(8) A requirement that a school report the following to the | |
| 1250 | + | department: | |
| 1251 | + | (A) The literacy interventions that will be used for students | |
| 1252 | + | in grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient | |
| 1253 | + | and students in grade 3 who do not achieve a valid passing | |
| 1254 | + | score on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 1255 | + | approved by the state board. | |
| 1256 | + | (B) The literacy interventions in use before the adoption of | |
| 1257 | + | the plan for students in grade 2 who are at risk of not being | |
| 1258 | + | reading proficient and students in grade 3 who do not | |
| 1259 | + | achieve a valid passing score on the determinant | |
| 1260 | + | evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board. | |
| 1261 | + | (C) The literacy interventions in use before the adoption of | |
| 1262 | + | the plan for students who do not achieve a valid passing | |
| 1263 | + | score on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 1264 | + | approved by the state board. | |
| 1265 | + | (D) The number of students being served by the | |
| 1266 | + | interventions described in clauses (B) and (C). | |
| 1267 | + | (E) The cost of providing the interventions described in | |
| 1268 | + | clauses (B) and (C). | |
| 1269 | + | (F) Any other information requested by the department.". | |
| 1270 | + | Page 13, line 27, delete "(8)" and insert "(9)". | |
| 1271 | + | Page 14, line 7, delete "(9)" and insert "(10)". | |
| 1272 | + | Page 15, between lines 3 and 4, begin a new line block indented and | |
| 1273 | + | insert: | |
| 1274 | + | "(5) The student: | |
| 1275 | + | (A) has received intensive intervention as determined by | |
| 1276 | + | the department in reading for two (2) or more years; and | |
| 1277 | + | (B) was retained in kindergarten, grade 1, or grade 2 and | |
| 1278 | + | was enrolled in any of the earlier grades for two (2) | |
| 1279 | + | years.". | |
| 1280 | + | (Reference is to SB 1 as printed January 26, 2024.) | |
| 1281 | + | ROGERS | |
| 1282 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 30 | |
| 1283 | + | SENATE MOTION | |
| 1284 | + | Madam President: I move that Senate Bill 1 be amended to read as | |
| 1285 | + | follows: | |
| 1286 | + | Page 15, after line 8, begin a new paragraph and insert: | |
| 1287 | + | "SECTION 15. IC 20-32-8.5-2.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 470 | 1288 | CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 471 | - | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2.1. "Retention" means an | |
| 472 | - | individual repeating the same grade level in a subsequent school | |
| 473 | - | year that the individual participated in during the immediately | |
| 474 | - | preceding school year. | |
| 475 | - | SECTION 12. IC 20-32-2-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020, | |
| 476 | - | SECTION 71, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 477 | - | JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 3. Except as provided in IC 20-32-8.5-0.7, | |
| 478 | - | "student" means an individual who is enrolled in: | |
| 479 | - | (1) a public school; | |
| 480 | - | (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; or | |
| 481 | - | (3) another nonpublic school that has requested and received from | |
| 482 | - | the state board specific approval of the school's educational | |
| 483 | - | program. | |
| 484 | - | SECTION 13. IC 20-32-5.1-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.43-2021, | |
| 1289 | + | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2.5. The governing body of a | |
| 1290 | + | school or the equivalent authority of a charter school, state | |
| 1291 | + | accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in | |
| 1292 | + | IC 20-51-1-4.7) shall establish a procedure that allows a parent of | |
| 1293 | + | a student who: | |
| 1294 | + | (1) has been retained in grade 3 under the plan; and | |
| 1295 | + | (2) would not be subject to retention for other reasons; | |
| 1296 | + | to appeal the student's retention if the parent believes the student | |
| 1297 | + | meets an exception under section 2(c) of this chapter.". | |
| 1298 | + | Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively. | |
| 1299 | + | (Reference is to SB 1 as printed January 26, 2024.) | |
| 1300 | + | FORD J.D. | |
| 1301 | + | _____ | |
| 1302 | + | SENATE MOTION | |
| 1303 | + | Madam President: I move that Senate Bill 1 be amended to read as | |
| 1304 | + | follows: | |
| 1305 | + | Page 15, after line 8, begin a new paragraph and insert: | |
| 1306 | + | "(e) This subsection applies after June 30, 2024. Before October | |
| 1307 | + | 1 of each school year the department shall: | |
| 1308 | + | (1) identify each incoming student (as defined in section 0.7 of | |
| 1309 | + | this chapter) enrolled in kindergarten in a school in Indiana; | |
| 1310 | + | and | |
| 1311 | + | (2) notify the parent or guardian of the student of the | |
| 1312 | + | retention requirement under this chapter for grade 3 students | |
| 1313 | + | who do not achieve a passing score on the Indiana reading | |
