Indiana 2024 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0103 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	SENATE BILL No. 103
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 20-30.
7	7	Synopsis: School curriculum. Requires each school corporation,
8	8	charter school, and state accredited nonpublic elementary school to
9	9	include print handwriting, cursive handwriting, and spelling in its
10	10	curriculum.
11	11	Effective: July 1, 2024.
12	12	Leising
13	13	January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
14	14	Development.
15	15	2024 IN 103—LS 6363/DI 143 Introduced
16	16	Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
17	17	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
18	18	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
19	19	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
20	20	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
21	21	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
22	22	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
23	23	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
24	24	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
25	25	between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
26	26	SENATE BILL No. 103
27	27	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
28	28	education.
29	29	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
30	30	1 SECTION 1. IC 20-30-5-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.32-2021,
31	31	2 SECTION 56, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
32	32	3 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 7. (a) Each school corporation shall include in the
33	33	4 school corporation's curriculum the following studies:
34	34	5 (1) Language arts, including:
35	35	6 (A) English;
36	36	7 (B) grammar;
37	37	8 (C) composition;
38	38	9 (D) speech; and
39	39	10 (E) second languages;
40	40	11 (F) for an elementary school:
41	41	12 (i) print handwriting; and
42	42	13 (ii) cursive handwriting; and
43	43	14 (G) for kindergarten through grade 6, spelling.
44	44	15 (2) Mathematics.
45	45	16 (3) Social studies and citizenship, including the:
46	46	17 (A) constitutions;
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48	48	1 (B) governmental systems; and
49	49	2 (C) histories;
50	50	3 of Indiana and the United States, including an enhanced study of
51	51	4 the Holocaust in each high school United States history course.
52	52	5 As part of the United States government credit awarded for the
53	53	6 general, Core 40, Core 40 with academic honors, and Core 40
54	54	7 with technical honors designation, each high school shall
55	55	8 administer the naturalization examination provided by the United
56	56	9 States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
57	57	10 (4) Sciences, including, after June 30, 2021, computer science.
58	58	11 (5) Fine arts, including music and art.
59	59	12 (6) Health education, physical fitness, safety, and the effects of
60	60	13 alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and other substances on the human body.
61	61	14 (7) Additional studies selected by each governing body, subject
62	62	15 to revision by the state board.
63	63	16 (b) Each:
64	64	17 (1) school corporation;
65	65	18 (2) charter school; and
66	66	19 (3) state accredited nonpublic school;
67	67	20 shall offer the study of ethnic and racial groups as a one (1) semester
68	68	21 elective course in its high school curriculum at least once every school
69	69	22 year.
70	70	23 (c) The course described in subsection (b) may be offered by the
71	71	24 school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school
72	72	25 through a course access program administered by the department.
73	73	26 (d) Not later than November 1, 2022, and not later than November
74	74	27 1 each year thereafter, the department shall report to the general
75	75	28 assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 the following:
76	76	29 (1) The number of students who took the naturalization
77	77	30 examination described in subsection (a)(3).
78	78	31 (2) The number of students who passed the naturalization
79	79	32 examination described in subsection (a)(3) by a score of not less
80	80	33 than sixty percent (60%) on their first attempt.
81	81	34 (3) The pass rate of the naturalization examination regarding the
82	82	35 students who passed as described in subdivision (2).
83	83	36 (e) Not more than thirty (30) days after the department reports to the
84	84	37 general assembly the information under subsection (d), the department
85	85	38 shall post the pass rate under subsection (d)(3) on the department's
86	86	39 Internet web site. website.
87	87	40 SECTION 2. IC 20-30-5-7.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
88	88	41 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
89	89	42 1, 2024]: Sec. 7.2. A charter school and a state accredited nonpublic
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91	91	1 elementary school shall include in the charter school's and state
92	92	2 accredited nonpublic elementary school's curriculum the following
93	93	3 language arts studies:
94	94	4 (1) For an elementary school:
95	95	5 (A) print handwriting; and
96	96	6 (B) cursive handwriting.
97	97	7 (2) For kindergarten through grade 6, spelling.
98	98	8 SECTION 3. IC 20-30-6.1-2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
99	99	9 1, 2024]. Sec. 2. Each school corporation may include cursive writing
100	100	10 in the school corporation's curriculum.
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