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Indiana House Bill HB1002

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43 ENGROSSED
54 HOUSE BILL No. 1002
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7-DIGEST OF HB 1002 (Updated April 10, 2025 6:52 pm - DI 143)
6+DIGEST OF HB 1002 (Updated April 3, 2025 10:24 am - DI 120)
87 Citations Affected: Numerous provisions throughout the Indiana
98 Code.
109 Synopsis: Various education matters. Removes and repeals various
1110 education provisions and expired education provisions, including
1211 provisions concerning the following: (1) Secretary of education criteria.
1312 (2) Certain department of education (department) requirements. (3)
1413 The advisory committee on career and technical education. (4) Use of
1514 hearing examiners by the state board of education (state board). (5)
15+Credit for retaking a virtual course during certain time periods. (6)
16+Children's social, emotional, and behavioral health plans. (7) Family
17+friendly school designations. (8) The Indiana civic education
18+commission. (9) Discretionary directives to the department. (10) The
19+program for the advancement of math and science. (11) Access to
20+telecommunication services. (12) Elementary school counselors, social
21+workers, and school psychologists program and fund. (13) Grants for
22+mental health counselor licenses for school counselors. (14) The arts
1623 (Continued next page)
1724 Effective: July 1, 2025.
1825 Behning, Teshka, Smith H, Jordan
1926 (SENATE SPONSORS — RAATZ, ROGERS)
2027 January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
2128 January 27, 2025, amended, reported — Do Pass.
2229 January 30, 2025, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
2330 January 31, 2025, engrossed.
2431 February 3, 2025, read third time, passed. Yeas 75, nays 16.
2532 SENATE ACTION
2633 February 18, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
2734 Development.
2835 March 27, 2025, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass; reassigned to Committee on
2936 Appropriations.
3037 April 3, 2025, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
31-April 10, 2025, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
3238 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 Digest Continued
33-Credit for retaking a virtual course during certain time periods. (6)
34-Children's social, emotional, and behavioral health plans. (7) Family
35-friendly school designations. (8) The Indiana civic education
36-commission. (9) Discretionary directives to the department. (10) The
37-program for the advancement of math and science. (11) Access to
38-telecommunication services. (12) Elementary school counselors, social
39-workers, and school psychologists program and fund. (13) Grants for
40-mental health counselor licenses for school counselors. (14) The arts
4139 education program. (15) The geothermal conversion revolving fund.
4240 (16) Clause requirements for certain charter school organizer
4341 documents. (17) Required acknowledgment by a current authorizer
4442 regarding a proposal by an existing charter school to another
4543 authorizer. (18) Requirements regarding a governing body of school
4644 corporation (governing body) providing a noncharter school. (19)
4745 Charter requirements, including minimum year, instruction, course, and
4846 annual performance target requirements. (20) Certain notice
4947 requirements from an authorizer to an organizer that is not in
5048 compliance. (21) Indiana school for the arts. (22) Allowing the board
5149 of trustees of Vincennes University to establish a grammar school. (23)
5250 Designation of certain committees by a governing body. (24)
5351 Governing body use of funds for associations. (25) Developing and
5452 reviewing evidence based plans with parents for improving student
5553 behavior and discipline. (26) Township trustees and the sale of
5654 schoolhouses. (27) School health advisory councils and adoption of a
5755 school corporation policy on child nutrition and physical activity. (28)
5856 Certain agreement requirements regarding joint programs. (29) Certain
5957 requirements regarding the transfer of a student to another school. (30)
6058 Freeway school corporation and freeway school program. (31) Policies,
6159 programs, and reports regarding criminal organization activity. (32)
6260 Transportation program discretion. (33) Recommendations regarding
6361 certain powers and duties of the department. (34) Culturally responsive
6462 methods. (35) Certain training and professional development
6563 requirements. (36) Certain teacher leave requirements. (37) Ineligibility
6664 for state funds for adopting residence requirements. (38) Certain
6765 compensation included in computing teacher's retirement benefit. (39)
6866 Penalty for failing to comply with working schedule requirements. (40)
6967 Discretionary modification of graduation plan. (41) Required course on
7068 safety education. (42) Compilation of leaflets regarding hygiene,
7169 sanitary science, and disease prevention. (43) Making a violation
7270 regarding teaching certain disease information an infraction. (44)
7371 Certain elective courses and teachings. (45) Voluntary summer school
7472 program and joint summer school program requirements. (46)
7573 Technology preparation curriculum. (47) Community or volunteer
7674 service programs. (48) Nonsession school activities. (49) Requirements
7775 regarding Indiana academic standards. (50) Strategic and continuous
7876 improvement and achievement plans. (51) Cultural competency. (52)
7977 Student educational achievement grants. (53) Remediation grant
8078 program. (54) Postsecondary workforce training program remediation
8179 reduction. (55) Requirement to provide an enrollment form for the
8280 twenty-first century scholars program to certain students. (56)
8381 Governor's scholars academy. (57) Seminary township school fund.
8482 (58) Dual credit teacher stipend matching grant fund. (59) Student
8583 enrichment grants. Merges and amends provisions regarding fund
8684 distribution upon the termination of a charter and the cessation of a
8785 charter school. Amends the age eligibility for a member of a governing
8886 body. Permits the governing body of a school corporation or an
8987 organizer of a charter school to assess and collect a reasonable fee for
9088 certain supplies and materials. Amends the time period by which a
9189 governing body must organize by electing officers. Establishes
9290 information that must be included in a consolidated audit by an
9391 organizer. Provides adult high schools are excluded from all cohort
9492 based graduation rate calculations except to the extent required under
95-(Continued next page)
96-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 Digest Continued
9793 federal law. Amends the termination and notice requirements with
9894 regard to terminating a transportation program. Relocates and amends
9995 a provision regarding classroom instruction curriculum in teacher
10096 preparation programs. Provides that the secretary of education (instead
10197 of the governor) shall appoint the director of special education.
10298 Amends required frequency of child abuse and neglect training.
10399 Amends certain financial statement filing requirements regarding
104100 school trusts to pool assets for insurance coverage. Provides that, if
101+(Continued next page)
102+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 Digest Continued
105103 Vigo County transfers or gifts any unencumbered funds to a school
106104 corporation, the county executive may establish a local board to have
107105 oversight and manage the use of the funds. Provides that the expenses
108106 of the local board shall be paid by the county. Provides that certain
109107 governing bodies are exempt from compliance with the requirements
110108 of the dollar law for certain school buildings if the school buildings are
111109 sold to a municipality. Makes technical and conforming changes.
112-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 Reprinted
113-April 11, 2025
110+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 April 4, 2025
114111 First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
115112 PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
116113 Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
117114 additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
118115 Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
119116 provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
120117 word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
121118 a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
122119 Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
123120 between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
124121 ENGROSSED
125122 HOUSE BILL No. 1002
126123 A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
127124 education.
128125 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
129126 1 SECTION 1. IC 6-1.1-18-34, AS ADDED BY P.L.236-2023,
130127 2 SECTION 29, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
131128 3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 34. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
132129 4 section, this section:
133130 5 (1) does not apply until the expiration of IC 20-45-8 under
134131 6 IC 20-45-8-29(a); IC 20-45-8-29; and
135132 7 (2) upon the expiration of IC 20-45-8 under IC 20-45-8-29(a),
136133 8 IC 20-45-8-29, applies only to a school corporation that has under
137134 9 its jurisdiction any territory located in Dearborn County.
138135 10 (b) Subject to subsection (c), the superintendent of a school
139136 11 corporation may, after approval by the governing body of the school
140137 12 corporation, and before September 1 of the year immediately preceding
141138 13 the expiration of IC 20-45-8, submit a petition to the department of
142139 14 local government finance requesting an increase in the school
143140 15 corporation's maximum permissible ad valorem property tax levy under
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145142 1 IC 20-46-8-1 for its operations fund for property taxes first due and
146143 2 payable in the year after the expiration of IC 20-45-8.
147144 3 (c) Before the governing body of the school corporation may
148145 4 approve a petition under subsection (b), the governing body of the
149146 5 school corporation must hold a public hearing on the petition. The
150147 6 governing body of the school corporation shall give notice of the public
151148 7 hearing under IC 5-3-1. At the public hearing, the governing body of
152149 8 the school corporation shall make available to the public the following:
153150 9 (1) A fiscal plan describing the need for the increase to the levy
154151 10 and the expenditures for which the revenue generated from the
155152 11 increase to the levy will be used.
156153 12 (2) A statement that the proposed increase will be a permanent
157154 13 increase to the school corporation's maximum permissible ad
158155 14 valorem property tax levy under IC 20-46-8-1 for its operations
159156 15 fund.
160157 16 (3) The estimated effect of the proposed increase on taxpayers.
161158 17 (4) The anticipated property tax rates and levies for property taxes
162159 18 first due and payable in the year after the expiration of
163160 19 IC 20-45-8.
164161 20 After the governing body of the school corporation approves the
165162 21 petition, the school corporation shall immediately notify the other civil
166163 22 taxing units and school corporations in the county that are located in a
167164 23 taxing district where the school corporation is also located.
168165 24 (d) If the superintendent of a school corporation submits a petition
169166 25 under subsection (b), the department of local government finance shall
170167 26 increase the school corporation's maximum permissible ad valorem
171168 27 property tax levy under IC 20-46-8-1 for the operations fund for
172169 28 property taxes first due and payable in the year after the expiration of
173170 29 IC 20-45-8 by the amount of the distribution that the school corporation
174171 30 received in the year immediately preceding the expiration of
175172 31 IC 20-45-8, as determined by the department of local government
176173 32 finance.
177174 33 (e) The school corporation's maximum permissible ad valorem
178175 34 property tax levy for property taxes first due and payable in the year
179176 35 after the expiration of IC 20-45-8, as adjusted under this section, shall
180177 36 be used in the determination of the school corporation's maximum
181178 37 permissible ad valorem property tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5 for
182179 38 property taxes first due and payable in the year following the year after
183180 39 the expiration of IC 20-45-8 and thereafter.
184181 40 SECTION 2. IC 6-3-1-3.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.9-2024,
185182 41 SECTION 185, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
186183 42 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3.5. When used in this article, the
187184 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 3
188185 1 term "adjusted gross income" shall mean the following:
189186 2 (a) In the case of all individuals, "adjusted gross income" (as
190187 3 defined in Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code), modified as
191188 4 follows:
192189 5 (1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under this article
193190 6 by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
194191 7 (2) Except as provided in subsection (c), add an amount equal to
195192 8 any deduction or deductions allowed or allowable pursuant to
196193 9 Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code for taxes based on or
197194 10 measured by income and levied at the state level by any state of
198195 11 the United States.
199196 12 (3) Subtract one thousand dollars ($1,000), or in the case of a
200197 13 joint return filed by a husband and wife, subtract for each spouse
201198 14 one thousand dollars ($1,000).
202199 15 (4) Subtract one thousand dollars ($1,000) for:
203200 16 (A) each of the exemptions provided by Section 151(c) of the
204201 17 Internal Revenue Code (as effective January 1, 2017);
205202 18 (B) each additional amount allowable under Section 63(f) of
206203 19 the Internal Revenue Code; and
207204 20 (C) the spouse of the taxpayer if a separate return is made by
208205 21 the taxpayer and if the spouse, for the calendar year in which
209206 22 the taxable year of the taxpayer begins, has no gross income
210207 23 and is not the dependent of another taxpayer.
211208 24 (5) Subtract each of the following:
212209 25 (A) One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for each of the
213210 26 exemptions allowed under Section 151(c)(1)(B) of the Internal
214211 27 Revenue Code (as effective January 1, 2004), except that in
215212 28 the first taxable year in which a particular exemption is
216213 29 allowed under Section 151(c)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue
217214 30 Code (as effective January 1, 2004), subtract three thousand
218215 31 dollars ($3,000) for that exemption.
219216 32 (B) One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for each
220217 33 exemption allowed under Section 151(c) of the Internal
221218 34 Revenue Code (as effective January 1, 2017) for an individual:
222219 35 (i) who is less than nineteen (19) years of age or is a
223220 36 full-time student who is less than twenty-four (24) years of
224221 37 age;
225222 38 (ii) for whom the taxpayer is the legal guardian; and
226223 39 (iii) for whom the taxpayer does not claim an exemption
227224 40 under clause (A).
228225 41 (C) Five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional amount
229226 42 allowable under Section 63(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
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231228 1 if the federal adjusted gross income of the taxpayer, or the
232229 2 taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse in the case of a joint return,
233230 3 is less than forty thousand dollars ($40,000). In the case of a
234231 4 married individual filing a separate return, the qualifying
235232 5 income amount in this clause is equal to twenty thousand
236233 6 dollars ($20,000).
237234 7 (D) Three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each exemption
238235 8 allowed under Section 151(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (as
239236 9 effective January 1, 2017) for an individual who is:
240237 10 (i) an adopted child of the taxpayer; and
241238 11 (ii) less than nineteen (19) years of age or is a full-time
242239 12 student who is less than twenty-four (24) years of age.
243240 13 This amount is in addition to any amount subtracted under
244241 14 clause (A) or (B).
245242 15 This amount is in addition to the amount subtracted under
246243 16 subdivision (4).
247244 17 (6) Subtract any amounts included in federal adjusted gross
248245 18 income under Section 111 of the Internal Revenue Code as a
249246 19 recovery of items previously deducted as an itemized deduction
250247 20 from adjusted gross income.
251248 21 (7) Subtract any amounts included in federal adjusted gross
252249 22 income under the Internal Revenue Code which amounts were
253250 23 received by the individual as supplemental railroad retirement
254251 24 annuities under 45 U.S.C. 231 and which are not deductible under
255252 25 subdivision (1).
256253 26 (8) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of federal Social
257254 27 Security and Railroad Retirement benefits included in a taxpayer's
258255 28 federal gross income by Section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code.
259256 29 (9) In the case of a nonresident taxpayer or a resident taxpayer
260257 30 residing in Indiana for a period of less than the taxpayer's entire
261258 31 taxable year, the total amount of the deductions allowed pursuant
262259 32 to subdivisions (3), (4), and (5) shall be reduced to an amount
263260 33 which bears the same ratio to the total as the taxpayer's income
264261 34 taxable in Indiana bears to the taxpayer's total income.
265262 35 (10) In the case of an individual who is a recipient of assistance
266263 36 under IC 12-10-6-1, IC 12-10-6-2.1, IC 12-15-2-2, or IC 12-15-7,
267264 37 subtract an amount equal to that portion of the individual's
268265 38 adjusted gross income with respect to which the individual is not
269266 39 allowed under federal law to retain an amount to pay state and
270267 40 local income taxes.
271268 41 (11) In the case of an eligible individual, subtract the amount of
272269 42 a Holocaust victim's settlement payment included in the
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274271 1 individual's federal adjusted gross income.
275272 2 (12) Subtract an amount equal to the portion of any premiums
276273 3 paid during the taxable year by the taxpayer for a qualified long
277274 4 term care policy (as defined in IC 12-15-39.6-5) for the taxpayer
278275 5 or the taxpayer's spouse if the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse
279276 6 file a joint income tax return or the taxpayer is otherwise entitled
280277 7 to a deduction under this subdivision for the taxpayer's spouse, or
281278 8 both.
282279 9 (13) Subtract an amount equal to the lesser of:
283280 10 (A) two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or one
284281 11 thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250) in the case of a
285282 12 married individual filing a separate return; or
286283 13 (B) the amount of property taxes that are paid during the
287284 14 taxable year in Indiana by the individual on the individual's
288285 15 principal place of residence.
289286 16 (14) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of a September 11
290287 17 terrorist attack settlement payment included in the individual's
291288 18 federal adjusted gross income.
292289 19 (15) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
293290 20 gross income of any taxpayer that owns property for which bonus
294291 21 depreciation was allowed in the current taxable year or in an
295292 22 earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
296293 23 that would have been computed had an election not been made
297294 24 under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply bonus
298295 25 depreciation to the property in the year that it was placed in
299296 26 service.
300297 27 (16) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed under
301298 28 Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code (concerning net
302299 29 operating losses).
303300 30 (17) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
304301 31 gross income of any taxpayer that placed Section 179 property (as
305302 32 defined in Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code) in service
306303 33 in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to
307304 34 the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
308305 35 computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not
309306 36 been made for the year in which the property was placed in
310307 37 service to take deductions under Section 179 of the Internal
311308 38 Revenue Code in a total amount exceeding the sum of:
312309 39 (A) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to the extent
313310 40 deductions under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code
314311 41 were not elected as provided in clause (B); and
315312 42 (B) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the
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317314 1 deductions elected under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue
318315 2 Code on property acquired in an exchange if:
319316 3 (i) the exchange would have been eligible for
320317 4 nonrecognition of gain or loss under Section 1031 of the
321318 5 Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2017;
322319 6 (ii) the exchange is not eligible for nonrecognition of gain or
323320 7 loss under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
324321 8 (iii) the taxpayer made an election to take deductions under
325322 9 Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code with regard to the
326323 10 acquired property in the year that the property was placed
327324 11 into service.
328325 12 The amount of deductions allowable for an item of property
329326 13 under this clause may not exceed the amount of adjusted gross
330327 14 income realized on the property that would have been deferred
331328 15 under the Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2017.
332329 16 (18) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of the taxpayer's
333330 17 qualified military income that was not excluded from the
334331 18 taxpayer's gross income for federal income tax purposes under
335332 19 Section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code.
336333 20 (19) Subtract income that is:
337334 21 (A) exempt from taxation under IC 6-3-2-21.7 (certain income
338335 22 derived from patents); and
339336 23 (B) included in the individual's federal adjusted gross income
340337 24 under the Internal Revenue Code.
341338 25 (20) Add an amount equal to any income not included in gross
342339 26 income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business
343340 27 indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after
344341 28 December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable
345342 29 debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal
346343 30 Revenue Code. Subtract the amount necessary from the adjusted
347344 31 gross income of any taxpayer that added an amount to adjusted
348345 32 gross income in a previous year to offset the amount included in
349346 33 federal gross income as a result of the deferral of income arising
350347 34 from business indebtedness discharged in connection with the
351348 35 reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1,
352349 36 2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section
353350 37 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
354351 38 (21) Add the amount excluded from federal gross income under
355352 39 Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code for interest received on
356353 40 an obligation of a state other than Indiana, or a political
357354 41 subdivision of such a state, that is acquired by the taxpayer after
358355 42 December 31, 2011. For purposes of this subdivision:
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360357 1 (A) if the taxpayer receives interest from a pass through entity,
361358 2 a regulated investment company, a hedge fund, or similar
362359 3 arrangement, the taxpayer will be considered to have acquired
363360 4 the obligation on the date the entity acquired the obligation;
364361 5 (B) if ownership of the obligation occurs by means other than
365362 6 a purchase, the date of acquisition of the obligation shall be
366363 7 the date ownership of the obligation was transferred, except to
367364 8 the extent provided in clause (A), and if a portion of the
368365 9 obligation is acquired on multiple dates, the date of acquisition
369366 10 shall be considered separately for each portion of the
370367 11 obligation; and
371368 12 (C) if ownership of the obligation occurred as the result of a
372369 13 refinancing of another obligation, the acquisition date shall be
373370 14 the date on which the obligation was refinanced.
374371 15 (22) Subtract an amount as described in Section 1341(a)(2) of the
375372 16 Internal Revenue Code to the extent, if any, that the amount was
376373 17 previously included in the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for a
377374 18 prior taxable year.
378375 19 (23) For taxable years beginning after December 25, 2016, add an
379376 20 amount equal to the deduction for deferred foreign income that
380377 21 was claimed by the taxpayer for the taxable year under Section
381378 22 965(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
382379 23 (24) Subtract any interest expense paid or accrued in the current
383380 24 taxable year but not deducted as a result of the limitation imposed
384381 25 under Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. Add any
385382 26 interest expense paid or accrued in a previous taxable year but
386383 27 allowed as a deduction under Section 163 of the Internal Revenue
387384 28 Code in the current taxable year. For purposes of this subdivision,
388385 29 an interest expense is considered paid or accrued only in the first
389386 30 taxable year the deduction would have been allowable under
390387 31 Section 163 of the Internal Revenue Code if the limitation under
391388 32 Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code did not exist.
392389 33 (25) Subtract the amount that would have been excluded from
393390 34 gross income but for the enactment of Section 118(b)(2) of the
394391 35 Internal Revenue Code for taxable years ending after December
395392 36 22, 2017.
396393 37 (26) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, and
397394 38 before January 1, 2021, add an amount of the deduction claimed
398395 39 under Section 62(a)(22) of the Internal Revenue Code.
399396 40 (27) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, for
400397 41 payments made by an employer under an education assistance
401398 42 program after March 27, 2020:
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403400 1 (A) add the amount of payments by an employer that are
404401 2 excluded from the taxpayer's federal gross income under
405402 3 Section 127(c)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
406403 4 (B) deduct the interest allowable under Section 221 of the
407404 5 Internal Revenue Code, if the disallowance under Section
408405 6 221(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code did not apply to the
409406 7 payments described in clause (A). For purposes of applying
410407 8 Section 221(b) of the Internal Revenue Code to the amount
411408 9 allowable under this clause, the amount under clause (A) shall
412409 10 not be added to adjusted gross income.
413410 11 (28) Add an amount equal to the remainder of:
414411 12 (A) the amount allowable as a deduction under Section 274(n)
415412 13 of the Internal Revenue Code; minus
416413 14 (B) the amount otherwise allowable as a deduction under
417414 15 Section 274(n) of the Internal Revenue Code, if Section
418415 16 274(n)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code was not in effect
419416 17 for amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2020.
420417 18 (29) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and
421418 19 before January 1, 2021, add an amount equal to the excess
422419 20 business loss of the taxpayer as defined in Section 461(l)(3) of the
423420 21 Internal Revenue Code. In addition:
424421 22 (A) If a taxpayer has an excess business loss under this
425422 23 subdivision and also has modifications under subdivisions (15)
426423 24 and (17) for property placed in service during the taxable year,
427424 25 the taxpayer shall treat a portion of the taxable year
428425 26 modifications for that property as occurring in the taxable year
429426 27 the property is placed in service and a portion of the
430427 28 modifications as occurring in the immediately following
431428 29 taxable year.
432429 30 (B) The portion of the modifications under subdivisions (15)
433430 31 and (17) for property placed in service during the taxable year
434431 32 treated as occurring in the taxable year in which the property
435432 33 is placed in service equals:
436433 34 (i) the modification for the property otherwise determined
437434 35 under this section; minus
438435 36 (ii) the excess business loss disallowed under this
439436 37 subdivision;
440437 38 but not less than zero (0).
441438 39 (C) The portion of the modifications under subdivisions (15)
442439 40 and (17) for property placed in service during the taxable year
443440 41 treated as occurring in the taxable year immediately following
444441 42 the taxable year in which the property is placed in service
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446443 1 equals the modification for the property otherwise determined
447444 2 under this section minus the amount in clause (B).
448445 3 (D) Any reallocation of modifications between taxable years
449446 4 under clauses (B) and (C) shall be first allocated to the
450447 5 modification under subdivision (15), then to the modification
451448 6 under subdivision (17).
452449 7 (30) Add an amount equal to the amount excluded from federal
453450 8 gross income under Section 108(f)(5) of the Internal Revenue
454451 9 Code. For purposes of this subdivision:
455452 10 (A) if an amount excluded under Section 108(f)(5) of the
456453 11 Internal Revenue Code would be excludible under Section
457454 12 108(a)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, the exclusion
458455 13 under Section 108(a)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code shall
459456 14 take precedence; and
460457 15 (B) if an amount would have been excludible under Section
461458 16 108(f)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code as in effect on January
462459 17 1, 2020, the amount is not required to be added back under this
463460 18 subdivision.
464461 19 (31) For taxable years ending after March 12, 2020, subtract an
465462 20 amount equal to the deduction disallowed pursuant to:
466463 21 (A) Section 2301(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136),
467464 22 as modified by Sections 206 and 207 of the Taxpayer Certainty
468465 23 and Disaster Relief Tax Act (Division EE of Public Law
469466 24 116-260); and
470467 25 (B) Section 3134(e) of the Internal Revenue Code.
471468 26 (32) Subtract the amount of an ESA annual grant amount and, as
472469 27 applicable, a CSA annual grant amount distributed to a taxpayer's
473470 28 Indiana education scholarship account under IC 20-51.4 that is
474471 29 used for an ESA or CSA qualified expense (as defined in
475472 30 IC 20-51.4-2) or to an Indiana enrichment scholarship account
476473 31 under IC 20-52 that is used for qualified expenses (as defined in
477474 32 IC 20-52-2-6), to the extent the distribution used for the qualified
478475 33 expense is included in the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross
479476 34 income under the Internal Revenue Code.
480477 35 (33) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, and
481478 36 before January 1, 2021, add an amount equal to the amount of
482479 37 unemployment compensation excluded from federal gross income
483480 38 under Section 85(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
484481 39 (34) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022,
485482 40 subtract an amount equal to the deduction disallowed under
486483 41 Section 280C(h) of the Internal Revenue Code.
487484 42 (35) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021, add or
488485 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 10
489486 1 subtract amounts related to specified research or experimental
490487 2 procedures as required under IC 6-3-2-29.
491488 3 (36) Subtract any other amounts the taxpayer is entitled to deduct
492489 4 under IC 6-3-2.
493490 5 (37) Subtract the amount of a CSA annual grant amount
494491 6 distributed to a taxpayer's career scholarship account under
495492 7 IC 20-51.4-4.5 that is used for a CSA qualified expense (as
496493 8 defined in IC 20-51.4-2-3.8), to the extent the distribution used
497494 9 for the CSA qualified expense is included in the taxpayer's federal
498495 10 adjusted gross income under the Internal Revenue Code.
499496 11 (b) In the case of corporations, the same as "taxable income" (as
500497 12 defined in Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code) adjusted as
501498 13 follows:
502499 14 (1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under this article
503500 15 by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
504501 16 (2) Add an amount equal to any deduction or deductions allowed
505502 17 or allowable pursuant to Section 170 of the Internal Revenue
506503 18 Code (concerning charitable contributions).
507504 19 (3) Except as provided in subsection (c), add an amount equal to
508505 20 any deduction or deductions allowed or allowable pursuant to
509506 21 Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code for taxes based on or
510507 22 measured by income and levied at the state level by any state of
511508 23 the United States.
512509 24 (4) Subtract an amount equal to the amount included in the
513510 25 corporation's taxable income under Section 78 of the Internal
514511 26 Revenue Code (concerning foreign tax credits).
515512 27 (5) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
516513 28 gross income of any taxpayer that owns property for which bonus
517514 29 depreciation was allowed in the current taxable year or in an
518515 30 earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
519516 31 that would have been computed had an election not been made
520517 32 under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply bonus
521518 33 depreciation to the property in the year that it was placed in
522519 34 service.
523520 35 (6) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed under Section
524521 36 172 of the Internal Revenue Code (concerning net operating
525522 37 losses).
526523 38 (7) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
527524 39 gross income of any taxpayer that placed Section 179 property (as
528525 40 defined in Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code) in service
529526 41 in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to
530527 42 the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
531528 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 11
532529 1 computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not
533530 2 been made for the year in which the property was placed in
534531 3 service to take deductions under Section 179 of the Internal
535532 4 Revenue Code in a total amount exceeding the sum of:
536533 5 (A) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to the extent
537534 6 deductions under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code
538535 7 were not elected as provided in clause (B); and
539536 8 (B) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the
540537 9 deductions elected under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue
541538 10 Code on property acquired in an exchange if:
542539 11 (i) the exchange would have been eligible for
543540 12 nonrecognition of gain or loss under Section 1031 of the
544541 13 Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2017;
545542 14 (ii) the exchange is not eligible for nonrecognition of gain or
546543 15 loss under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
547544 16 (iii) the taxpayer made an election to take deductions under
548545 17 Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code with regard to the
549546 18 acquired property in the year that the property was placed
550547 19 into service.
551548 20 The amount of deductions allowable for an item of property
552549 21 under this clause may not exceed the amount of adjusted gross
553550 22 income realized on the property that would have been deferred
554551 23 under the Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2017.
555552 24 (8) Add to the extent required by IC 6-3-2-20:
556553 25 (A) the amount of intangible expenses (as defined in
557554 26 IC 6-3-2-20) for the taxable year that reduced the corporation's
558555 27 taxable income (as defined in Section 63 of the Internal
559556 28 Revenue Code) for federal income tax purposes; and
560557 29 (B) any directly related interest expenses (as defined in
561558 30 IC 6-3-2-20) that reduced the corporation's adjusted gross
562559 31 income (determined without regard to this subdivision). For
563560 32 purposes of this clause, any directly related interest expense
564561 33 that constitutes business interest within the meaning of Section
565562 34 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be considered to
566563 35 have reduced the taxpayer's federal taxable income only in the
567564 36 first taxable year in which the deduction otherwise would have
568565 37 been allowable under Section 163 of the Internal Revenue
569566 38 Code if the limitation under Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal
570567 39 Revenue Code did not exist.
571568 40 (9) Add an amount equal to any deduction for dividends paid (as
572569 41 defined in Section 561 of the Internal Revenue Code) to
573570 42 shareholders of a captive real estate investment trust (as defined
574571 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 12
575572 1 in section 34.5 of this chapter).
576573 2 (10) Subtract income that is:
577574 3 (A) exempt from taxation under IC 6-3-2-21.7 (certain income
578575 4 derived from patents); and
579576 5 (B) included in the corporation's taxable income under the
580577 6 Internal Revenue Code.
581578 7 (11) Add an amount equal to any income not included in gross
582579 8 income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business
583580 9 indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after
584581 10 December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable
585582 11 debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal
586583 12 Revenue Code. Subtract from the adjusted gross income of any
587584 13 taxpayer that added an amount to adjusted gross income in a
588585 14 previous year the amount necessary to offset the amount included
589586 15 in federal gross income as a result of the deferral of income
590587 16 arising from business indebtedness discharged in connection with
591588 17 the reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1,
592589 18 2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section
593590 19 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
594591 20 (12) Add the amount excluded from federal gross income under
595592 21 Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code for interest received on
596593 22 an obligation of a state other than Indiana, or a political
597594 23 subdivision of such a state, that is acquired by the taxpayer after
598595 24 December 31, 2011. For purposes of this subdivision:
599596 25 (A) if the taxpayer receives interest from a pass through entity,
600597 26 a regulated investment company, a hedge fund, or similar
601598 27 arrangement, the taxpayer will be considered to have acquired
602599 28 the obligation on the date the entity acquired the obligation;
603600 29 (B) if ownership of the obligation occurs by means other than
604601 30 a purchase, the date of acquisition of the obligation shall be
605602 31 the date ownership of the obligation was transferred, except to
606603 32 the extent provided in clause (A), and if a portion of the
607604 33 obligation is acquired on multiple dates, the date of acquisition
608605 34 shall be considered separately for each portion of the
609606 35 obligation; and
610607 36 (C) if ownership of the obligation occurred as the result of a
611608 37 refinancing of another obligation, the acquisition date shall be
612609 38 the date on which the obligation was refinanced.
613610 39 (13) For taxable years beginning after December 25, 2016:
614611 40 (A) for a corporation other than a real estate investment trust,
615612 41 add:
616613 42 (i) an amount equal to the amount reported by the taxpayer
617614 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 13
618615 1 on IRC 965 Transition Tax Statement, line 1; or
619616 2 (ii) if the taxpayer deducted an amount under Section 965(c)
620617 3 of the Internal Revenue Code in determining the taxpayer's
621618 4 taxable income for purposes of the federal income tax, the
622619 5 amount deducted under Section 965(c) of the Internal
623620 6 Revenue Code; and
624621 7 (B) for a real estate investment trust, add an amount equal to
625622 8 the deduction for deferred foreign income that was claimed by
626623 9 the taxpayer for the taxable year under Section 965(c) of the
627624 10 Internal Revenue Code, but only to the extent that the taxpayer
628625 11 included income pursuant to Section 965 of the Internal
629626 12 Revenue Code in its taxable income for federal income tax
630627 13 purposes or is required to add back dividends paid under
631628 14 subdivision (9).
632629 15 (14) Add an amount equal to the deduction that was claimed by
633630 16 the taxpayer for the taxable year under Section 250(a)(1)(B) of the
634631 17 Internal Revenue Code (attributable to global intangible
635632 18 low-taxed income). The taxpayer shall separately specify the
636633 19 amount of the reduction under Section 250(a)(1)(B)(i) of the
637634 20 Internal Revenue Code and under Section 250(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the
638635 21 Internal Revenue Code.
639636 22 (15) Subtract any interest expense paid or accrued in the current
640637 23 taxable year but not deducted as a result of the limitation imposed
641638 24 under Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. Add any
642639 25 interest expense paid or accrued in a previous taxable year but
643640 26 allowed as a deduction under Section 163 of the Internal Revenue
644641 27 Code in the current taxable year. For purposes of this subdivision,
645642 28 an interest expense is considered paid or accrued only in the first
646643 29 taxable year the deduction would have been allowable under
647644 30 Section 163 of the Internal Revenue Code if the limitation under
648645 31 Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code did not exist.
649646 32 (16) Subtract the amount that would have been excluded from
650647 33 gross income but for the enactment of Section 118(b)(2) of the
651648 34 Internal Revenue Code for taxable years ending after December
652649 35 22, 2017.
653650 36 (17) Add an amount equal to the remainder of:
654651 37 (A) the amount allowable as a deduction under Section 274(n)
655652 38 of the Internal Revenue Code; minus
656653 39 (B) the amount otherwise allowable as a deduction under
657654 40 Section 274(n) of the Internal Revenue Code, if Section
658655 41 274(n)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code was not in effect
659656 42 for amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2020.
660657 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 14
661658 1 (18) For taxable years ending after March 12, 2020, subtract an
662659 2 amount equal to the deduction disallowed pursuant to:
663660 3 (A) Section 2301(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136),
664661 4 as modified by Sections 206 and 207 of the Taxpayer Certainty
665662 5 and Disaster Relief Tax Act (Division EE of Public Law
666663 6 116-260); and
667664 7 (B) Section 3134(e) of the Internal Revenue Code.
668665 8 (19) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022,
669666 9 subtract an amount equal to the deduction disallowed under
670667 10 Section 280C(h) of the Internal Revenue Code.
671668 11 (20) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021,
672669 12 subtract the amount of any:
673670 13 (A) federal, state, or local grant received by the taxpayer; and
674671 14 (B) discharged federal, state, or local indebtedness incurred by
675672 15 the taxpayer;
676673 16 for purposes of providing or expanding access to broadband
677674 17 service in this state.
678675 18 (21) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021, add or
679676 19 subtract amounts related to specified research or experimental
680677 20 procedures as required under IC 6-3-2-29.
681678 21 (22) Add or subtract any other amounts the taxpayer is:
682679 22 (A) required to add or subtract; or
683680 23 (B) entitled to deduct;
684681 24 under IC 6-3-2.
685682 25 (c) The following apply to taxable years beginning after December
686683 26 31, 2018, for purposes of the add back of any deduction allowed on the
687684 27 taxpayer's federal income tax return for wagering taxes, as provided in
688685 28 subsection (a)(2) if the taxpayer is an individual or subsection (b)(3) if
689686 29 the taxpayer is a corporation:
690687 30 (1) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018, and
691688 31 before January 1, 2020, a taxpayer is required to add back under
692689 32 this section eighty-seven and five-tenths percent (87.5%) of any
693690 33 deduction allowed on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for
694691 34 wagering taxes.
695692 35 (2) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019, and
696693 36 before January 1, 2021, a taxpayer is required to add back under
697694 37 this section seventy-five percent (75%) of any deduction allowed
698695 38 on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for wagering taxes.
699696 39 (3) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020, and
700697 40 before January 1, 2022, a taxpayer is required to add back under
701698 41 this section sixty-two and five-tenths percent (62.5%) of any
702699 42 deduction allowed on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for
703700 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 15
704701 1 wagering taxes.
705702 2 (4) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021, and
706703 3 before January 1, 2023, a taxpayer is required to add back under
707704 4 this section fifty percent (50%) of any deduction allowed on the
708705 5 taxpayer's federal income tax return for wagering taxes.
709706 6 (5) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, and
710707 7 before January 1, 2024, a taxpayer is required to add back under
711708 8 this section thirty-seven and five-tenths percent (37.5%) of any
712709 9 deduction allowed on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for
713710 10 wagering taxes.
714711 11 (6) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, and
715712 12 before January 1, 2025, a taxpayer is required to add back under
716713 13 this section twenty-five percent (25%) of any deduction allowed
717714 14 on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for wagering taxes.
718715 15 (7) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, and
719716 16 before January 1, 2026, a taxpayer is required to add back under
720717 17 this section twelve and five-tenths percent (12.5%) of any
721718 18 deduction allowed on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for
722719 19 wagering taxes.
723720 20 (8) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, a
724721 21 taxpayer is not required to add back under this section any amount
725722 22 of a deduction allowed on the taxpayer's federal income tax return
726723 23 for wagering taxes.