| 1314 | + | evaluation and determination (IRead3).". | |
| 1315 | + | (Reference is to SB 1 as printed January 26, 2024.) | |
| 1316 | + | YODER | |
| 1317 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 31 | |
| 1318 | + | COMMITTEE REPORT | |
| 1319 | + | Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education, to which was referred | |
| 1320 | + | Senate Bill 1, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to | |
| 1321 | + | report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said | |
| 1322 | + | bill be amended as follows: | |
| 1323 | + | Page 6, between lines 34 and 35, begin a new paragraph and insert: | |
| 1324 | + | "SECTION 5. IC 20-28-5-19.7, AS ADDED BY P.L.243-2023, | |
| 1325 | + | SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 1326 | + | JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 19.7. (a) Not later than July 1, 2024, the state | |
| 1327 | + | board shall establish and require a literacy endorsement for individuals | |
| 1328 | + | first licensed after June 30, 2025, to teach a content area involving | |
| 1329 | + | literacy instruction, including special education, in prekindergarten | |
| 1330 | + | through grade 5. | |
| 1331 | + | (b) Except as provided in section 19.8(a) of this chapter, | |
| 1332 | + | beginning July 1, 2025, 2027, the department may not renew a | |
| 1333 | + | practitioner license or an accomplished practitioner license, or a | |
| 1334 | + | comparable license under prior rules, issued to an individual who, | |
| 1335 | + | (1) is first licensed after June 30, 2025; and | |
| 1336 | + | (2) based on the content area for which the individual is licensed, | |
| 1337 | + | including special education, provides literacy instruction to | |
| 1338 | + | students in prekindergarten through grade 5 | |
| 1339 | + | unless the individual receives a literacy endorsement under this section. | |
| 1340 | + | (c) To be eligible to receive a literacy endorsement, an individual | |
| 1341 | + | must meet the following: | |
| 1342 | + | (1) Complete eighty (80) hours of evidence based professional | |
| 1343 | + | development that is: | |
| 1344 | + | (A) aligned to the science of reading; and | |
| 1345 | + | (B) provided by an organization accredited by the International | |
| 1346 | + | Dyslexia Association; and | |
| 1347 | + | (C) (B) approved by the department. | |
| 1348 | + | (2) Demonstrate proficiency in scientifically based reading | |
| 1349 | + | instruction skills aligned to the science of reading on a written | |
| 1350 | + | examination or through other procedures prescribed by the | |
| 1351 | + | department in accordance with this section. | |
| 1352 | + | (d) Of The eighty (80) hours of evidence based professional | |
| 1353 | + | development required under subsection (c)(1), at least forty (40) hours | |
| 1354 | + | must be completed through live sessions, which may be attended in | |
| 1355 | + | person or virtually, taught by a certified facilitator. (c)(1) must provide | |
| 1356 | + | individualized and on demand support. The evidence based | |
| 1357 | + | professional development required under subsection (c)(1) must: | |
| 1358 | + | (1) promote explicit, systematic, and cumulative instruction as the | |
| 1359 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 32 | |
| 1360 | + | primary approach to literacy instruction; | |
| 1361 | + | (2) promote an understanding of how language, reading, and | |
| 1362 | + | writing relate to each other; | |
| 1363 | + | (3) promote strategies for differentiated instruction for: | |
| 1364 | + | (A) students with: | |
| 1365 | + | (i) reading difficulties; or | |
| 1366 | + | (ii) disabilities; and | |
| 1367 | + | (B) English language learners; | |
| 1368 | + | (4) focus on phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, | |
| 1369 | + | and comprehension; and | |
| 1370 | + | (5) allow participants to implement the strategies into a classroom | |
| 1371 | + | environment with the opportunity for feedback throughout the | |
| 1372 | + | professional development experience. | |
| 1373 | + | (e) The written examination required under subsection (c)(2) shall | |
| 1374 | + | ensure the individual demonstrates the ability to: | |
| 1375 | + | (1) effectively teach foundational reading skills, phonemic | |
| 1376 | + | awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; | |
| 1377 | + | (2) implement reading instruction using high quality instructional | |
| 1378 | + | materials aligned to the science of reading; and | |
| 1379 | + | (3) provide effective instruction and interventions for students | |
| 1380 | + | with reading deficiencies. | |
| 1381 | + | (f) The department shall approve and provide the evidence based | |
| 1382 | + | professional development necessary for an individual to receive a | |
| 1383 | + | literacy endorsement under this section. | |
| 1384 | + | (g) The department shall establish the procedure for an existing | |
| 1385 | + | teacher to add the literacy endorsement established under this section | |
| 1386 | + | to the teacher's license. | |
| 1387 | + | (h) The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the | |
| 1388 | + | following: | |
| 1389 | + | (1) Adopt, validate, and implement the examination or other | |
| 1390 | + | procedures required by subsection (c)(2). | |
| 1391 | + | (2) Establish examination scores indicating proficiency. | |
| 1392 | + | (3) Otherwise carry out the purposes of this section. | |
| 1393 | + | SECTION 6. IC 20-28-5-19.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 1394 | + | CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 1395 | + | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 19.8. (a) An individual described | |
| 1396 | + | in section 19.7(b) of this chapter who cannot comply with the | |
| 1397 | + | requirements of section 19.7 of this chapter may apply for a waiver | |
| 1398 | + | from the department in a form and manner prescribed by the | |
| 1399 | + | department. | |
| 1400 | + | (b) Subject to subsection (d), if the department determines that | |
| 1401 | + | an individual described in subsection (a) cannot comply with the | |
| 1402 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 33 | |
| 1403 | + | requirements of section 19.7 of this chapter, the department may | |
| 1404 | + | grant the individual a waiver that provides an exception to the | |
| 1405 | + | requirements. | |
| 1406 | + | (c) The department may grant a waiver under this section to an | |
| 1407 | + | individual that: | |
| 1408 | + | (1) is not more than one (1) year; and | |
| 1409 | + | (2) does not extend beyond July 1, 2028. | |
| 1410 | + | However the department may extend the waiver described in this | |
| 1411 | + | subsection if the department determines a hardship exists for the | |
| 1412 | + | individual in meeting the requirements under section 19.7 of this | |
| 1413 | + | chapter. | |
| 1414 | + | (d) Before the department may grant a waiver under this | |
| 1415 | + | section, the department shall submit a report not later than | |
| 1416 | + | December 1, 2026, to the legislative council in an electronic format | |
| 1417 | + | under IC 5-14-6 that contains the following information: | |
| 1418 | + | (1) The progress made by the department toward the | |
| 1419 | + | requirements in section 19.7 of this chapter. | |
| 1420 | + | (2) The progress made by the department toward the goal of | |
| 1421 | + | student literacy in Indiana. | |
| 1422 | + | (3) Barriers and challenges that remain for all individuals | |
| 1423 | + | described in section 19.7(b) of this chapter to achieving the | |
| 1424 | + | requirements of section 19.7 of this chapter. | |
| 1425 | + | (4) The reasons the department's waiver authority under this | |
| 1426 | + | section is necessary. | |
| 1427 | + | (5) Any other recommendations the department may have for | |
| 1428 | + | educators, communities, parents, schools, teacher preparation | |
| 1429 | + | programs, and the general assembly for achieving: | |
| 1430 | + | (A) full compliance with the requirements of section 19.7 | |
| 1431 | + | of this chapter; and | |
| 1432 | + | (B) student literacy goals of the state.". | |
| 1433 | + | Page 7, line 40, delete "teacher" and insert "teacher, instructor, or | |
| 1434 | + | tutor". | |
| 1435 | + | Page 7, line 42, after "curriculum" insert "or intervention | |
| 1436 | + | materials". | |
| 1437 | + | Page 9, between lines 37 and 38, begin a new paragraph and insert: | |
| 1438 | + | "SECTION 13. IC 20-32-5.1-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.43-2021, | |
| 485 | 1439 | SECTION 105, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 486 | 1440 | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 6. (a) The state board shall: | |
| 487 | 1441 | (1) authorize and oversee the department's development and | |
| 488 | 1442 | implementation of the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment | |
| 489 | 1443 | Readiness Network (ILEARN) program, including: | |
| 490 | 1444 | (A) establishment of criteria for requests for proposals for | |
| 1445 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 34 | |
| 491 | 1446 | statewide assessments developed or authorized under this | |
| 492 | 1447 | chapter; | |
| 493 | 1448 | (B) establishment of criteria for membership of evaluation | |
| 494 | 1449 | teams; and | |
| 495 | 1450 | (C) establishment of criteria for content and format of the | |
| 496 | 1451 | statewide assessment; and | |
| 497 | 1452 | (2) require the department to conduct ongoing analysis of whether | |
| 498 | 1453 | the statewide assessment results are predictive of success in | |
| 499 | 1454 | college and career training programs. | |
| 500 | 1455 | (b) The passing scores on a statewide assessment must be | |
| 501 | 1456 | determined by statistically valid and reliable methods as determined by | |
| 502 | 1457 | independent experts selected by the state board. | |
| 503 | 1458 | (c) The state board, in consultation with The Arc of Indiana and | |
| 504 | 1459 | Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education (ICASE), shall | |
| 505 | 1460 | select one (1) or more individuals who specialize in special education | |
| 506 | 1461 | who shall, in turn, be consulted with by the state board as part of the | |
| 507 | 1462 | state board's oversight of the development and implementation of the | |