727724 24 (d) In the case of life insurance companies (as defined in Section
728725 25 816(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) that are organized under Indiana
729726 26 law, the same as "life insurance company taxable income" (as defined
730727 27 in Section 801 of the Internal Revenue Code), adjusted as follows:
731728 28 (1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under this article
732729 29 by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
733730 30 (2) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed or allowable
734731 31 under Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code (concerning
735732 32 charitable contributions).
736733 33 (3) Add an amount equal to a deduction allowed or allowable
737734 34 under Section 805 or Section 832(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
738735 35 for taxes based on or measured by income and levied at the state
739736 36 level by any state.
740737 37 (4) Subtract an amount equal to the amount included in the
741738 38 company's taxable income under Section 78 of the Internal
742739 39 Revenue Code (concerning foreign tax credits).
743740 40 (5) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
744741 41 gross income of any taxpayer that owns property for which bonus
745742 42 depreciation was allowed in the current taxable year or in an
746743 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 16
747744 1 earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
748745 2 that would have been computed had an election not been made
749746 3 under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply bonus
750747 4 depreciation to the property in the year that it was placed in
751748 5 service.
752749 6 (6) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed under Section
753750 7 172 of the Internal Revenue Code (concerning net operating
754751 8 losses).
755752 9 (7) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
756753 10 gross income of any taxpayer that placed Section 179 property (as
757754 11 defined in Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code) in service
758755 12 in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to
759756 13 the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
760757 14 computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not
761758 15 been made for the year in which the property was placed in
762759 16 service to take deductions under Section 179 of the Internal
763760 17 Revenue Code in a total amount exceeding the sum of:
764761 18 (A) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to the extent
765762 19 deductions under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code
766763 20 were not elected as provided in clause (B); and
767764 21 (B) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the
768765 22 deductions elected under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue
769766 23 Code on property acquired in an exchange if:
770767 24 (i) the exchange would have been eligible for
771768 25 nonrecognition of gain or loss under Section 1031 of the
772769 26 Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2017;
773770 27 (ii) the exchange is not eligible for nonrecognition of gain or
774771 28 loss under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
775772 29 (iii) the taxpayer made an election to take deductions under
776773 30 Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code with regard to the
777774 31 acquired property in the year that the property was placed
778775 32 into service.
779776 33 The amount of deductions allowable for an item of property
780777 34 under this clause may not exceed the amount of adjusted gross
781778 35 income realized on the property that would have been deferred
782779 36 under the Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2017.
783780 37 (8) Subtract income that is:
784781 38 (A) exempt from taxation under IC 6-3-2-21.7 (certain income
785782 39 derived from patents); and
786783 40 (B) included in the insurance company's taxable income under
787784 41 the Internal Revenue Code.
788785 42 (9) Add an amount equal to any income not included in gross
789786 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 17
790787 1 income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business
791788 2 indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after
792789 3 December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable
793790 4 debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal
794791 5 Revenue Code. Subtract from the adjusted gross income of any
795792 6 taxpayer that added an amount to adjusted gross income in a
796793 7 previous year the amount necessary to offset the amount included
797794 8 in federal gross income as a result of the deferral of income
798795 9 arising from business indebtedness discharged in connection with
799796 10 the reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1,
800797 11 2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section
801798 12 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
802799 13 (10) Add an amount equal to any exempt insurance income under
803800 14 Section 953(e) of the Internal Revenue Code that is active
804801 15 financing income under Subpart F of Subtitle A, Chapter 1,
805802 16 Subchapter N of the Internal Revenue Code.
806803 17 (11) Add the amount excluded from federal gross income under
807804 18 Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code for interest received on
808805 19 an obligation of a state other than Indiana, or a political
809806 20 subdivision of such a state, that is acquired by the taxpayer after
810807 21 December 31, 2011. For purposes of this subdivision:
811808 22 (A) if the taxpayer receives interest from a pass through entity,
812809 23 a regulated investment company, a hedge fund, or similar
813810 24 arrangement, the taxpayer will be considered to have acquired
814811 25 the obligation on the date the entity acquired the obligation;
815812 26 (B) if ownership of the obligation occurs by means other than
816813 27 a purchase, the date of acquisition of the obligation shall be
817814 28 the date ownership of the obligation was transferred, except to
818815 29 the extent provided in clause (A), and if a portion of the
819816 30 obligation is acquired on multiple dates, the date of acquisition
820817 31 shall be considered separately for each portion of the
821818 32 obligation; and
822819 33 (C) if ownership of the obligation occurred as the result of a
823820 34 refinancing of another obligation, the acquisition date shall be
824821 35 the date on which the obligation was refinanced.
825822 36 (12) For taxable years beginning after December 25, 2016, add:
826823 37 (A) an amount equal to the amount reported by the taxpayer on
827824 38 IRC 965 Transition Tax Statement, line 1; or
828825 39 (B) if the taxpayer deducted an amount under Section 965(c)
829826 40 of the Internal Revenue Code in determining the taxpayer's
830827 41 taxable income for purposes of the federal income tax, the
831828 42 amount deducted under Section 965(c) of the Internal Revenue
832829 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 18
833830 1 Code.
834831 2 (13) Add an amount equal to the deduction that was claimed by
835832 3 the taxpayer for the taxable year under Section 250(a)(1)(B) of the
836833 4 Internal Revenue Code (attributable to global intangible
837834 5 low-taxed income). The taxpayer shall separately specify the
838835 6 amount of the reduction under Section 250(a)(1)(B)(i) of the
839836 7 Internal Revenue Code and under Section 250(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the
840837 8 Internal Revenue Code.
841838 9 (14) Subtract any interest expense paid or accrued in the current
842839 10 taxable year but not deducted as a result of the limitation imposed
843840 11 under Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. Add any
844841 12 interest expense paid or accrued in a previous taxable year but
845842 13 allowed as a deduction under Section 163 of the Internal Revenue
846843 14 Code in the current taxable year. For purposes of this subdivision,
847844 15 an interest expense is considered paid or accrued only in the first
848845 16 taxable year the deduction would have been allowable under
849846 17 Section 163 of the Internal Revenue Code if the limitation under
850847 18 Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code did not exist.
851848 19 (15) Subtract the amount that would have been excluded from
852849 20 gross income but for the enactment of Section 118(b)(2) of the
853850 21 Internal Revenue Code for taxable years ending after December
854851 22 22, 2017.
855852 23 (16) Add an amount equal to the remainder of:
856853 24 (A) the amount allowable as a deduction under Section 274(n)
857854 25 of the Internal Revenue Code; minus
858855 26 (B) the amount otherwise allowable as a deduction under
859856 27 Section 274(n) of the Internal Revenue Code, if Section
860857 28 274(n)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code was not in effect
861858 29 for amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2020.
862859 30 (17) For taxable years ending after March 12, 2020, subtract an
863860 31 amount equal to the deduction disallowed pursuant to:
864861 32 (A) Section 2301(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136),
865862 33 as modified by Sections 206 and 207 of the Taxpayer Certainty
866863 34 and Disaster Relief Tax Act (Division EE of Public Law
867864 35 116-260); and
868865 36 (B) Section 3134(e) of the Internal Revenue Code.
869866 37 (18) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022,
870867 38 subtract an amount equal to the deduction disallowed under
871868 39 Section 280C(h) of the Internal Revenue Code.
872869 40 (19) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021, add or
873870 41 subtract amounts related to specified research or experimental
874871 42 procedures as required under IC 6-3-2-29.
875872 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 19
876873 1 (20) Add or subtract any other amounts the taxpayer is:
877874 2 (A) required to add or subtract; or
878875 3 (B) entitled to deduct;
879876 4 under IC 6-3-2.
880877 5 (e) In the case of insurance companies subject to tax under Section
881878 6 831 of the Internal Revenue Code and organized under Indiana law, the
882879 7 same as "taxable income" (as defined in Section 832 of the Internal
883880 8 Revenue Code), adjusted as follows:
884881 9 (1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under this article
885882 10 by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
886883 11 (2) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed or allowable
887884 12 under Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code (concerning
888885 13 charitable contributions).
889886 14 (3) Add an amount equal to a deduction allowed or allowable
890887 15 under Section 805 or Section 832(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
891888 16 for taxes based on or measured by income and levied at the state
892889 17 level by any state.
893890 18 (4) Subtract an amount equal to the amount included in the
894891 19 company's taxable income under Section 78 of the Internal
895892 20 Revenue Code (concerning foreign tax credits).
896893 21 (5) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
897894 22 gross income of any taxpayer that owns property for which bonus
898895 23 depreciation was allowed in the current taxable year or in an
899896 24 earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
900897 25 that would have been computed had an election not been made
901898 26 under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply bonus
902899 27 depreciation to the property in the year that it was placed in
903900 28 service.
904901 29 (6) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed under Section
905902 30 172 of the Internal Revenue Code (concerning net operating
906903 31 losses).
907904 32 (7) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
908905 33 gross income of any taxpayer that placed Section 179 property (as
909906 34 defined in Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code) in service
910907 35 in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to
911908 36 the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
912909 37 computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not
913910 38 been made for the year in which the property was placed in
914911 39 service to take deductions under Section 179 of the Internal
915912 40 Revenue Code in a total amount exceeding the sum of:
916913 41 (A) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to the extent
917914 42 deductions under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code
918915 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 20
919916 1 were not elected as provided in clause (B); and
920917 2 (B) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the
921918 3 deductions elected under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue
922919 4 Code on property acquired in an exchange if:
923920 5 (i) the exchange would have been eligible for
924921 6 nonrecognition of gain or loss under Section 1031 of the
925922 7 Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2017;
926923 8 (ii) the exchange is not eligible for nonrecognition of gain or
927924 9 loss under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
928925 10 (iii) the taxpayer made an election to take deductions under
929926 11 Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code with regard to the
930927 12 acquired property in the year that the property was placed
931928 13 into service.
932929 14 The amount of deductions allowable for an item of property
933930 15 under this clause may not exceed the amount of adjusted gross
934931 16 income realized on the property that would have been deferred
935932 17 under the Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2017.
936933 18 (8) Subtract income that is:
937934 19 (A) exempt from taxation under IC 6-3-2-21.7 (certain income
938935 20 derived from patents); and
939936 21 (B) included in the insurance company's taxable income under
940937 22 the Internal Revenue Code.
941938 23 (9) Add an amount equal to any income not included in gross
942939 24 income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business
943940 25 indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after
944941 26 December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable
945942 27 debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal
946943 28 Revenue Code. Subtract from the adjusted gross income of any
947944 29 taxpayer that added an amount to adjusted gross income in a
948945 30 previous year the amount necessary to offset the amount included
949946 31 in federal gross income as a result of the deferral of income
950947 32 arising from business indebtedness discharged in connection with
951948 33 the reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1,
952949 34 2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section
953950 35 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
954951 36 (10) Add an amount equal to any exempt insurance income under
955952 37 Section 953(e) of the Internal Revenue Code that is active
956953 38 financing income under Subpart F of Subtitle A, Chapter 1,
957954 39 Subchapter N of the Internal Revenue Code.
958955 40 (11) Add the amount excluded from federal gross income under
959956 41 Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code for interest received on
960957 42 an obligation of a state other than Indiana, or a political
961958 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 21
962959 1 subdivision of such a state, that is acquired by the taxpayer after
963960 2 December 31, 2011. For purposes of this subdivision:
964961 3 (A) if the taxpayer receives interest from a pass through entity,
965962 4 a regulated investment company, a hedge fund, or similar
966963 5 arrangement, the taxpayer will be considered to have acquired
967964 6 the obligation on the date the entity acquired the obligation;
968965 7 (B) if ownership of the obligation occurs by means other than
969966 8 a purchase, the date of acquisition of the obligation shall be
970967 9 the date ownership of the obligation was transferred, except to
971968 10 the extent provided in clause (A), and if a portion of the
972969 11 obligation is acquired on multiple dates, the date of acquisition
973970 12 shall be considered separately for each portion of the
974971 13 obligation; and
975972 14 (C) if ownership of the obligation occurred as the result of a
976973 15 refinancing of another obligation, the acquisition date shall be
977974 16 the date on which the obligation was refinanced.
978975 17 (12) For taxable years beginning after December 25, 2016, add:
979976 18 (A) an amount equal to the amount reported by the taxpayer on
980977 19 IRC 965 Transition Tax Statement, line 1; or
981978 20 (B) if the taxpayer deducted an amount under Section 965(c)
982979 21 of the Internal Revenue Code in determining the taxpayer's
983980 22 taxable income for purposes of the federal income tax, the
984981 23 amount deducted under Section 965(c) of the Internal Revenue
985982 24 Code.
986983 25 (13) Add an amount equal to the deduction that was claimed by
987984 26 the taxpayer for the taxable year under Section 250(a)(1)(B) of the
988985 27 Internal Revenue Code (attributable to global intangible
989986 28 low-taxed income). The taxpayer shall separately specify the
990987 29 amount of the reduction under Section 250(a)(1)(B)(i) of the
991988 30 Internal Revenue Code and under Section 250(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the
992989 31 Internal Revenue Code.
993990 32 (14) Subtract any interest expense paid or accrued in the current
994991 33 taxable year but not deducted as a result of the limitation imposed
995992 34 under Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. Add any
996993 35 interest expense paid or accrued in a previous taxable year but
997994 36 allowed as a deduction under Section 163 of the Internal Revenue
998995 37 Code in the current taxable year. For purposes of this subdivision,
999996 38 an interest expense is considered paid or accrued only in the first
1000997 39 taxable year the deduction would have been allowable under
1001998 40 Section 163 of the Internal Revenue Code if the limitation under
1002999 41 Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code did not exist.
10031000 42 (15) Subtract the amount that would have been excluded from
10041001 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 22
10051002 1 gross income but for the enactment of Section 118(b)(2) of the
10061003 2 Internal Revenue Code for taxable years ending after December
10071004 3 22, 2017.
10081005 4 (16) Add an amount equal to the remainder of:
10091006 5 (A) the amount allowable as a deduction under Section 274(n)
10101007 6 of the Internal Revenue Code; minus
10111008 7 (B) the amount otherwise allowable as a deduction under
10121009 8 Section 274(n) of the Internal Revenue Code, if Section
10131010 9 274(n)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code was not in effect
10141011 10 for amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2020.
10151012 11 (17) For taxable years ending after March 12, 2020, subtract an
10161013 12 amount equal to the deduction disallowed pursuant to:
10171014 13 (A) Section 2301(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136),
10181015 14 as modified by Sections 206 and 207 of the Taxpayer Certainty
10191016 15 and Disaster Relief Tax Act (Division EE of Public Law
10201017 16 116-260); and
10211018 17 (B) Section 3134(e) of the Internal Revenue Code.
10221019 18 (18) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022,
10231020 19 subtract an amount equal to the deduction disallowed under
10241021 20 Section 280C(h) of the Internal Revenue Code.
10251022 21 (19) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021, add or
10261023 22 subtract amounts related to specified research or experimental
10271024 23 procedures as required under IC 6-3-2-29.
10281025 24 (20) Add or subtract any other amounts the taxpayer is:
10291026 25 (A) required to add or subtract; or
10301027 26 (B) entitled to deduct;
10311028 27 under IC 6-3-2.
10321029 28 (f) In the case of trusts and estates, "taxable income" (as defined for
10331030 29 trusts and estates in Section 641(b) of the Internal Revenue Code)
10341031 30 adjusted as follows:
10351032 31 (1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under this article
10361033 32 by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
10371034 33 (2) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of a September 11
10381035 34 terrorist attack settlement payment included in the federal
10391036 35 adjusted gross income of the estate of a victim of the September
10401037 36 11 terrorist attack or a trust to the extent the trust benefits a victim
10411038 37 of the September 11 terrorist attack.
10421039 38 (3) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
10431040 39 gross income of any taxpayer that owns property for which bonus
10441041 40 depreciation was allowed in the current taxable year or in an
10451042 41 earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
10461043 42 that would have been computed had an election not been made
10471044 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 23
10481045 1 under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply bonus
10491046 2 depreciation to the property in the year that it was placed in
10501047 3 service.
10511048 4 (4) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed under Section
10521049 5 172 of the Internal Revenue Code (concerning net operating
10531050 6 losses).
10541051 7 (5) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
10551052 8 gross income of any taxpayer that placed Section 179 property (as
10561053 9 defined in Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code) in service
10571054 10 in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to
10581055 11 the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
10591056 12 computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not
10601057 13 been made for the year in which the property was placed in
10611058 14 service to take deductions under Section 179 of the Internal
10621059 15 Revenue Code in a total amount exceeding the sum of:
10631060 16 (A) twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to the extent
10641061 17 deductions under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code
10651062 18 were not elected as provided in clause (B); and
10661063 19 (B) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the
10671064 20 deductions elected under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue
10681065 21 Code on property acquired in an exchange if:
10691066 22 (i) the exchange would have been eligible for
10701067 23 nonrecognition of gain or loss under Section 1031 of the
10711068 24 Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2017;
10721069 25 (ii) the exchange is not eligible for nonrecognition of gain or
10731070 26 loss under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code; and
10741071 27 (iii) the taxpayer made an election to take deductions under
10751072 28 Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code with regard to the
10761073 29 acquired property in the year that the property was placed
10771074 30 into service.
10781075 31 The amount of deductions allowable for an item of property
10791076 32 under this clause may not exceed the amount of adjusted gross
10801077 33 income realized on the property that would have been deferred
10811078 34 under the Internal Revenue Code in effect on January 1, 2017.
10821079 35 (6) Subtract income that is:
10831080 36 (A) exempt from taxation under IC 6-3-2-21.7 (certain income
10841081 37 derived from patents); and
10851082 38 (B) included in the taxpayer's taxable income under the
10861083 39 Internal Revenue Code.
10871084 40 (7) Add an amount equal to any income not included in gross
10881085 41 income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business
10891086 42 indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after
10901087 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 24
10911088 1 December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable
10921089 2 debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal
10931090 3 Revenue Code. Subtract from the adjusted gross income of any
10941091 4 taxpayer that added an amount to adjusted gross income in a
10951092 5 previous year the amount necessary to offset the amount included
10961093 6 in federal gross income as a result of the deferral of income
10971094 7 arising from business indebtedness discharged in connection with
10981095 8 the reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1,
10991096 9 2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section
11001097 10 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
11011098 11 (8) Add the amount excluded from federal gross income under
11021099 12 Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code for interest received on
11031100 13 an obligation of a state other than Indiana, or a political
11041101 14 subdivision of such a state, that is acquired by the taxpayer after
11051102 15 December 31, 2011. For purposes of this subdivision:
11061103 16 (A) if the taxpayer receives interest from a pass through entity,
11071104 17 a regulated investment company, a hedge fund, or similar
11081105 18 arrangement, the taxpayer will be considered to have acquired
11091106 19 the obligation on the date the entity acquired the obligation;
11101107 20 (B) if ownership of the obligation occurs by means other than
11111108 21 a purchase, the date of acquisition of the obligation shall be
11121109 22 the date ownership of the obligation was transferred, except to
11131110 23 the extent provided in clause (A), and if a portion of the
11141111 24 obligation is acquired on multiple dates, the date of acquisition
11151112 25 shall be considered separately for each portion of the
11161113 26 obligation; and
11171114 27 (C) if ownership of the obligation occurred as the result of a
11181115 28 refinancing of another obligation, the acquisition date shall be
11191116 29 the date on which the obligation was refinanced.
11201117 30 (9) For taxable years beginning after December 25, 2016, add an
11211118 31 amount equal to:
11221119 32 (A) the amount reported by the taxpayer on IRC 965
11231120 33 Transition Tax Statement, line 1;
11241121 34 (B) if the taxpayer deducted an amount under Section 965(c)
11251122 35 of the Internal Revenue Code in determining the taxpayer's
11261123 36 taxable income for purposes of the federal income tax, the
11271124 37 amount deducted under Section 965(c) of the Internal Revenue
11281125 38 Code; and
11291126 39 (C) with regard to any amounts of income under Section 965
11301127 40 of the Internal Revenue Code distributed by the taxpayer, the
11311128 41 deduction under Section 965(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
11321129 42 attributable to such distributed amounts and not reported to the
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11341131 1 beneficiary.
11351132 2 For purposes of this article, the amount required to be added back
11361133 3 under clause (B) is not considered to be distributed or
11371134 4 distributable to a beneficiary of the estate or trust for purposes of
11381135 5 Sections 651 and 661 of the Internal Revenue Code.
11391136 6 (10) Subtract any interest expense paid or accrued in the current
11401137 7 taxable year but not deducted as a result of the limitation imposed
11411138 8 under Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. Add any
11421139 9 interest expense paid or accrued in a previous taxable year but
11431140 10 allowed as a deduction under Section 163 of the Internal Revenue
11441141 11 Code in the current taxable year. For purposes of this subdivision,
11451142 12 an interest expense is considered paid or accrued only in the first
11461143 13 taxable year the deduction would have been allowable under
11471144 14 Section 163 of the Internal Revenue Code if the limitation under
11481145 15 Section 163(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code did not exist.
11491146 16 (11) Add an amount equal to the deduction for qualified business
11501147 17 income that was claimed by the taxpayer for the taxable year
11511148 18 under Section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code.
11521149 19 (12) Subtract the amount that would have been excluded from
11531150 20 gross income but for the enactment of Section 118(b)(2) of the
11541151 21 Internal Revenue Code for taxable years ending after December
11551152 22 22, 2017.
11561153 23 (13) Add an amount equal to the remainder of:
11571154 24 (A) the amount allowable as a deduction under Section 274(n)
11581155 25 of the Internal Revenue Code; minus
11591156 26 (B) the amount otherwise allowable as a deduction under
11601157 27 Section 274(n) of the Internal Revenue Code, if Section
11611158 28 274(n)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code was not in effect
11621159 29 for amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2020.
11631160 30 (14) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and
11641161 31 before January 1, 2021, add an amount equal to the excess
11651162 32 business loss of the taxpayer as defined in Section 461(l)(3) of the
11661163 33 Internal Revenue Code. In addition:
11671164 34 (A) If a taxpayer has an excess business loss under this
11681165 35 subdivision and also has modifications under subdivisions (3)
11691166 36 and (5) for property placed in service during the taxable year,
11701167 37 the taxpayer shall treat a portion of the taxable year
11711168 38 modifications for that property as occurring in the taxable year
11721169 39 the property is placed in service and a portion of the
11731170 40 modifications as occurring in the immediately following
11741171 41 taxable year.
11751172 42 (B) The portion of the modifications under subdivisions (3)
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11771174 1 and (5) for property placed in service during the taxable year
11781175 2 treated as occurring in the taxable year in which the property
11791176 3 is placed in service equals:
11801177 4 (i) the modification for the property otherwise determined
11811178 5 under this section; minus
11821179 6 (ii) the excess business loss disallowed under this
11831180 7 subdivision;
11841181 8 but not less than zero (0).
11851182 9 (C) The portion of the modifications under subdivisions (3)
11861183 10 and (5) for property placed in service during the taxable year
11871184 11 treated as occurring in the taxable year immediately following
11881185 12 the taxable year in which the property is placed in service
11891186 13 equals the modification for the property otherwise determined
11901187 14 under this section minus the amount in clause (B).
11911188 15 (D) Any reallocation of modifications between taxable years
11921189 16 under clauses (B) and (C) shall be first allocated to the
11931190 17 modification under subdivision (3), then to the modification
11941191 18 under subdivision (5).
11951192 19 (15) For taxable years ending after March 12, 2020, subtract an
11961193 20 amount equal to the deduction disallowed pursuant to:
11971194 21 (A) Section 2301(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136),
11981195 22 as modified by Sections 206 and 207 of the Taxpayer Certainty
11991196 23 and Disaster Relief Tax Act (Division EE of Public Law
12001197 24 116-260); and
12011198 25 (B) Section 3134(e) of the Internal Revenue Code.
12021199 26 (16) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022,
12031200 27 subtract an amount equal to the deduction disallowed under
12041201 28 Section 280C(h) of the Internal Revenue Code.
12051202 29 (17) Except as provided in subsection (c), for taxable years
12061203 30 beginning after December 31, 2022, add an amount equal to any
12071204 31 deduction or deductions allowed or allowable in determining
12081205 32 taxable income under Section 641(b) of the Internal Revenue
12091206 33 Code for taxes based on or measured by income and levied at the
12101207 34 state level by any state of the United States.
12111208 35 (18) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021, add or
12121209 36 subtract amounts related to specified research or experimental
12131210 37 procedures as required under IC 6-3-2-29.
12141211 38 (19) Add or subtract any other amounts the taxpayer is:
12151212 39 (A) required to add or subtract; or
12161213 40 (B) entitled to deduct;
12171214 41 under IC 6-3-2.
12181215 42 (g) For purposes of IC 6-3-2.1, IC 6-3-4-12, IC 6-3-4-13, and
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12201217 1 IC 6-3-4-15 for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022,
12211218 2 "adjusted gross income" of a pass through entity means the items of
12221219 3 ordinary income and loss in the case of a partnership or a corporation
12231220 4 described in IC 6-3-2-2.8(2), or distributions subject to tax for state and
12241221 5 federal income tax for beneficiaries in the case of a trust or estate,
12251222 6 whichever is applicable, for the taxable year modified as follows:
12261223 7 (1) Add the separately stated items of income and gains, or the
12271224 8 equivalent items that must be considered separately by a
12281225 9 beneficiary, as determined for federal purposes, attributed to the
12291226 10 partners, shareholders, or beneficiaries of the pass through entity,
12301227 11 determined without regard to whether the owner is permitted to
12311228 12 exclude all or part of the income or gain or deduct any amount
12321229 13 against the income or gain.
12331230 14 (2) Subtract the separately stated items of deductions or losses or
12341231 15 items that must be considered separately by beneficiaries, as
12351232 16 determined for federal purposes, attributed to partners,
12361233 17 shareholders, or beneficiaries of the pass through entity and that
12371234 18 are deductible by an individual in determining adjusted gross
12381235 19 income as defined under Section 62 of the Internal Revenue
12391236 20 Code:
12401237 21 (A) limited as if the partners, shareholders, and beneficiaries
12411238 22 deducted the maximum allowable loss or deduction allowable
12421239 23 for the taxable year prior to any amount deductible from the
12431240 24 pass through entity; but
12441241 25 (B) not considering any disallowance of deductions resulting
12451242 26 from federal basis limitations for the partner, shareholder, or
12461243 27 beneficiary.
12471244 28 (3) Add or subtract any modifications to adjusted gross income
12481245 29 that would be required both for individuals under subsection (a)
12491246 30 and corporations under subsection (b) to the extent otherwise
12501247 31 provided in those subsections, including amounts that are
12511248 32 allowable for which such modifications are necessary to account
12521249 33 for separately stated items in subdivision (1) or (2).
12531250 34 (h) Subsections (a)(36), (b)(22), (d)(20), (e)(20), or (f)(19) may not
12541251 35 be construed to require an add back or allow a deduction or exemption
12551252 36 more than once for a particular add back, deduction, or exemption.
12561253 37 (i) For taxable years beginning after December 25, 2016, if:
12571254 38 (1) a taxpayer is a shareholder, either directly or indirectly, in a
12581255 39 corporation that is an E&P deficit foreign corporation as defined
12591256 40 in Section 965(b)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the
12601257 41 earnings and profit deficit, or a portion of the earnings and profit
12611258 42 deficit, of the E&P deficit foreign corporation is permitted to
12621259 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 28
12631260 1 reduce the federal adjusted gross income or federal taxable
12641261 2 income of the taxpayer, the deficit, or the portion of the deficit,
12651262 3 shall also reduce the amount taxable under this section to the
12661263 4 extent permitted under the Internal Revenue Code, however, in no
12671264 5 case shall this permit a reduction in the amount taxable under
12681265 6 Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of this
12691266 7 section to be less than zero (0); and
12701267 8 (2) the Internal Revenue Service issues guidance that such an
12711268 9 income or deduction is not reported directly on a federal tax
12721269 10 return or is to be reported in a manner different than specified in
12731270 11 this section, this section shall be construed as if federal adjusted
12741271 12 gross income or federal taxable income included the income or
12751272 13 deduction.
12761273 14 (j) If a partner is required to include an item of income, a deduction,
12771274 15 or another tax attribute in the partner's adjusted gross income tax return
12781275 16 pursuant to IC 6-3-4.5, such item shall be considered to be includible
12791276 17 in the partner's federal adjusted gross income or federal taxable
12801277 18 income, regardless of whether such item is actually required to be
12811278 19 reported by the partner for federal income tax purposes. For purposes
12821279 20 of this subsection:
12831280 21 (1) items for which a valid election is made under IC 6-3-4.5-6,
12841281 22 IC 6-3-4.5-8, or IC 6-3-4.5-9 shall not be required to be included
12851282 23 in the partner's adjusted gross income or taxable income; and
12861283 24 (2) items for which the partnership did not make an election under
12871284 25 IC 6-3-4.5-6, IC 6-3-4.5-8, or IC 6-3-4.5-9, but for which the
12881285 26 partnership is required to remit tax pursuant to IC 6-3-4.5-18,
12891286 27 shall be included in the partner's adjusted gross income or taxable
12901287 28 income.
12911288 29 (k) The following apply for purposes of this section:
12921289 30 (1) For purposes of subsections (b) and (f), if a taxpayer is an
12931290 31 organization that has more than one (1) trade or business subject
12941291 32 to the provisions of Section 512(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue
12951292 33 Code, the following rules apply for taxable years beginning after
12961293 34 December 31, 2017:
12971294 35 (A) If a trade or business has federal unrelated business
12981295 36 taxable income of zero (0) or greater for a taxable year, the
12991296 37 unrelated business taxable income and modifications required
13001297 38 under this section shall be combined in determining the
13011298 39 adjusted gross income of the taxpayer and shall not be treated
13021299 40 as being subject to the provisions of Section 512(a)(6) of the
13031300 41 Internal Revenue Code if one (1) or more trades or businesses
13041301 42 have negative Indiana adjusted gross income after
13051302 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 29
13061303 1 adjustments.
13071304 2 (B) If a trade or business has federal unrelated business
13081305 3 taxable income of less than zero (0) for a taxable year, the
13091306 4 taxpayer shall apply the modifications under this section for
13101307 5 the taxable year against the net operating loss in the manner
13111308 6 required under IC 6-3-2-2.5 and IC 6-3-2-2.6 for separately
13121309 7 stated net operating losses. However, if the application of
13131310 8 modifications required under IC 6-3-2-2.5 or IC 6-3-2-2.6
13141311 9 results in the separately stated net operating loss for the trade
13151312 10 or business being zero (0), the modifications that increase
13161313 11 adjusted gross income under this section and remain after the
13171314 12 calculations to adjust the separately stated net operating loss
13181315 13 to zero (0) that result from the trade or business must be
13191316 14 treated as modifications to which clause (A) applies for the
13201317 15 taxable year.
13211318 16 (C) If a trade or business otherwise described in Section
13221319 17 512(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code incurred a net
13231320 18 operating loss for a taxable year beginning after December 31,
13241321 19 2017, and before January 1, 2021, and the net operating loss
13251322 20 was carried back for federal tax purposes:
13261323 21 (i) if the loss was carried back to a taxable year for which
13271324 22 the requirements under Section 512(a)(6) of the Internal
13281325 23 Revenue Code did not apply, the portion of the loss and
13291326 24 modifications attributable to the loss shall be treated as
13301327 25 adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for the first taxable
13311328 26 year of the taxpayer beginning after December 31, 2022, and
13321329 27 shall be treated as part of the adjusted gross income
13331330 28 attributable to clause (A), unless, and to the extent, the loss
13341331 29 and modifications were applied to adjusted gross income for
13351332 30 a previous taxable year, as determined under this article; and
13361333 31 (ii) if the loss was carried back to a taxable year for which
13371334 32 the requirements under Section 512(a)(6) of the Internal
13381335 33 Revenue Code applied, the portion of the loss and
13391336 34 modifications attributable to the loss shall be treated as
13401337 35 adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for the first taxable
13411338 36 year of the taxpayer beginning after December 31, 2022, and
13421339 37 for purposes of this clause, the inclusion of losses and
13431340 38 modifications shall be in the same manner as provided in
13441341 39 clause (B), unless, and to the extent, the loss and
13451342 40 modifications were applied to adjusted gross income for a
13461343 41 previous taxable year, as determined under this article.
13471344 42 (D) Notwithstanding any provision in this subdivision, if a
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13491346 1 taxpayer computed its adjusted gross income for a taxable year
13501347 2 beginning before January 1, 2023, based on a reasonable
13511348 3 interpretation of this article, the taxpayer shall be permitted to
13521349 4 compute its adjusted gross income for those taxable years
13531350 5 based on that interpretation. However, a taxpayer must
13541351 6 continue to report any tax attributes for taxable years
13551352 7 beginning after December 31, 2022, in a manner consistent
13561353 8 with its previous interpretation.
13571354 9 (2) In the case of a corporation, other than a captive real estate
13581355 10 investment trust, for which the adjusted gross income under this
13591356 11 article is determined after a deduction for dividends paid under
13601357 12 the Internal Revenue Code, the modifications required under this
13611358 13 section shall be applied in ratio to the corporation's taxable
13621359 14 income (as defined in Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code)
13631360 15 after deductions for dividends paid under the Internal Revenue
13641361 16 Code compared to the corporation's taxable income (as defined in
13651362 17 Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code) before the deduction for
13661363 18 dividends paid under the Internal Revenue Code.
13671364 19 (3) In the case of a trust or estate, the trust or estate is required to
13681365 20 include only the portion of the modifications not passed through
13691366 21 to beneficiaries.
13701367 22 (4) In the case of a taxpayer for which modifications are required
13711368 23 to be applied against a separately stated net operating loss under
13721369 24 IC 6-3-2-2.5 or IC 6-3-2-2.6, the modifications required under this
13731370 25 section must be adjusted to reflect the required application of the
13741371 26 modifications against a separately stated net operating loss, in
13751372 27 order to avoid the application of a particular modification
13761373 28 multiple times.
13771374 29 SECTION 3. IC 8-1-2.6-13, AS AMENDED BY THE TECHNICAL
13781375 30 CORRECTIONS BILL OF THE 2025 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IS
13791376 31 AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]:
13801377 32 Sec. 13. (a) As used in this section, "communications service" has the
13811378 33 meaning set forth in IC 8-1-32.5-3.
13821379 34 (b) As used in this section, "communications service provider"
13831380 35 means a person or an entity that offers communications service to
13841381 36 customers in Indiana, without regard to the technology or medium used
13851382 37 by the person or entity to provide the communications service. The
13861383 38 term includes a provider of commercial mobile service (as defined in
13871384 39 47 U.S.C. 332).
13881385 40 (c) Notwithstanding sections 1.2, 1.4, and 1.5 of this chapter, the
13891386 41 commission may do the following, except as otherwise provided in this
13901387 42 subsection:
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13921389 1 (1) Enforce the terms of a settlement agreement approved by the
13931390 2 commission before July 29, 2004. The commission's authority
13941391 3 under this subdivision continues for the duration of the settlement
13951392 4 agreement.
13961393 5 (2) Fulfill the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.8 concerning
13971394 6 the provision of dual party relay services to deaf, hard of hearing,
13981395 7 and speech impaired persons in Indiana.
13991396 8 (3) Fulfill the commission's responsibilities under IC 8-1-29 to
14001397 9 adopt and enforce rules to ensure that a customer of a
14011398 10 telecommunications provider is not:
14021399 11 (A) switched to another telecommunications provider unless
14031400 12 the customer authorizes the switch; or
14041401 13 (B) billed for services by a telecommunications provider that
14051402 14 without the customer's authorization added the services to the
14061403 15 customer's service order.
14071404 16 (4) Fulfill the commission's obligations under
14081405 17 (A) the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C.
14091406 18 151 et seq.) and
14101407 19 (B) IC 20-20-16;
14111408 20 concerning universal service and access to telecommunications
14121409 21 service and equipment, including the designation of eligible
14131410 22 telecommunications carriers under 47 U.S.C. 214.
14141411 23 (5) Perform any of the functions described in section 1.5(b) of this
14151412 24 chapter.
14161413 25 (6) Perform the commission's responsibilities under IC 8-1-32.5
14171414 26 to:
14181415 27 (A) issue; and
14191416 28 (B) maintain records of;
14201417 29 certificates of territorial authority for communications service
14211418 30 providers offering communications service to customers in
14221419 31 Indiana.
14231420 32 (7) Perform the commission's responsibilities under IC 8-1-34
14241421 33 concerning the issuance of certificates of franchise authority to
14251422 34 multichannel video programming distributors offering video
14261423 35 service to Indiana customers.
14271424 36 (8) Subject to subsection (f), require a communications service
14281425 37 provider, other than a provider of commercial mobile service (as
14291426 38 defined in 47 U.S.C. 332), to report to the commission on an
14301427 39 annual basis, or more frequently at the option of the provider, any
14311428 40 information needed by the commission to prepare the
14321429 41 commission's annual report under IC 8-1-1-14(c)(4).