| 508 | 1463 | Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network | |
| 509 | 1464 | (ILEARN) program. | |
| 510 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 13 | |
| 511 | 1465 | (d) The secretary of education, with the approval of the state board, | |
| 512 | 1466 | is responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of | |
| 513 | 1467 | the Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network | |
| 514 | 1468 | (ILEARN) program. | |
| 515 | 1469 | (e) The department shall prepare detailed design specifications for | |
| 516 | 1470 | the statewide assessment developed under this chapter that must do the | |
| 517 | 1471 | following: | |
| 518 | 1472 | (1) Take into account the academic standards adopted under | |
| 519 | 1473 | IC 20-31-3. | |
| 520 | 1474 | (2) Include testing of students' higher level cognitive thinking in | |
| 521 | 1475 | each subject area tested. | |
| 522 | 1476 | (f) A statewide assessment described in section 7 of this chapter | |
| 523 | 1477 | may be in a form that allows the department and the state board, to the | |
| 524 | 1478 | extent possible, to compare the proficiency of Indiana students to the | |
| 525 | 1479 | proficiency of students in other states. A statewide assessment may | |
| 526 | 1480 | consist of original test items for Indiana's exclusive use if the state | |
| 527 | 1481 | board determines that: | |
| 528 | 1482 | (1) developing original test items for Indiana's exclusive use will | |
| 529 | 1483 | result in cost savings; or | |
| 530 | 1484 | (2) it would be impractical to develop a statewide assessment | |
| 531 | 1485 | adequately aligned to Indiana's academic standards without | |
| 532 | 1486 | including original test items developed for Indiana's exclusive | |
| 533 | 1487 | use. | |
| 1488 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 35 | |
| 534 | 1489 | (g) The state board shall establish a method for virtual | |
| 535 | 1490 | administration of the statewide assessment described in section 7 | |
| 536 | - | of this chapter. | |
| 537 | - | SECTION 14. IC 20-32-5.1-17, AS AMENDED BY P.L.245-2023, | |
| 538 | - | SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 539 | - | JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 17. (a) The state board shall approve two (2) or | |
| 540 | - | more benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessments to identify | |
| 541 | - | students that require remediation and provide individualized instruction | |
| 542 | - | in which a school corporation, charter school, state accredited | |
| 543 | - | nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) may | |
| 544 | - | receive a grant under subsection (g). | |
| 545 | - | (b) For a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment | |
| 546 | - | described in subsection (a) that is administered to students in | |
| 547 | - | kindergarten through grade 2, the assessment must meet one (1) or | |
| 548 | - | more of the following: | |
| 549 | - | (1) The assessment: | |
| 550 | - | (A) focuses on English/language arts; and | |
| 551 | - | (B) shows alignment, verified by a third party, to Indiana's | |
| 552 | - | academic standards for English/language arts domains, | |
| 553 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 14 | |
| 554 | - | specifically foundational reading skills. | |
| 555 | - | (2) The assessment is a universal screener that: | |
| 556 | - | (A) meets the screening requirements listed in IC 20-35.5-2-2; | |
| 557 | - | (B) measures foundational reading skills; and | |
| 558 | - | (C) received a convincing or partially convincing rating for | |
| 559 | - | accuracy, reliability, and validity by the National Center on | |
| 560 | - | Intensive Intervention or a nationally recognized dyslexia | |
| 561 | - | assessment expert; | |
| 562 | - | (D) screens for early literacy skill deficits; | |
| 1491 | + | of this chapter.". | |
| 1492 | + | Page 12, line 7, delete "grade 2 who" and insert "grade 2.". | |
| 1493 | + | Page 12, delete line 8. | |
| 1494 | + | Page 12, line 9, delete "by the department.". | |
| 1495 | + | Page 15, delete lines 34 through 35, begin a new line double block | |
| 1496 | + | indented and insert: | |
| 1497 | + | "(B) was retained more than one (1) time throughout | |
| 1498 | + | kindergarten, grade 1, or grade 2.". | |
| 1499 | + | Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively. | |
| 1500 | + | and when so amended that said bill do pass. | |
| 1501 | + | (Reference is to SB 1 as reprinted January 30, 2024.) | |
| 1502 | + | BEHNING | |
| 1503 | + | Committee Vote: yeas 9, nays 4. | |
| 1504 | + | _____ | |
| 1505 | + | COMMITTEE REPORT | |
| 1506 | + | Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was | |
| 1507 | + | referred Engrossed Senate Bill 1, has had the same under consideration | |
| 1508 | + | and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the | |
| 1509 | + | recommendation that said bill be amended as follows: | |
| 1510 | + | Replace the effective date in SECTION 7 with "[EFFECTIVE | |
| 1511 | + | UPON PASSAGE]". | |
| 1512 | + | Page 10, line 13, delete "A" and insert "Beginning with the | |
| 1513 | + | 2024-2025 school year, a". | |
| 1514 | + | Page 14, line 9, strike "and". | |
| 1515 | + | Page 14, line 13, after "expert" delete "." and insert ";". | |
| 1516 | + | Page 14, between lines 13 and 14, begin a new line double block | |
| 1517 | + | indented and insert: | |
| 1518 | + | "(D) screens for early literacy skill deficits; | |
| 563 | 1519 | (E) provides parents and schools with data analysis guides | |
| 564 | 1520 | for interpreting results and comprehensive support for | |
| 565 | 1521 | schools to guide classroom instruction and the | |
| 566 | 1522 | implementation of reading interventions; and | |
| 567 | 1523 | (F) provides the department with an annual analysis of | |
| 568 | 1524 | statewide data trends to support identification of early | |
| 1525 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 36 | |
| 569 | 1526 | literacy skill deficits and guides targeted intervention | |
| 570 | 1527 | efforts. | |
| 571 | - | (3) The assessment focuses on numeracy and shows alignment, | |
| 572 | - | verified by a third party, to Indiana's academic standards for | |
| 573 | - | mathematical domains, specifically: | |
| 574 | - | (A) number sense; | |
| 575 | - | (B) computation and algebraic thinking; and | |
| 576 | - | (C) measurement. | |
| 577 | - | (c) For a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment | |
| 578 | - | described in subsection (a) that is administered to students in grades 3 | |
| 579 | - | through 7, the assessment must show alignment, verified by a third | |
| 580 | - | party, to Indiana's academic standards. | |
| 581 | - | (d) For a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment | |
| 582 | - | described in subsection (a) that is administered to students in grades 8 | |
| 583 | - | through 10, the assessment must show alignment, verified by a third | |
| 584 | - | party, to: | |
| 585 | - | (1) Indiana's academic standards; or | |
| 586 | - | (2) the nationally recognized college entrance exam required to be | |
| 587 | - | administered under section 7 of this chapter. | |
| 588 | - | (e) This subsection does not apply to an assessment that is a | |
| 589 | - | universal screener described in subsection (b)(2). The majority of the | |
| 590 | - | benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment reporting must | |
| 591 | - | indicate the degree to which students are on track for grade level | |
| 592 | - | proficiency and college and career readiness. Approved assessments | |
| 593 | - | must also provide predictive study results for student performance on | |
| 594 | - | the statewide assessment under section 7 of this chapter, not later than | |
| 595 | - | two (2) years after the summative assessment has been first | |
| 596 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 15 | |
| 597 | - | administered. | |
| 598 | - | (f) This subsection does not apply to an assessment that is a | |
| 599 | - | universal screener described in subsection (b)(2). A school corporation, | |
| 600 | - | charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as | |
| 601 | - | defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) may elect to administer a benchmark, | |
| 602 | - | formative, interim, or similar assessment described in subsection (a). | |
| 603 | - | If a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic | |
| 604 | - | school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) administers an | |
| 605 | - | assessment described in subsection (a), the school corporation, charter | |
| 606 | - | school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined | |
| 607 | - | in IC 20-51-1-4.7) may prescribe the time and the manner in which the | |
| 608 | - | assessment is administered. | |
| 609 | - | (g) If a school corporation, charter school, state accredited | |
| 610 | - | nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) | |
| 611 | - | elects to administer a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar | |
| 612 | - | assessment described in subsection (a), the school corporation, charter | |
| 613 | - | school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined | |
| 614 | - | in IC 20-51-1-4.7) is entitled to receive a grant or reimbursement from | |
| 615 | - | the department in an amount not to exceed the cost of the assessment. | |
| 616 | - | The department shall provide grants and reimbursements to a school | |
| 617 | - | corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or | |
| 618 | - | eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) under this section from | |
| 619 | - | money appropriated to the department for the purpose of carrying out | |
| 620 | - | this section. | |
| 621 | - | (h) Except as provided in subsection (j), the state board and the | |
| 622 | - | department may not contract with, approve, or endorse the use of a | |
| 623 | - | single vendor to provide benchmark, formative, interim, or similar | |
| 624 | - | assessments for any grade level or levels of kindergarten through grade | |
| 625 | - | 7. | |
| 626 | - | (i) Before the state board may approve a benchmark, formative, | |
| 627 | - | interim, or similar assessment described in subsection (a), the | |