14331430 42 (9) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-32.4 with
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14351432 1 respect to telecommunications providers of last resort, to the
14361433 2 extent of the authority delegated to the commission under federal
14371434 3 law to perform those duties.
14381435 4 (10) Collect and maintain from a communications service
14391436 5 provider the following information:
14401437 6 (A) The address of the provider's Internet web site. website.
14411438 7 (B) All toll free telephone numbers and other customer service
14421439 8 telephone numbers maintained by the provider for receiving
14431440 9 customer inquiries and complaints.
14441441 10 (C) An address and other contact information for the provider,
14451442 11 including any telephone number not described in clause (B).
14461443 12 The commission shall make any information submitted by a
14471444 13 provider under this subdivision available on the commission's
14481445 14 Internet web site. website. The commission may also make
14491446 15 available on the commission's Internet web site website contact
14501447 16 information for the Federal Communications Commission and the
14511448 17 Cellular Telephone Industry Association.
14521449 18 (11) Fulfill the commission's duties under any state or federal law
14531450 19 concerning the administration of any universally applicable
14541451 20 dialing code for any communications service.
14551452 21 (d) The commission does not have jurisdiction over any of the
14561453 22 following with respect to a communications service provider:
14571454 23 (1) Rates and charges for communications service provided by the
14581455 24 communications service provider, including the filing of
14591456 25 schedules or tariffs setting forth the provider's rates and charges.
14601457 26 (2) Depreciation schedules for any of the classes of property
14611458 27 owned by the communications service provider.
14621459 28 (3) Quality of service provided by the communications service
14631460 29 provider.
14641461 30 (4) Long term financing arrangements or other obligations of the
14651462 31 communications service provider.
14661463 32 (5) Except as provided in subsection (c), any other aspect
14671464 33 regulated by the commission under this title before July 1, 2009.
14681465 34 (e) The commission has jurisdiction over a communications service
14691466 35 provider only to the extent that jurisdiction is:
14701467 36 (1) expressly granted by state or federal law, including:
14711468 37 (A) a state or federal statute;
14721469 38 (B) a lawful order or regulation of the Federal
14731470 39 Communications Commission; or
14741471 40 (C) an order or a ruling of a state or federal court having
14751472 41 jurisdiction; or
14761473 42 (2) necessary to administer a federal law for which regulatory
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14781475 1 responsibility has been delegated to the commission by federal
14791476 2 law.
14801477 3 (f) Except as specifically required under state or federal law, or
14811478 4 except as required to respond to consumer complaints or information
14821479 5 requests from the general assembly, the commission may not require
14831480 6 a communications service provider:
14841481 7 (1) to file a tariff; or
14851482 8 (2) except for purposes of a petition or request filed or submitted
14861483 9 to the commission by the communications service provider, to
14871484 10 report to the commission any information that is:
14881485 11 (A) available to the public on the communications service
14891486 12 provider's Internet web site; website;
14901487 13 (B) filed with the Federal Communications Commission; or
14911488 14 (C) otherwise available to the public in any form or at any
14921489 15 level of detail;
14931490 16 including the communications service provider's rates, terms, and
14941491 17 conditions of service.
14951492 18 SECTION 4. IC 8-1-17.5-25, AS AMENDED BY P.L.73-2020,
14961493 19 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
14971494 20 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 25. Notwithstanding any other law, the
14981495 21 commission may exercise jurisdiction over a surviving corporation or
14991496 22 successor corporation formed under this chapter only to do the
15001497 23 following:
15011498 24 (1) Ensure compliance with IC 8-1-2.8 concerning the provision
15021499 25 of dual party relay services to deaf, hard of hearing, and speech
15031500 26 impaired persons in Indiana.
15041501 27 (2) Enforce rules adopted under IC 8-1-29 to ensure that a
15051502 28 customer of a telecommunications provider is not:
15061503 29 (A) switched to another telecommunications provider unless
15071504 30 the customer authorizes the switch; or
15081505 31 (B) billed for services by a telecommunications provider that
15091506 32 without the customer's authorization added the services to the
15101507 33 customer's service order.
15111508 34 (3) Conduct proceedings under
15121509 35 (A) the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C.
15131510 36 151 et seq.) and
15141511 37 (B) IC 20-20-16;
15151512 38 concerning universal service and access to telecommunications
15161513 39 service and equipment, including the designation of eligible
15171514 40 telecommunications carriers under 47 U.S.C. 214.
15181515 41 (4) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.6-1.5 or
15191516 42 IC 8-1-2-5.
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15211518 1 (5) Issue or maintain certificates of territorial authority for
15221519 2 communications service providers under IC 8-1-32.5.
15231520 3 (6) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-34 to issue and
15241521 4 maintain certificates of franchise authority to multichannel video
15251522 5 programming distributors offering video service to Indiana
15261523 6 customers.
15271524 7 (7) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.6-13(c)(8)
15281525 8 concerning the reporting of information by communications
15291526 9 service providers.
15301527 10 (8) Fulfill the commission's duties under any state or federal law
15311528 11 concerning the administration of any universally applicable
15321529 12 dialing code for any communications service.
15331530 13 (9) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.3 with respect
15341531 14 to assigned service areas for electricity suppliers.
15351532 15 (10) Issue:
15361533 16 (A) certificates of public convenience and necessity,
15371534 17 certificates of territorial authority, and indeterminate permits
15381535 18 under IC 8-1-2;
15391536 19 (B) certificates of public convenience and necessity under
15401537 20 IC 8-1-8.5; or
15411538 21 (C) certificates of public convenience and necessity under
15421539 22 IC 8-1-8.7.
15431540 23 (11) Determine territorial disputes between water utilities under
15441541 24 IC 8-1.5-6.
15451542 25 SECTION 5. IC 10-19-2.2-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.143-2023,
15461543 26 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
15471544 27 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "bleeding control kit"
15481545 28 has the meaning set forth in IC 20-34-3-24. means a first aid response
15491546 29 kit that contains at least the following:
15501547 30 (1) One (1) tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical
15511548 31 Combat Casualty Care.
15521549 32 (2) A compression bandage.
15531550 33 (3) A bleeding control bandage.
15541551 34 (4) Protective gloves and a permanent marker.
15551552 35 (5) Scissors.
15561553 36 (6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed
15571554 37 national awareness campaign of the United States Department
15581555 38 of Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons
15591556 39 Committee on Trauma, or both.
15601557 40 (7) Other medical materials and equipment similar to those
15611558 41 described in subdivisions (1) through (3), and any additional
15621559 42 items that:
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15641561 1 (A) are approved by local law enforcement or first
15651562 2 responders;
15661563 3 (B) can adequately treat a traumatic injury; and
15671564 4 (C) can be stored in a readily available kit.
15681565 5 SECTION 6. IC 10-21-1-14, AS AMENDED BY P.L.135-2024,
15691566 6 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
15701567 7 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 14. (a) Each school operated by a school
15711568 8 corporation shall establish a safe school committee. The committee
15721569 9 may be a subcommittee of the committee that develops the strategic
15731570 10 and continuous school improvement and achievement plan under
15741571 11 IC 20-31-5. Each committee may include at least one (1) member who
15751572 12 is a member of the support staff of the school or school corporation
15761573 13 career and technical education school.
15771574 14 (b) Each school operated by a charter school shall establish a safe
15781575 15 school committee. A charter school in operation on July 1, 2023, shall
15791576 16 comply with this subsection not later than July 1, 2024.
15801577 17 (c) The safe school committee shall actively participate in and assist
15811578 18 with the development of the school safety plan.
15821579 19 (d) The department of education, the school corporation's or charter
15831580 20 school's school safety specialist or specialists, and a school resource
15841581 21 officer, if one (1) is employed by the school corporation or charter
15851582 22 school, shall provide materials and guidelines to assist a safe school
15861583 23 committee in developing a policy for a particular school that addresses
15871584 24 the following issues:
15881585 25 (1) Implementation of the school safety plan.
15891586 26 (2) Addressing outside and internal threats to the physical safety
15901587 27 of students, faculty, staff, and the public, including unsafe
15911588 28 conditions, crime prevention, school violence, bullying and
15921589 29 cyberbullying, criminal organization activity, child abuse and
15931590 30 child sexual abuse, mental health and behavioral health, suicide
15941591 31 awareness and prevention, violence prevention and training,
15951592 32 situational awareness, and other issues that prevent the
15961593 33 maintenance of a safe school.
15971594 34 (3) Addressing the professional development needs for faculty
15981595 35 and staff to implement methods that decrease problems identified
15991596 36 under subdivision (2).
16001597 37 (4) Identifying and implementing methods to encourage:
16011598 38 (A) involvement by the community, families, and students;
16021599 39 (B) development of relationships between students and school
16031600 40 faculty and staff; and
16041601 41 (C) use of problem solving teams.
16051602 42 (5) Consideration of the effect of armed intruder drills on the
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16071604 1 safety and mental health of students, faculty, and staff.
16081605 2 (e) The guidelines developed under subsection (d) must include age
16091606 3 appropriate, trauma informed, evidence based information (as defined
16101607 4 in 34 U.S.C. 10554(4)) that assists school corporations or charter
16111608 5 schools and safe school committees in:
16121609 6 (1) developing and implementing bullying and cyberbullying
16131610 7 prevention programs;
16141611 8 (2) establishing investigation and reporting procedures related to
16151612 9 bullying and cyberbullying; and
16161613 10 (3) adopting discipline rules that comply with IC 20-33-8-13.5.
16171614 11 (f) In addition to developing guidelines under subsection (d), the
16181615 12 department of education shall establish categories of types of bullying
16191616 13 incidents to allow school corporations to use the categories in making
16201617 14 reports under IC 20-20-8-8 and IC 20-34-6-1.
16211618 15 (g) The materials and guidelines provided under subsection (d) must
16221619 16 include the model educational materials and model response policies
16231620 17 and reporting procedures on child abuse and child sexual abuse
16241621 18 developed or identified under IC 20-19-3-11.
16251622 19 SECTION 7. IC 12-17.2-7.2-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2024,
16261623 20 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
16271624 21 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "qualified early
16281625 22 education services" refers to a program of early education services that:
16291626 23 (1) is provided by an eligible provider to:
16301627 24 (A) an eligible child;
16311628 25 (B) a limited eligibility child; or
16321629 26 (C) a child of a child care employee;
16331630 27 (2) includes a parental engagement and involvement component
16341631 28 in the delivery of early education services that is based on the
16351632 29 requirements and guidelines established by the office;
16361633 30 (3) administers the kindergarten readiness assessment adopted by
16371634 31 the state board of education;
16381635 32 (4) aligns with the early learning development framework for
16391636 33 prekindergarten approved by the department of education; under
16401637 34 IC 20-19-3-16; and
16411638 35 (5) meets the design parameters for inclusion in the longitudinal
16421639 36 study described in section 12 of this chapter, as determined by the
16431640 37 office.
16441641 38 SECTION 8. IC 20-18-2-4.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2017,
16451642 39 SECTION 92, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
16461643 40 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.5. "Fall count" has the meaning set forth in
16471644 41 IC 20-43-1-12.3 (before its repeal on July 1, 2017). refers to the fall
16481645 42 count of eligible pupils under IC 20-43-4.
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16501647 1 SECTION 9. IC 20-18-2-6.3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2024,
16511648 2 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
16521649 3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6.3. (a) This section applies after June 30, 2018.
16531650 4 (b) "Graduation pathway requirement" refers to requirements
16541651 5 established by the state board under IC 20-32-4-1.5(a)(1) (before its
16551652 6 expiration) or IC 20-32-4-1.5(b)(1).
16561653 7 SECTION 10. IC 20-18-2-19, AS AMENDED BY P.L.224-2015,
16571654 8 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
16581655 9 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 19. "State board" refers to the Indiana state board
16591656 10 of education established by
16601657 11 (1) before June 1, 2015, IC 20-19-2-2 (expired June 1, 2015); and
16611658 12 (2) after May 31, 2015, IC 20-19-2-2.1.
16621659 13 SECTION 11. IC 20-18-2-20.7, AS ADDED BY P.L.242-2017,
16631660 14 SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
16641661 15 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 20.7. "Statewide assessment program" refers to
16651662 16 (1) for school years ending before July 1, 2018, the ISTEP
16661663 17 program under IC 20-32-5; and
16671664 18 (2) for school years beginning after June 30, 2018, the Indiana's
16681665 19 Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN)
16691666 20 program under IC 20-32-5.1.
16701667 21 SECTION 12. IC 20-18-3-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.43-2021,
16711668 22 SECTION 42, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
16721669 23 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) On January 11, 2021, all powers, duties,
16731670 24 agreements, and liabilities of the state superintendent of public
16741671 25 instruction are transferred to the secretary of education, as the
16751672 26 successor to the state superintendent of public instruction.
16761673 27 (b) On January 11, 2021, all records and property of the state
16771674 28 superintendent of public instruction, including appropriations and other
16781675 29 funds under the control or supervision of the state superintendent of
16791676 30 public instruction, are transferred to the secretary of education, as the
16801677 31 successor to the state superintendent of public instruction.
16811678 32 (c) After January 10, 2021, and except as provided under
16821679 33 IC 20-26-15, a reference to the state superintendent of public
16831680 34 instruction in a statute, rule, or other document is considered a
16841681 35 reference to the secretary of education, as the successor to the state
16851682 36 superintendent of public instruction.
16861683 37 (d) This section expires July 1, 2031.
16871684 38 SECTION 13. IC 20-19-1-1.1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.8-2019,
16881685 39 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
16891686 40 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1.1. (a) After January 10, 2021, The governor
16901687 41 shall appoint an individual to be the secretary of education.
16911688 42 (b) For purposes of Article 5, Section 10 and Article 8, Section 8 of
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16931690 1 the Constitution of the State of Indiana, the secretary of education is the
16941691 2 state superintendent of public instruction.
16951692 3 (c) The individual appointed under this section serves at the
16961693 4 pleasure of and at a salary determined by the governor.
16971694 5 (d) An individual may not be appointed by the governor to be
16981695 6 secretary of education under subsection (a) unless the individual:
16991696 7 (1) has resided in Indiana for at least two (2) years before the
17001697 8 appointment;
17011698 9 (2) has demonstrated personal and professional leadership
17021699 10 success, preferably in the administration of public education;
17031700 11 (3) possesses an earned advanced degree, preferably in education
17041701 12 or educational administration, awarded from a regionally or
17051702 13 nationally accredited college or university; and
17061703 14 (4) either:
17071704 15 (A) at the time of taking office is licensed or otherwise
17081705 16 employed as a teacher, principal, or superintendent;
17091706 17 (B) has held a license as a teacher, superintendent, or
17101707 18 principal, or any combination of these licenses, for at least five
17111708 19 (5) years at any time before taking office; or
17121709 20 (C) has a total of at least five (5) years of work experience as
17131710 21 any of the following, or any combination of the following,
17141711 22 before taking office:
17151712 23 (i) Teacher.
17161713 24 (ii) Superintendent.
17171714 25 (iii) Principal.
17181715 26 (iv) Executive in the field of education.
17191716 27 (e) (d) The secretary of education is the chief executive officer of
17201717 28 the department.
17211718 29 SECTION 14. IC 20-19-1-2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
17221719 30 2025]. Sec. 2. The secretary of education is designated to, and may
17231720 31 cooperate with, the Agricultural Marketing Service of the United States
17241721 32 Department of Agriculture and with other federal relief agencies in the
17251722 33 distribution of surplus agricultural commodities to the following:
17261723 34 (1) School corporations.
17271724 35 (2) Nonprofit nonpublic schools.
17281725 36 (3) Township and county relief agencies.
17291726 37 (4) Other nonprofit public and private institutions to which by law
17301727 38 the commodities may be distributed.
17311728 39 SECTION 15. IC 20-19-2-2.1, AS ADDED BY P.L.224-2015,
17321729 40 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
17331730 41 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2.1. (a) This section applies beginning June 1,
17341731 42 2015.
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17361733 1 (b) (a) The Indiana state board of education is established.
17371734 2 (c) (b) The state board may appoint an executive director. The
17381735 3 executive director may, with the approval of the state board, hire
17391736 4 personnel necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the
17401737 5 state board under this title. The state board shall be funded by an
17411738 6 appropriation from the general assembly.
17421739 7 (d) (c) The state board and the department are considered state
17431740 8 educational authorities within the meaning of the federal Family
17441741 9 Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g and 34 CFR Part
17451742 10 99).
17461743 11 SECTION 16. IC 20-19-2-4.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
17471744 12 1, 2025]. Sec. 4.5. (a) The advisory committee on career and technical
17481745 13 education is established to advise the state board on policy matters
17491746 14 concerning career and technical education. The advisory committee on
17501747 15 career and technical education consists of:
17511748 16 (1) the secretary of education or the secretary's designee; and
17521749 17 (2) seven (7) members appointed by the secretary of education.
17531750 18 (b) The following provisions apply to members of the advisory
17541751 19 committee on career and technical education:
17551752 20 (1) At least four (4) of the members must be actively employed as
17561753 21 area career and technical education directors in schools in Indiana
17571754 22 and hold a valid career and technical education director license.
17581755 23 (2) Not more than one (1) member may be from any secondary
17591756 24 area district in Indiana.
17601757 25 (3) Members serve at the pleasure of the secretary of education.
17611758 26 (c) The secretary of education or the secretary's designee serves as
17621759 27 the chairperson of the advisory committee on career and technical
17631760 28 education.
17641761 29 SECTION 17. IC 20-19-2-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
17651762 30 2025]. Sec. 5. If the state board is required to conduct hearings under
17661763 31 IC 4-21.5-3, the state board may use hearing examiners who are not
17671764 32 members of the state board to conduct the hearings.
17681765 33 SECTION 18. IC 20-19-2-12 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
17691766 34 1, 2025]. Sec. 12. (a) The state board shall, in the manner provided by
17701767 35 IC 4-22-2, adopt rules setting forth nonbinding guidelines for the
17711768 36 selection of school sites and the construction, alteration, and repair of
17721769 37 school buildings, athletic facilities, and other categories of facilities
17731770 38 related to the operation and administration of school corporations. The
17741771 39 nonbinding guidelines must include:
17751772 40 (1) preferred location and building practices for school
17761773 41 corporations, including standards for enhancing health, student
17771774 42 safety, accessibility, energy efficiency, operating efficiency, and
17781775 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 40
17791776 1 instructional efficacy;
17801777 2 (2) guidelines concerning minimum acreage, cost per square foot
17811778 3 or cost per ADM (as defined in IC 20-18-2-2), technology
17821779 4 infrastructure, building materials, per student square footage, and
17831780 5 other general space requirements, including space for academics,
17841781 6 administration and staff support, arts education and auditoriums,
17851782 7 libraries, cafeterias, athletics and physical education,
17861783 8 transportation facilities, and maintenance and repair facilities; and
17871784 9 (3) additional guidelines that the state board considers necessary
17881785 10 for efficient and cost effective construction of school facilities.
17891786 11 The state building commissioner, the office of management and budget,
17901787 12 and the department of local government finance shall, upon request of
17911788 13 the board, provide technical assistance as necessary for the
17921789 14 development of the guidelines.
17931790 15 (b) The state board shall annually compile, in a document capable
17941791 16 of easy revision, the:
17951792 17 (1) guidelines described in subsection (a); and
17961793 18 (2) rules of the:
17971794 19 (A) fire prevention and building safety commission; and
17981795 20 (B) Indiana department of health;
17991796 21 that govern site selection and the construction, alteration, and repair of
18001797 22 school buildings.
18011798 23 SECTION 19. IC 20-19-2-15 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
18021799 24 1, 2025]. Sec. 15. The state board shall comply with IC 20-26-15 to
18031800 25 establish a freeway school corporation and a freeway school.
18041801 26 SECTION 20. IC 20-19-2-23 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
18051802 27 1, 2025]. Sec. 23. (a) Not later than October 1, 2023, the state board,
18061803 28 in collaboration with the department, shall prepare a report that
18071804 29 includes, as applicable, any recommendations regarding the alignment
18081805 30 of science of reading concepts in IREAD.
18091806 31 (b) Not later than December 1, 2023, the state board shall submit the
18101807 32 report prepared under subsection (a) to the legislative council in an
18111808 33 electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
18121809 34 (c) This section expires July 1, 2024.
18131810 35 SECTION 21. IC 20-19-3-11.7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.200-2023,
18141811 36 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
18151812 37 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11.7. (a) The department shall maintain a link on
18161813 38 the department's website that provides parents and school officials with
18171814 39 resources or best practices regarding the identification and reporting of
18181815 40 human trafficking. The resources must include
18191816 41 (1) guidance on how to report to law enforcement agencies
18201817 42 instances of human trafficking. and
18211818 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 41
18221819 1 (2) information that may assist school officials in complying with
18231820 2 inservice training requirements under IC 20-28-3-7.
18241821 3 (b) The department shall consult with law enforcement agencies,
18251822 4 school officials, and organizations that have expertise in the prevention
18261823 5 of human trafficking for purposes of developing or providing the
18271824 6 resources or best practices described in subsection (a).
18281825 7 SECTION 22. IC 20-19-3-12.2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.233-2015,
18291826 8 SECTION 37, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
18301827 9 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12.2. (a) The department shall make reduction of
18311828 10 absenteeism in schools a policy priority and provide assistance and
18321829 11 guidance to school corporations and schools in:
18331830 12 (1) identifying contributing factors of absenteeism; and
18341831 13 (2) developing chronic absence reduction plans. that school
18351832 14 corporations may elect to include as a component of the school
18361833 15 improvement plans required under IC 20-31-5.
18371834 16 (b) The department shall provide resources and guidance to school
18381835 17 corporations concerning evidence based practices and effective
18391836 18 strategies that reduce absenteeism in schools. However, the department
18401837 19 may not mandate a particular policy within a chronic absence reduction
18411838 20 plan adopted by a school corporation or school.
18421839 21 SECTION 23. IC 20-19-3-16 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
18431840 22 1, 2025]. Sec. 16. The department shall:
18441841 23 (1) approve an early learning development framework for
18451842 24 prekindergarten; and
18461843 25 (2) post the framework described in subdivision (1) on the
18471844 26 department's Internet web site.
18481845 27 SECTION 24. IC 20-19-3-17, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2024,
18491846 28 SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
18501847 29 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 17. (a) As used in this section, "foster care" has
18511848 30 the meaning set forth in IC 31-9-2-46.7.
18521849 31 (b) As used in this section, "foster care youth" means students in
18531850 32 foster care.
18541851 33 (c) As used in this section, "graduation rate" has the meaning set
18551852 34 forth in IC 20-26-13-6.
18561853 35 (d) The state board shall, in collaboration with the department and
18571854 36 the department of child services, annually prepare a report on foster
18581855 37 care youth educational outcomes that includes the following:
18591856 38 (1) The annual graduation rate of foster care youth, including the
18601857 39 following information:
18611858 40 (A) The graduation rate for each of the following:
18621859 41 (i) Foster care youth who received a waiver from
18631860 42 postsecondary readiness competency requirements under
18641861 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 42
18651862 1 IC 20-32-4-4.1.
18661863 2 (ii) Foster care youth who did not receive a waiver from
18671864 3 postsecondary readiness competency requirements under
18681865 4 IC 20-32-4-4.1.
18691866 5 (B) The number and percentage of foster care youth who
18701867 6 received each type of diploma.
18711868 7 (2) The adjusted cohort graduation rate for foster care youth,
18721869 8 including the adjusted cohort graduation rate for each of the
18731870 9 following:
18741871 10 (A) Foster care youth who received a waiver from
18751872 11 postsecondary readiness competency requirements under
18761873 12 IC 20-32-4-4.1.
18771874 13 (B) Foster care youth who did not receive a waiver from
18781875 14 postsecondary readiness competency requirements under
18791876 15 IC 20-32-4-4.1.
18801877 16 (3) The number and percentage for each of the following:
18811878 17 (A) Foster care youth who were promoted to the next grade
18821879 18 level at the end of the school year.
18831880 19 (B) Foster care youth who were retained in the same grade
18841881 20 level for the next school year.
18851882 21 (C) Foster care youth who were suspended during the school
18861883 22 year.
18871884 23 (D) Foster care youth who were expelled during the school
18881885 24 year.
18891886 25 (E) Foster care youth who met academic standards on
18901887 26 statewide assessment program tests (as defined in
18911888 27 IC 20-32-2-2.3) administered during the school year.
18921889 28 The information reported under this subdivision must also be
18931890 29 disaggregated by race, grade, gender, free or reduced price lunch
18941891 30 status, and eligibility for special education.
18951892 31 (4) The number and percentage of eligible foster care youth who
18961893 32 are enrolled in the prekindergarten program under IC 12-17.2-7.2.
18971894 33 (5) The number and percentage of foster care youth who passed
18981895 34 the reading skills evaluation administered under IC 20-32-8.5-2.
18991896 35 (6) The number and percentage of foster care youth enrolled in
19001897 36 schools, disaggregated by the category or designation of the
19011898 37 school under IC 20-31-8-3.
19021899 38 (7) The number and percentage of foster care youth enrolled in
19031900 39 schools, disaggregated by the type of school, including public
19041901 40 schools, charter schools, and secure private facilities (as defined
19051902 41 in IC 31-9-2-115).
19061903 42 (e) Not later than June 30, 2019, the department shall:
19071904 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 43
19081905 1 (1) after consulting with the department of child services, develop
19091906 2 a remediation plan concerning foster care youth; and
19101907 3 (2) submit a copy of the remediation plan to the following:
19111908 4 (A) The state board.
19121909 5 (B) The department of child services.
19131910 6 (C) The legislative council in an electronic format under
19141911 7 IC 5-14-6.
19151912 8 (f) Before April 1, 2019, and before (e) Not later than April 1 of
19161913 9 each year, thereafter, the department shall submit the report described
19171914 10 in subsection (d) to the following:
19181915 11 (1) Department of child services.
19191916 12 (2) Legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
19201917 13 SECTION 25. IC 20-19-3-18, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2024,
19211918 14 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
19221919 15 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 18. (a) As used in this section, "graduation rate"
19231920 16 has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-13-6.
19241921 17 (b) The state board shall, in collaboration with the department and
19251922 18 the department of child services, annually prepare a report on homeless
19261923 19 youth educational outcomes that includes the following:
19271924 20 (1) The annual graduation rate of homeless youth, including the
19281925 21 following information:
19291926 22 (A) The graduation rate for each of the following:
19301927 23 (i) Homeless youth who received a waiver from
19311928 24 postsecondary readiness competency requirements under
19321929 25 IC 20-32-4-4.1.
19331930 26 (ii) Homeless youth who did not receive a waiver from
19341931 27 postsecondary readiness competency requirements under
19351932 28 IC 20-32-4-4.1.
19361933 29 (B) The number and percentage of homeless youth who
19371934 30 received each type of diploma.
19381935 31 (2) The adjusted cohort graduation rate for homeless youth,
19391936 32 including the adjusted cohort graduation rate for each of the
19401937 33 following:
19411938 34 (A) Homeless youth who received a waiver from
19421939 35 postsecondary readiness competency requirements under
19431940 36 IC 20-32-4-4.1.
19441941 37 (B) Homeless youth who did not receive a waiver from
19451942 38 postsecondary readiness competency requirements under
19461943 39 IC 20-32-4-4.1.
19471944 40 (3) The number and percentage of each of the following:
19481945 41 (A) Homeless youth who were promoted to the next grade
19491946 42 level at the end of the school year.
19501947 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 44
19511948 1 (B) Homeless youth who were retained in the same grade level
19521949 2 for the next school year.
19531950 3 (C) Homeless youth who were suspended during the school
19541951 4 year.
19551952 5 (D) Homeless youth who were expelled during the school year.
19561953 6 (E) Homeless youth who met academic standards on statewide
19571954 7 assessment program tests (as defined in IC 20-32-2-2.3)
19581955 8 administered during the school year.
19591956 9 The information reported under this subdivision must also be
19601957 10 disaggregated by race, grade, gender, free or reduced price lunch
19611958 11 status, and eligibility for special education.
19621959 12 (4) The number and percentage of eligible homeless youth who
19631960 13 are enrolled in the prekindergarten program under IC 12-17.2-7.2.
19641961 14 (5) The number and percentage of homeless youth who passed the
19651962 15 reading skills evaluation administered under IC 20-32-8.5-2.
19661963 16 (6) The number and percentage of homeless youth enrolled in
19671964 17 schools, disaggregated by the category or designation of the
19681965 18 school under IC 20-31-8-3.
19691966 19 (7) The number and percentage of homeless youth enrolled in
19701967 20 schools, disaggregated by the type of school, including public
19711968 21 schools, charter schools, and secure private facilities (as defined
19721969 22 in IC 31-9-2-115).
19731970 23 (c) Not later than August 31, 2019, the department shall:
19741971 24 (1) develop a remediation plan concerning homeless youth; and
19751972 25 (2) submit a copy of the remediation plan to the following:
19761973 26 (A) The state board.
19771974 27 (B) The Indiana housing and community development
19781975 28 authority established by IC 5-20-1-3.
19791976 29 (C) The legislative council in an electronic format under
19801977 30 IC 5-14-6.
19811978 31 (d) Before June 1, 2019, and before (c) Not later than June 1 of
19821979 32 each year, thereafter, the department shall submit the report described
19831980 33 in subsection (b) to the following:
19841981 34 (1) The Indiana housing and community development authority.
19851982 35 (2) The legislative council in an electronic format under
19861983 36 IC 5-14-6.
19871984 37 SECTION 26. IC 20-19-3-23.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
19881985 38 1, 2025]. Sec. 23.5. (a) The department shall establish a career
19891986 39 coaching pilot program to award grants to school corporations to
19901987 40 establish career coaching programs for students of the school
19911988 41 corporation.
19921989 42 (b) The department shall do the following:
19931990 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 45
19941991 1 (1) Establish requirements for participation in the pilot program.
19951992 2 (2) Select school corporations to participate in the pilot program.
19961993 3 (3) Determine the amount of and award grants to school
19971994 4 corporations under the pilot program.
19981995 5 (4) Collect information regarding the career coaching programs
19991996 6 implemented by the school corporations participating in the pilot
20001997 7 program.
20011998 8 (5) Collect information from the following individuals or entities
20021999 9 participating in the career coaching pilot program:
20032000 10 (A) Counselors.
20042001 11 (B) Third party vendors.
20052002 12 (C) Any other appropriate individuals or entities, as
20062003 13 determined by the department.
20072004 14 (c) The department shall require that career coaching programs
20082005 15 implemented by a school corporation use:
20092006 16 (1) a counselor employed by the school corporation;
20102007 17 (2) a third party vendor that provides career coaching services; or
20112008 18 (3) both counselors and third party vendors.
20122009 19 However, at least one (1) school corporation shall use a third party
20132010 20 vendor that provides career coaching services, instead of or in addition
20142011 21 to a counselor employed by a school corporation, in the school
20152012 22 corporation's career coaching program.
20162013 23 (d) Not later than November 1, 2022, and not later than November
20172014 24 1 each year thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit to the
20182015 25 legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 a report that
20192016 26 provides information concerning the pilot program.
20202017 27 (e) This section expires July 1, 2025.
20212018 28 SECTION 27. IC 20-19-3-24, AS ADDED BY P.L.216-2021,
20222019 29 SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
20232020 30 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 24. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, the
20242021 31 department shall make informational material that is evidence based
20252022 32 and trauma informed in accordance with IC 20-28-5-26 IC 20-28-3-11
20262023 33 available on the department's Internet web site. website.
20272024 34 (b) Not later than January 1, 2022, and each January 1 thereafter, of
20282025 35 each year, the department shall provide a notice to each school
20292026 36 corporation and charter school on how to access the information
20302027 37 maintained on the department's Internet web site website under
20312028 38 subsection (a). The notice shall indicate that the school corporation or
20322029 39 charter school may, and is encouraged to, distribute the informational
20332030 40 material to the school corporation's or charter school's employees in a
20342031 41 manner prescribed by the school corporation or charter school.
20352032 42 SECTION 28. IC 20-19-3-26 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
20362033 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 46
20372034 1 1, 2025]. Sec. 26. (a) The department shall apply to the United States
20382035 2 Department of Education for assessment flexibility.
20392036 3 (b) The application submitted in accordance with subsection (a)
20402037 4 must include the following:
20412038 5 (1) A plan to administer a statewide summative examination in
20422039 6 grade 3, grade 5, grade 8, and grade 11.
20432040 7 (2) A plan to assist schools in the assessment of subject matter
20442041 8 mastery in grades in which a statewide summative examination is
20452042 9 not administered.
20462043 10 (3) A plan to implement the approved assessment changes in
20472044 11 conjunction with the implementation of revised academic
20482045 12 standards required under IC 20-31-3-1(d).
20492046 13 SECTION 29. IC 20-19-3-31 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
20502047 14 1, 2025]. Sec. 31. (a) This section applies to a public school, including
20512048 15 a charter school.
20522049 16 (b) As used in this section, "virtual course" refers to a high school
20532050 17 course offered at a public high school in which more than fifty percent
20542051 18 (50%) of the course instruction was provided to students in an
20552052 19 interactive learning environment created through technology in which
20562053 20 the student is separated from the teacher by time, space, or both.
20572054 21 (c) The state board, in collaboration with the department, shall
20582055 22 create a process to allow a student who is presently enrolled in grade
20592056 23 9 through grade 12 at a public high school to retake a virtual course
20602057 24 that the student previously completed in grade 9 through grade 12 at
20612058 25 the same public high school if the following conditions are met:
20622059 26 (1) The student was enrolled in grade 9 through grade 12 during
20632060 27 the 2019 through 2022 school years at the time the student
20642061 28 completed the virtual course.
20652062 29 (2) The student completed the virtual course as a result of a state
20662063 30 or federal executive order concerning the public health emergency
20672064 31 caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
20682065 32 (3) The student has not yet graduated or completed high school.
20692066 33 (d) If a student elects to retake a virtual course under subsection (c),
20702067 34 the:
20712068 35 (1) retaken course must provide instruction regarding the same
20722069 36 subject matter and content as the previously completed virtual
20732070 37 course;
20742071 38 (2) retaken course must not be a virtual course;
20752072 39 (3) student must receive full credit for the retaken course upon
20762073 40 completion; and
20772074 41 (4) grade received by the student upon completion of the retaken
20782075 42 course must replace the grade received by the student in the
20792076 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 47
20802077 1 previously completed virtual course.
20812078 2 (e) If a student:
20822079 3 (1) retook and completed a course under the conditions described
20832080 4 in subsection (c) prior to July 1, 2023; and
20842081 5 (2) makes a request to the superintendent to receive full credit and
20852082 6 a replacement grade for the retaken course;
20862083 7 the student must receive full credit for the retaken course, and the grade
20872084 8 received by the student upon completion of the retaken course must
20882085 9 replace the grade received by the student in the previously completed
20892086 10 virtual course.
20902087 11 (f) The state board and the department may adopt rules under
20912088 12 IC 4-22-2 to implement this section.
20922089 13 SECTION 30. IC 20-19-3-32 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
20932090 14 1, 2025]. Sec. 32. Not later than November 1, 2024, the secretary of
20942091 15 education shall prepare and submit to the general assembly in an
20952092 16 electronic format under IC 5-14-6 a plan to establish a pilot program
20962093 17 that provides innovative approaches concerning the use, operation, and
20972094 18 management of school facilities to promote:
20982095 19 (1) enhanced learning environments;
20992096 20 (2) unique learning opportunities; and
21002097 21 (3) improved student academic and health outcomes.
21012098 22 SECTION 31. IC 20-19-3-33 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
21022099 23 1, 2025]. Sec. 33. Not later than November 1, 2024, the secretary of
21032100 24 education shall prepare and submit to the general assembly in an
21042101 25 electronic format under IC 5-14-6 a plan to establish a pilot program
21052102 26 that encompasses innovative approaches for increasing transportation
21062103 27 of students enrolled at a:
21072104 28 (1) public school, including a charter school; or
21082105 29 (2) nonpublic school with at least one (1) employee;
21092106 30 to travel to and from a school or other learning opportunities in a safe
21102107 31 and efficient manner.
21112108 32 SECTION 32. IC 20-19-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
21122109 33 2025]. (Children's Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Plan).
21132110 34 SECTION 33. IC 20-19-6.2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
21142111 35 2025]. (Indiana Family Friendly School Designation).
21152112 36 SECTION 34. IC 20-19-10 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
21162113 37 2025]. (Indiana Civic Education Commission).
21172114 38 SECTION 35. IC 20-20-1-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
21182115 39 SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
21192116 40 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to the
21202117 41 local governing board of an educational service center described in
21212118 42 section 7 of this chapter.
21222119 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 48
21232120 1 SECTION 36. IC 20-20-1-13 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
21242121 2 1, 2025]. Sec. 13. If an education service center offers inservice
21252122 3 training or other teacher training programs, the education service center
21262123 4 may offer courses for teachers on dyslexia screening and appropriate
21272124 5 interventions, including courses relating to a structured literacy
21282125 6 approach that is systematic, explicit, multisensory, and phonetic.
21292126 7 SECTION 37. IC 20-20-12 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
21302127 8 2025]. (Program for the Advancement of Math and Science).
21312128 9 SECTION 38. IC 20-20-13-2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
21322129 10 1, 2025]. Sec. 2. As used in sections 13 through 24 of this chapter,
21332130 11 "group" includes the school corporations that are placed in a group of
21342131 12 school corporations under sections 13 through 24 of this chapter.
21352132 13 SECTION 39. IC 20-20-13-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.242-2017,
21362133 14 SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
21372134 15 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to the 4R's technology
21382135 16 program described in section 6(a)(1) of this chapter.
21392136 17 (b) In addition to any other funds available under this chapter, if
21402137 18 state funds are transferred under IC 20-32-5-19 (before its expiration
21412138 19 on July 1, 2018) to the 4R's technology program:
21422139 20 (1) those funds do not revert to the state general fund;
21432140 21 (2) those funds shall be made available to the 4R's technology
21442141 22 program under this chapter; and
21452142 23 (3) the department, upon approval by the governor and the budget
21462143 24 agency, shall use those funds to award grants under this section.
21472144 25 (c) To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, a school
21482145 26 corporation must comply with the following:
21492146 27 (1) The school corporation must apply to the department for a
21502147 28 grant on behalf of a school within the school corporation to
21512148 29 purchase technology equipment.
21522149 30 (2) The school corporation must certify the following:
21532150 31 (A) That the school will provide every kindergarten and grade
21542151 32 1 student at that school the opportunity to learn reading,
21552152 33 writing, and arithmetic using technology.
21562153 34 (B) That the school will provide daily before or after school
21572154 35 technology laboratories for students in grades 1 through 3 who
21582155 36 have been identified as needing remediation in reading,
21592156 37 writing, or arithmetic.
21602157 38 (C) That the school will provide additional technology
21612158 39 opportunities, that may include Saturday sessions, for students
21622159 40 in other grade levels to use the technology laboratories for
21632160 41 remediation in reading, writing, arithmetic, or mathematics.
21642161 42 (D) That the school will provide technology opportunities to
21652162 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 49
21662163 1 students that attend remediation programs under IC 20-32-8 (if
21672164 2 the school corporation is required to do so) or any other
21682165 3 additional summer programs.
21692166 4 (E) That the school corporation, either through its own or the
21702167 5 school's initiative, is able to provide a part of the costs
21712168 6 attributable to purchasing the necessary technology equipment.
21722169 7 (3) The school corporation must include in the application the
21732170 8 sources of and the amount of money secured under subdivision
21742171 9 (2)(E).
21752172 10 (4) The school corporation or the school must:
21762173 11 (A) provide teacher training services; or
21772174 12 (B) use vendor provided teacher training services.
21782175 13 (5) The school corporation must give primary consideration to the
21792176 14 purchase of technology equipment that includes teacher training
21802177 15 services.
21812178 16 (6) The teachers who will be using the technology equipment
21822179 17 must support the initiative described in this chapter.
21832180 18 (d) Upon review of the applications by the department, the
21842181 19 satisfaction of the requirements set forth in subsection (c), and subject
21852182 20 to the availability of funds for this purpose, the department shall award
21862183 21 to each eligible school corporation a grant to purchase technology
21872184 22 equipment under section 6(a)(1) of this chapter.
21882185 23 (e) The department shall monitor the compliance by the school
21892186 24 corporations receiving grants of the matters cited in subsection (c).
21902187 25 SECTION 40. IC 20-20-13-19 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
21912188 26 1, 2025]. Sec. 19. (a) The department shall list all school corporations
21922189 27 in Indiana according to assessed valuation for property tax purposes per
21932190 28 student in current ADM, as determined in section 17 of this chapter,
21942191 29 beginning with the school corporation having the lowest assessed
21952192 30 valuation for property tax purposes per student in current ADM. For
21962193 31 purposes of the list made under this section, the Indiana School for the
21972194 32 Blind and Visually Impaired established by IC 20-21-2-1 and the
21982195 33 Indiana School for the Deaf established by IC 20-22-2-1 shall be
21992196 34 considered to have the lowest assessed valuation for property tax
22002197 35 purposes per student in current ADM during the six (6) year period
22012198 36 beginning July 1, 2001.
22022199 37 (b) The department must prepare a revised list under subsection (a)
22032200 38 before a new series of grants may begin.
22042201 39 (c) The department shall determine those school corporations to be
22052202 40 placed in a group to receive a grant in a fiscal year under sections 13
22062203 41 through 24 of this chapter as follows:
22072204 42 (1) Beginning with the school corporation that is first on the list
22082205 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 50
22092206 1 developed under subsection (a), the department shall continue
22102207 2 sequentially through the list and place school corporations that
22112208 3 qualify for a grant under section 15 of this chapter in a group until
22122209 4 the cumulative total current ADM of all school corporations in the
22132210 5 group depletes the money that is available for grants in the fiscal
22142211 6 year.
22152212 7 (2) Each fiscal year the department shall develop a new group by
22162213 8 continuing sequentially through the list beginning with the first
22172214 9 qualifying school corporation on the list that was not placed in a
22182215 10 group in the prior fiscal year.
22192216 11 (3) If the final group developed from the list contains substantially
22202217 12 fewer students in current ADM than available money, the
22212218 13 department shall:
22222219 14 (A) prepare a revised list of school corporations under
22232220 15 subsection (a); and
22242221 16 (B) place in the group qualifying school corporations from the
22252222 17 top of the revised list.
22262223 18 (4) The department shall label the groups with sequential
22272224 19 numbers beginning with "group one".
22282225 20 SECTION 41. IC 20-20-16 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
22292226 21 2025]. (Access to Telecommunications Service).
22302227 22 SECTION 42. IC 20-20-18 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
22312228 23 2025]. (Elementary School Counselors, Social Workers, and School
22322229 24 Psychologists Program and Fund).
22332230 25 SECTION 43. IC 20-20-18.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
22342231 26 1, 2025]. (Grants for Mental Health Counselor Licenses for School
22352232 27 Counselors).
22362233 28 SECTION 44. IC 20-20-24 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
22372234 29 2025]. (Arts Education Program).
22382235 30 SECTION 45. IC 20-20-37 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
22392236 31 2025]. (Dropout Prevention).
22402237 32 SECTION 46. IC 20-20-37.4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
22412238 33 1, 2025]. (Geothermal Conversion Revolving Fund).
22422239 34 SECTION 47. IC 20-20-38.5-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.140-2022,
22432240 35 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
22442241 36 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) Not later than December 31, 2022, The
22452242 37 department shall maintain a:
22462243 38 (1) issue a request for proposals in the manner set forth under
22472244 39 IC 5-22-9 for the purpose of contracting contract with a company
22482245 40 to provide; or
22492246 41 (2) enter into a memorandum of understanding:
22502247 42 (A) with a statewide entity that represents business interests in
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22522249 1 multiple industries; and
22532250 2 (B) that provides that the entity agrees to facilitate the
22542251 3 procurement of;
22552252 4 adequate employer liability and worker's compensation insurance
22562253 5 coverage for an employer described in section 3 of this chapter.
22572254 6 (b) The total amount of funds that the department may expend to
22582255 7 implement this section must be less than one hundred thousand dollars
22592256 8 ($100,000).
22602257 9 SECTION 48. IC 20-20-38.5-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.140-2022,
22612258 10 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
22622259 11 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. If the department
22632260 12 (1) does not receive a satisfactory response to a request for
22642261 13 proposals under section 2(a)(1) of this chapter; and
22652262 14 (2) is unable to enter into maintain a contract or memorandum
22662263 15 of understanding under section 2(a)(2) 2(a) of this chapter,
22672264 16 the department is not required to maintain a contract with a company
22682265 17 or enter into a memorandum of understanding as provided under
22692266 18 section 2 of this chapter.
22702267 19 SECTION 49. IC 20-20-39-1 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
22712268 20 1, 2025]. Sec. 1. Before October 1, 2011, the department shall develop
22722269 21 a program to provide training and evaluations for school corporations
22732270 22 in operational efficiency.
22742271 23 SECTION 50. IC 20-20-39-2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
22752272 24 1, 2025]. Sec. 2. The department may contract with an outside entity to
22762273 25 provide quality training for the department, school corporations, and
22772274 26 superintendents in the area of efficiency and cost savings.
22782275 27 SECTION 51. IC 20-20-41-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.251-2017,
22792276 28 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
22802277 29 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. The department, with the approval of the state
22812278 30 board, shall establish and maintain a dual language immersion pilot
22822279 31 program to provide grants, in an amount not to exceed fifty thousand
22832280 32 dollars ($50,000), to school corporations and charter schools that
22842281 33 establish dual language immersion programs in:
22852282 34 (1) Chinese;
22862283 35 (2) Spanish;
22872284 36 (3) French; or
22882285 37 (4) any other language approved by the department.
22892286 38 SECTION 52. IC 20-20-41-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.226-2015,
22902287 39 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
22912288 40 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) The dual language immersion pilot program
22922289 41 fund is established to be used to provide grants under this chapter.
22932290 42 (b) The fund consists of:
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22952292 1 (1) appropriations made by the general assembly; and
22962293 2 (2) gifts and donations to the fund.
22972294 3 (c) The fund shall be administered by the department.
22982295 4 (d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
22992296 5 money in the fund.
23002297 6 (e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
23012298 7 to the state general fund.
23022299 8 (f) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
23032300 9 currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
23042301 10 manner as other public funds may be invested.
23052302 11 SECTION 53. IC 20-24-3-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
23062303 12 2025]. Sec. 3. The organizer's constitution, charter, articles, or bylaws
23072304 13 must contain a clause providing that upon the cessation of operation of
23082305 14 the charter school:
23092306 15 (1) the remaining assets of the charter school shall be distributed
23102307 16 first to satisfy outstanding payroll obligations for employees of the
23112308 17 charter school, then to creditors of the charter school, then to any
23122309 18 outstanding debt to the common school fund; and
23132310 19 (2) the remaining funds received from the department shall be
23142311 20 returned to the department not more than thirty (30) days after the
23152312 21 charter school ceases operation due to:
23162313 22 (A) closure of the charter school;
23172314 23 (B) nonrenewal of the charter school's charter; or
23182315 24 (C) revocation of the charter school's charter.
23192316 25 If the assets of the charter school are insufficient to pay all parties to
23202317 26 whom the charter school owes compensation under subdivision (1), the
23212318 27 priority of the distribution of assets may be determined by a court.
23222319 28 SECTION 54. IC 20-24-3-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2017,
23232320 29 SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
23242321 30 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) An organizer may submit to the authorizer
23252322 31 a proposal to establish a charter school.
23262323 32 (b) A proposal must contain at least the following information:
23272324 33 (1) Identification of the organizer.
23282325 34 (2) A description of the organizer's organizational structure and
23292326 35 governance plan.
23302327 36 (3) The following information for the proposed charter school:
23312328 37 (A) Name.
23322329 38 (B) Purposes.
23332330 39 (C) Governance structure.
23342331 40 (D) Management structure.
23352332 41 (E) Educational mission goals.
23362333 42 (F) Curriculum and instructional methods.
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23382335 1 (G) Methods of pupil assessment.
23392336 2 (H) Admission policy and criteria, subject to IC 20-24-5.
23402337 3 (I) School calendar.
23412338 4 (J) Age or grade range of students to be enrolled.
23422339 5 (K) A description of staff responsibilities.
23432340 6 (L) A description of the physical plant.
23442341 7 (M) Budget and financial plans.
23452342 8 (N) Personnel plan, including methods for selection, retention,
23462343 9 and compensation of employees.
23472344 10 (O) Transportation plan.
23482345 11 (P) Discipline program, subject to IC 20-24-5.5.
23492346 12 (Q) Plan for compliance with any applicable desegregation
23502347 13 order.
23512348 14 (R) The date when the charter school is expected to:
23522349 15 (i) begin school operations; and
23532350 16 (ii) have students attending the charter school.
23542351 17 (S) The arrangement for providing teachers and other staff
23552352 18 with health insurance, retirement benefits, liability insurance,
23562353 19 and other benefits.
23572354 20 (T) Any other applications submitted to an authorizer in the
23582355 21 previous five (5) years.
23592356 22 (4) The manner in which the authorizer must conduct an annual
23602357 23 audit of the program operations of the charter school.
23612358 24 (c) Beginning July 1, 2017, at the time an organizer submits a
23622359 25 proposal under subsection (a), the organizer shall submit to the
23632360 26 authorizer and department a statement of economic interest that
23642361 27 contains the same information specified under IC 3-8-9-8 for each
23652362 28 board member of the proposed charter school.
23662363 29 (d) In the case of a charter school proposal from an applicant that
23672364 30 currently operates one (1) or more charter schools in any state or
23682365 31 nation, the request for proposals shall additionally require the applicant
23692366 32 to provide evidence of past performance and current capacity for
23702367 33 growth.
23712368 34 (e) If the proposal described in subsection (a) concerns an existing
23722369 35 charter school overseen by a different authorizer than the authorizer to
23732370 36 which the organizer is submitting the proposal, the proposal must
23742371 37 include written acknowledgement of the proposal from the current
23752372 38 authorizer. Additionally, the authorizer receiving the proposal shall
23762373 39 consult with the current authorizer before granting approval of the
23772374 40 proposal. the authorizer receiving the proposal shall consult with
23782375 41 the current authorizer before granting approval of the proposal.
23792376 42 (f) This section does not waive, limit, or modify the provisions of:
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23812378 1 (1) IC 20-29 in a charter school where the teachers have chosen
23822379 2 to organize under IC 20-29; or
23832380 3 (2) an existing collective bargaining agreement for noncertificated
23842381 4 employees (as defined in IC 20-29-2-11).
23852382 5 SECTION 55. IC 20-24-3-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
23862383 6 2025]. Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a governing
23872384 7 body grants a charter to establish a charter school, the governing body
23882385 8 must provide a noncharter school that students of the same age or grade
23892386 9 levels may attend.
23902387 10 (b) The department may waive the requirement that a governing
23912388 11 body provide a noncharter school under subsection (a) upon the request
23922389 12 of the governing body.
23932390 13 SECTION 56. IC 20-24-4-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2024,
23942391 14 SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
23952392 15 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) A charter must meet the following
23962393 16 requirements:
23972394 17 (1) Be a written instrument.
23982395 18 (2) Be executed by an authorizer and an organizer.
23992396 19 (3) Confer certain rights, franchises, privileges, and obligations
24002397 20 on a charter school.
24012398 21 (4) Confirm the status of a charter school as a public school.
24022399 22 (5) Subject to subdivision (6)(E), be granted for:
24032400 23 (A) not less than three (3) years or more than fifteen (15)
24042401 24 years; and
24052402 25 (B) a fixed number of years agreed to by the authorizer and the
24062403 26 organizer.
24072404 27 (6) Provide for the following:
24082405 28 (A) A review by the authorizer of the charter school's
24092406 29 performance, including the progress of the charter school in
24102407 30 achieving the academic goals set forth in the charter, at least
24112408 31 one (1) time in each five (5) year period while the charter is in
24122409 32 effect.
24132410 33 (B) Renewal, if the authorizer and the organizer agree to renew
24142411 34 the charter.
24152412 35 (C) The renewal application must include guidance from the
24162413 36 authorizer, and the guidance must include the performance
24172414 37 criteria that will guide the authorizer's renewal decisions.
24182415 38 (D) The renewal application process must, at a minimum,
24192416 39 provide an opportunity for the charter school to:
24202417 40 (i) present additional evidence, beyond the data contained in
24212418 41 the performance report, supporting its case for charter
24222419 42 renewal;
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24242421 1 (ii) describe improvements undertaken or planned for the
24252422 2 charter school; and
24262423 3 (iii) detail the charter school's plans for the next charter
24272424 4 term.
24282425 5 (E) Not later than the end of the calendar year in which the
24292426 6 charter school seeks renewal of a charter, the governing board
24302427 7 of a charter school seeking renewal shall submit a renewal
24312428 8 application to the charter authorizer under the renewal
24322429 9 application guidance issued by the authorizer. The authorizer
24332430 10 shall make a final ruling on the renewal application not later
24342431 11 than April 1 after the filing of the renewal application. A
24352432 12 renewal granted under this clause is not subject to the three (3)
24362433 13 year minimum described in subdivision (5). The April 1
24372434 14 deadline does not apply to any review or appeal of a final
24382435 15 ruling. After the final ruling is issued, the charter school may
24392436 16 obtain further review by the authorizer of the authorizer's final
24402437 17 ruling in accordance with the terms of the charter school's
24412438 18 charter and the protocols of the authorizer.
24422439 19 (7) Specify the grounds for the authorizer to:
24432440 20 (A) revoke the charter before the end of the term for which the
24442441 21 charter is granted; or
24452442 22 (B) not renew a charter.
24462443 23 (8) Set forth the methods by which the charter school will be held
24472444 24 accountable for achieving the educational mission and goals of
24482445 25 the charter school, including the following:
24492446 26 (A) Evidence of improvement in:
24502447 27 (i) assessment measures, including the statewide assessment
24512448 28 program measures;
24522449 29 (ii) attendance rates;
24532450 30 (iii) graduation rates (if appropriate);
24542451 31 (iv) increased numbers of Indiana diplomas with a Core 40
24552452 32 designation or increased numbers of Indiana diploma
24562453 33 designations established under IC 20-19-2-21 and other
24572454 34 college and career ready indicators including advanced
24582455 35 placement participation and passage, dual credit
24592456 36 participation and passage, and International Baccalaureate
24602457 37 participation and passage (if appropriate);
24612458 38 (v) increased numbers of Indiana diplomas with Core 40
24622459 39 with academic honors and technical honors designations (if
24632460 40 appropriate);
24642461 41 (vi) student academic growth;
24652462 42 (vii) financial performance and stability; and
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24672464 1 (viii) governing board performance and stewardship,
24682465 2 including compliance with applicable laws, rules and
24692466 3 regulations, and charter terms.
24702467 4 (B) Evidence of progress toward reaching the educational
24712468 5 goals set by the organizer.
24722469 6 (9) Describe the method to be used to monitor the charter
24732470 7 school's:
24742471 8 (A) compliance with applicable law; and
24752472 9 (B) performance in meeting targeted educational performance.
24762473 10 (10) Specify that the authorizer and the organizer may amend the
24772474 11 charter during the term of the charter by mutual consent and
24782475 12 describe the process for amending the charter.
24792476 13 (11) Describe specific operating requirements, including all the
24802477 14 matters set forth in the application for the charter.
24812478 15 (12) Specify a date when the charter school will:
24822479 16 (A) begin school operations; and
24832480 17 (B) have students attending the charter school.
24842481 18 (13) Specify that records of a charter school relating to the
24852482 19 school's operation and charter are subject to inspection and
24862483 20 copying to the same extent that records of a public school are
24872484 21 subject to inspection and copying under IC 5-14-3.
24882485 22 (14) Specify that records provided by the charter school to the
24892486 23 department or authorizer that relate to compliance by the
24902487 24 organizer with the terms of the charter or applicable state or
24912488 25 federal laws are subject to inspection and copying in accordance
24922489 26 with IC 5-14-3.
24932490 27 (15) Specify that the charter school is subject to the requirements
24942491 28 of IC 5-14-1.5.
24952492 29 (16) This subdivision applies to a charter established or renewed
24962493 30 for an adult high school after June 30, 2014. The charter must
24972494 31 require
24982495 32 (A) that the school will offer flexible scheduling;
24992496 33 (B) that students will not complete the majority of instruction
25002497 34 of the school's curriculum online or through remote
25012498 35 instruction.
25022499 36 (C) that the school will offer dual credit or industry
25032500 37 certification course work that aligns with career pathways as
25042501 38 recommended by the Indiana career council established by
25052502 39 IC 22-4.5-9-3 (expired); and
25062503 40 (D) a plan:
25072504 41 (i) to support successful program completion and to assist
25082505 42 transition of graduates to the workforce or to a
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25102507 1 postsecondary education upon receiving a diploma from the
25112508 2 adult high school; and
25122509 3 (ii) to review individual student accomplishments and
25132510 4 success after a student receives a diploma from the adult
25142511 5 high school.
25152512 6 (b) A charter school shall set annual performance targets in
25162513 7 conjunction with the charter school's authorizer. The annual
25172514 8 performance targets shall be designed to help each school meet
25182515 9 applicable federal, state, and authorizer expectations.
25192516 10 SECTION 57. IC 20-24-4-1.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.280-2013,
25202517 11 SECTION 37, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
25212518 12 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1.5. (a) Before an authorizer may issue a charter
25222519 13 to an organizer that has had its charter terminated or has been informed
25232520 14 that its charter will not be renewed by the organizer's current
25242521 15 authorizer, the authorizer must request to have the proposal reviewed
25252522 16 by the state board at a hearing. organizer that has received written
25262523 17 notice from its current authorizer that its charter will be revoked
25272524 18 or will not be renewed may receive a charter from another
25282525 19 authorizer, the authorizer must request to have the proposal
25292526 20 reviewed by the state board at a hearing unless the notice of
25302527 21 revocation or nonrenewal is received by the organizer after the
25312528 22 organizer has informed its current authorizer that it is seeking to
25322529 23 change authorizers.
25332530 24 (b) The state board shall conduct a hearing in which the authorizer
25342531 25 must present information indicating that the organizer's proposal is
25352532 26 substantively different in the areas of deficiency identified by the
25362533 27 current authorizer from the organizer's current proposal as set forth
25372534 28 within the charter with its current authorizer.
25382535 29 (b) (c) After the state board conducts a hearing under subsection (a),
25392536 30 (b), the state board shall either approve or deny the proposal. If the
25402537 31 proposal is denied by the state board, the authorizer may not issue a
25412538 32 charter to the organizer.
25422539 33 SECTION 58. IC 20-24-7-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.218-2015,
25432540 34 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
25442541 35 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) The organizer is the fiscal agent for the
25452542 36 charter school.
25462543 37 (b) The organizer has exclusive control of:
25472544 38 (1) funds received by the charter school; and
25482545 39 (2) financial matters of the charter school.
25492546 40 (c) The organizer shall maintain accounts of all funds received and
25502547 41 disbursed by the organizer. The organizer shall maintain separate
25512548 42 accountings of all funds received and disbursed by each charter school
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25532550 1 it holds.
25542551 2 (d) Notwithstanding IC 20-43, an organizer that operates more than
25552552 3 one (1) charter school may file, before July 1 of each year, a notice with
25562553 4 the department that the organizer desires to receive the tuition support
25572554 5 distributions, and in the case of an adult high school (as defined in
25582555 6 IC 20-24-1-2.3), funding provided in the state biennial budget for adult
25592556 7 high schools, for all the charter schools the organizer operates. After
25602557 8 the organizer's authorizer or authorizers verify to the department that
25612558 9 the organizer operates the charter schools, the department shall
25622559 10 distribute the tuition support, and in the case of an adult high school (as
25632560 11 defined in IC 20-24-1-2.3), funding provided in the state biennial
25642561 12 budget for adult high schools, for the verified charter schools to the
25652562 13 organizer. The organizer may distribute the tuition support distribution
25662563 14 it receives to each charter school it operates in the amounts determined
25672564 15 by the organizer. However, an organizer that receives money from the
25682565 16 state under this subsection may not use any of the money received for
25692566 17 expenses incurred outside Indiana that are not directly related to the
25702567 18 charter school the organizer operates in Indiana.
25712568 19 (e) Organizers receiving tuition support under this section may
25722569 20 submit a consolidated audit in accordance with guidelines established
25732570 21 by the state examiner and submit any required financial reporting to the
25742571 22 department in a manner prescribed by the state examiner. The state
25752572 23 examiner shall establish guidelines and prescribe reporting
25762573 24 requirements for organizers under this section that are consistent with
25772574 25 generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and the needs of the
25782575 26 department. A consolidated audit must include a breakdown of the
25792576 27 activities, financial position, and functional expenses for each
25802577 28 charter school.
25812578 29 SECTION 59. IC 20-24-7-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2017,
25822579 30 SECTION 20, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
25832580 31 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) This section applies if:
25842581 32 (1) an authorizer:
25852582 33 (A) revokes a charter before the end of the term for which the
25862583 34 charter is granted; or
25872584 35 (B) does not renew a charter; or
25882585 36 (2) a charter school otherwise terminates its charter before the end
25892586 37 of the term for which the charter is granted.
25902587 38 (b) Any state funds that remain to be distributed to the charter
25912588 39 school in the state fiscal year in which an event described in subsection
25922589 40 (a) occurs shall continue to be distributed to the entities that
25932590 41 distributed the funds to the charter school A distribution under this
25942591 42 subsection must be on a pro rata basis. for as long as the charter
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25962593 1 school continues to operate in accordance with state law and its
25972594 2 charter.
25982595 3 (c) Upon the cessation of the operation of a charter school, the
25992596 4 following apply:
26002597 5 (1) Any funds that remain to be distributed to the charter
26012598 6 school may not be distributed to the charter school.
26022599 7 (2) The remaining assets of the charter school must be
26032600 8 distributed first to satisfy outstanding payroll obligations for
26042601 9 employees of the charter school, then to creditors of the
26052602 10 charter school, then to any outstanding debt to the common
26062603 11 school fund.
26072604 12 (3) The remaining funds received from the department must
26082605 13 be returned to the department not more than thirty (30) days
26092606 14 after the charter school ceases operation due to:
26102607 15 (A) closure of the charter school;
26112608 16 (B) nonrenewal of the charter school's charter; or
26122609 17 (C) revocation of the charter school's charter.
26132610 18 (d) If the assets of the charter school are insufficient to pay all
26142611 19 parties to whom the charter school owes compensation under
26152612 20 subsection (c)(2), the priority of the distribution of assets may be
26162613 21 determined by a court.
26172614 22 (e) A charter school's articles or bylaws may not contain
26182615 23 language that is inconsistent with the requirements of this section.
26192616 24 SECTION 60. IC 20-24-7-11 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
26202617 25 1, 2025]. Sec. 11. (a) If the United States Department of Education
26212618 26 approves a new competition for states to receive matching funds for
26222619 27 charter school facilities, the department shall pursue this federal
26232620 28 funding.
26242621 29 (b) To increase the state's opportunity to receive matching funds
26252622 30 from the United States Department of Education, the department shall
26262623 31 develop a facilities incentive grants program before January 1, 2010.
26272624 32 (c) The department shall use the priority criteria set forth in 21
26282625 33 U.S.C. 7221d(b) and 34 CFR 226.12 through 34 CFR 226.14 to
26292626 34 develop the facilities incentive grants program.
26302627 35 SECTION 61. IC 20-24-7-13, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
26312628 36 SECTION 154, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
26322629 37 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 13. (a) After June 30, 2019, A
26332630 38 virtual charter school may only apply for authorization with any
26342631 39 statewide authorizer in accordance with the authorizer's guidelines.
26352632 40 After June 30, 2019, A virtual charter school that has a charter on June
26362633 41 30, 2019, may renew a charter only with a statewide authorizer. An
26372634 42 authorizer described in IC 20-24-1-2.5(1) and IC 20-24-1-2.5(3) is not
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26392636 1 considered a statewide authorizer.
26402637 2 (b) For each state fiscal year, a virtual charter school is entitled to
26412638 3 receive funding in a month from the state in an amount equal to:
26422639 4 (1) the quotient of:
26432640 5 (A) the school's basic tuition support determined under
26442641 6 IC 20-43-6-3; divided by
26452642 7 (B) twelve (12); plus
26462643 8 (2) the total of any:
26472644 9 (A) special education grants under IC 20-43-7;
26482645 10 (B) career and technical education grants under IC 20-43-8;
26492646 11 (C) non-English speaking program grants under
26502647 12 IC 20-43-10-4; and
26512648 13 (D) academic performance grants under IC 20-43-10.5;
26522649 14 to which the virtual charter school is entitled for the month.
26532650 15 For each state fiscal year, a virtual charter school's special education
26542651 16 grants under IC 20-43-7 shall be calculated in the same manner as
26552652 17 special education grants are calculated for other school corporations.
26562653 18 (c) The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to govern the
26572654 19 operation of virtual charter schools.
26582655 20 (d) Each authorizer of a virtual charter school shall establish
26592656 21 requirements or guidelines for virtual charter schools authorized by the
26602657 22 authorizer that include the following:
26612658 23 (1) Minimum requirements for the mandatory annual onboarding
26622659 24 process and orientation required under IC 20-24-5-4.5, which
26632660 25 shall include a requirement that a virtual charter school must
26642661 26 provide to a parent of a student:
26652662 27 (A) the student engagement and attendance requirements or
26662663 28 policies of the virtual charter school; and
26672664 29 (B) notice that a person who knowingly or intentionally
26682665 30 deprives a dependent of education commits a violation under
26692666 31 IC 35-46-1-4.
26702667 32 (2) Requirements relating to tracking and monitoring student
26712668 33 participation and attendance.
26722669 34 (3) Ongoing student engagement and counseling policy
26732670 35 requirements.
26742671 36 (4) Employee policy requirements, including professional
26752672 37 development requirements.
26762673 38 (e) The department, with the approval of the state board, shall
26772674 39 before December 1 of each year submit an annual report to the budget
26782675 40 committee concerning the program under this section.
26792676 41 (f) Each school year, at least sixty percent (60%) of the students
26802677 42 who are enrolled in virtual charter schools under this section for the
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26822679 1 first time must have been included in the state's fall count of ADM
26832680 2 conducted in the previous school year.
26842681 3 (g) Each virtual charter school shall report annually to the
26852682 4 department concerning the following, on a schedule determined by the
26862683 5 department:
26872684 6 (1) Classroom size.
26882685 7 (2) The ratio of teachers per classroom.
26892686 8 (3) The number of student-teacher meetings conducted in person
26902687 9 or by video conference.
26912688 10 (4) Any other information determined by the department.
26922689 11 The department shall provide this information annually to the state
26932690 12 board and the legislative council in an electronic format under
26942691 13 IC 5-14-6.
26952692 14 (h) A virtual charter school shall adopt a student engagement policy.
26962693 15 A student who regularly fails to participate in courses may be
26972694 16 withdrawn from enrollment under policies adopted by the virtual
26982695 17 charter school. The policies adopted by the virtual charter school must
26992696 18 ensure that:
27002697 19 (1) adequate notice of the withdrawal is provided to the parent
27012698 20 and the student; and
27022699 21 (2) an opportunity is provided, before the withdrawal of the
27032700 22 student by the virtual charter school, for the student or the parent
27042701 23 to demonstrate that failure to participate in the course is due to an
27052702 24 event that would be considered an excused absence under
27062703 25 IC 20-33-2.
27072704 26 (i) A student who is withdrawn from enrollment for failure to
27082705 27 participate in courses pursuant to the school's student engagement
27092706 28 policy may not reenroll in that same virtual charter school for the
27102707 29 school year in which the student is withdrawn.
27112708 30 (j) An authorizer shall review and monitor whether a virtual charter
27122709 31 school that is authorized by the authorizer complies with the
27132710 32 requirements described in subsections (h) and (i).
27142711 33 SECTION 62. IC 20-24-8-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.5-2024,
27152712 34 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
27162713 35 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. The following statutes and rules and guidelines
27172714 36 adopted under the following statutes apply to a charter school:
27182715 37 (1) IC 5-11-1-9 (required audits by the state board of accounts).
27192716 38 (2) IC 20-39-1-1 (unified accounting system).
27202717 39 (3) IC 20-35 (special education).
27212718 40 (4) IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history).
27222719 41 (5) IC 20-26-5-6 (subject to laws requiring regulation by state
27232720 42 agencies).
27242721 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 62
27252722 1 (6) IC 20-28-10-12 (nondiscrimination for teacher marital status).
27262723 2 (7) IC 20-28-10-14 (teacher freedom of association).
27272724 3 (8) IC 20-28-10-17 (school counselor immunity).
27282725 4 (9) For conversion charter schools only if the conversion charter
27292726 5 school elects to collectively bargain under IC 20-24-6-3(b),
27302727 6 IC 20-28-6, IC 20-28-7.5, IC 20-28-8, IC 20-28-9, and
27312728 7 IC 20-28-10.
27322729 8 (10) IC 20-33-2 (compulsory school attendance).
27332730 9 (11) IC 20-33-8-19, IC 20-33-8-21, and IC 20-33-8-22 (student
27342731 10 due process and judicial review).
27352732 11 (12) IC 20-33-8-16 (firearms and deadly weapons).
27362733 12 (13) IC 20-34-3 (health and safety measures).
27372734 13 (14) IC 20-33-9 (reporting of student violations of law).
27382735 14 (15) IC 20-30-3-2 and IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative
27392736 15 observances).
27402737 16 (16) IC 20-31-3, IC 20-32-4, IC 20-32-5 (for a school year ending
27412738 17 before July 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1, (for a school year beginning
27422739 18 after June 30, 2018), IC 20-32-8, and IC 20-32-8.5, as provided
27432740 19 in IC 20-32-8.5-2 (academic standards, accreditation, assessment,
27442741 20 and remediation). and assessment).
27452742 21 (17) IC 20-33-7 (parental access to education records).
27462743 22 (18) IC 20-31 (accountability for school performance and
27472744 23 improvement).
27482745 24 (19) IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction).
27492746 25 (20) IC 20-26-5-37.3, before its expiration (career and technical
27502747 26 education reporting).
27512748 27 (21) IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention).
27522749 28 (22) IC 22-2-18, before its expiration on June 30, 2021
27532750 29 (limitations on employment of minors).
27542751 30 (23) IC 20-26-12-1 (curricular material purchase and provision;
27552752 31 public school students).
27562753 32 (24) IC 20-26-12-2 (curricular material purchase and rental).
27572754 33 SECTION 63. IC 20-24-9-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2017,
27582755 34 SECTION 22, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
27592756 35 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) If an authorizer determines that:
27602757 36 (1) an organizer is failing to comply with the conditions or
27612758 37 procedures established in the charter;
27622759 38 (2) a charter school established by the organizer is failing to meet
27632760 39 the educational goals set forth in the charter;
27642761 40 (3) an organizer is failing to comply with all applicable federal
27652762 41 and state laws;
27662763 42 (4) an organizer fails to meet generally accepted fiscal
27672764 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 63
27682765 1 management and government accounting principles; or
27692766 2 (5) one (1) or more grounds for revocation exist as specified in
27702767 3 the charter;
27712768 4 the authorizer shall notify the governing board of the organizer of the
27722769 5 charter school in writing and give the organizer a reasonable time to
27732770 6 remedy the deficiency.
27742771 7 (b) If the organizer does not remedy the deficiency within the
27752772 8 timeline established by the authorizer, the authorizer may
27762773 9 (1) order any corrective action that the authorizer considers
27772774 10 necessary to correct the deficiency or
27782775 11 (2) revoke the school's charter.
27792776 12 SECTION 64. IC 20-24-11-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.280-2013,
27802777 13 SECTION 53, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
27812778 14 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to an existing
27822779 15 public elementary or secondary school that the governing body of the
27832780 16 school corporation in which the school is located has scheduled for
27842781 17 closure.
27852782 18 (b) An existing public elementary or secondary school may be
27862783 19 converted into a charter school if all of the following conditions apply:
27872784 20 (1) At least fifty-one percent (51%) of the parents of students who
27882785 21 attend the school have signed a petition requesting the
27892786 22 conversion, which must be completed not later than ninety (90)
27902787 23 days after the date of the first signature.
27912788 24 (2) The school has been placed in either of the two (2) lowest
27922789 25 categories or designations under IC 20-31-8-3 for two (2)
27932790 26 consecutive years.
27942791 27 (3) The governing body votes to convert an existing school within
27952792 28 the school corporation.
27962793 29 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if a governing body operates a
27972794 30 school that has been placed in either of the two (2) lowest categories or
27982795 31 designations under IC 20-31-8-3 for four (4) consecutive years, the
27992796 32 governing body may not serve as that charter school's authorizer.
28002797 33 (d) A conversion charter school shall continue to comply with all
28012798 34 legal requirements concerning student diversity and the treatment of
28022799 35 children with special needs and accept all students who attended the
28032800 36 school before its conversion and who wish to attend the conversion
28042801 37 charter school. If any space remains, any student in Indiana may attend
28052802 38 the conversion charter school.
28062803 39 SECTION 65. IC 20-24-12-6, AS ADDED BY P.L.91-2011,
28072804 40 SECTION 25, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
28082805 41 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. The department may authorize money in the
28092806 42 fund to be used for any of the following purposes:
28102807 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 64
28112808 1 (1) To pay first semester costs for charter schools first opening
28122809 2 after June 30, 2011.
28132810 3 (2) To repay advances and loans to charter schools made before
28142811 4 June 30, 2011.
28152812 5 (3) To match federal grants described in IC 20-24-7-11(a).
28162813 6 (4) (3) To loan or grant money from the fund to a charter school
28172814 7 to carry out the purposes described in section 2 of this chapter.