| 628 | - | assessment vendor must enter into a data share agreement with the | |
| 629 | - | department in the manner prescribed by the department. A vendor | |
| 630 | - | providing an assessment described in subsection (b)(2) shall | |
| 631 | - | provide a summary of a student's assessment results to the student | |
| 632 | - | and the student's parents. The summary of the results must be in | |
| 633 | - | an understandable format for parents that is easy to read. | |
| 634 | - | (j) The department shall procure a preferred assessment that | |
| 635 | - | meets the requirements specified in subsection (b)(2) for use by | |
| 1528 | + | However, the department may not approve more than four (4) | |
| 1529 | + | assessments under this subdivision.". | |
| 1530 | + | Page 15, line 35, delete "(b)(2). The" and insert "(b)(2) for use by | |
| 636 | 1531 | schools in which fewer than seventy percent (70%) of students in | |
| 637 | 1532 | the school achieved a valid passing score on the determinant | |
| 638 | - | evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board. | |
| 639 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 16 | |
| 640 | - | (k) This subsection applies to: | |
| 641 | - | (1) a public school, including a charter school; | |
| 642 | - | (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; and | |
| 643 | - | (3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7). | |
| 644 | - | An elementary school shall administer an assessment described in | |
| 645 | - | subsection (b)(2) to students in kindergarten through grade 2. The | |
| 646 | - | department shall provide guidance as to the number of times the | |
| 647 | - | assessment is required and when the administrations of the | |
| 648 | - | assessment should occur. | |
| 649 | - | SECTION 15. IC 20-32-8.5-0.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 650 | - | CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 651 | - | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 0.5. This chapter applies to: | |
| 652 | - | (1) a public school, including a charter school; | |
| 653 | - | (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; and | |
| 654 | - | (3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7). | |
| 655 | - | SECTION 16. IC 20-32-8.5-0.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 656 | - | CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 657 | - | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 0.7. As used in this chapter, | |
| 658 | - | "student" means an individual who is enrolled in a school | |
| 659 | - | described in section 0.5 of this chapter. | |
| 660 | - | SECTION 17. IC 20-32-8.5-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.245-2023, | |
| 661 | - | SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE | |
| 662 | - | JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), or (c), | |
| 663 | - | the plan required by this chapter must include the following: | |
| 664 | - | (1) Reading skill standards for grade 1 through grade 3. | |
| 665 | - | (2) An emphasis on A method for making determinant evaluations | |
| 666 | - | by grade 3 that might require remedial action is required for the | |
| 667 | - | a student, including: | |
| 668 | - | (A) beginning with evaluations administered during the | |
| 669 | - | 2024-2025 school year, and except as provided in | |
| 670 | - | subsection (c), retention of the student in grade 3 if the | |
| 671 | - | student has not achieved a passing score on the | |
| 672 | - | determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by the | |
| 673 | - | state board after the student has had an opportunity to | |
| 674 | - | retake the determinant evaluation in the summer; and | |
| 675 | - | (B) the use of curricular materials and supplemental | |
| 676 | - | materials aligned to the science of reading that are | |
| 677 | - | designed to address deficiencies in reading; | |
| 678 | - | retention as a last resort, after other methods of remediation have | |
| 679 | - | been evaluated or used, or both, if reading skills are below the | |
| 680 | - | standard. Appropriate consultation with parents or guardians must | |
| 681 | - | be part of the plan. | |
| 682 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 17 | |
| 683 | - | (3) A requirement that schools notify a student's parent of the | |
| 684 | - | following: | |
| 685 | - | (A) The student's assessment results regarding skill level | |
| 686 | - | in: | |
| 687 | - | (i) phonemic awareness; | |
| 688 | - | (ii) phonics; | |
| 689 | - | (iii) fluency; | |
| 690 | - | (iv) vocabulary; and | |
| 691 | - | (v) comprehension. | |
| 692 | - | (B) The student's assessment results on the determinant | |
| 693 | - | evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board. | |
| 694 | - | (C) Any intervention provided to the student or any | |
| 695 | - | remedial action taken. | |
| 696 | - | (4) A requirement that schools monitor the progress of | |
| 697 | - | students who failed to achieve a valid passing score on the: | |
| 698 | - | (A) determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by | |
| 699 | - | the state board; or | |