28182815 8 SECTION 66. IC 20-24-13-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
28192816 9 SECTION 158, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
28202817 10 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. The annual grant amount for a
28212818 11 school for a state fiscal year is the following:
28222819 12 (1) For the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021:
28232820 13 (A) one thousand dollars ($1,000); multiplied by
28242821 14 (B) the number of eligible pupils who are counted in the
28252822 15 current ADM of the school.
28262823 16 (2) For the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022:
28272824 17 (A) one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250);
28282825 18 multiplied by
28292826 19 (B) the number of eligible pupils who are counted in the
28302827 20 current ADM of the school.
28312828 21 (3) For the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and each state
28322829 22 fiscal year thereafter: is:
28332830 23 (A) (1) one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400); multiplied
28342831 24 by
28352832 25 (B) (2) the number of eligible pupils who are counted in the
28362833 26 current ADM of the school.
28372834 27 SECTION 67. IC 20-24.2-4-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.5-2024,
28382835 28 SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
28392836 29 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) Except as specifically provided in this
28402837 30 article and section 4 of this chapter, the following provisions of this
28412838 31 title and a rule or guideline adopted by the state board under one (1) of
28422839 32 the following provisions of this title do not apply to a qualified district
28432840 33 or qualified high school:
28442841 34 (1) Provisions that do not apply to school corporations in general.
28452842 35 (2) IC 20-20 (programs administered by the state), except for
28462843 36 IC 20-20-1 (educational service centers).
28472844 37 (3) IC 20-28 (school teachers), except for IC 20-28-3-4 (teacher
28482845 38 continuing education), IC 20-28-4-8 (hiring of transition to
28492846 39 teaching participants; restrictions), IC 20-28-4-11 (transition to
28502847 40 teaching participants; school corporation or subject area;
28512848 41 transition to teaching permit), IC 20-28-5-8 (conviction of certain
28522849 42 felonies or misdemeanors; notice and hearing; permanent
28532850 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 65
28542851 1 revocation of license; data base of school employees who have
28552852 2 been reported), IC 20-28-6 (teacher contracts), IC 20-28-7.5
28562853 3 (cancellation of teacher contracts), IC 20-28-8 (contracts with
28572854 4 school administrators), IC 20-28-9 (teacher salary and related
28582855 5 payments), IC 20-28-10 (conditions of employment), and
28592856 6 IC 20-28-11.5 (staff performance evaluations).
28602857 7 (4) IC 20-30 (curriculum), except for IC 20-30-3-2 and
28612858 8 IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative observances),
28622859 9 IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements), and
28632860 10 IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction).
28642861 11 (5) IC 20-32 (student standards, assessments, and performance),
28652862 12 except for IC 20-32-4 (graduation requirements), IC 20-32-5
28662863 13 (Indiana statewide testing for educational progress for a school
28672864 14 year ending before July 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (statewide
28682865 15 assessment program for a school year beginning after June 30,
28692866 16 2018), IC 20-32-8 (remediation), and IC 20-32-8.5 (reading
28702867 17 improvement and remediation plans).
28712868 18 (6) IC 20-37 (career and technical education).
28722869 19 (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a school corporation may not
28732870 20 receive a decrease in state funding based upon the school corporation's
28742871 21 status as a qualified district or the status of a high school within the
28752872 22 school corporation as a qualified high school, or because of the
28762873 23 implementation of a waiver of a statute or rule that is allowed to be
28772874 24 waived by a qualified district or qualified high school.
28782875 25 SECTION 68. IC 20-24.2-4-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.5-2024,
28792876 26 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
28802877 27 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. The following provisions of this title and rules
28812878 28 and guidelines adopted under the following provisions of this title
28822879 29 apply to a qualified district or qualified high school:
28832880 30 IC 20-20-1 (educational service centers).
28842881 31 IC 20-23 (organization of school corporations).
28852882 32 IC 20-26 (school corporation general administrative provisions).
28862883 33 IC 20-27 (school transportation).
28872884 34 IC 20-28-3-4 (teacher continuing education).
28882885 35 IC 20-28-4-8 (hiring of transition to teaching participants;
28892886 36 restrictions).
28902887 37 IC 20-28-4-11 (transition to teaching participants; school
28912888 38 corporation or subject area; transition to teaching permit).
28922889 39 IC 20-28-5-8 (conviction of certain felonies or misdemeanors;
28932890 40 notice and hearing; permanent revocation of license; data base of
28942891 41 school employees who have been reported).
28952892 42 IC 20-28-6 (teacher contracts).
28962893 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 66
28972894 1 IC 20-28-7.5 (cancellation of teacher contracts).
28982895 2 IC 20-28-8 (contracts with school administrators).
28992896 3 IC 20-28-9 (teacher salary and related payments).
29002897 4 IC 20-28-10 (conditions of employment).
29012898 5 IC 20-28-11.5 (staff performance evaluations).
29022899 6 IC 20-29 (collective bargaining for teachers).
29032900 7 IC 20-30-3-2 and IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative
29042901 8 observances).
29052902 9 IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements).
29062903 10 IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction).
29072904 11 IC 20-31 (accountability for school performance and
29082905 12 improvement).
29092906 13 IC 20-32-4, IC 20-32-5 (for a school year beginning before July
29102907 14 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (for a school year ending after June 30,
29112908 15 2018) and IC 20-32-8 (accreditation, assessment, and
29122909 16 remediation), (assessment), or any other statute, rule, or guideline
29132910 17 related to standardized assessments.
29142911 18 IC 20-32-8.5 (reading improvement and remediation plans).
29152912 19 IC 20-33 (students: general provisions).
29162913 20 IC 20-34-3 (health and safety measures).
29172914 21 IC 20-35 (special education).
29182915 22 IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention).
29192916 23 IC 20-36 (high ability students).
29202917 24 IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting procedures).
29212918 25 IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts).
29222919 26 IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts).
29232920 27 IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student instruction and
29242921 28 learning).
29252922 29 IC 20-43 (state tuition support).
29262923 30 IC 20-44 (property tax levies).
29272924 31 IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies).
29282925 32 IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease agreements).
29292926 33 IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds).
29302927 34 IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; state
29312928 35 advances and loans).
29322929 36 IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children).
29332930 37 SECTION 69. IC 20-24.5-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
29342931 38 2025]. (Indiana School for the Arts; Indiana University).
29352932 39 SECTION 70. IC 20-24.5-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
29362933 40 2025]. (Grammar School; Vincennes University).
29372934 41 SECTION 71. IC 20-25-10-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.211-2021,
29382935 42 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
29392936 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 67
29402937 1 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) The board shall modify, develop, and
29412938 2 implement a plan for the improvement of student achievement in the
29422939 3 schools in the school city.
29432940 4 (b) A plan modified, developed, and implemented under this chapter
29442941 5 must be consistent with this article and with IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-2,
29452942 6 IC 20-31-5, IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, and IC 20-31-10.
29462943 7 SECTION 72. IC 20-25-10-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.211-2021,
29472944 8 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
29482945 9 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. The board shall:
29492946 10 (1) modify, develop, and publish the plan required under this
29502947 11 chapter; and
29512948 12 (2) implement the modified plan;
29522949 13 in compliance with the timelines of IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-5,
29532950 14 IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, and IC 20-31-10.
29542951 15 SECTION 73. IC 20-25-10-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.211-2021,
29552952 16 SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
29562953 17 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. (a) The board shall annually assess and evaluate
29572954 18 educational programs offered by the school city to determine:
29582955 19 (1) the relationship of the programs to improved student
29592956 20 achievement; and
29602957 21 (2) the educational value of the programs in relation to cost.
29612958 22 (b) The board may obtain information from:
29622959 23 (1) educators in the schools offering a program;
29632960 24 (2) students participating in a program; and
29642961 25 (3) the parents of students participating in a program;
29652962 26 in preparing an assessment and evaluation under this section. The
29662963 27 assessment must include the performance of the school's students in
29672964 28 achieving student performance improvement levels under IC 20-31-1,
29682965 29 IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, IC 20-31-10, and IC 20-25-11.
29692966 30 SECTION 74. IC 20-25-11-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.211-2021,
29702967 31 SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
29712968 32 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. The board shall establish annual student
29722969 33 performance improvement levels for each school that are not less
29732970 34 rigorous than the student performance improvement levels under
29742971 35 IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, and IC 20-31-10,
29752972 36 including the following:
29762973 37 (1) For students:
29772974 38 (A) improvement in results on assessment tests and assessment
29782975 39 programs;
29792976 40 (B) improvement in attendance rates; and
29802977 41 (C) improvement in progress toward graduation.
29812978 42 (2) For teachers:
29822979 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 68
29832980 1 (A) improvement in student results on assessment tests and
29842981 2 assessment programs;
29852982 3 (B) improvement in the number and percentage of students
29862983 4 achieving:
29872984 5 (i) state achievement standards; and
29882985 6 (ii) if applicable, performance levels set by the board;
29892986 7 on assessment tests;
29902987 8 (C) improvement in student progress toward graduation;
29912988 9 (D) improvement in student attendance rates for the school
29922989 10 year;
29932990 11 (E) improvement in individual teacher attendance rates;
29942991 12 (F) improvement in:
29952992 13 (i) communication with parents; and
29962993 14 (ii) parental involvement in classroom and extracurricular
29972994 15 activities; and
29982995 16 (G) other objectives developed by the board.
29992996 17 (3) For the school and school administrators:
30002997 18 (A) improvement in student results on assessment tests, totaled
30012998 19 by class and grade;
30022999 20 (B) improvement in the number and percentage of students
30033000 21 achieving:
30043001 22 (i) state achievement standards; and
30053002 23 (ii) if applicable, performance levels set by the board;
30063003 24 on assessment tests, totaled by class and grade;
30073004 25 (C) improvement in:
30083005 26 (i) student graduation rates; and
30093006 27 (ii) progress toward graduation;
30103007 28 (D) improvement in student attendance rates;
30113008 29 (E) management of:
30123009 30 (i) education fund expenditures;
30133010 31 (ii) operations fund expenditures; and
30143011 32 (iii) total expenditures;
30153012 33 per student;
30163013 34 (F) improvement in teacher attendance rates; and
30173014 35 (G) other objectives developed by the board.
30183015 36 SECTION 75. IC 20-25-12-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.211-2021,
30193016 37 SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
30203017 38 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-2, IC 20-31-5,
30213018 39 IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, and IC 20-31-10 apply to the
30223019 40 school city. The composition of a local school improvement committee
30233020 41 is determined under IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-2, IC 20-31-5, IC 20-31-6,
30243021 42 IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, and IC 20-31-10.
30253022 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 69
30263023 1 (b) The plan developed and implemented by the board under
30273024 2 IC 20-25-10 must contain general guidelines for decisions by the
30283025 3 educators in each school to improve student achievement in the school.
30293026 4 (c) The board's plan shall provide for the publication to other
30303027 5 schools in the school city and to the general community those:
30313028 6 (1) processes;
30323029 7 (2) innovations; and
30333030 8 (3) approaches;
30343031 9 that have led individual schools to significant improvement in student
30353032 10 achievement.
30363033 11 SECTION 76. IC 20-25-13-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.211-2021,
30373034 12 SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
30383035 13 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. IC 20-28-6-4 and IC 20-28-6-5 apply to
30393036 14 certificated employees in the school city. A teacher's students'
30403037 15 performance improvement levels under the assessment tests and
30413038 16 programs of IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-5, IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7,
30423039 17 IC 20-31-8, and IC 20-31-10 may be used as a factor, but not the only
30433040 18 factor, to evaluate the performance of a teacher in the school city.
30443041 19 SECTION 77. IC 20-26-4-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.58-2023,
30453042 20 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
30463043 21 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "electronic funds
30473044 22 transfer" means a transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated
30483045 23 by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an
30493046 24 electronic terminal, telephone, or computer or magnetic tape to order,
30503047 25 instruct, or authorize a financial institution to debit or credit an
30513048 26 account.
30523049 27 (b) The governing body of each school corporation shall organize by
30533050 28 electing:
30543051 29 (1) a president;
30553052 30 (2) a vice president; and
30563053 31 (3) a secretary;
30573054 32 each of whom is a different member, not more than fifteen (15) thirty
30583055 33 (30) days after the commencement date of the members' terms of
30593056 34 office.
30603057 35 (c) A governing body shall, at the time that officers are elected
30613058 36 under subsection (b), appoint a treasurer of the governing body and of
30623059 37 the school corporation who is a person, other than the superintendent
30633060 38 of schools, who is not a member of the governing body. The treasurer
30643061 39 may, with the approval of the governing body, appoint a deputy who
30653062 40 must be a person, other than the superintendent of schools, who is not
30663063 41 a member of the governing body and who has the same powers and
30673064 42 duties as the treasurer, or lesser duties as provided by the governing
30683065 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 70
30693066 1 body by rule.
30703067 2 (d) The treasurer is the official custodian of all funds of the school
30713068 3 corporation and is responsible for the proper safeguarding and
30723069 4 accounting for the funds. The treasurer shall:
30733070 5 (1) issue a receipt for money received by the treasurer;
30743071 6 (2) deposit money described in subdivision (1) in accordance with
30753072 7 the laws governing the deposit of public funds; and
30763073 8 (3) issue all warrants in payment of expenses lawfully incurred on
30773074 9 behalf of the school corporation. However, except as otherwise
30783075 10 provided by law, warrants described in this subdivision must be
30793076 11 issued only after proper allowance or approval by the governing
30803077 12 body. The governing body may not require an allowance or
30813078 13 approval for amounts lawfully due in payment of indebtedness or
30823079 14 payments due the state, the United States government, or agencies
30833080 15 and instrumentalities of the state or the United States government.
30843081 16 A verification, other than a properly itemized invoice, may not be
30853082 17 required for any claim. A claim is sufficient as to form if the bill or
30863083 18 statement for the claim has printed or stamped on the face of the bill or
30873084 19 statement a verification of the bill or statement in language approved
30883085 20 by the state board of accounts.
30893086 21 (e) Notwithstanding subsection (d), a treasurer may transact school
30903087 22 corporation financial business with a financial institution or a public
30913088 23 retirement fund through the use of electronic funds transfer. The
30923089 24 treasurer must provide adequate documentation to the governing body
30933090 25 of transfers made under this subsection. This subsection applies only
30943091 26 to agreements for joint investment of money under IC 5-13-9 and to
30953092 27 payments to the Indiana public retirement system for:
30963093 28 (1) the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; or
30973094 29 (2) the public employees' retirement fund;
30983095 30 from participating employers.
30993096 31 (f) Except as provided in IC 5-11, a treasurer is not personally liable
31003097 32 for an act or omission occurring in connection with the performance of
31013098 33 the duties set forth in this section, unless the act or omission constitutes
31023099 34 gross negligence or an intentional disregard of the treasurer's duties.
31033100 35 (g) A governing body may establish the position of executive
31043101 36 secretary to the governing body. The executive secretary:
31053102 37 (1) must be an employee of the school corporation;
31063103 38 (2) may not be a member of the governing body; and
31073104 39 (3) must be appointed by the governing body upon the
31083105 40 recommendation of the superintendent of the school corporation.
31093106 41 The governing body shall determine the duties of the executive
31103107 42 secretary, which may include all or part of the duties of the secretary of
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31123109 1 the board.
31133110 2 SECTION 78. IC 20-26-4-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
31143111 3 2025]. Sec. 6. (a) The governing body of any school corporation may
31153112 4 designate a committee of at least two (2) of the governing body's
31163113 5 members, or a committee of not less than two (2) employees of the
31173114 6 school corporation, to open and tabulate bids:
31183115 7 (1) in connection with the purchase of supplies, material, or
31193116 8 equipment;
31203117 9 (2) for the construction or alteration of a building or facility; or
31213118 10 (3) for any similar purpose.
31223119 11 (b) Bids described in subsection (a):
31233120 12 (1) may be opened by the committee at the time and place fixed
31243121 13 by the advertisement for bids;
31253122 14 (2) must be read aloud and tabulated publicly, to the extent
31263123 15 required by law for governing bodies; and
31273124 16 (3) must be available for inspection.
31283125 17 (c) The bids described in subsection (a) must be reported to and the
31293126 18 tabulation entered upon the records of the governing body at the
31303127 19 governing body's next meeting following the bid opening.
31313128 20 (d) A bid described in subsection (a) may not be accepted or
31323129 21 rejected by the committee, but the bid must be accepted or rejected
31333130 22 solely by the governing body in a board meeting open to the public as
31343131 23 provided in section 3 of this chapter.
31353132 24 SECTION 79. IC 20-26-4-9, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
31363133 25 SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
31373134 26 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. An individual who is at least twenty-one (21)
31383135 27 eighteen (18) years of age and is otherwise eligible to assume office as
31393136 28 a member of a governing body may not be disqualified on the basis of
31403137 29 age.
31413138 30 SECTION 80. IC 20-26-5-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
31423139 31 2025]. Sec. 8. (a) The governing body of a school corporation may
31433140 32 appropriate necessary funds to provide for membership of the school
31443141 33 corporation in state and national associations of an educational nature
31453142 34 that have as the associations' purpose the improvement of school
31463143 35 governmental operations.
31473144 36 (b) A school corporation may participate through designated
31483145 37 representatives in the meetings and activities of the associations. The
31493146 38 governing body of the school corporation may appropriate the
31503147 39 necessary funds to defray the expenses of the representatives in
31513148 40 connection with the meetings and activities.
31523149 41 SECTION 81. IC 20-26-5-9 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
31533150 42 2025]. Sec. 9. (a) A school corporation may provide programs, classes,
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31553152 1 or services to a state educational institution.
31563153 2 (b) A state educational institution may provide programs, classes,
31573154 3 or services to a school corporation.
31583155 4 (c) The terms and conditions under which programs, classes, or
31593156 5 services are to be provided must be specified in a contract between the
31603157 6 state educational institution and the governing body of the school
31613158 7 corporation.
31623159 8 SECTION 82. IC 20-26-5-28 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
31633160 9 1, 2025]. Sec. 28. A governing body may establish and maintain
31643161 10 nursery schools for the instruction of children less than six (6) years of
31653162 11 age. Expenses of operating the nursery schools shall be paid in the
31663163 12 same manner as other expenses of the school corporation.
31673164 13 SECTION 83. IC 20-26-5-32 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
31683165 14 1, 2025]. Sec. 32. (a) The governing body of each school corporation
31693166 15 shall work with parents to:
31703167 16 (1) develop; and
31713168 17 (2) review periodically;
31723169 18 an evidence based plan for improving student behavior and discipline
31733170 19 in the school corporation after receiving a model plan developed by the
31743171 20 department.
31753172 21 (b) The model plan developed by the department under subsection
31763173 22 (a) must:
31773174 23 (1) reduce out-of-school suspension and disproportionality in
31783175 24 discipline and expulsion;
31793176 25 (2) limit referrals to law enforcement and arrests on school
31803177 26 property to cases in which referral to law enforcement or arrest is
31813178 27 necessary to protect the health and safety of students or school
31823179 28 employees; and
31833180 29 (3) include policies to address instances of bullying and
31843181 30 cyberbullying on school property of a school corporation.
31853182 31 (c) Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the department, in
31863183 32 collaboration with parent organizations, teacher organizations,
31873184 33 educational support professional organizations, and state educational
31883185 34 institutions, shall, upon a school corporation's request, provide
31893186 35 information and assistance to the school corporation regarding the
31903187 36 implementation of the school corporation's evidence based plan
31913188 37 developed under subsection (a) to ensure that teachers and
31923189 38 administrators receive appropriate professional development and other
31933190 39 resources in preparation for carrying out the plan.
31943191 40 SECTION 84. IC 20-26-5-34.2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
31953192 41 1, 2025]. Sec. 34.2. A school corporation shall provide training to the
31963193 42 school corporation's employees and volunteers who have direct,
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31983195 1 ongoing contact with students concerning the school's bullying
31993196 2 prevention and reporting policy adopted under IC 20-33-8-13.5. The
32003197 3 training shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the state board
32013198 4 under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5.
32023199 5 SECTION 85. IC 20-26-7-41 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
32033200 6 1, 2025]. Sec. 41. A township trustee may, whenever:
32043201 7 (1) a schoolhouse is removed to a different location or a new one
32053202 8 erected for the school in a different place; and
32063203 9 (2) the land where the schoolhouse is situated belongs
32073204 10 unconditionally to the township, town, or city;
32083205 11 sell the land, if the trustee believes it is advantageous to the township,
32093206 12 town, or city to do so. The township trustee shall sell the land for the
32103207 13 highest price that can be obtained for the land. Upon payment of the
32113208 14 purchase money to the township, town, or city, the township trustee
32123209 15 shall execute to the purchaser a deed of conveyance, which must be
32133210 16 sufficient to vest in the purchaser the title the township, town, or city
32143211 17 has to the land. The money derived from the sale becomes a part of the
32153212 18 school revenue.
32163213 19 SECTION 86. IC 20-26-7.1-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.36-2024,
32173214 20 SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
32183215 21 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in section 1 of this
32193216 22 chapter or subsection (b), (c), or (d), before a governing body may sell,
32203217 23 exchange, lease, demolish, hold without operating, or dispose of a
32213218 24 covered school building, a governing body shall make available for
32223219 25 lease or purchase by a charter school or state educational institution
32233220 26 any covered school building owned by the school corporation or any
32243221 27 other entity that is related in any way to, or created by, the school
32253222 28 corporation or the governing body, including a building corporation,
32263223 29 that the governing body elects to close or the school corporation is
32273224 30 required to close under IC 20-26-7-47, in order for the covered school
32283225 31 building to be used by a:
32293226 32 (1) charter school to conduct prekindergarten through grade 12
32303227 33 classroom instruction; or
32313228 34 (2) state educational institution for an academic purpose.
32323229 35 (b) The following are not required to comply with this chapter:
32333230 36 (1) A governing body that vacates a covered school building in
32343231 37 order to:
32353232 38 (A) renovate the covered school building for a future
32363233 39 allowable use by the school corporation as permitted under
32373234 40 IC 20-26-7-47; or
32383235 41 (B) demolish the covered school building, in whole or part,
32393236 42 and build a new school building or an addition to a school
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32413238 1 building on the same site as the demolished building.
32423239 2 (2) An emergency manager of a distressed school corporation
32433240 3 under IC 6-1.1-20.3.
32443241 4 (3) The governing body of the School City of East Chicago school
32453242 5 corporation for the Carrie Gosch Elementary School building.
32463243 6 (4) A school corporation that has had a designation as a distressed
32473244 7 political subdivision under IC 6-1.1-20.3 within the previous three
32483245 8 (3) years.
32493246 9 (5) The governing body of the School City of Hammond school
32503247 10 corporation for the Gavit High School building, if the Gavit
32513248 11 High School building is sold to a municipality (as defined in
32523249 12 IC 36-1-2-11). This subdivision expires July 1, 2027.
32533250 13 (6) The governing body of Griffith Public Schools for the
32543251 14 Ready Elementary School building, if the Ready Elementary
32553252 15 School building is sold to a municipality (as defined in
32563253 16 IC 36-1-2-11). This subdivision expires July 1, 2027.
32573254 17 (c) This section does not apply to a covered school building in
32583255 18 which a governing body under IC 20-26-5-4(a)(7) entered a lease prior
32593256 19 to January 1, 2019, with a state accredited nonpublic school. In
32603257 20 addition, the governing body may, during or at the expiration of the
32613258 21 term of such lease, sell the school building leased under
32623259 22 IC 20-26-5-4(a)(7) to the nonpublic school at a purchase price mutually
32633260 23 agreed to by the governing body and the nonpublic school.
32643261 24 (d) This section does not apply to a covered school building of a
32653262 25 school corporation to which the following apply:
32663263 26 (1) The school corporation had, before January 1, 2023, entered
32673264 27 into a lease or memorandum of understanding with a nonprofit
32683265 28 organization exempt from federal taxation under Section
32693266 29 501(c)(3) through 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code for the
32703267 30 use of the covered school building.
32713268 31 (2) The lease or memorandum of understanding described in
32723269 32 subdivision (1):
32733270 33 (A) continues in effect;
32743271 34 (B) is renewed; or
32753272 35 (C) is replaced by a new lease or memorandum of
32763273 36 understanding that is entered into between the school
32773274 37 corporation and the nonprofit organization described in
32783275 38 subdivision (1).
32793276 39 (3) The nonprofit organization described in subdivision (1) uses
32803277 40 the covered school building for an educational purpose
32813278 41 throughout the term of any lease or memorandum of
32823279 42 understanding.
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32843281 1 If at any time the conditions under subdivisions (2) and (3) are not met,
32853282 2 the covered school building is subject to IC 20-26-7-47 and this
32863283 3 chapter.
32873284 4 (e) A covered school building that a school corporation closes or is
32883285 5 required to close may not be retained by the school corporation for
32893286 6 storage or office use unless the conditions of IC 20-26-7-47(e)(3),
32903287 7 IC 20-26-7-47(e)(4), or IC 20-26-7-47(e)(5) are met.
32913288 8 SECTION 87. IC 20-26-9-18 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
32923289 9 1, 2025]. Sec. 18. (a) Before July 1, 2007, each school board may
32933290 10 establish a coordinated school health advisory council (referred to as
32943291 11 the "advisory council" in this section). The advisory council may
32953292 12 review the corporation's wellness policies on a yearly basis and suggest
32963293 13 to the governing body for approval changes to the policies that comply
32973294 14 with the requirements of federal Public Law 111-296 and
32983295 15 IC 5-22-15-24(c) before July 1 of each year. The advisory council must
32993296 16 hold at least one (1) hearing at which public testimony about the local
33003297 17 wellness policy being developed is allowed.
33013298 18 (b) The governing body may appoint the members of the advisory
33023299 19 council, which must include the following:
33033300 20 (1) Parents.
33043301 21 (2) Food service directors and staff.
33053302 22 (3) Students.
33063303 23 (4) Nutritionists or certified dietitians.
33073304 24 (5) Health care professionals.
33083305 25 (6) School board members.
33093306 26 (7) A school administrator.
33103307 27 (8) Representatives of interested community organizations.
33113308 28 (c) In adopting a school corporation policy on child nutrition and
33123309 29 physical activity policy under federal Public Law 111-296, the
33133310 30 governing body may take into consideration recommendations made by
33143311 31 the advisory council.
33153312 32 (d) The department shall, in consultation with the Indiana
33163313 33 department of health, provide technical assistance to schools, including
33173314 34 providing information on health, nutrition, and physical activity,
33183315 35 through educational materials and professional development
33193316 36 opportunities.
33203317 37 SECTION 88. IC 20-26-10-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
33213318 38 SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
33223319 39 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) Two (2) or more school corporations acting
33233320 40 through their respective governing bodies may engage in joint
33243321 41 programs under a written agreement executed by all participating
33253322 42 school corporations.
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33273324 1 (b) The agreement shall do the following:
33283325 2 (1) Designate the type of purchases, leases, or investments to be
33293326 3 made.
33303327 4 (2) Prescribe the manner of approving persons employed under
33313328 5 the joint program.
33323329 6 (3) Designate the type of construction, remodeling, or additions
33333330 7 to be made on the school buildings.
33343331 8 (4) Provide for the organization, administration, support, funding,
33353332 9 and termination of the program, subject to the provisions of this
33363333 10 chapter.
33373334 11 SECTION 89. IC 20-26-11-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.43-2021,
33383335 12 SECTION 76, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
33393336 13 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. (a) The parents of any student, regardless of the
33403337 14 student's age, or the student after the student has become eighteen (18)
33413338 15 years of age may request a transfer from a school corporation in which
33423339 16 the student has a legal settlement to a transferee school corporation in
33433340 17 Indiana. or another state if the student may be better accommodated in
33443341 18 the public schools of the transferee corporation. Whether the student
33453342 19 can be better accommodated depends on such matters as:
33463343 20 (1) crowded conditions of the transferee or transferor corporation;
33473344 21 and
33483345 22 (2) curriculum offerings at the high school level that are important
33493346 23 to the vocational or academic aspirations of the student.
33503347 24 (b) The request for transfer must be made in writing to the transferor
33513348 25 corporation, which shall immediately mail a copy to the transferee
33523349 26 corporation. The request for transfer must be made at the times
33533350 27 provided under rules adopted by the state board. The transfer is
33543351 28 effected if both the transferee and the transferor corporations approve
33553352 29 the transfer not more than thirty (30) days after that mailing. If the
33563353 30 transferor school corporation fails to act on the transfer request within
33573354 31 thirty (30) days after the request is received, the transfer is considered
33583355 32 approved. The transfer is denied when either school corporation mails
33593356 33 a written denial by certified mail to the requesting parents or student at
33603357 34 their last known address.
33613358 35 (c) If a request for transfer is denied under subsection (b), an appeal
33623359 36 may be taken to the state board by the requesting parents or student, if
33633360 37 commenced not more than ten (10) days after the denial. An appeal is
33643361 38 commenced by mailing a notice of appeal by certified mail to the
33653362 39 superintendent of each school corporation and the state board. The
33663363 40 secretary of education shall develop forms for this purpose, and the
33673364 41 transferor corporation shall assist the parents or student in the
33683365 42 mechanics of commencing the appeal. An appeal hearing must comply
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33703367 1 with section 15 of this chapter.
33713368 2 SECTION 90. IC 20-26-11-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.162-2024,
33723369 3 SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
33733370 4 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. (a) A school corporation may accept a
33743371 5 transferring student without approval of the transferor corporation.
33753372 6 under section 5 of this chapter.
33763373 7 (b) A transferee corporation may not require a parent or student
33773374 8 requesting transfer to the school corporation to pay transfer tuition or
33783375 9 any other fee associated with the transfer of the student.
33793376 10 SECTION 91. IC 20-26-11-8.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
33803377 11 1, 2025]. Sec. 8.5. With regard to the transfer of responsibility for
33813378 12 paying transfer tuition for certain students from the county to the
33823379 13 school corporation of the student's legal settlement as described in
33833380 14 IC 20-8.1-6.1-5 (as amended by P.L.36-1994, before its repeal, now
33843381 15 codified at section 8 of this chapter), P.L.36-1994 does not affect:
33853382 16 (1) rights or liabilities accrued;
33863383 17 (2) penalties incurred;
33873384 18 (3) crimes committed; or
33883385 19 (4) proceedings begun;
33893386 20 before July 1, 1995. Those rights, liabilities, penalties, crimes, and
33903387 21 proceedings continue and shall be imposed and enforced under prior
33913388 22 law as if P.L.36-1994 had not been enacted.
33923389 23 SECTION 92. IC 20-26-11-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.146-2008,
33933390 24 SECTION 470, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
33943391 25 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12. (a) If a student is transferred
33953392 26 under section 5 of this chapter from a school corporation in Indiana to
33963393 27 a public school corporation in another state, the transferor corporation
33973394 28 shall pay the transferee corporation the full tuition fee charged by the
33983395 29 transferee corporation. However, the amount of the full tuition fee may
33993396 30 not exceed the amount charged by the transferor corporation for the
34003397 31 same class of school, or if the school does not have the same
34013398 32 classification, the amount may not exceed the amount charged by the
34023399 33 geographically nearest school corporation in Indiana that has the same
34033400 34 classification.
34043401 35 (b) If a child is:
34053402 36 (1) placed by or with the consent of the department of child
34063403 37 services in an out-of-state institution or other facility; and
34073404 38 (2) provided all educational programs and services by a public
34083405 39 school corporation in the state where the child is placed, whether
34093406 40 at the facility, the public school, or another location;
34103407 41 the department of child services shall pay to the public school
34113408 42 corporation in which the child is enrolled, the amount of transfer tuition
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34133410 1 specified in subsection (c).
34143411 2 (c) The transfer tuition for which the department of child services
34153412 3 is obligated under subsection (b) is equal to the following:
34163413 4 (1) The amount under a written agreement among the department
34173414 5 of child services, the institution or other facility, and the
34183415 6 governing body of the public school corporation in the other state
34193416 7 that specifies the amount and method of computing transfer
34203417 8 tuition.
34213418 9 (2) The full tuition fee charged by the transferee corporation, if
34223419 10 subdivision (1) does not apply. However, the amount of the full
34233420 11 tuition fee must not exceed the amount charged by the transferor
34243421 12 corporation for the same class of school, or if the school does not
34253422 13 have the same classification, the amount must not exceed the
34263423 14 amount charged by the geographically nearest school corporation
34273424 15 in Indiana that has the same classification.
34283425 16 (d) If a child is:
34293426 17 (1) placed by or with the consent of the department of child
34303427 18 services in an out-of-state institution or other facility; and
34313428 19 (2) provided:
34323429 20 (A) onsite educational programs and services either through
34333430 21 the facility's employees or by contract with another person or
34343431 22 organization that is not a public school corporation; or
34353432 23 (B) educational programs and services by a nonpublic school;
34363433 24 the department of child services shall pay in an amount and in the
34373434 25 manner specified in a written agreement between the department of
34383435 26 child services and the institution or other facility.
34393436 27 (e) For purposes of IC 4-13-2, an agreement described in subsection
34403437 28 (c) or (d) shall not be treated as a contract.
34413438 29 SECTION 93. IC 20-26-12-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2024,
34423439 30 SECTION 141, AND AS AMENDED BY P.L.136-2024, SECTION
34433440 31 41, AND AS AMENDED BY THE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
34443441 32 BILL OF THE 2025 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IS CORRECTED AND
34453442 33 AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]:
34463443 34 Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) but notwithstanding
34473444 35 any other law, each governing body of a school corporation and each
34483445 36 organizer of a charter school shall purchase from a publisher, either
34493446 37 individually or through a purchasing cooperative of school
34503447 38 corporations, as applicable, the curricular materials selected by the
34513448 39 proper local officials, and shall provide at no cost the curricular
34523449 40 materials to each student enrolled in the school corporation or charter
34533450 41 school. Curricular materials provided to a student under this section
34543451 42 remain the property of the governing body of the school corporation or
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34563453 1 organizer of the charter school.
34573454 2 (b) This section does not prohibit a governing body of a school
34583455 3 corporation or an organizer of a charter school from assessing and
34593456 4 collecting a reasonable fee for lost or significantly damaged curricular
34603457 5 materials in accordance with rules established by the state board under
34613458 6 subsection (c). (d). Fees collected under this subsection must be
34623459 7 deposited in the: separate curricular materials account established
34633460 8 under IC 20-40-22-9 for
34643461 9 (1) education fund of the school corporation; or
34653462 10 (2) education fund of the charter school, or, if the charter school
34663463 11 does not have an education fund, the same fund into which state
34673464 12 tuition support is deposited for the charter school;
34683465 13 in which the student was enrolled at the time the fee was imposed.
34693466 14 (c) This section does not prohibit a governing body of a school
34703467 15 corporation or an organizer of a charter school from assessing and
34713468 16 collecting a reasonable fee for supplies and materials that:
34723469 17 (1) are not curricular materials; and
34733470 18 (2) supplement the instruction in a particular course of study.
34743471 19 (c) (d) The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 including
34753472 20 emergency rules in the manner provided in IC 4-22-2-37.1, to
34763473 21 implement this section.
34773474 22 SECTION 94. IC 20-26-13-9, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
34783475 23 SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
34793476 24 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) Beginning with the class of students who
34803477 25 are expected to graduate in the 2005-2006 school year, Subject to
34813478 26 subsection (b), the department shall determine the graduation rate of
34823479 27 high school students under this chapter.
34833480 28 (b) Except to the extent required under federal law, an adult
34843481 29 high school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-2.3) is excluded from all
34853482 30 cohort based graduation rate calculations.
34863483 31 SECTION 95. IC 20-26-15 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
34873484 32 2025]. (Freeway School Corporation and Freeway School Program).
34883485 33 SECTION 96. IC 20-26-18 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
34893486 34 2025]. (Criminal Gang Measures).
34903487 35 SECTION 97. IC 20-26.5-2-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
34913488 36 SECTION 42, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
34923489 37 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) Subject to subsection (b), if the state board
34933490 38 approves a coalition under section 1(d) of this chapter, the applicants
34943491 39 that jointly submitted an application under section 1 of this chapter
34953492 40 become coalition members.
34963493 41 (b) In addition to the coalition members described in subsection (a),
34973494 42 a school corporation, an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7),
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34993496 1 or a state accredited nonpublic school may become a coalition member
35003497 2 by submitting an application to the coalition, in a manner prescribed by
35013498 3 the coalition. The coalition may submit a recommendation to the state
35023499 4 board that an applicant under this subsection should be approved to
35033500 5 participate in the coalition. Subject to subsection (c), The state board
35043501 6 shall approve an application submitted under this subsection.
35053502 7 (c) For:
35063503 8 (1) the 2018-2019 school year, not more than a total of eight (8)
35073504 9 school corporations, eligible schools (as defined in
35083505 10 IC 20-51-1-4.7), or state accredited nonpublic schools may
35093506 11 participate in the coalition;
35103507 12 (2) the 2019-2020 school year, not more than a total of twelve
35113508 13 (12) school corporations, eligible schools (as defined in
35123509 14 IC 20-51-1-4.7), or state accredited nonpublic schools may
35133510 15 participate in the coalition; and
35143511 16 (3) the 2020-2021 school year, not more than a total of sixteen
35153512 17 (16) school corporations, eligible schools (as defined in
35163513 18 IC 20-51-1-4.7), or state accredited nonpublic schools may
35173514 19 participate in the coalition.
35183515 20 (d) (c) Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year and each school year
35193516 21 thereafter, the state board shall limit the number of coalition members
35203517 22 to thirty (30) school corporations, eligible schools (as defined in
35213518 23 IC 20-51-1-4.7), or state accredited nonpublic schools.
35223519 24 SECTION 98. IC 20-27-5-0.2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
35233520 25 1, 2025]. Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to:
35243521 26 (1) IC 20-9.1-2-4 (before its repeal, now codified at section 5 of
35253522 27 this chapter); and
35263523 28 (2) IC 20-9.1-2-4.1 (before its repeal, now codified at section 6 of
35273524 29 this chapter);
35283525 30 do not apply to contracts entered into before July 1, 1988.
35293526 31 SECTION 99. IC 20-27-13-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.145-2012,
35303527 32 SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
35313528 33 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 7 of this chapter,
35323529 34 a school corporation described in section 2 of this chapter shall carry
35333530 35 out a program to provide transportation to and from school for all
35343531 36 eligible students in any part of a school year, beginning after June 30,
35353532 37 2012, unless the governing body of the school corporation:
35363533 38 (1) approves the termination of the transportation program; and
35373534 39 (2) provides public notice of the date after which the
35383535 40 transportation will no longer be provided under the transportation
35393536 41 program;
35403537 42 at least three (3) years one (1) year before the date after which the
35413538 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 81
35423539 1 transportation will no longer be provided under the transportation
35433540 2 program.
35443541 3 SECTION 100. IC 20-27-13-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
35453542 4 1, 2025]. Sec. 5. Transportation provided under a transportation
35463543 5 program required under section 3 of this chapter may be limited by the
35473544 6 school corporation's governing body to providing transportation to
35483545 7 school immediately before the beginning of an instructional day (as
35493546 8 described in IC 20-30-2-2) and from school immediately after the end
35503547 9 of an instructional day (as described in IC 20-30-2-2) without
35513548 10 additional accommodations for participation in extracurricular
35523549 11 activities.
35533550 12 SECTION 101. IC 20-27-13-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
35543551 13 1, 2025]. Sec. 6. Transportation provided under a transportation
35553552 14 program required under section 3 of this chapter must be otherwise in
35563553 15 accordance with applicable law.
3557-16 SECTION 102. IC 20-28-2-7 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3558-17 1, 2025]. Sec. 7. (a) The department may recommend to the general
3559-18 assembly for consideration measures relating to the department's
3560-19 powers and duties that improve the quality of teacher preparation or
3561-20 teacher licensing standards.
3562-21 (b) The department shall submit to the general assembly before
3563-22 November 1 of each year a report:
3564-23 (1) detailing the findings and activities of the department, the
3565-24 division, and the state board; and
3566-25 (2) including any recommendations developed under this chapter.
3567-26 A report under this subsection must in an electronic format under
3568-27 IC 5-14-6.
3569-28 SECTION 103. IC 20-28-2-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3570-29 1, 2025]. Sec. 8. (a) The department may, subject to approval by the
3571-30 budget agency, do the following to administer the responsibilities of the
3572-31 department under this chapter:
3573-32 (1) Establish advisory committees the department determines
3574-33 necessary.
3575-34 (2) Expend funds made available to the department according to
3576-35 policies established by the budget agency.
3577-36 (b) The department shall comply with the requirements for
3578-37 submitting a budget request to the budget agency as set forth in
3579-38 IC 4-12-1, for funds to administer the responsibilities of the department
3580-39 described in section 1 of this chapter.
3581-40 SECTION 104. IC 20-28-3-0.3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3582-41 1, 2025]. Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter:
3583-42 (1) "culturally responsive methods" refer to methods that use the
3554+16 SECTION 102. IC 20-28-1-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.196-2021,
3555+17 SECTION 15, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3556+18 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. "School psychology" means the following:
3557+19 (1) Administering, scoring, and interpreting educational,
3558+20 cognitive, career, and vocational behavioral, and affective tests
3559+21 and procedures that address a student's:
3560+22 (A) education;
3561+23 (B) developmental status; and
3562+24 (C) attention skills; and
3563+25 (D) social, emotional, and behavioral functioning;
3564+26 as they relate to the student's learning or training in the academic
3565+27 or vocational environment.
3566+28 (2) Providing consultation, collaboration, and intervention
3567+29 services (not including psychotherapy) and providing referral to
3568+30 community resources to:
3569+31 (A) students;
3570+32 (B) parents of students;
3571+33 (C) teachers;
3572+34 (D) school administrators; and
3573+35 (E) school staff;
3574+36 concerning learning and performance in the educational process.
3575+37 (3) Participating in or conducting research relating to a student's
3576+38 learning and performance in the educational process
3577+39 (A) regarding the educational, developmental, career,
3578+40 vocational, or attention functioning of the student. or
3579+41 (B) screening social, affective, and behavioral functioning of
3580+42 the student.
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3585-1 cultural knowledge, experiences, social and emotional learning
3586-2 needs, and performance styles of diverse students to ensure that
3587-3 classroom management strategies and research based alternatives
3588-4 to exclusionary discipline are appropriate and effective for the
3589-5 students; and
3590-6 (2) "exclusionary discipline" includes in school suspension, out
3591-7 of school suspension, expulsion, school based arrests, school
3592-8 based referrals to the juvenile justice system, and voluntary or
3593-9 involuntary placement in an alternative education program.
3594-10 SECTION 105. IC 20-28-3-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.220-2015,
3595-11 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3596-12 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) The department shall develop guidelines for
3597-13 use by accredited teacher education institutions and departments in
3598-14 preparing individuals to
3599-15 (1) teach in various environments. and
3600-16 (2) successfully apply positive classroom behavioral management
3601-17 strategies and research based alternatives to exclusionary
3602-18 discipline in a manner that serves the diverse learning needs of all
3603-19 students.
3604-20 (b) The guidelines developed under subsection (a) must include
3605-21 courses and methods that assist individuals in developing cultural
3606-22 competency (as defined in IC 20-31-2-5).
3607-23 SECTION 106. IC 20-28-3-3.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3608-24 1, 2025]. Sec. 3.5. The guidelines developed under section 3 of this
3609-25 chapter must incorporate methods that assist individuals in developing
3610-26 competency in employing approaches to create positive classroom and
3611-27 school climates that are culturally responsive, which may include:
3612-28 (1) classroom management strategies;
3613-29 (2) restorative justice;
3614-30 (3) positive behavioral interventions and supports;
3615-31 (4) social and emotional training as described in IC 12-21-5-2,
3616-32 IC 20-19-3-12, and IC 20-26-5-34.2; and
3617-33 (5) conflict resolution.
3618-34 SECTION 107. IC 20-28-3-4.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
3619-35 SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3620-36 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.5. (a) Each school corporation, charter school,
3621-37 and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each school
3622-38 employee likely to have direct, ongoing contact with children within
3623-39 the scope of the employee's employment to attend or participate in
3624-40 training on child abuse and neglect, including:
3625-41 (1) training on the duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect
3626-42 under IC 31-33-5; and
3582+1 (4) Providing inservice or continuing education services relating
3583+2 to learning and performance in the educational process to schools,
3584+3 parents, or others.
3585+4 (5) Supervising school psychology services.
3586+5 (6) Referring a student to:
3587+6 (A) a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist licensed
3588+7 under IC 25-35.6 for services for speech, hearing, and
3589+8 language disorders;
3590+9 (B) an occupational therapist licensed under IC 25-23.5 for
3591+10 occupational therapy services; or
3592+11 (C) a physical therapist licensed under IC 25-27 for mandated
3593+12 school services within a physical therapist's scope of practice;
3594+13 by a school psychologist who is employed by a school corporation
3595+14 and who is defined as a practitioner of the healing arts for the
3596+15 purpose of referrals under 42 CFR 440.110.
3597+16 The term does not include the diagnosis or treatment of mental and
3598+17 nervous disorders, except for conditions and interventions provided for
3599+18 in state and federal mandates affecting special education and
3600+19 vocational evaluations as the evaluations relate to the assessment of
3601+20 handicapping conditions and special education decisions or as the
3602+21 evaluations pertain to the placement of children and the placement of
3603+22 adults with a developmental disability.
3604+23 SECTION 103. IC 20-28-2-7 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3605+24 1, 2025]. Sec. 7. (a) The department may recommend to the general
3606+25 assembly for consideration measures relating to the department's
3607+26 powers and duties that improve the quality of teacher preparation or
3608+27 teacher licensing standards.
3609+28 (b) The department shall submit to the general assembly before
3610+29 November 1 of each year a report:
3611+30 (1) detailing the findings and activities of the department, the
3612+31 division, and the state board; and
3613+32 (2) including any recommendations developed under this chapter.
3614+33 A report under this subsection must in an electronic format under
3615+34 IC 5-14-6.
3616+35 SECTION 104. IC 20-28-2-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3617+36 1, 2025]. Sec. 8. (a) The department may, subject to approval by the
3618+37 budget agency, do the following to administer the responsibilities of the
3619+38 department under this chapter:
3620+39 (1) Establish advisory committees the department determines
3621+40 necessary.
3622+41 (2) Expend funds made available to the department according to
3623+42 policies established by the budget agency.
36273624 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 83
3628-1 (2) training on recognizing possible signs of child abuse or
3629-2 neglect.
3630-3 in a manner prescribed by the state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or
3631-4 IC 20-28-5.5-1.5.
3632-5 (b) In addition to training required for an initial license under
3633-6 IC 20-28-5-12.3, a school employee described in subsection (a) who
3634-7 holds a license or permit from the division of professional
3635-8 standards of the department under this article shall, as a
3636-9 requirement for license or permit renewal, attend or participate in
3637-10 training described in subsection (a) before the school employee's
3638-11 license or permit may be renewed.
3639-12 (c) Each school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
3640-13 nonpublic school shall require each school employee described in
3641-14 subsection (a) whose employment is not dependent on the holding
3642-15 of a license or permit under this article to attend or participate in
3643-16 the training described in subsection (a) at least once every two (2)
3644-17 years.
3645-18 (b) (d) The training required under this section must count toward
3646-19 the requirements for professional development required by the
3647-20 governing body.
3648-21 (c) In the event the state board does not require training to be
3649-22 completed as part of a teacher preparation program under
3650-23 IC 20-28-5.5-1, the training required under this section must be during
3651-24 the school employee's contracted day or at a time chosen by the
3652-25 employee.
3653-26 SECTION 108. IC 20-28-3-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3654-27 1, 2025]. Sec. 6. (a) For purposes of this section, "teacher" includes the
3655-28 following:
3656-29 (1) A superintendent who holds a license under IC 20-28-5.
3657-30 (2) A principal.
3658-31 (3) A teacher.
3659-32 (4) A librarian.
3660-33 (5) A school counselor.
3661-34 (6) A school psychologist.
3662-35 (7) A school nurse.
3663-36 (8) A school social worker.
3664-37 (b) Beginning after June 30, 2018, each school corporation, charter
3665-38 school, and state accredited nonpublic school:
3666-39 (1) shall require all teachers; and
3667-40 (2) may require any other appropriate school employees;
3668-41 who are employed at schools that provide instruction to students in any
3669-42 combination of grade 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 to attend or participate
3625+1 (b) The department shall comply with the requirements for
3626+2 submitting a budget request to the budget agency as set forth in
3627+3 IC 4-12-1, for funds to administer the responsibilities of the department
3628+4 described in section 1 of this chapter.
3629+5 SECTION 105. IC 20-28-3-0.3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3630+6 1, 2025]. Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter:
3631+7 (1) "culturally responsive methods" refer to methods that use the
3632+8 cultural knowledge, experiences, social and emotional learning
3633+9 needs, and performance styles of diverse students to ensure that
3634+10 classroom management strategies and research based alternatives
3635+11 to exclusionary discipline are appropriate and effective for the
3636+12 students; and
3637+13 (2) "exclusionary discipline" includes in school suspension, out
3638+14 of school suspension, expulsion, school based arrests, school
3639+15 based referrals to the juvenile justice system, and voluntary or
3640+16 involuntary placement in an alternative education program.
3641+17 SECTION 106. IC 20-28-3-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.220-2015,
3642+18 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3643+19 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) The department shall develop guidelines for
3644+20 use by accredited teacher education institutions and departments in
3645+21 preparing individuals to
3646+22 (1) teach in various environments. and
3647+23 (2) successfully apply positive classroom behavioral management
3648+24 strategies and research based alternatives to exclusionary
3649+25 discipline in a manner that serves the diverse learning needs of all
3650+26 students.
3651+27 (b) The guidelines developed under subsection (a) must include
3652+28 courses and methods that assist individuals in developing cultural
3653+29 competency (as defined in IC 20-31-2-5).
3654+30 SECTION 107. IC 20-28-3-3.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3655+31 1, 2025]. Sec. 3.5. The guidelines developed under section 3 of this
3656+32 chapter must incorporate methods that assist individuals in developing
3657+33 competency in employing approaches to create positive classroom and
3658+34 school climates that are culturally responsive, which may include:
3659+35 (1) classroom management strategies;
3660+36 (2) restorative justice;
3661+37 (3) positive behavioral interventions and supports;
3662+38 (4) social and emotional training as described in IC 12-21-5-2,
3663+39 IC 20-19-3-12, and IC 20-26-5-34.2; and
3664+40 (5) conflict resolution.
3665+41 SECTION 108. IC 20-28-3-4.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
3666+42 SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
36703667 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 84
3671-1 in research based inservice youth suicide awareness and prevention
3672-2 training in a manner prescribed by the state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1
3673-3 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5. The training required under this subsection must
3674-4 be during the teacher's or school employee's contracted day or at a time
3675-5 chosen by the teacher or employee.
3676-6 (c) The inservice training required under this section shall count
3677-7 toward the requirements for professional development required by the
3678-8 governing body.
3679-9 (d) A school or school corporation may leverage any:
3680-10 (1) existing or new state and federal grant funds; or
3681-11 (2) free or reduced cost evidence based youth suicide awareness
3682-12 and prevention training provided by any state agency or qualified
3683-13 statewide or local organization;
3684-14 to cover the costs of the training required under this section.
3685-15 SECTION 109. IC 20-28-3-7 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3686-16 1, 2025]. Sec. 7. (a) Each school corporation and state accredited
3687-17 nonpublic school shall require all school employees likely to have
3688-18 direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the
3689-19 employee's employment to attend or participate in inservice training
3690-20 pertaining to the identification and reporting of human trafficking. The
3691-21 training shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the state board
3692-22 under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5.
3693-23 (b) The inservice training required under this section shall count
3694-24 toward the requirements for professional development required by the
3695-25 governing body or the equivalent authority for a state accredited
3696-26 nonpublic school.
3697-27 SECTION 110. IC 20-28-3-11 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
3698-28 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3699-29 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. A teacher preparation
3700-30 program shall include content within the curriculum that provides
3701-31 information on applicable Indiana laws regarding instructional
3702-32 requirements, including the following:
3703-33 (1) IC 20-30-5-5.
3704-34 (2) IC 20-30-5-6.
3705-35 (3) IC 20-30-5-13.
3706-36 (4) IC 20-30-5-17.
3707-37 (5) IC 20-34-3-21.
3708-38 SECTION 111. IC 20-28-5-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.243-2023,
3709-39 SECTION 10, AND BY P.L.245-2023, SECTION 9, IS AMENDED
3710-40 TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12. (a)
3711-41 Subsection (b) does not apply to an individual who:
3712-42 (1) held an Indiana limited, reciprocal, or standard teaching
3668+1 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.5. (a) Each school corporation, charter school,
3669+2 and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each school
3670+3 employee likely to have direct, ongoing contact with children within
3671+4 the scope of the employee's employment to attend or participate in
3672+5 training on child abuse and neglect, including:
3673+6 (1) training on the duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect
3674+7 under IC 31-33-5; and
3675+8 (2) training on recognizing possible signs of child abuse or
3676+9 neglect.
3677+10 in a manner prescribed by the state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or
3678+11 IC 20-28-5.5-1.5.
3679+12 (b) In addition to training required for an initial license under
3680+13 IC 20-28-5-12.3, a school employee described in subsection (a) who
3681+14 holds a license or permit from the division of professional
3682+15 standards of the department under this article shall, as a
3683+16 requirement for license or permit renewal, attend or participate in
3684+17 training described in subsection (a) before the school employee's
3685+18 license or permit may be renewed.
3686+19 (c) Each school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
3687+20 nonpublic school shall require each school employee described in
3688+21 subsection (a) whose employment is not dependent on the holding
3689+22 of a license or permit under this article to attend or participate in
3690+23 the training described in subsection (a) at least once every two (2)
3691+24 years.
3692+25 (b) (d) The training required under this section must count toward
3693+26 the requirements for professional development required by the
3694+27 governing body.
3695+28 (c) In the event the state board does not require training to be
3696+29 completed as part of a teacher preparation program under
3697+30 IC 20-28-5.5-1, the training required under this section must be during
3698+31 the school employee's contracted day or at a time chosen by the
3699+32 employee.
3700+33 SECTION 109. IC 20-28-3-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3701+34 1, 2025]. Sec. 6. (a) For purposes of this section, "teacher" includes the
3702+35 following:
3703+36 (1) A superintendent who holds a license under IC 20-28-5.
3704+37 (2) A principal.
3705+38 (3) A teacher.
3706+39 (4) A librarian.
3707+40 (5) A school counselor.
3708+41 (6) A school psychologist.
3709+42 (7) A school nurse.
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3714-1 license on June 30, 1985; or
3715-2 (2) is granted a license under section 12.5 or 18 of this chapter.
3716-3 (b) Except as provided in section 12.5 of this chapter, the
3717-4 department may not grant an initial practitioner license to an individual
3718-5 unless the individual has:
3719-6 (1) met the requirements of section 12.3 of this chapter; and
3720-7 (2) demonstrated proficiency in the following areas on a written
3721-8 examination or through other procedures prescribed by the
3722-9 department:
3723-10 (1) (A) Pedagogy.
3724-11 (2) (B) Knowledge of the areas in which the individual is
3725-12 required to have a license to teach.
3726-13 (3) (C) If the individual is seeking to be licensed as an
3727-14 elementary school teacher, comprehensive scientifically based
3728-15 reading instruction skills aligned to the science of reading.
3729-16 (c) An individual's license examination score may not be disclosed
3730-17 by the department without the individual's consent unless specifically
3731-18 required by state or federal statute or court order.
3732-19 (d) Subject to section 22 of this chapter, the state board shall adopt
3733-20 rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following:
3734-21 (1) Adopt, validate, and implement the examination or other
3735-22 procedures required by subsection (b).
3736-23 (2) Establish examination scores indicating proficiency.
3737-24 (3) Otherwise carry out the purposes of this section.
3738-25 (e) Subject to section 18 of this chapter, the state board shall adopt
3739-26 rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing the conditions under which the
3740-27 requirements of this section may be waived for an individual holding
3741-28 a valid teacher's license issued by another state.
3742-29 SECTION 112. IC 20-28-5-12.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
3743-30 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3744-31 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12.3. The department may not
3745-32 grant an initial practitioner license unless an individual completes
3746-33 the following:
3747-34 (1) Child abuse and neglect training.
3748-35 (2) Youth suicide awareness and prevention training.
3749-36 (3) Identification and reporting of human trafficking training.
3750-37 (4) Training described in IC 20-28-5.5-1(a).
3751-38 SECTION 113. IC 20-28-5-12.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.243-2023,
3752-39 SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3753-40 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12.5. (a) The department shall grant an initial
3754-41 practitioner license to an individual who:
3755-42 (1) possesses a bachelor's degree from an accredited
3711+1 (8) A school social worker.
3712+2 (b) Beginning after June 30, 2018, each school corporation, charter
3713+3 school, and state accredited nonpublic school:
3714+4 (1) shall require all teachers; and
3715+5 (2) may require any other appropriate school employees;
3716+6 who are employed at schools that provide instruction to students in any
3717+7 combination of grade 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 to attend or participate
3718+8 in research based inservice youth suicide awareness and prevention
3719+9 training in a manner prescribed by the state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1
3720+10 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5. The training required under this subsection must
3721+11 be during the teacher's or school employee's contracted day or at a time
3722+12 chosen by the teacher or employee.
3723+13 (c) The inservice training required under this section shall count
3724+14 toward the requirements for professional development required by the
3725+15 governing body.
3726+16 (d) A school or school corporation may leverage any:
3727+17 (1) existing or new state and federal grant funds; or
3728+18 (2) free or reduced cost evidence based youth suicide awareness
3729+19 and prevention training provided by any state agency or qualified
3730+20 statewide or local organization;
3731+21 to cover the costs of the training required under this section.
3732+22 SECTION 110. IC 20-28-3-7 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3733+23 1, 2025]. Sec. 7. (a) Each school corporation and state accredited
3734+24 nonpublic school shall require all school employees likely to have
3735+25 direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the
3736+26 employee's employment to attend or participate in inservice training
3737+27 pertaining to the identification and reporting of human trafficking. The
3738+28 training shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the state board
3739+29 under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5.
3740+30 (b) The inservice training required under this section shall count
3741+31 toward the requirements for professional development required by the
3742+32 governing body or the equivalent authority for a state accredited
3743+33 nonpublic school.
3744+34 SECTION 111. IC 20-28-3-11 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
3745+35 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3746+36 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. A teacher preparation
3747+37 program shall include content within the curriculum that provides
3748+38 information on applicable Indiana laws regarding instructional
3749+39 requirements, including the following:
3750+40 (1) IC 20-30-5-5.
3751+41 (2) IC 20-30-5-6.
3752+42 (3) IC 20-30-5-13.
37563753 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 86
3757-1 postsecondary four (4) year institution;
3758-2 (2) successfully completes an alternative teacher certification
3759-3 program that includes:
3760-4 (A) the required content training in the area in which the
3761-5 individual seeks to be licensed;
3762-6 (B) pedagogy training and an examination that is in
3763-7 substantive alignment with nationally recognized pedagogical
3764-8 standards and teaches effective:
3765-9 (i) instructional delivery;
3766-10 (ii) classroom management and organization;
3767-11 (iii) assessment;
3768-12 (iv) instructional design; and
3769-13 (v) professional learning and leadership;
3770-14 (C) successful demonstration of content area proficiency in an
3771-15 examination that includes content area material in substantive
3772-16 alignment with nationally recognized content area standards in
3773-17 the areas that the individual is required to have a license to
3774-18 teach;
3775-19 (D) verification from a third party that regularly reviews
3776-20 educational and professional examinations that the alternative
3777-21 certification examination is equal to or greater in rigor than the
3778-22 written examination under section 12 of this chapter; and
3779-23 (E) content within the curriculum that prepares teacher
3780-24 candidates to use evidence based trauma informed classroom
3781-25 instruction, including instruction in evidence based social
3782-26 emotional learning classroom practices that are conducive to
3783-27 supporting students who have experienced trauma that may
3784-28 interfere with a student's academic functioning; and
3785-29 (F) (E) content within the curriculum that:
3786-30 (i) beginning July 1, 2024, is aligned to the science of
3787-31 reading; and
3788-32 (ii) beginning July 1, 2024, prepares teacher candidates or
3789-33 program participants who seek to obtain an elementary
3790-34 generalist license that is valid for teaching in kindergarten
3791-35 through grade 5 or an early childhood license that is valid
3792-36 for teaching prekindergarten through grade 3 to obtain the
3793-37 literacy endorsement required under section 19.7 of this
3794-38 chapter;
3795-39 (3) successfully completes a Praxis Subject Assessment;
3796-40 (4) holds a valid cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification from
3797-41 a provider approved by the department; and
3798-42 (5) has attended youth suicide awareness and prevention training.
3754+1 (4) IC 20-30-5-17.
3755+2 (5) IC 20-34-3-21.
3756+3 SECTION 112. IC 20-28-5-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.243-2023,
3757+4 SECTION 10, AND BY P.L.245-2023, SECTION 9, IS AMENDED
3758+5 TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12. (a)
3759+6 Subsection (b) does not apply to an individual who:
3760+7 (1) held an Indiana limited, reciprocal, or standard teaching
3761+8 license on June 30, 1985; or
3762+9 (2) is granted a license under section 12.5 or 18 of this chapter.
3763+10 (b) Except as provided in section 12.5 of this chapter, the
3764+11 department may not grant an initial practitioner license to an individual
3765+12 unless the individual has:
3766+13 (1) met the requirements of section 12.3 of this chapter; and
3767+14 (2) demonstrated proficiency in the following areas on a written
3768+15 examination or through other procedures prescribed by the
3769+16 department:
3770+17 (1) (A) Pedagogy.
3771+18 (2) (B) Knowledge of the areas in which the individual is
3772+19 required to have a license to teach.
3773+20 (3) (C) If the individual is seeking to be licensed as an
3774+21 elementary school teacher, comprehensive scientifically based
3775+22 reading instruction skills aligned to the science of reading.
3776+23 (c) An individual's license examination score may not be disclosed
3777+24 by the department without the individual's consent unless specifically
3778+25 required by state or federal statute or court order.
3779+26 (d) Subject to section 22 of this chapter, the state board shall adopt
3780+27 rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following:
3781+28 (1) Adopt, validate, and implement the examination or other
3782+29 procedures required by subsection (b).
3783+30 (2) Establish examination scores indicating proficiency.
3784+31 (3) Otherwise carry out the purposes of this section.
3785+32 (e) Subject to section 18 of this chapter, the state board shall adopt
3786+33 rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing the conditions under which the
3787+34 requirements of this section may be waived for an individual holding
3788+35 a valid teacher's license issued by another state.
3789+36 SECTION 113. IC 20-28-5-12.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
3790+37 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3791+38 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12.3. The department may not
3792+39 grant an initial practitioner license unless an individual completes
3793+40 the following:
3794+41 (1) Child abuse and neglect training.
3795+42 (2) Youth suicide awareness and prevention training.
37993796 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 87
3800-1 (b) The individual must complete a one (1) year practical experience
3801-2 program during the individual's first year in the classroom when the
3802-3 individual is employed as a full-time teacher. The provider must:
3803-4 (1) provide the practical experience program at no cost to the state
3804-5 or to the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
3805-6 nonpublic school; and
3806-7 (2) as part of the practical instruction program, provide
3807-8 instruction in:
3808-9 (A) instructional design and planning;
3809-10 (B) effective instructional delivery;
3810-11 (C) classroom management and organization;
3811-12 (D) effective use of assessment data;
3812-13 (E) content in federal and Indiana special education laws; and
3813-14 (F) required awareness, preparation, and understanding of:
3814-15 (i) individualized education programs;
3815-16 (ii) service plans developed under 511 IAC 7-34;
3816-17 (iii) choice special education plans developed under 511
3817-18 IAC 7-49; and
3818-19 (iv) plans developed under Section 504 of the federal
3819-20 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794.
3820-21 (c) An in-state alternative teacher certification program under
3821-22 subsection (a)(2) must operate in accordance with the procedures and
3822-23 program approval standards and requirements set by the department
3823-24 and the state board for teacher education programs for the licensure of
3824-25 teachers.
3825-26 (d) An out-of-state alternative teacher certification program under
3826-27 subsection (a)(2) must:
3827-28 (1) currently operate in at least five (5) states; and
3828-29 (2) have operated an alternative teacher certification program for
3829-30 at least ten (10) years.
3830-31 (e) An individual who receives an alternative teacher certification
3831-32 under subsection (a)(2) is authorized to teach the subject and
3832-33 educational level that the individual has successfully completed.
3833-34 (f) An individual who receives an initial practitioner license under
3834-35 this section shall be treated in the same manner as an individual who
3835-36 receives an initial practitioner license after completing a traditional
3836-37 teacher preparation program.
3837-38 (g) An individual who graduates from an alternative teacher
3838-39 certification program must be treated in the same manner as a
3839-40 traditional teacher preparation program graduate during the transition
3840-41 from an initial practitioner license to a practitioner license.
3841-42 (h) An individual who receives an initial practitioner license under
3797+1 (3) Identification and reporting of human trafficking training.
3798+2 (4) Training described in IC 20-28-5.5-1(a).
3799+3 SECTION 114. IC 20-28-5-12.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.243-2023,
3800+4 SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3801+5 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12.5. (a) The department shall grant an initial
3802+6 practitioner license to an individual who:
3803+7 (1) possesses a bachelor's degree from an accredited
3804+8 postsecondary four (4) year institution;
3805+9 (2) successfully completes an alternative teacher certification
3806+10 program that includes:
3807+11 (A) the required content training in the area in which the
3808+12 individual seeks to be licensed;
3809+13 (B) pedagogy training and an examination that is in
3810+14 substantive alignment with nationally recognized pedagogical
3811+15 standards and teaches effective:
3812+16 (i) instructional delivery;
3813+17 (ii) classroom management and organization;
3814+18 (iii) assessment;
3815+19 (iv) instructional design; and
3816+20 (v) professional learning and leadership;
3817+21 (C) successful demonstration of content area proficiency in an
3818+22 examination that includes content area material in substantive
3819+23 alignment with nationally recognized content area standards in
3820+24 the areas that the individual is required to have a license to
3821+25 teach;
3822+26 (D) verification from a third party that regularly reviews
3823+27 educational and professional examinations that the alternative
3824+28 certification examination is equal to or greater in rigor than the
3825+29 written examination under section 12 of this chapter; and
3826+30 (E) content within the curriculum that prepares teacher
3827+31 candidates to use evidence based trauma informed classroom
3828+32 instruction, including instruction in evidence based social
3829+33 emotional learning classroom practices that are conducive to
3830+34 supporting students who have experienced trauma that may
3831+35 interfere with a student's academic functioning; and
3832+36 (F) (E) content within the curriculum that:
3833+37 (i) beginning July 1, 2024, is aligned to the science of
3834+38 reading; and
3835+39 (ii) beginning July 1, 2024, prepares teacher candidates or
3836+40 program participants who seek to obtain an elementary
3837+41 generalist license that is valid for teaching in kindergarten
3838+42 through grade 5 or an early childhood license that is valid
38423839 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 88
3843-1 this section may not teach a special education course for a special
3844-2 education student for the period the individual maintains a license
3845-3 under this section unless the individual is at least twenty-six (26) years
3846-4 of age and employed in a school setting or with another community
3847-5 organization, including a for-profit or nonprofit organization, to
3848-6 provide care or instruction for a student with a physical, intellectual, or
3849-7 developmental disability. However, an individual who receives an
3850-8 initial practitioner license under this section may not be a teacher of
3851-9 record for a special education student for the period the individual
3852-10 maintains the initial practitioner license.
3853-11 (i) A school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
3854-12 nonpublic school shall submit a plan to the department if the school
3855-13 corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school hires
3856-14 one (1) or more individuals who have received an initial practitioner
3857-15 license under this section. The plan must be submitted in a manner
3858-16 prescribed by the department and must include a description of how the
3859-17 school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school
3860-18 will, excluding the practical experience program described in
3861-19 subsection (b), provide an individual who receives an initial
3862-20 practitioner license under this section opportunities to obtain exposure
3863-21 to classroom management and instructional techniques, including
3864-22 meaningful exposure to special education. The plan is a public record.
3865-23 (j) Not later than July 1, 2024, the department shall prepare a report
3866-24 that shall be submitted to the general assembly in an electronic format
3867-25 under IC 5-14-6. The report must contain the following information:
3868-26 (1) Data showing how many teachers obtained an initial
3869-27 practitioner license under this section.
3870-28 (2) A description of the number of teachers who received an
3871-29 initial practitioner license under this section who are currently
3872-30 employed as a teacher by each:
3873-31 (A) school corporation;
3874-32 (B) charter school; or
3875-33 (C) state accredited nonpublic school.
3876-34 The description must include a breakdown of the subjects taught
3877-35 by teachers who receive an initial practitioner license under this
3878-36 section.
3879-37 (3) A comparison of the Praxis Subject Assessment pass rates for
3880-38 individuals who receive an initial practitioner license under this
3881-39 section in comparison with the Praxis Subject Assessment pass
3882-40 rates for teachers who obtained an initial practitioner license
3883-41 using a different pathway to licensure.
3884-42 (4) A description of how many teachers who received an initial
3840+1 for teaching prekindergarten through grade 3 to obtain the
3841+2 literacy endorsement required under section 19.7 of this
3842+3 chapter;
3843+4 (3) successfully completes a Praxis Subject Assessment;
3844+5 (4) holds a valid cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification from
3845+6 a provider approved by the department; and
3846+7 (5) has attended youth suicide awareness and prevention training.
3847+8 (b) The individual must complete a one (1) year practical experience
3848+9 program during the individual's first year in the classroom when the
3849+10 individual is employed as a full-time teacher. The provider must:
3850+11 (1) provide the practical experience program at no cost to the state
3851+12 or to the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
3852+13 nonpublic school; and
3853+14 (2) as part of the practical instruction program, provide
3854+15 instruction in:
3855+16 (A) instructional design and planning;
3856+17 (B) effective instructional delivery;
3857+18 (C) classroom management and organization;
3858+19 (D) effective use of assessment data;
3859+20 (E) content in federal and Indiana special education laws; and
3860+21 (F) required awareness, preparation, and understanding of:
3861+22 (i) individualized education programs;
3862+23 (ii) service plans developed under 511 IAC 7-34;
3863+24 (iii) choice special education plans developed under 511
3864+25 IAC 7-49; and
3865+26 (iv) plans developed under Section 504 of the federal
3866+27 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794.
3867+28 (c) An in-state alternative teacher certification program under
3868+29 subsection (a)(2) must operate in accordance with the procedures and
3869+30 program approval standards and requirements set by the department
3870+31 and the state board for teacher education programs for the licensure of
3871+32 teachers.
3872+33 (d) An out-of-state alternative teacher certification program under
3873+34 subsection (a)(2) must:
3874+35 (1) currently operate in at least five (5) states; and
3875+36 (2) have operated an alternative teacher certification program for
3876+37 at least ten (10) years.
3877+38 (e) An individual who receives an alternative teacher certification
3878+39 under subsection (a)(2) is authorized to teach the subject and
3879+40 educational level that the individual has successfully completed.
3880+41 (f) An individual who receives an initial practitioner license under
3881+42 this section shall be treated in the same manner as an individual who
38853882 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 89
3886-1 practitioner license under this section are rated as effective or
3887-2 highly effective.
3888-3 SECTION 114. IC 20-28-5-15, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
3889-4 SECTION 26, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3890-5 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 15. (a) Notwithstanding section 3(b)(6) of this
3891-6 chapter, the department shall grant an initial practitioner's license in a
3892-7 specific subject area to an applicant who:
3893-8 (1) has earned a postgraduate degree from a regionally accredited
3894-9 postsecondary educational institution in the subject area in which
3895-10 the applicant seeks to be licensed;
3896-11 (2) has at least one (1) academic year of experience teaching
3897-12 students in a middle school, high school, or college classroom
3898-13 setting; and
3899-14 (3) complies with sections 4 and 12 of this chapter.
3900-15 (b) An individual who receives an initial practitioner's license under
3901-16 this section may teach in the specific subject for which the individual
3902-17 is licensed only in:
3903-18 (1) high school; or
3904-19 (2) middle school;
3905-20 if the subject area is designated by the state board as having an
3906-21 insufficient supply of licensed teachers.
3907-22 (c) After receiving an initial practitioner's license under this section,
3908-23 an applicant who seeks to renew the applicant's initial practitioner's
3909-24 license or obtain a proficient practitioner's license must:
3910-25 (1) demonstrate that the applicant has
3911-26 (A) participated in cultural competency professional
3912-27 development activities;
3913-28 (B) obtained training and information from a special education
3914-29 teacher concerning exceptional learners; and
3915-30 (C) received:
3916-31 (i) training or certification that complies; or
3917-32 (ii) an exemption from compliance;
3918-33 with the standards prescribed by the state board under
3919-34 IC 20-28-5.5-1(b) or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5; and
3920-35 (2) meet the same requirements as other candidates.
3921-36 SECTION 115. IC 20-28-5-18, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
3922-37 SECTION 27, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3923-38 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 18. (a) This section applies to an individual who:
3924-39 (1) holds a valid teaching license issued by another state
3925-40 (excluding a teaching license equivalent to an Indiana temporary
3926-41 or emergency teaching license) in the same content area or areas
3927-42 for which the individual is applying for a license in Indiana; and
3883+1 receives an initial practitioner license after completing a traditional
3884+2 teacher preparation program.
3885+3 (g) An individual who graduates from an alternative teacher
3886+4 certification program must be treated in the same manner as a
3887+5 traditional teacher preparation program graduate during the transition
3888+6 from an initial practitioner license to a practitioner license.