| 700 | - | (B) statewide assessment program test. | |
| 701 | - | (5) A requirement that schools provide reading instruction | |
| 702 | - | that includes a core reading program aligned with the science | |
| 703 | - | of reading to all students in kindergarten through grade 8. | |
| 704 | - | (6) A requirement for the administration of the determinant | |
| 705 | - | evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board to | |
| 706 | - | students in grade 2. | |
| 707 | - | (7) A requirement that all students take the determinant | |
| 708 | - | evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board until | |
| 709 | - | the student: | |
| 710 | - | (A) receives a passing score, regardless of the student's | |
| 711 | - | grade level; or | |
| 712 | - | (B) enters grade 7. | |
| 713 | - | (8) A requirement that a school report the following to the | |
| 714 | - | department: | |
| 715 | - | (A) The literacy interventions that will be used for students | |
| 716 | - | in grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient | |
| 717 | - | and students in grade 3 who do not achieve a valid passing | |
| 718 | - | score on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 719 | - | approved by the state board. | |
| 720 | - | (B) The literacy interventions in use before the adoption of | |
| 721 | - | the plan for students in grade 2 who are at risk of not being | |
| 722 | - | reading proficient and students in grade 3 who do not | |
| 723 | - | achieve a valid passing score on the determinant | |
| 724 | - | evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board. | |
| 725 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 18 | |
| 726 | - | (C) The literacy interventions in use before the adoption of | |
| 727 | - | the plan for students who do not achieve a valid passing | |
| 728 | - | score on the determinant evaluation of reading skills | |
| 729 | - | approved by the state board. | |
| 730 | - | (D) The number of students being served by the | |
| 731 | - | interventions described in clauses (B) and (C). | |
| 732 | - | (E) The cost of providing the interventions described in | |
| 733 | - | clauses (B) and (C). | |
| 734 | - | (F) Any other information requested by the department. | |
| 735 | - | (3) (9) Requirements for a public school maintained by a school | |
| 736 | - | corporation in which fewer than seventy percent (70%) of | |
| 737 | - | students of the school achieved a valid passing score on the | |
| 738 | - | determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by the state | |
| 739 | - | board The requirements for the public schools described in this | |
| 740 | - | subdivision that must include the following: | |
| 741 | - | (A) Use of curriculum that is: | |
| 742 | - | (i) based on the science of reading; and | |
| 743 | - | (ii) approved by the department. | |
| 744 | - | (B) Employment of the following: | |
| 745 | - | (i) Before July 1, 2025, an instructional coach who is | |
| 746 | - | trained in the science of reading, as determined by the | |
| 747 | - | department. This item expires January 1, 2026. | |
| 748 | - | (ii) After June 30, 2025, an instructional coach with a | |
| 749 | - | literacy related endorsement who is trained in the science | |
| 750 | - | of reading. | |
| 751 | - | (C) Administration of the determinant evaluation of reading | |
| 752 | - | skills approved by the state board to students in grade 2. | |
| 753 | - | (D) (C) Use of only benchmark, formative, interim, or similar | |
| 754 | - | assessments that: | |
| 755 | - | (i) show alignment with Indiana's academic standards; and | |
| 756 | - | (ii) are approved by the department. | |
| 757 | - | (D) Use of a screener procured under IC 20-32-5.1-17(j). | |
| 758 | - | (4) (10) The fiscal impact of each component of the plan, if any. | |
| 759 | - | In determining whether a component has a fiscal impact, | |
| 760 | - | consideration shall be given to whether the component will | |
| 761 | - | increase costs to the state or a school corporation or require the | |
| 762 | - | state or school corporation to reallocate resources. | |
| 763 | - | (b) For a charter school, as defined in IC 20-24-1-4, a plan may | |
| 764 | - | include only the following: | |
| 765 | - | (1) A method for making determinant evaluations of reading skills | |
| 766 | - | by grade 3. | |
| 767 | - | (2) Retention as a last resort for students reading below grade | |
| 768 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 19 | |
| 769 | - | level as measured by the evaluation or assessment. | |
| 770 | - | (c) (b) This subsection applies to a public school that is not a charter | |
| 771 | - | school. A school corporation may receive a waiver of the requirements | |
| 772 | - | provided in 511 IAC 6.2-3.1-4(a)(2) if the state board approves an | |
| 773 | - | alternative reading plan provided by the school. corporation. | |
| 774 | - | (c) A student who would otherwise be subject to retention in | |
| 775 | - | grade 3 under the plan is not subject to the retention requirement | |
| 776 | - | only if the student meets one (1) of the following criteria: | |
| 777 | - | (1) The student was subject to retention and has been retained | |