3889+7 (h) An individual who receives an initial practitioner license under
3890+8 this section may not teach a special education course for a special
3891+9 education student for the period the individual maintains a license
3892+10 under this section unless the individual is at least twenty-six (26) years
3893+11 of age and employed in a school setting or with another community
3894+12 organization, including a for-profit or nonprofit organization, to
3895+13 provide care or instruction for a student with a physical, intellectual, or
3896+14 developmental disability. However, an individual who receives an
3897+15 initial practitioner license under this section may not be a teacher of
3898+16 record for a special education student for the period the individual
3899+17 maintains the initial practitioner license.
3900+18 (i) A school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
3901+19 nonpublic school shall submit a plan to the department if the school
3902+20 corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school hires
3903+21 one (1) or more individuals who have received an initial practitioner
3904+22 license under this section. The plan must be submitted in a manner
3905+23 prescribed by the department and must include a description of how the
3906+24 school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school
3907+25 will, excluding the practical experience program described in
3908+26 subsection (b), provide an individual who receives an initial
3909+27 practitioner license under this section opportunities to obtain exposure
3910+28 to classroom management and instructional techniques, including
3911+29 meaningful exposure to special education. The plan is a public record.
3912+30 (j) Not later than July 1, 2024, the department shall prepare a report
3913+31 that shall be submitted to the general assembly in an electronic format
3914+32 under IC 5-14-6. The report must contain the following information:
3915+33 (1) Data showing how many teachers obtained an initial
3916+34 practitioner license under this section.
3917+35 (2) A description of the number of teachers who received an
3918+36 initial practitioner license under this section who are currently
3919+37 employed as a teacher by each:
3920+38 (A) school corporation;
3921+39 (B) charter school; or
3922+40 (C) state accredited nonpublic school.
3923+41 The description must include a breakdown of the subjects taught
3924+42 by teachers who receive an initial practitioner license under this
39283925 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 90
3929-1 (2) was required to pass a content licensure test to obtain the
3930-2 license described in subdivision (1).
3931-3 (b) Notwithstanding sections 3 and 12 of this chapter, the
3932-4 department shall grant one (1) of the following licenses to an individual
3933-5 described in subsection (a):
3934-6 (1) If the individual has less than two (2) years of full-time
3935-7 teaching experience, an initial practitioner's license.
3936-8 (2) If the individual has at least two (2) years of full-time teaching
3937-9 experience, a practitioner's license.
3938-10 (3) If the individual has a master's degree from a regionally
3939-11 accredited institution and at least two (2) years of full-time
3940-12 teaching experience, an accomplished practitioner's license.
3941-13 (c) An individual who is granted a license under this section shall
3942-14 comply with the training or certification requirements prescribed by the
3943-15 state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1(b) or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5. section 12.3
3944-16 of this chapter.
3945-17 SECTION 116. IC 20-28-5-26 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3946-18 1, 2025]. Sec. 26. (a) A teacher preparation program shall include
3947-19 content within the curriculum that:
3948-20 (1) prepares teacher candidates to use evidence based trauma
3949-21 informed classroom instruction, including instruction in evidence
3950-22 based social emotional learning classroom practices that are
3951-23 conducive to supporting students who have experienced trauma
3952-24 that may interfere with a student's academic functioning; and
3953-25 (2) provides information on applicable Indiana laws regarding
3954-26 other instructional requirements and applicable Indiana laws
3955-27 relating to the instruction and recognition described in
3956-28 subdivision (1), including the following:
3957-29 (A) IC 20-30-5-5.
3958-30 (B) IC 20-30-5-6.
3959-31 (C) IC 20-30-5-13.
3960-32 (D) IC 20-30-5-17.
3961-33 (E) IC 20-34-3-21.
3962-34 (F) IC 20-34-9.
3963-35 (b) The teacher preparation program shall consider using curricula
3964-36 that includes:
3965-37 (1) training on evidence based social emotional learning
3966-38 classroom practices that are consistent with the state's social
3967-39 emotional learning competencies established by the department;
3968-40 (2) training on recognizing possible signs of social, emotional,
3969-41 and behavioral reactions to trauma;
3970-42 (3) training on the potential impacts of trauma;
3926+1 section.
3927+2 (3) A comparison of the Praxis Subject Assessment pass rates for
3928+3 individuals who receive an initial practitioner license under this
3929+4 section in comparison with the Praxis Subject Assessment pass
3930+5 rates for teachers who obtained an initial practitioner license
3931+6 using a different pathway to licensure.
3932+7 (4) A description of how many teachers who received an initial
3933+8 practitioner license under this section are rated as effective or
3934+9 highly effective.
3935+10 SECTION 115. IC 20-28-5-15, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
3936+11 SECTION 26, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3937+12 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 15. (a) Notwithstanding section 3(b)(6) of this
3938+13 chapter, the department shall grant an initial practitioner's license in a
3939+14 specific subject area to an applicant who:
3940+15 (1) has earned a postgraduate degree from a regionally accredited
3941+16 postsecondary educational institution in the subject area in which
3942+17 the applicant seeks to be licensed;
3943+18 (2) has at least one (1) academic year of experience teaching
3944+19 students in a middle school, high school, or college classroom
3945+20 setting; and
3946+21 (3) complies with sections 4 and 12 of this chapter.
3947+22 (b) An individual who receives an initial practitioner's license under
3948+23 this section may teach in the specific subject for which the individual
3949+24 is licensed only in:
3950+25 (1) high school; or
3951+26 (2) middle school;
3952+27 if the subject area is designated by the state board as having an
3953+28 insufficient supply of licensed teachers.
3954+29 (c) After receiving an initial practitioner's license under this section,
3955+30 an applicant who seeks to renew the applicant's initial practitioner's
3956+31 license or obtain a proficient practitioner's license must:
3957+32 (1) demonstrate that the applicant has
3958+33 (A) participated in cultural competency professional
3959+34 development activities;
3960+35 (B) obtained training and information from a special education
3961+36 teacher concerning exceptional learners; and
3962+37 (C) received:
3963+38 (i) training or certification that complies; or
3964+39 (ii) an exemption from compliance;
3965+40 with the standards prescribed by the state board under
3966+41 IC 20-28-5.5-1(b) or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5; and
3967+42 (2) meet the same requirements as other candidates.
39713968 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 91
3972-1 (4) strategies for recognizing the signs and symptoms of trauma;
3973-2 (5) practical recommendations for running a trauma informed
3974-3 classroom; and
3975-4 (6) approaches for avoiding revictimization in schools.
3976-5 SECTION 117. IC 20-28-5-27, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2023,
3977-6 SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3978-7 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 27. (a) In an effort to fill a vacant teaching
3979-8 position, offer a new program or class, or supplement a program
3980-9 currently being offered, the governing body of a school corporation or
3981-10 the equivalent authority for a charter school or nonpublic school may
3982-11 issue an adjunct teacher permit to an individual if the following
3983-12 minimum requirements are met:
3984-13 (1) The individual has at least four (4) years of experience in the
3985-14 content area in which the individual intends to teach.
3986-15 (2) The school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school
3987-16 conducts an expanded criminal history check and expanded child
3988-17 protection index check concerning the individual as required
3989-18 under IC 20-26-5-10.
3990-19 (3) The individual has not been convicted of a felony listed in
3991-20 section 8(c) of this chapter or described in section 8(d) of this
3992-21 chapter or the individual's conviction has been reversed, vacated,
3993-22 or set aside on appeal.
3994-23 However, the governing body or equivalent authority may establish
3995-24 stricter requirements than the requirements prescribed by this
3996-25 subsection.
3997-26 (b) If a governing body of a school corporation or the equivalent
3998-27 authority for a charter school or nonpublic school issues an adjunct
3999-28 teacher permit to an individual under subsection (a):
4000-29 (1) the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school
4001-30 may enter into an employment agreement for employment with
4002-31 the individual as a part-time or full-time teacher of the school
4003-32 corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school;
4004-33 (2) the individual who holds the adjunct permit may teach in any
4005-34 content area, including a career and technical education content
4006-35 area, in which the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic
4007-36 school allows the individual to teach based on the individual's
4008-37 experience described in subsection (a);
4009-38 (3) the individual must be assigned a teacher mentor for support
4010-39 in pedagogy; and
4011-40 (4) the individual must complete the following training within the
4012-41 first ninety (90) days of employment:
4013-42 (A) IC 20-26-5-34.2 (bullying prevention). Bullying
3969+1 SECTION 116. IC 20-28-5-18, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
3970+2 SECTION 27, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3971+3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 18. (a) This section applies to an individual who:
3972+4 (1) holds a valid teaching license issued by another state
3973+5 (excluding a teaching license equivalent to an Indiana temporary
3974+6 or emergency teaching license) in the same content area or areas
3975+7 for which the individual is applying for a license in Indiana; and
3976+8 (2) was required to pass a content licensure test to obtain the
3977+9 license described in subdivision (1).
3978+10 (b) Notwithstanding sections 3 and 12 of this chapter, the
3979+11 department shall grant one (1) of the following licenses to an individual
3980+12 described in subsection (a):
3981+13 (1) If the individual has less than two (2) years of full-time
3982+14 teaching experience, an initial practitioner's license.
3983+15 (2) If the individual has at least two (2) years of full-time teaching
3984+16 experience, a practitioner's license.
3985+17 (3) If the individual has a master's degree from a regionally
3986+18 accredited institution and at least two (2) years of full-time
3987+19 teaching experience, an accomplished practitioner's license.
3988+20 (c) An individual who is granted a license under this section shall
3989+21 comply with the training or certification requirements prescribed by the
3990+22 state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1(b) or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5. section 12.3
3991+23 of this chapter.
3992+24 SECTION 117. IC 20-28-5-26 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
3993+25 1, 2025]. Sec. 26. (a) A teacher preparation program shall include
3994+26 content within the curriculum that:
3995+27 (1) prepares teacher candidates to use evidence based trauma
3996+28 informed classroom instruction, including instruction in evidence
3997+29 based social emotional learning classroom practices that are
3998+30 conducive to supporting students who have experienced trauma
3999+31 that may interfere with a student's academic functioning; and
4000+32 (2) provides information on applicable Indiana laws regarding
4001+33 other instructional requirements and applicable Indiana laws
4002+34 relating to the instruction and recognition described in
4003+35 subdivision (1), including the following:
4004+36 (A) IC 20-30-5-5.
4005+37 (B) IC 20-30-5-6.
4006+38 (C) IC 20-30-5-13.
4007+39 (D) IC 20-30-5-17.
4008+40 (E) IC 20-34-3-21.
4009+41 (F) IC 20-34-9.
4010+42 (b) The teacher preparation program shall consider using curricula
40144011 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 92
4015-1 prevention.
4016-2 (B) IC 20-28-3-4.5 (training on child abuse and neglect).
4017-3 Child abuse and neglect.
4018-4 (C) IC 20-28-3-6 (youth suicide awareness and prevention
4019-5 training). Youth suicide awareness and prevention.
4020-6 (D) IC 20-28-3-7 (training on human trafficking). Human
4021-7 trafficking.
4022-8 The training described in subdivision (4)(D) may be completed through
4023-9 the online platform described in IC 20-19-3-29.
4024-10 (c) An adjunct teacher may not provide special education
4025-11 instruction.
4026-12 (d) The salary of an adjunct teacher under an employment
4027-13 agreement described in IC 20-28-6-7.3 is not subject to the
4028-14 requirements under IC 20-28-9-1.5 or a local compensation plan
4029-15 established by a school corporation as described in IC 20-28-9-1.5.
4030-16 (e) Except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining
4031-17 agreement entered into or renewed before July 1, 2022, an employment
4032-18 agreement entered into under this section is not subject to a collective
4033-19 bargaining agreement entered into under IC 20-29.
4034-20 (f) It is not an unfair practice for a school corporation to enter into
4035-21 an employment agreement under this section.
4036-22 (g) Each school corporation or charter school that hires an adjunct
4037-23 teacher under this section shall report to the department the following
4038-24 information:
4039-25 (1) The number of adjunct teachers who hold a permit issued
4040-26 under this section that the school corporation or charter school
4041-27 has hired each school year, disaggregated by the grade level and
4042-28 subject area taught by the adjunct teacher.
4043-29 (2) The following information for each adjunct teacher described
4044-30 in subdivision (1):
4045-31 (A) The name of the adjunct teacher.
4046-32 (B) The subject matter the adjunct teacher is permitted to
4047-33 teach.
4048-34 (C) A description of the adjunct teacher's experience described
4049-35 in subsection (a)(1).
4050-36 (D) The adjunct teacher's total salary and any other
4051-37 compensation paid to the adjunct teacher during the school
4052-38 year.
4053-39 (E) The number of previous adjunct teaching employment
4054-40 agreements the adjunct teacher has entered into with the
4055-41 school corporation or charter school or any other school
4056-42 corporation or charter school.
4012+1 that includes:
4013+2 (1) training on evidence based social emotional learning
4014+3 classroom practices that are consistent with the state's social
4015+4 emotional learning competencies established by the department;
4016+5 (2) training on recognizing possible signs of social, emotional,
4017+6 and behavioral reactions to trauma;
4018+7 (3) training on the potential impacts of trauma;
4019+8 (4) strategies for recognizing the signs and symptoms of trauma;
4020+9 (5) practical recommendations for running a trauma informed
4021+10 classroom; and
4022+11 (6) approaches for avoiding revictimization in schools.
4023+12 SECTION 118. IC 20-28-5-27, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2023,
4024+13 SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4025+14 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 27. (a) In an effort to fill a vacant teaching
4026+15 position, offer a new program or class, or supplement a program
4027+16 currently being offered, the governing body of a school corporation or
4028+17 the equivalent authority for a charter school or nonpublic school may
4029+18 issue an adjunct teacher permit to an individual if the following
4030+19 minimum requirements are met:
4031+20 (1) The individual has at least four (4) years of experience in the
4032+21 content area in which the individual intends to teach.
4033+22 (2) The school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school
4034+23 conducts an expanded criminal history check and expanded child
4035+24 protection index check concerning the individual as required
4036+25 under IC 20-26-5-10.
4037+26 (3) The individual has not been convicted of a felony listed in
4038+27 section 8(c) of this chapter or described in section 8(d) of this
4039+28 chapter or the individual's conviction has been reversed, vacated,
4040+29 or set aside on appeal.
4041+30 However, the governing body or equivalent authority may establish
4042+31 stricter requirements than the requirements prescribed by this
4043+32 subsection.
4044+33 (b) If a governing body of a school corporation or the equivalent
4045+34 authority for a charter school or nonpublic school issues an adjunct
4046+35 teacher permit to an individual under subsection (a):
4047+36 (1) the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school
4048+37 may enter into an employment agreement for employment with
4049+38 the individual as a part-time or full-time teacher of the school
4050+39 corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school;
4051+40 (2) the individual who holds the adjunct permit may teach in any
4052+41 content area, including a career and technical education content
4053+42 area, in which the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic
40574054 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 93
4058-1 (h) A school corporation or charter school shall post a vacant
4059-2 adjunct teacher position on the department's online adjunct teacher
4060-3 portal established under IC 20-19-3-25.
4061-4 (i) A school corporation may notify the parents of students enrolled
4062-5 in the school corporation of a vacant adjunct teacher position.
4063-6 (j) The governing body of a school corporation shall announce any
4064-7 vacant adjunct teacher positions at meetings of the governing body.
4065-8 SECTION 118. IC 20-28-5.5-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
4066-9 SECTION 28, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4067-10 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) Subject to section 1.5 of this chapter, the
4068-11 state board shall determine the timing, frequency, whether training
4069-12 requirements can be combined or merged, and the method of training,
4070-13 including whether the training should be required for purposes of
4071-14 obtaining or renewing a license under IC 20-28-5, or, in consultation
4072-15 with teacher preparation programs (as defined in IC 20-28-3-1(b)), as
4073-16 part of the completion requirements for a teacher preparation program
4074-17 for training required under the following sections:
4075-18 IC 20-26-5-34.2.
4076-19 IC 20-28-3-4.5.
4077-20 IC 20-28-3-6.
4078-21 IC 20-28-3-7.
4055+1 school allows the individual to teach based on the individual's
4056+2 experience described in subsection (a);
4057+3 (3) the individual must be assigned a teacher mentor for support
4058+4 in pedagogy; and
4059+5 (4) the individual must complete the following training within the
4060+6 first ninety (90) days of employment:
4061+7 (A) IC 20-26-5-34.2 (bullying prevention). Bullying
4062+8 prevention.
4063+9 (B) IC 20-28-3-4.5 (training on child abuse and neglect).
4064+10 Child abuse and neglect.
4065+11 (C) IC 20-28-3-6 (youth suicide awareness and prevention
4066+12 training). Youth suicide awareness and prevention.
4067+13 (D) IC 20-28-3-7 (training on human trafficking). Human
4068+14 trafficking.
4069+15 The training described in subdivision (4)(D) may be completed through
4070+16 the online platform described in IC 20-19-3-29.
4071+17 (c) An adjunct teacher may not provide special education
4072+18 instruction.
4073+19 (d) The salary of an adjunct teacher under an employment
4074+20 agreement described in IC 20-28-6-7.3 is not subject to the
4075+21 requirements under IC 20-28-9-1.5 or a local compensation plan
4076+22 established by a school corporation as described in IC 20-28-9-1.5.
4077+23 (e) Except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining
4078+24 agreement entered into or renewed before July 1, 2022, an employment
4079+25 agreement entered into under this section is not subject to a collective
4080+26 bargaining agreement entered into under IC 20-29.
4081+27 (f) It is not an unfair practice for a school corporation to enter into
4082+28 an employment agreement under this section.
4083+29 (g) Each school corporation or charter school that hires an adjunct
4084+30 teacher under this section shall report to the department the following
4085+31 information:
4086+32 (1) The number of adjunct teachers who hold a permit issued
4087+33 under this section that the school corporation or charter school
4088+34 has hired each school year, disaggregated by the grade level and
4089+35 subject area taught by the adjunct teacher.
4090+36 (2) The following information for each adjunct teacher described
4091+37 in subdivision (1):
4092+38 (A) The name of the adjunct teacher.
4093+39 (B) The subject matter the adjunct teacher is permitted to
4094+40 teach.
4095+41 (C) A description of the adjunct teacher's experience described
4096+42 in subsection (a)(1).
4097+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 94
4098+1 (D) The adjunct teacher's total salary and any other
4099+2 compensation paid to the adjunct teacher during the school
4100+3 year.
4101+4 (E) The number of previous adjunct teaching employment
4102+5 agreements the adjunct teacher has entered into with the
4103+6 school corporation or charter school or any other school
4104+7 corporation or charter school.
4105+8 (h) A school corporation or charter school shall post a vacant
4106+9 adjunct teacher position on the department's online adjunct teacher
4107+10 portal established under IC 20-19-3-25.
4108+11 (i) A school corporation may notify the parents of students enrolled
4109+12 in the school corporation of a vacant adjunct teacher position.
4110+13 (j) The governing body of a school corporation shall announce any
4111+14 vacant adjunct teacher positions at meetings of the governing body.
4112+15 SECTION 119. IC 20-28-5.5-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
4113+16 SECTION 28, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4114+17 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) Subject to section 1.5 of this chapter, the
4115+18 state board shall determine the timing, frequency, whether training
4116+19 requirements can be combined or merged, and the method of training,
4117+20 including whether the training should be required for purposes of
4118+21 obtaining or renewing a license under IC 20-28-5, or, in consultation
4119+22 with teacher preparation programs (as defined in IC 20-28-3-1(b)), as
4120+23 part of the completion requirements for a teacher preparation program
4121+24 for training required under the following sections:
4122+25 IC 20-26-5-34.2.
4123+26 IC 20-28-3-4.5.
4124+27 IC 20-28-3-6.
4125+28 IC 20-28-3-7.
4126+29 IC 20-34-7-6.
4127+30 IC 20-34-7-7.
4128+31 IC 20-34-8-9.
4129+32 However, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the
4130+33 state board to suspend or otherwise eliminate training requirements
4131+34 described in this subsection.
4132+35 (b) Subject to section 1.5 of this chapter, in addition to the training
4133+36 described in subsection (a), (a) The department shall, in a manner
4134+37 prescribed by the state board, require the following training before
4135+38 issuing an initial practitioner license:
4136+39 (1) ensure a teacher has training in:
4137+40 (A) cardiopulmonary resuscitation that includes a test
4138+41 demonstration on a mannequin;
4139+42 (B) removing a foreign body causing an obstruction in an
4140+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 95
4141+1 airway;
4142+2 (C) the Heimlich maneuver; and
4143+3 (D) the use of an automated external defibrillator;
4144+4 (2) ensure a teacher holds a valid certification in each of the
4145+5 procedures described in subdivision (1) issued by:
4146+6 (A) the American Red Cross;
4147+7 (B) the American Heart Association; or
4148+8 (C) a comparable organization or institution approved by the
4149+9 state board; or
4150+10 (3) determine if a teacher has physical limitations that make it
4151+11 impracticable to complete a course or certification described in
4152+12 subdivision (1) or (2).
4153+13 The state board shall determine the timing, frequency, whether training
4154+14 requirements can be combined or merged, and the method of training
4155+15 or certification, including whether the training or certification should
4156+16 be required for purposes of obtaining or renewing a license under
4157+17 IC 20-28-5, or, in consultation with teacher preparation programs (as
4158+18 defined in IC 20-28-3-1(b)), as part of the completion requirements for
4159+19 a teacher preparation program. However, the frequency of the training
4160+20 may not be more frequent and the method of training may not be more
4161+21 stringent than required in IC 20-28-5-3(c) through IC 20-28-5-3(e), as
4162+22 in effect on January 1, 2020. Nothing in this subsection shall be
4163+23 construed to authorize the state board to suspend or otherwise eliminate
4164+24 training requirements described in this subsection.
4165+25 (c) The state board may recommend to the general assembly, in a
4166+26 report in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6, to eliminate training
4167+27 requirements described in subsection (a) or (b).
4168+28 (d) In determining the training requirements for a school
4169+29 corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school for
4170+30 training required under:
4171+31 (1) IC 20-26-5-34.2;
4172+32 (2) IC 20-28-3-4.5;
4173+33 (3) IC 20-28-3-6; or
4174+34 (4) IC 20-28-3-7;
4175+35 the state board may consider whether a particular teacher received the
4176+36 training described in this subsection as part of the teacher's licensing
4177+37 requirements or at a teacher preparation program when determining
4178+38 whether the particular teacher is required to receive the training by the
4179+39 school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic
4180+40 school.
4181+41 (b) The department shall establish guidelines for schools
4182+42 regarding the timing, frequency, and method of training
4183+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 96
4184+1 concerning the following:
4185+2 (1) The training listed in IC 20-28-5-12.3.
4186+3 (2) Bleeding control training.
4187+4 (3) Sudden cardiac arrest training, including training on the
4188+5 use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
4189+6 SECTION 120. IC 20-28-5.5-1.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.250-2023,
4190+7 SECTION 29, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4191+8 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1.5. After June 30, 2024, if an online platform is
4192+9 established or licensed for use under IC 20-19-3-29, the training
4193+10 described in any of the following statutes must be provided through the
4194+11 online platform:
4195+12 IC 20-20-39.
4196+13 IC 20-26-5-34.2.
4197+14 IC 20-26-5-34.4.
4198+15 IC 20-26-9-8.
4199+16 IC 20-28-3-4.5.
4200+17 IC 20-28-3-6.
4201+18 IC 20-28-3-7.
4202+19 IC 20-28-5.5-1.
4203+20 IC 20-30-12-2.
4204+21 IC 20-34-3-24.
40794205 22 IC 20-34-7-6.
40804206 23 IC 20-34-7-7.
40814207 24 IC 20-34-8-9.
4082-25 However, nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the
4083-26 state board to suspend or otherwise eliminate training requirements
4084-27 described in this subsection.
4085-28 (b) Subject to section 1.5 of this chapter, in addition to the training
4086-29 described in subsection (a), (a) The department shall, in a manner
4087-30 prescribed by the state board, require the following training before
4088-31 issuing an initial practitioner license:
4089-32 (1) ensure a teacher has training in:
4090-33 (A) cardiopulmonary resuscitation that includes a test
4091-34 demonstration on a mannequin;
4092-35 (B) removing a foreign body causing an obstruction in an
4093-36 airway;
4094-37 (C) the Heimlich maneuver; and
4095-38 (D) the use of an automated external defibrillator;
4096-39 (2) ensure a teacher holds a valid certification in each of the
4097-40 procedures described in subdivision (1) issued by:
4098-41 (A) the American Red Cross;
4099-42 (B) the American Heart Association; or
4100-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 94
4101-1 (C) a comparable organization or institution approved by the
4102-2 state board; or
4103-3 (3) determine if a teacher has physical limitations that make it
4104-4 impracticable to complete a course or certification described in
4105-5 subdivision (1) or (2).
4106-6 The state board shall determine the timing, frequency, whether training
4107-7 requirements can be combined or merged, and the method of training
4108-8 or certification, including whether the training or certification should
4109-9 be required for purposes of obtaining or renewing a license under
4110-10 IC 20-28-5, or, in consultation with teacher preparation programs (as
4111-11 defined in IC 20-28-3-1(b)), as part of the completion requirements for
4112-12 a teacher preparation program. However, the frequency of the training
4113-13 may not be more frequent and the method of training may not be more
4114-14 stringent than required in IC 20-28-5-3(c) through IC 20-28-5-3(e), as
4115-15 in effect on January 1, 2020. Nothing in this subsection shall be
4116-16 construed to authorize the state board to suspend or otherwise eliminate
4117-17 training requirements described in this subsection.
4118-18 (c) The state board may recommend to the general assembly, in a
4119-19 report in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6, to eliminate training
4120-20 requirements described in subsection (a) or (b).
4121-21 (d) In determining the training requirements for a school
4122-22 corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school for
4123-23 training required under:
4124-24 (1) IC 20-26-5-34.2;
4125-25 (2) IC 20-28-3-4.5;
4126-26 (3) IC 20-28-3-6; or
4127-27 (4) IC 20-28-3-7;
4128-28 the state board may consider whether a particular teacher received the
4129-29 training described in this subsection as part of the teacher's licensing
4130-30 requirements or at a teacher preparation program when determining
4131-31 whether the particular teacher is required to receive the training by the
4132-32 school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic
4133-33 school.
4134-34 (b) The department shall establish guidelines for schools
4135-35 regarding the timing, frequency, and method of training
4136-36 concerning the following:
4137-37 (1) The training listed in IC 20-28-5-12.3.
4138-38 (2) Bleeding control training.
4139-39 (3) Sudden cardiac arrest training, including training on the
4140-40 use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
4141-41 SECTION 119. IC 20-28-5.5-1.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.250-2023,
4142-42 SECTION 29, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4143-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 95
4144-1 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1.5. After June 30, 2024, if an online platform is
4145-2 established or licensed for use under IC 20-19-3-29, the training
4146-3 described in any of the following statutes must be provided through the
4147-4 online platform:
4148-5 IC 20-20-39.
4149-6 IC 20-26-5-34.2.
4150-7 IC 20-26-5-34.4.
4151-8 IC 20-26-9-8.
4152-9 IC 20-28-3-4.5.
4153-10 IC 20-28-3-6.
4154-11 IC 20-28-3-7.
4155-12 IC 20-28-5.5-1.
4156-13 IC 20-30-12-2.
4157-14 IC 20-34-3-24.
4158-15 IC 20-34-7-6.
4159-16 IC 20-34-7-7.
4160-17 IC 20-34-8-9.
4161-18 IC 20-35.5.
4162-19 SECTION 120. IC 20-28-6-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.118-2016,
4163-20 SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4164-21 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "teacher" includes
4165-22 an individual who:
4166-23 (1) holds a substitute teacher's license; and
4167-24 (2) provides instruction in a joint summer school program. under
4168-25 IC 20-30-7-5.
4169-26 (b) The supplemental service teacher's contract shall be used when
4170-27 a teacher provides professional service in evening school or summer
4171-28 school employment, except when a teacher or other individual is
4172-29 employed to supervise or conduct noncredit courses or activities.
4173-30 (c) The salary of a teacher on a supplemental service contract shall
4174-31 be determined by the superintendent. The superintendent may, but is
4175-32 not required to, base the salary on the regular compensation plan for
4176-33 the school corporation.
4177-34 SECTION 121. IC 20-28-10-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
4178-35 SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4179-36 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) A school corporation may grant a teacher,
4180-37 on written request, a sabbatical for improvement of professional skills
4181-38 through:
4182-39 (1) advanced study;
4183-40 (2) work experience;
4184-41 (3) teacher exchange programs; or
4185-42 (4) approved educational travel.
4186-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 96
4187-1 (b) After taking a sabbatical, the teacher shall return for a length of
4188-2 time equal to that of the sabbatical leave.
4189-3 SECTION 122. IC 20-28-10-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
4190-4 SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4191-5 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. (a) A teacher who is pregnant may continue in
4192-6 active employment as late into pregnancy as the teacher wishes, if the
4193-7 teacher can fulfill the requirements of the teacher's position.
4194-8 (b) Temporary disability caused by pregnancy is governed by the
4195-9 following:
4196-10 (1) A teacher who is pregnant shall be granted a leave of absence
4197-11 any time between the commencement of the teacher's pregnancy
4198-12 and one (1) year following the birth of the child, if the teacher
4199-13 notifies the superintendent at least thirty (30) days before the date
4200-14 on which the teacher wishes to start the leave. The teacher shall
4201-15 notify the superintendent of the expected length of this leave,
4202-16 including with this notice either:
4203-17 (A) a physician's statement certifying the teacher's pregnancy;
4204-18 or
4205-19 (B) a copy of the birth certificate of the newborn;
4206-20 whichever is applicable. However, in the case of a medical
4207-21 emergency caused by pregnancy, the teacher shall be granted a
4208-22 leave, as otherwise provided in this section, immediately on the
4209-23 teacher's request and the certification of the emergency from an
4210-24 attending physician.
4211-25 (2) All or part of a leave taken by a teacher because of a
4212-26 temporary disability caused by pregnancy may be charged, at the
4213-27 teacher's discretion, to the teacher's available sick days. However,
4214-28 the teacher is not entitled to take accumulated sick days when the
4215-29 teacher's physician certifies that the teacher is capable of
4216-30 performing the teacher's regular teaching duties. The teacher is
4217-31 entitled to complete the remaining leave without pay. However,
4218-32 the teacher may receive compensation for the pregnancy leave
4219-33 under a collective bargaining agreement or, if the teacher is not
4220-34 represented by an exclusive representative, by governing body
4221-35 policy.
4222-36 SECTION 123. IC 20-28-10-13, AS AMENDED BY P.L.43-2021,
4223-37 SECTION 94, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4224-38 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 13. (a) A governing body may not adopt residence
4225-39 requirements for teachers or other school employees in the governing
4226-40 body's employment, assignment, or reassignment for services in a
4227-41 prescribed area.
4228-42 (b) A school corporation that violates subsection (a) is ineligible for
4208+25 IC 20-35.5.
4209+26 SECTION 121. IC 20-28-6-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.118-2016,
4210+27 SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4211+28 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "teacher" includes
4212+29 an individual who:
4213+30 (1) holds a substitute teacher's license; and
4214+31 (2) provides instruction in a joint summer school program. under
4215+32 IC 20-30-7-5.
4216+33 (b) The supplemental service teacher's contract shall be used when
4217+34 a teacher provides professional service in evening school or summer
4218+35 school employment, except when a teacher or other individual is
4219+36 employed to supervise or conduct noncredit courses or activities.
4220+37 (c) The salary of a teacher on a supplemental service contract shall
4221+38 be determined by the superintendent. The superintendent may, but is
4222+39 not required to, base the salary on the regular compensation plan for
4223+40 the school corporation.
4224+41 SECTION 122. IC 20-28-10-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
4225+42 SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
42294226 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 97
4230-1 state funds under all enactments regarding that subject. The secretary
4231-2 of education and other state officials shall administer the funds
4232-3 accordingly on the submission of sworn proof of the existence of the
4233-4 discriminatory residence requirements.
4234-5 SECTION 124. IC 20-28-10-16, AS AMENDED BY P.L.213-2015,
4235-6 SECTION 183, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4236-7 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 16. (a) If a teacher serves in the
4237-8 general assembly, the teacher shall be given credit for the time spent in
4238-9 this service, including the time spent for council or committee
4239-10 meetings. The leave for this service does not diminish the teacher's
4240-11 rights under the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund or the teacher's
4241-12 advancement on the state or local compensation plan. For these
4242-13 purposes, the teacher is, despite the leave, considered teaching for the
4243-14 school during that time.
4244-15 (b) The compensation received while serving in the general
4245-16 assembly shall be included for teachers retiring after June 30, 1980, in
4246-17 the determination of the teacher's annual compensation to compute the
4247-18 teacher's retirement benefit under IC 5-10.2-4. A teacher serving in the
4248-19 general assembly may choose to have deductions made from the
4249-20 teacher's salary as a legislator for contributions under either
4250-21 IC 5-10.4-4-11 or IC 5-10.3-7-9.
4251-22 SECTION 125. IC 20-28-10-19, AS AMENDED BY P.L.43-2021,
4252-23 SECTION 95, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4253-24 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 19. (a) Each governing body and its administrators
4254-25 shall arrange each teacher's daily working schedule to provide at least
4255-26 thirty (30) minutes between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for a period free of
4256-27 duties.
4257-28 (b) The secretary of education shall report each failure to comply
4258-29 with subsection (a) to the state board, which shall immediately inform
4259-30 the governing body of each alleged violation.
4260-31 (c) If the school corporation persistently fails or refuses to comply
4261-32 with subsection (a) for one (1) year, the state board shall:
4262-33 (1) lower the grade of accreditation of the school corporation; and
4263-34 (2) publish notice of that action in at least one (1) newspaper
4264-35 published in the county.
4265-36 SECTION 126. IC 20-30-4-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4266-37 1, 2025]. Sec. 4. A graduation plan may be modified after initial
4267-38 development. However, the modifications may not interfere with the
4268-39 assurances described in section 2(b)(6) of this chapter.
4269-40 SECTION 127. IC 20-30-4-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.140-2008,
4270-41 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4271-42 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. This chapter may not be construed to prevent
4227+1 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) A school corporation may grant a teacher,
4228+2 on written request, a sabbatical for improvement of professional skills
4229+3 through:
4230+4 (1) advanced study;
4231+5 (2) work experience;
4232+6 (3) teacher exchange programs; or
4233+7 (4) approved educational travel.
4234+8 (b) After taking a sabbatical, the teacher shall return for a length of
4235+9 time equal to that of the sabbatical leave.
4236+10 SECTION 123. IC 20-28-10-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
4237+11 SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4238+12 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. (a) A teacher who is pregnant may continue in
4239+13 active employment as late into pregnancy as the teacher wishes, if the
4240+14 teacher can fulfill the requirements of the teacher's position.
4241+15 (b) Temporary disability caused by pregnancy is governed by the
4242+16 following:
4243+17 (1) A teacher who is pregnant shall be granted a leave of absence
4244+18 any time between the commencement of the teacher's pregnancy
4245+19 and one (1) year following the birth of the child, if the teacher
4246+20 notifies the superintendent at least thirty (30) days before the date
4247+21 on which the teacher wishes to start the leave. The teacher shall
4248+22 notify the superintendent of the expected length of this leave,
4249+23 including with this notice either:
4250+24 (A) a physician's statement certifying the teacher's pregnancy;
4251+25 or
4252+26 (B) a copy of the birth certificate of the newborn;
4253+27 whichever is applicable. However, in the case of a medical
4254+28 emergency caused by pregnancy, the teacher shall be granted a
4255+29 leave, as otherwise provided in this section, immediately on the
4256+30 teacher's request and the certification of the emergency from an
4257+31 attending physician.
4258+32 (2) All or part of a leave taken by a teacher because of a
4259+33 temporary disability caused by pregnancy may be charged, at the
4260+34 teacher's discretion, to the teacher's available sick days. However,
4261+35 the teacher is not entitled to take accumulated sick days when the
4262+36 teacher's physician certifies that the teacher is capable of
4263+37 performing the teacher's regular teaching duties. The teacher is
4264+38 entitled to complete the remaining leave without pay. However,
4265+39 the teacher may receive compensation for the pregnancy leave
4266+40 under a collective bargaining agreement or, if the teacher is not
4267+41 represented by an exclusive representative, by governing body
4268+42 policy.
42724269 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 98
4273-1 a student who chooses a particular curriculum under IC 20-30-12 or
4274-2 IC 20-30-10 from including within the student's graduation plan
4275-3 individual courses or programs that:
4276-4 (1) are not included within the student's chosen curriculum; and
4277-5 (2) the student is otherwise eligible to take.
4278-6 SECTION 128. IC 20-30-5-5.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2023,
4279-7 SECTION 24, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4280-8 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5.5. (a) Not later than October 15 of each year,
4281-9 Each public school shall provide include in the public school's
4282-10 curriculum age appropriate, research based instruction as provided
4283-11 under IC 10-21-1-14(d) focusing on bullying prevention for all students
4284-12 in grades 1 through 12.