| 778 | - | in grade 3 for one (1) school year. | |
| 779 | - | (2) The student has an intellectual disability or the student's | |
| 780 | - | individualized education program specifies that retention is | |
| 781 | - | not appropriate, and the student's case conference committee | |
| 782 | - | has determined that promotion to another grade is | |
| 783 | - | appropriate. | |
| 784 | - | (3) The student is an English learner who has received | |
| 785 | - | services for fewer than two (2) years and a committee | |
| 786 | - | consisting of: | |
| 787 | - | (A) the student's parent; | |
| 788 | - | (B) a building level administrator or designee; | |
| 789 | - | (C) a classroom teacher of service; | |
| 790 | - | (D) an English learner teacher of record, if one exists; and | |
| 791 | - | (E) an English learner district administrator, if one exists; | |
| 792 | - | determines that promotion is appropriate based on the | |
| 793 | - | implementation of research based instructional practices | |
| 794 | - | outlined in the student's individual learning plan. | |
| 795 | - | (4) The student received a score of proficient or above | |
| 796 | - | proficient in grade 3 math on the statewide summative | |
| 797 | - | assessment. | |
| 798 | - | (5) The student: | |
| 799 | - | (A) has received intensive intervention as determined by | |
| 800 | - | the department in reading for two (2) or more years; and | |
| 801 | - | (B) was retained more than one (1) time throughout | |
| 802 | - | kindergarten, grade 1, or grade 2. | |
| 803 | - | (d) A student who is not subject to the retention requirement as | |
| 804 | - | provided under (c) must be provided with additional reading | |
| 805 | - | instruction that is aligned with the science of reading until the | |
| 806 | - | student achieves a passing score on the determinant evaluation of | |
| 807 | - | reading skills approved by the state board. | |
| 808 | - | (e) This subsection applies after June 30, 2024. Before October | |
| 809 | - | 1 of each school year the department shall: | |
| 810 | - | (1) identify each incoming student (as defined in section 0.7 of | |
| 811 | - | SEA 1 — Concur 20 | |
| 812 | - | this chapter) enrolled in kindergarten in a school in Indiana; | |
| 813 | - | and | |
| 814 | - | (2) notify the parent or guardian of the student of the | |
| 815 | - | retention requirement under this chapter for grade 3 students | |
| 816 | - | who do not achieve a passing score on the Indiana reading | |
| 817 | - | evaluation and determination (IRead3). | |
| 818 | - | (f) The department shall establish a standard reporting process | |
| 1533 | + | evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board.". | |
| 1534 | + | Page 15, delete lines 36 through 37. | |
| 1535 | + | Page 18, between lines 26 and 27, begin a new line double block | |
| 1536 | + | indented and insert: | |
| 1537 | + | "(D) Use of a screener procured under IC 20-32-5.1-17(j)". | |
| 1538 | + | Page 19, after line 42, begin a new paragraph and insert: | |
| 1539 | + | "(f) The department shall establish a standard reporting process | |
| 819 | 1540 | and reporting window for schools to report students who qualify | |
| 820 | - | for an exemption under subsection (c). | |
| 821 | - | SECTION 18. IC 20-32-8.5-2.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA | |
| 822 | - | CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS | |
| 823 | - | [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2.5. The governing body of a | |
| 824 | - | school or the equivalent authority of a charter school, state | |
| 825 | - | accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in | |
| 826 | - | IC 20-51-1-4.7) shall establish a procedure that allows a parent of | |
| 827 | - | a student who: | |
| 828 | - | (1) has been retained in grade 3 under the plan; and | |
| 829 | - | (2) would not be subject to retention for other reasons; | |
| 830 | - | to appeal the student's retention if the parent believes the student | |
| 831 | - | meets an exception under section 2(c) of this chapter. | |
| 832 | - | SECTION 19. An emergency is declared for this act. | |
| 833 | - | SEA 1 — Concur President of the Senate | |
| 834 | - | President Pro Tempore | |
| 835 | - | Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| 836 | - | Governor of the State of Indiana | |
| 837 | - | Date: Time: | |
| 838 | - | SEA 1 — Concur | |
| 1541 | + | for an exemption under subsection (c).". | |
| 1542 | + | Page 20, after line 11, begin a new paragraph and insert: | |
| 1543 | + | "SECTION 19. An emergency is declared for this act.". | |
| 1544 | + | and when so amended that said bill do pass. | |
| 1545 | + | (Reference is to ESB 1 as printed February 15, 2024.) | |
| 1546 | + | THOMPSON | |
| 1547 | + | Committee Vote: yeas 12, nays 9. | |
| 1548 | + | _____ | |
| 1549 | + | HOUSE MOTION | |
| 1550 | + | Mr. Speaker: I move that Engrossed Senate Bill 1 be amended to | |
| 1551 | + | read as follows: | |
| 1552 | + | Page 14, delete lines 24 through 25. | |
| 1553 | + | (Reference is to ESB 1 as printed February 22, 2024.) | |
| 1554 | + | TESHKA | |
| 1555 | + | ES 1—LS 6707/DI 143 |