4285-13 (b) The department, in consultation with school safety specialists
4286-14 and school counselors, shall prepare outlines or materials for the
4287-15 instruction described in subsection (a) and incorporate the instruction
4288-16 in grades 1 through 12.
4289-17 (c) Instruction on bullying prevention may be delivered by a
4290-18 teacher, school safety specialist, school counselor, or any other person
4291-19 with training and expertise in the area of bullying prevention and
4292-20 intervention.
4293-21 SECTION 129. IC 20-30-5-5.7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.32-2021,
4294-22 SECTION 55, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4295-23 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5.7. (a) Not later than December 15, 2020, and
4296-24 each December 15 thereafter, Each public school, including a charter
4297-25 school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall provide include in
4298-26 the school's curriculum age appropriate:
4299-27 (1) research and evidence based; or
4300-28 (2) research or evidence based;
4301-29 instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students in
4302-30 kindergarten through grade 12.
4303-31 (b) The department, in consultation with school safety specialists,
4304-32 school counselors, school social workers, or school psychologists, shall
4305-33 identify outlines or materials for the instruction described in subsection
4306-34 (a) and incorporate the instruction in kindergarten through grade 12.
4307-35 (c) Any outlines and materials identified under subsection (b) must
4308-36 be demonstrated to be effective and promising.
4309-37 (d) Instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse may be
4310-38 delivered by a teacher, school safety specialist, school counselor, or
4311-39 any other person with training and expertise in the area of child abuse
4312-40 and child sexual abuse.
4313-41 SECTION 130. IC 20-30-5-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4314-42 1, 2025]. Sec. 8. A course in safety education for at least one (1) full
4270+1 SECTION 124. IC 20-28-10-13, AS AMENDED BY P.L.43-2021,
4271+2 SECTION 94, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4272+3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 13. (a) A governing body may not adopt residence
4273+4 requirements for teachers or other school employees in the governing
4274+5 body's employment, assignment, or reassignment for services in a
4275+6 prescribed area.
4276+7 (b) A school corporation that violates subsection (a) is ineligible for
4277+8 state funds under all enactments regarding that subject. The secretary
4278+9 of education and other state officials shall administer the funds
4279+10 accordingly on the submission of sworn proof of the existence of the
4280+11 discriminatory residence requirements.
4281+12 SECTION 125. IC 20-28-10-16, AS AMENDED BY P.L.213-2015,
4282+13 SECTION 183, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4283+14 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 16. (a) If a teacher serves in the
4284+15 general assembly, the teacher shall be given credit for the time spent in
4285+16 this service, including the time spent for council or committee
4286+17 meetings. The leave for this service does not diminish the teacher's
4287+18 rights under the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund or the teacher's
4288+19 advancement on the state or local compensation plan. For these
4289+20 purposes, the teacher is, despite the leave, considered teaching for the
4290+21 school during that time.
4291+22 (b) The compensation received while serving in the general
4292+23 assembly shall be included for teachers retiring after June 30, 1980, in
4293+24 the determination of the teacher's annual compensation to compute the
4294+25 teacher's retirement benefit under IC 5-10.2-4. A teacher serving in the
4295+26 general assembly may choose to have deductions made from the
4296+27 teacher's salary as a legislator for contributions under either
4297+28 IC 5-10.4-4-11 or IC 5-10.3-7-9.
4298+29 SECTION 126. IC 20-28-10-19, AS AMENDED BY P.L.43-2021,
4299+30 SECTION 95, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4300+31 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 19. (a) Each governing body and its administrators
4301+32 shall arrange each teacher's daily working schedule to provide at least
4302+33 thirty (30) minutes between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for a period free of
4303+34 duties.
4304+35 (b) The secretary of education shall report each failure to comply
4305+36 with subsection (a) to the state board, which shall immediately inform
4306+37 the governing body of each alleged violation.
4307+38 (c) If the school corporation persistently fails or refuses to comply
4308+39 with subsection (a) for one (1) year, the state board shall:
4309+40 (1) lower the grade of accreditation of the school corporation; and
4310+41 (2) publish notice of that action in at least one (1) newspaper
4311+42 published in the county.
43154312 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 99
4316-1 semester shall be taught in grade 8 of each public school and nonpublic
4317-2 school. The state board shall prepare a guide for this course that:
4318-3 (1) the teacher shall use; and
4319-4 (2) may be revised under the direction of the state board.
4320-5 SECTION 131. IC 20-30-5-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.56-2023,
4321-6 SECTION 179, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4322-7 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) The principles of hygiene and
4323-8 sanitary science must be taught in grade 5 of each public elementary
4324-9 school. and may be taught in other grades. This instruction must
4325-10 explain the ways that dangerous communicable diseases are spread and
4326-11 the sanitary methods for disease prevention and restriction.
4327-12 (b) The state health commissioner and the secretary of education
4328-13 shall jointly compile a leaflet describing the principles of hygiene,
4329-14 sanitary science, and disease prevention and shall supply the leaflets to
4330-15 each superintendent, who shall:
4331-16 (1) supply the leaflets to each school; and
4332-17 (2) require the teachers to comply with this section.
4333-18 (c) Each prosecuting attorney to whom the Indiana department of
4334-19 health or the Indiana department of health's agents report any violation
4335-20 of this section shall commence proceedings against the violator.
4336-21 (d) (b) Any student who objects in writing, or any student less than
4337-22 eighteen (18) years of age whose parent or guardian objects in writing,
4338-23 to health and hygiene courses because the courses conflict with the
4339-24 student's religious teachings is entitled to be excused from receiving
4340-25 medical instruction or instruction in hygiene or sanitary science without
4341-26 penalties concerning grades or graduation.
4342-27 SECTION 132. IC 20-30-5-10, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
4343-28 SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4344-29 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 10. (a) The governing body shall provide in each
4345-30 public school for the illustrative teaching of:
4346-31 (1) the spread of disease by:
4347-32 (A) rats;
4348-33 (B) flies; and
4349-34 (C) mosquitoes;
4350-35 and the effects of disease; and
4351-36 (2) disease prevention by proper food selection and consumption.
4352-37 (b) A school official who fails to comply with this section commits
4353-38 a Class C infraction.
4354-39 SECTION 133. IC 20-30-6.1-1 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4355-40 1, 2025]. Sec. 1. (a) Each school corporation may include as an elective
4356-41 in the school corporation's high school curriculum a course surveying
4357-42 religions of the world. The course must include as part of the course's
4313+1 SECTION 127. IC 20-30-4-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4314+2 1, 2025]. Sec. 4. A graduation plan may be modified after initial
4315+3 development. However, the modifications may not interfere with the
4316+4 assurances described in section 2(b)(6) of this chapter.
4317+5 SECTION 128. IC 20-30-4-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.140-2008,
4318+6 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4319+7 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. This chapter may not be construed to prevent
4320+8 a student who chooses a particular curriculum under IC 20-30-12 or
4321+9 IC 20-30-10 from including within the student's graduation plan
4322+10 individual courses or programs that:
4323+11 (1) are not included within the student's chosen curriculum; and
4324+12 (2) the student is otherwise eligible to take.
4325+13 SECTION 129. IC 20-30-5-5.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2023,
4326+14 SECTION 24, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4327+15 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5.5. (a) Not later than October 15 of each year,
4328+16 Each public school shall provide include in the public school's
4329+17 curriculum age appropriate, research based instruction as provided
4330+18 under IC 10-21-1-14(d) focusing on bullying prevention for all students
4331+19 in grades 1 through 12.
4332+20 (b) The department, in consultation with school safety specialists
4333+21 and school counselors, shall prepare outlines or materials for the
4334+22 instruction described in subsection (a) and incorporate the instruction
4335+23 in grades 1 through 12.
4336+24 (c) Instruction on bullying prevention may be delivered by a
4337+25 teacher, school safety specialist, school counselor, or any other person
4338+26 with training and expertise in the area of bullying prevention and
4339+27 intervention.
4340+28 SECTION 130. IC 20-30-5-5.7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.32-2021,
4341+29 SECTION 55, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4342+30 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5.7. (a) Not later than December 15, 2020, and
4343+31 each December 15 thereafter, Each public school, including a charter
4344+32 school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall provide include in
4345+33 the school's curriculum age appropriate:
4346+34 (1) research and evidence based; or
4347+35 (2) research or evidence based;
4348+36 instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students in
4349+37 kindergarten through grade 12.
4350+38 (b) The department, in consultation with school safety specialists,
4351+39 school counselors, school social workers, or school psychologists, shall
4352+40 identify outlines or materials for the instruction described in subsection
4353+41 (a) and incorporate the instruction in kindergarten through grade 12.
4354+42 (c) Any outlines and materials identified under subsection (b) must
43584355 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 100
4359-1 curriculum:
4360-2 (1) the historical study of religion;
4361-3 (2) the cultural study of religion; and
4362-4 (3) a literary study of writings, documents, or records relating to
4363-5 various religions.
4364-6 (b) The curriculum described in subsection (a) must be neutral,
4365-7 objective, and balanced. It may not encourage or promote acceptance
4366-8 of any particular religion.
4367-9 SECTION 134. IC 20-30-6.1-2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4368-10 1, 2025]. Sec. 2. Each school corporation may include cursive writing
4369-11 in the school corporation's curriculum.
4370-12 SECTION 135. IC 20-30-6.1-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4371-13 1, 2025]. Sec. 3. A school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic
4372-14 school with at least one (1) employee may provide a presentation or
4373-15 instruction to students explaining aspects of autism, including
4374-16 behaviors that students with autism may exhibit as well as student
4375-17 interaction with students with autism.
4376-18 SECTION 136. IC 20-30-7-2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4377-19 1, 2025]. Sec. 2. (a) A school corporation may conduct a program of
4378-20 summer school education.
4379-21 (b) A school corporation may provide summer school educational
4380-22 services through an online provider.
4381-23 SECTION 137. IC 20-30-7-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4382-24 1, 2025]. Sec. 3. In addition to a program of summer school education
4383-25 described in section 1 of this chapter, a school corporation may conduct
4384-26 a voluntary summer school enrichment program in which educational
4385-27 programs that are not offered during the regular school year are offered
4386-28 to students.
4387-29 SECTION 138. IC 20-30-7-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4388-30 1, 2025]. Sec. 4. A school corporation shall determine the contents and
4389-31 curriculum of a voluntary summer school enrichment program
4390-32 described in section 3 of this chapter.
4391-33 SECTION 139. IC 20-30-7-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4392-34 1, 2025]. Sec. 5. A school corporation may enter into an agreement
4393-35 with:
4394-36 (1) another school corporation;
4395-37 (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; or
4396-38 (3) both entities described in subdivisions (1) and (2);
4397-39 to offer a joint summer school program for high school students.
4398-40 SECTION 140. IC 20-30-7-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4399-41 1, 2025]. Sec. 6. An agreement under section 5 of this chapter must:
4400-42 (1) designate one (1) participating school corporation as the local
4356+1 be demonstrated to be effective and promising.
4357+2 (d) Instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse may be
4358+3 delivered by a teacher, school safety specialist, school counselor, or
4359+4 any other person with training and expertise in the area of child abuse
4360+5 and child sexual abuse.
4361+6 SECTION 131. IC 20-30-5-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4362+7 1, 2025]. Sec. 8. A course in safety education for at least one (1) full
4363+8 semester shall be taught in grade 8 of each public school and nonpublic
4364+9 school. The state board shall prepare a guide for this course that:
4365+10 (1) the teacher shall use; and
4366+11 (2) may be revised under the direction of the state board.
4367+12 SECTION 132. IC 20-30-5-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.56-2023,
4368+13 SECTION 179, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4369+14 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) The principles of hygiene and
4370+15 sanitary science must be taught in grade 5 of each public elementary
4371+16 school. and may be taught in other grades. This instruction must
4372+17 explain the ways that dangerous communicable diseases are spread and
4373+18 the sanitary methods for disease prevention and restriction.
4374+19 (b) The state health commissioner and the secretary of education
4375+20 shall jointly compile a leaflet describing the principles of hygiene,
4376+21 sanitary science, and disease prevention and shall supply the leaflets to
4377+22 each superintendent, who shall:
4378+23 (1) supply the leaflets to each school; and
4379+24 (2) require the teachers to comply with this section.
4380+25 (c) Each prosecuting attorney to whom the Indiana department of
4381+26 health or the Indiana department of health's agents report any violation
4382+27 of this section shall commence proceedings against the violator.
4383+28 (d) (b) Any student who objects in writing, or any student less than
4384+29 eighteen (18) years of age whose parent or guardian objects in writing,
4385+30 to health and hygiene courses because the courses conflict with the
4386+31 student's religious teachings is entitled to be excused from receiving
4387+32 medical instruction or instruction in hygiene or sanitary science without
4388+33 penalties concerning grades or graduation.
4389+34 SECTION 133. IC 20-30-5-10, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
4390+35 SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4391+36 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 10. (a) The governing body shall provide in each
4392+37 public school for the illustrative teaching of:
4393+38 (1) the spread of disease by:
4394+39 (A) rats;
4395+40 (B) flies; and
4396+41 (C) mosquitoes;
4397+42 and the effects of disease; and
44014398 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 101
4402-1 education agency for the joint educational program; and
4403-2 (2) specify the allocation of costs of the joint summer school
4404-3 program, including teacher compensation, among the parties to
4405-4 the agreement.
4406-5 SECTION 141. IC 20-30-7-7 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4407-6 1, 2025]. Sec. 7. The parties to an agreement under section 5 of this
4408-7 chapter may provide educational programs:
4409-8 (1) that are not regularly provided as part of the established
4410-9 curriculum during the school year; and
4411-10 (2) for which a student who successfully completes a program
4412-11 may receive high school and college credit under an articulation
4413-12 agreement or dual credit provision under IC 20-32-3-9 or
4414-13 IC 21-43-2.
4415-14 SECTION 142. IC 20-30-7-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4416-15 1, 2025]. Sec. 8. Except as provided in section 9 of this chapter, an
4417-16 instructor for an educational program described in section 7 of this
4418-17 chapter must be:
4419-18 (1) licensed under IC 20-28; or
4420-19 (2) granted a substitute teacher's license by the department.
4421-20 SECTION 143. IC 20-30-7-9 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4422-21 1, 2025]. Sec. 9. If the superintendent of the school corporation that is
4423-22 the local education agency determines that:
4424-23 (1) a qualified licensed teacher is not available from the entities
4425-24 entering into an agreement under section 5 of this chapter; and
4426-25 (2) a qualified postsecondary instructor is available;
4427-26 to instruct in an educational program described in section 7 of this
4428-27 chapter, the superintendent may request the department to issue a
4429-28 substitute teacher's license to the instructor of an educational program
4430-29 described in section 7 of this chapter.
4431-30 SECTION 144. IC 20-30-7-10 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4432-31 1, 2025]. Sec. 10. If the department finds that a qualified licensed
4433-32 teacher is not available from the entities entering into an agreement
4434-33 under section 5 of this chapter to instruct in an educational program
4435-34 described in section 7 of this chapter, the department may issue a
4399+1 (2) disease prevention by proper food selection and consumption.
4400+2 (b) A school official who fails to comply with this section commits
4401+3 a Class C infraction.
4402+4 SECTION 134. IC 20-30-6.1-1 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4403+5 1, 2025]. Sec. 1. (a) Each school corporation may include as an elective
4404+6 in the school corporation's high school curriculum a course surveying
4405+7 religions of the world. The course must include as part of the course's
4406+8 curriculum:
4407+9 (1) the historical study of religion;
4408+10 (2) the cultural study of religion; and
4409+11 (3) a literary study of writings, documents, or records relating to
4410+12 various religions.
4411+13 (b) The curriculum described in subsection (a) must be neutral,
4412+14 objective, and balanced. It may not encourage or promote acceptance
4413+15 of any particular religion.
4414+16 SECTION 135. IC 20-30-6.1-2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4415+17 1, 2025]. Sec. 2. Each school corporation may include cursive writing
4416+18 in the school corporation's curriculum.
4417+19 SECTION 136. IC 20-30-6.1-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4418+20 1, 2025]. Sec. 3. A school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic
4419+21 school with at least one (1) employee may provide a presentation or
4420+22 instruction to students explaining aspects of autism, including
4421+23 behaviors that students with autism may exhibit as well as student
4422+24 interaction with students with autism.
4423+25 SECTION 137. IC 20-30-7-2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4424+26 1, 2025]. Sec. 2. (a) A school corporation may conduct a program of
4425+27 summer school education.
4426+28 (b) A school corporation may provide summer school educational
4427+29 services through an online provider.
4428+30 SECTION 138. IC 20-30-7-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4429+31 1, 2025]. Sec. 3. In addition to a program of summer school education
4430+32 described in section 1 of this chapter, a school corporation may conduct
4431+33 a voluntary summer school enrichment program in which educational
4432+34 programs that are not offered during the regular school year are offered
4433+35 to students.
4434+36 SECTION 139. IC 20-30-7-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4435+37 1, 2025]. Sec. 4. A school corporation shall determine the contents and
4436+38 curriculum of a voluntary summer school enrichment program
4437+39 described in section 3 of this chapter.
4438+40 SECTION 140. IC 20-30-7-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4439+41 1, 2025]. Sec. 5. A school corporation may enter into an agreement
4440+42 with:
4441+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 102
4442+1 (1) another school corporation;
4443+2 (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; or
4444+3 (3) both entities described in subdivisions (1) and (2);
4445+4 to offer a joint summer school program for high school students.
4446+5 SECTION 141. IC 20-30-7-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4447+6 1, 2025]. Sec. 6. An agreement under section 5 of this chapter must:
4448+7 (1) designate one (1) participating school corporation as the local
4449+8 education agency for the joint educational program; and
4450+9 (2) specify the allocation of costs of the joint summer school
4451+10 program, including teacher compensation, among the parties to
4452+11 the agreement.
4453+12 SECTION 142. IC 20-30-7-7 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4454+13 1, 2025]. Sec. 7. The parties to an agreement under section 5 of this
4455+14 chapter may provide educational programs:
4456+15 (1) that are not regularly provided as part of the established
4457+16 curriculum during the school year; and
4458+17 (2) for which a student who successfully completes a program
4459+18 may receive high school and college credit under an articulation
4460+19 agreement or dual credit provision under IC 20-32-3-9 or
4461+20 IC 21-43-2.
4462+21 SECTION 143. IC 20-30-7-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4463+22 1, 2025]. Sec. 8. Except as provided in section 9 of this chapter, an
4464+23 instructor for an educational program described in section 7 of this
4465+24 chapter must be:
4466+25 (1) licensed under IC 20-28; or
4467+26 (2) granted a substitute teacher's license by the department.
4468+27 SECTION 144. IC 20-30-7-9 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4469+28 1, 2025]. Sec. 9. If the superintendent of the school corporation that is
4470+29 the local education agency determines that:
4471+30 (1) a qualified licensed teacher is not available from the entities
4472+31 entering into an agreement under section 5 of this chapter; and
4473+32 (2) a qualified postsecondary instructor is available;
4474+33 to instruct in an educational program described in section 7 of this
4475+34 chapter, the superintendent may request the department to issue a
44364476 35 substitute teacher's license to the instructor of an educational program
44374477 36 described in section 7 of this chapter.
4438-37 SECTION 145. IC 20-30-7-11 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4439-38 1, 2025]. Sec. 11. An instructor for an educational program described
4440-39 in section 7 of this chapter must be compensated at the same rate as the
4441-40 rate determined for a teacher under IC 20-28-6-7 and the local
4442-41 education agency's contract with certificated employees.
4443-42 SECTION 146. IC 20-30-12 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4444-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 102
4445-1 2025]. (Technology Preparation Curriculum).
4446-2 SECTION 147. IC 20-30-14 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4447-3 2025]. (Community or Volunteer Service Program).
4448-4 SECTION 148. IC 20-30-14.5-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
4449-5 SECTION 63, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4450-6 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) The state certificate of biliteracy is created
4451-7 to:
4452-8 (1) encourage students to study languages;
4453-9 (2) certify the attainment of biliteracy;
4454-10 (3) provide employers with a method of identifying individuals
4455-11 with language and biliteracy skills;
4456-12 (4) provide postsecondary educational institutions with an
4457-13 additional method to recognize applicants for admission;
4458-14 (5) prepare students with twenty-first century skills; and
4459-15 (6) recognize the value of foreign language and native language
4460-16 instruction in public schools. and
4461-17 (7) strengthen intergroup relationships, affirm the value of
4462-18 diversity, and honor the multiple cultures and languages of a
4463-19 community.
4464-20 (b) The receipt of the certificate demonstrates the attainment of a
4465-21 high level of proficiency by a graduate of a public or a state accredited
4466-22 nonpublic high school, sufficient for meaningful use in college and a
4467-23 career, in one (1) or more languages in addition to English.
4468-24 (c) A school corporation, a charter school, or a state accredited
4469-25 nonpublic high school is not required to participate in the certificate
4470-26 program.
4471-27 SECTION 149. IC 20-30-15 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4472-28 2025]. (Nonsession School Activities).
4473-29 SECTION 150. IC 20-31-1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.211-2021,
4474-30 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4475-31 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. This article applies only to the following:
4476-32 (1) Except as provided in IC 20-31-4.1-3, public schools.
4477-33 (2) Except as provided in IC 20-31-7, State accredited nonpublic
4478-34 schools.
4479-35 SECTION 151. IC 20-31-2-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4480-36 1, 2025]. Sec. 4. "Committee" refers to the committee that develops the
4481-37 strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan
4482-38 under IC 20-31-5.
4483-39 SECTION 152. IC 20-31-2-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4484-40 1, 2025]. Sec. 5. "Cultural competency" means a system of congruent
4485-41 behaviors, attitudes, and policies that enables teachers to work
4486-42 effectively in cross-cultural situations. The term includes the use of
4478+37 SECTION 145. IC 20-30-7-10 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4479+38 1, 2025]. Sec. 10. If the department finds that a qualified licensed
4480+39 teacher is not available from the entities entering into an agreement
4481+40 under section 5 of this chapter to instruct in an educational program
4482+41 described in section 7 of this chapter, the department may issue a
4483+42 substitute teacher's license to the instructor of an educational program
44874484 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 103
4488-1 knowledge concerning individuals and groups to develop specific
4489-2 standards, policies, practices, and attitudes to be used in appropriate
4490-3 cultural settings to increase students' educational performance.
4491-4 SECTION 153. IC 20-31-3-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
4492-5 SECTION 32, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4493-6 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) Subject to section 2.5 of this chapter, the
4494-7 state board shall adopt clear, concise, and jargon free state academic
4495-8 standards that are comparable to national and international academic
4496-9 standards and the college and career readiness educational standards
4497-10 adopted under IC 20-19-2-14.5. These academic standards must be
4498-11 adopted for each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12 for
4499-12 the following subjects:
4500-13 (1) English/language arts.
4501-14 (2) Mathematics.
4502-15 (3) Social studies.
4503-16 (4) Science.
4504-17 (b) For grade levels tested under the statewide assessment program,
4505-18 the academic standards must be based in part on the results of the
4506-19 statewide assessment program.
4507-20 (c) The state board shall, in consultation with postsecondary
4508-21 educational institutions and various businesses and industries, identify
4509-22 what skills or traits students need to be successful upon completion of
4510-23 high school. The department must conduct a research study to define
4511-24 essential postsecondary skills to promote enlistment, enrollment, and
4512-25 employment. The study must inform a reduction in high school
4513-26 standards to align to essential skills needed for postsecondary success.
4514-27 The study must be submitted to the state board and to the general
4515-28 assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 on or before
4516-29 December 1, 2022. Not later than June 1, 2023, the department must
4517-30 provide recommended reductions to the Indiana academic standards
4518-31 with a goal of defining no more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the
4519-32 number of academic standards in effect on July 1, 2022, as essential for
4520-33 grades 9 through 12 to the state board. Additional standards may be
4521-34 included for vertical articulation to ensure academic and postsecondary
4522-35 success, not to exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the academic
4523-36 standards in effect on July 1, 2022. Not later than June 1, 2023, the
4524-37 department must provide recommended reductions to the Indiana
4525-38 academic standards with a goal of defining no more than thirty-three
4526-39 percent (33%) of the number of academic standards in effect on July 1,
4527-40 2022, as essential for kindergarten through grade 8 to the state board.
4528-41 Additional standards may be included for vertical articulation to ensure
4529-42 academic and postsecondary success, not to exceed seventy-five
4485+1 described in section 7 of this chapter.
4486+2 SECTION 146. IC 20-30-7-11 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4487+3 1, 2025]. Sec. 11. An instructor for an educational program described
4488+4 in section 7 of this chapter must be compensated at the same rate as the
4489+5 rate determined for a teacher under IC 20-28-6-7 and the local
4490+6 education agency's contract with certificated employees.
4491+7 SECTION 147. IC 20-30-12 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4492+8 2025]. (Technology Preparation Curriculum).
4493+9 SECTION 148. IC 20-30-14 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4494+10 2025]. (Community or Volunteer Service Program).
4495+11 SECTION 149. IC 20-30-14.5-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
4496+12 SECTION 63, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4497+13 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) The state certificate of biliteracy is created
4498+14 to:
4499+15 (1) encourage students to study languages;
4500+16 (2) certify the attainment of biliteracy;
4501+17 (3) provide employers with a method of identifying individuals
4502+18 with language and biliteracy skills;
4503+19 (4) provide postsecondary educational institutions with an
4504+20 additional method to recognize applicants for admission;
4505+21 (5) prepare students with twenty-first century skills; and
4506+22 (6) recognize the value of foreign language and native language
4507+23 instruction in public schools. and
4508+24 (7) strengthen intergroup relationships, affirm the value of
4509+25 diversity, and honor the multiple cultures and languages of a
4510+26 community.
4511+27 (b) The receipt of the certificate demonstrates the attainment of a
4512+28 high level of proficiency by a graduate of a public or a state accredited
4513+29 nonpublic high school, sufficient for meaningful use in college and a
4514+30 career, in one (1) or more languages in addition to English.
4515+31 (c) A school corporation, a charter school, or a state accredited
4516+32 nonpublic high school is not required to participate in the certificate
4517+33 program.
4518+34 SECTION 150. IC 20-30-15 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4519+35 2025]. (Nonsession School Activities).
4520+36 SECTION 151. IC 20-31-1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.211-2021,
4521+37 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4522+38 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. This article applies only to the following:
4523+39 (1) Except as provided in IC 20-31-4.1-3, public schools.
4524+40 (2) Except as provided in IC 20-31-7, State accredited nonpublic
4525+41 schools.
4526+42 SECTION 152. IC 20-31-2-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
45304527 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 104
4531-1 percent (75%) of the academic standards in effect on July 1, 2022. A
4532-2 realignment of the ILEARN assessment reflecting the reduction must
4533-3 be completed not later than March 1, 2025.
4534-4 (d) Upon receipt and review of the information received under
4535-5 subsection (c), the state board shall adopt Indiana academic standards
4536-6 for grades 9 through 12 and subsequently for kindergarten through
4537-7 grade 8 relating to academic standards needed to meet the skills or
4538-8 traits identified by the study. The academic standards developed under
4539-9 this subsection must be included within the reduced number of
4540-10 academic standards required by subsection (c). The department shall
4541-11 submit the academic standards to the state board for approval in a
4542-12 manner prescribed by the state board and the state board shall approve
4543-13 academic standards in accordance with the requirements described in
4544-14 this subsection not later than July 1, 2023. Standards approved under
4545-15 this subsection must be implemented for the 2023-2024 school year
4546-16 and each school year thereafter.
4547-17 (e) (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the state board,
4548-18 in developing academic standards for reading, shall implement
4549-19 academic standards that are:
4550-20 (1) aligned with the science of reading; and
4551-21 (2) developmentally appropriate based on student need.
4552-22 SECTION 154. IC 20-31-3-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2024,
4553-23 SECTION 35, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4554-24 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) The department shall revise and update
4555-25 academic standards:
4556-26 (1) for each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12; and
4557-27 (2) in each subject area listed in section 2 of this chapter;
4558-28 at least once every six (6) years. in addition to the requirements
4559-29 described in section 1(c) and 1(d) of this chapter. This revision must
4560-30 occur on a cyclical basis.
4561-31 (b) The department, in revising and updating academic standards
4562-32 under subsection (a), shall do the following:
4563-33 (1) Consider the skills, knowledge, and practices:
4564-34 (A) that are necessary to understand and utilize emerging
4565-35 technologies; and
4566-36 (B) that may be rendered obsolete by emerging technologies.
4567-37 (2) Consider for removal any academic standards that may be
4568-38 obsolete as a result of emerging technologies.
4569-39 (3) Provide support to school corporations regarding the
4570-40 implementation of revised and updated academic standards that
4571-41 have an emerging technologies component.
4572-42 (4) Consider integrating computer science standards into a subject
4528+1 1, 2025]. Sec. 4. "Committee" refers to the committee that develops the
4529+2 strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan
4530+3 under IC 20-31-5.
4531+4 SECTION 153. IC 20-31-2-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4532+5 1, 2025]. Sec. 5. "Cultural competency" means a system of congruent
4533+6 behaviors, attitudes, and policies that enables teachers to work
4534+7 effectively in cross-cultural situations. The term includes the use of
4535+8 knowledge concerning individuals and groups to develop specific
4536+9 standards, policies, practices, and attitudes to be used in appropriate
4537+10 cultural settings to increase students' educational performance.
4538+11 SECTION 154. IC 20-31-3-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
4539+12 SECTION 32, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4540+13 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) Subject to section 2.5 of this chapter, the
4541+14 state board shall adopt clear, concise, and jargon free state academic
4542+15 standards that are comparable to national and international academic
4543+16 standards and the college and career readiness educational standards
4544+17 adopted under IC 20-19-2-14.5. These academic standards must be
4545+18 adopted for each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12 for
4546+19 the following subjects:
4547+20 (1) English/language arts.
4548+21 (2) Mathematics.
4549+22 (3) Social studies.
4550+23 (4) Science.
4551+24 (b) For grade levels tested under the statewide assessment program,
4552+25 the academic standards must be based in part on the results of the
4553+26 statewide assessment program.
4554+27 (c) The state board shall, in consultation with postsecondary
4555+28 educational institutions and various businesses and industries, identify
4556+29 what skills or traits students need to be successful upon completion of
4557+30 high school. The department must conduct a research study to define
4558+31 essential postsecondary skills to promote enlistment, enrollment, and
4559+32 employment. The study must inform a reduction in high school
4560+33 standards to align to essential skills needed for postsecondary success.
4561+34 The study must be submitted to the state board and to the general
4562+35 assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 on or before
4563+36 December 1, 2022. Not later than June 1, 2023, the department must
4564+37 provide recommended reductions to the Indiana academic standards
4565+38 with a goal of defining no more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the
4566+39 number of academic standards in effect on July 1, 2022, as essential for
4567+40 grades 9 through 12 to the state board. Additional standards may be
4568+41 included for vertical articulation to ensure academic and postsecondary
4569+42 success, not to exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the academic
45734570 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 105
4574-1 area being revised.
4575-2 (5) Consider integrating data literacy and data science standards
4576-3 into a subject area being revised.
4577-4 SECTION 155. IC 20-31-4.1-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.92-2020,
4578-5 SECTION 69, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4579-6 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) A school in Indiana shall be accredited
4580-7 under the system established by this chapter if the school meets legal
4581-8 standards as determined by the state board.
4582-9 (b) The state board shall establish a performance based accreditation
4583-10 system for accrediting schools in Indiana under this chapter.
4584-11 (c) The department shall waive accreditation standards for an
4585-12 accredited nonpublic alternative school that enters into a contract with
4586-13 a school corporation to provide alternative education services for
4587-14 students who have:
4588-15 (1) dropped out of high school;
4589-16 (2) been expelled; or
4590-17 (3) been sent to the nonpublic alternative school due to the
4591-18 students' lack of success in the public school environment;
4592-19 to accommodate the nonpublic alternative school's program and student
4593-20 population. A nonpublic alternative school to which this subsection
4594-21 applies is not subject to being placed in a category or designation under
4595-22 IC 20-31-8-4. However, the nonpublic alternative school must comply
4596-23 with all state reporting requirements and submit a school improvement
4597-24 growth model on the anniversary date of the nonpublic alternative
4598-25 school's original accreditation.
4599-26 (d) The state board may accredit a nonpublic school under this
4600-27 chapter at the time the nonpublic school begins operation in Indiana.
4601-28 (e) A school accredited under IC 20-26-15 shall be accredited under
4602-29 this chapter by the earlier of the following:
4603-30 (1) The date the school's contract under IC 20-26-15 expires.
4604-31 (2) July 1, 2025.
4605-32 SECTION 156. IC 20-31-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4606-33 2025]. (Strategic and Continuous School Improvement and
4607-34 Achievement Plan).
4608-35 SECTION 157. IC 20-31-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4609-36 2025]. (Cultural Competency in Educational Environments).
4610-37 SECTION 158. IC 20-31-7 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4611-38 2025]. (Student Educational Achievement Grants).
4612-39 SECTION 159. IC 20-31-8-5.4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2024,
4613-40 SECTION 146, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4614-41 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5.4. (a) Not later than November
4615-42 15, 2013, the state board shall establish new categories or designations
4571+1 standards in effect on July 1, 2022. Not later than June 1, 2023, the
4572+2 department must provide recommended reductions to the Indiana
4573+3 academic standards with a goal of defining no more than thirty-three
4574+4 percent (33%) of the number of academic standards in effect on July 1,
4575+5 2022, as essential for kindergarten through grade 8 to the state board.
4576+6 Additional standards may be included for vertical articulation to ensure
4577+7 academic and postsecondary success, not to exceed seventy-five
4578+8 percent (75%) of the academic standards in effect on July 1, 2022. A
4579+9 realignment of the ILEARN assessment reflecting the reduction must
4580+10 be completed not later than March 1, 2025.
4581+11 (d) Upon receipt and review of the information received under
4582+12 subsection (c), the state board shall adopt Indiana academic standards
4583+13 for grades 9 through 12 and subsequently for kindergarten through
4584+14 grade 8 relating to academic standards needed to meet the skills or
4585+15 traits identified by the study. The academic standards developed under
4586+16 this subsection must be included within the reduced number of
4587+17 academic standards required by subsection (c). The department shall
4588+18 submit the academic standards to the state board for approval in a
4589+19 manner prescribed by the state board and the state board shall approve
4590+20 academic standards in accordance with the requirements described in
4591+21 this subsection not later than July 1, 2023. Standards approved under
4592+22 this subsection must be implemented for the 2023-2024 school year
4593+23 and each school year thereafter.
4594+24 (e) (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the state board,
4595+25 in developing academic standards for reading, shall implement
4596+26 academic standards that are:
4597+27 (1) aligned with the science of reading; and
4598+28 (2) developmentally appropriate based on student need.
4599+29 SECTION 155. IC 20-31-3-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2024,
4600+30 SECTION 35, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4601+31 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) The department shall revise and update
4602+32 academic standards:
4603+33 (1) for each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12; and
4604+34 (2) in each subject area listed in section 2 of this chapter;
4605+35 at least once every six (6) years. in addition to the requirements
4606+36 described in section 1(c) and 1(d) of this chapter. This revision must
4607+37 occur on a cyclical basis.
4608+38 (b) The department, in revising and updating academic standards
4609+39 under subsection (a), shall do the following:
4610+40 (1) Consider the skills, knowledge, and practices:
4611+41 (A) that are necessary to understand and utilize emerging
4612+42 technologies; and
46164613 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 106
4617-1 of school performance under the requirements of this chapter to replace
4618-2 511 IAC 6.2-6. The new standards of assessing school performance:
4619-3 (1) must be based on a measurement of individual student
4620-4 academic performance and growth to proficiency; and
4621-5 (2) may not be based on a measurement of student performance
4622-6 or growth compared with peers.
4623-7 511 IAC 6.2-6 is void on the effective date of the rules adopted under
4624-8 this section.
4625-9 (b) After July 1, 2013, (a) The state board shall adopt rules under
4626-10 IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter.
4627-11 (c) (b) Before beginning the any rulemaking process to establish
4628-12 new categories or designations of school improvement, the state board
4629-13 shall report to the general assembly the proposed new categories or
4630-14 designations in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
4631-15 SECTION 160. IC 20-31-8-10, AS ADDED BY P.L.269-2019,
4632-16 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4633-17 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 10. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
4634-18 section, if requested by a school, the department may place the school
4635-19 in a "null" or "no letter grade" category for purposes of this chapter for
4636-20 the first three (3) consecutive years of operation of the school.
4637-21 (b) Subject to subsection (c), an innovation network school that
4638-22 reconfigures an existing school must apply to the state board, in a
4639-23 manner prescribed by the state board, to request to receive a "null" or
4640-24 "no letter grade" for the reconfigured school during the school's first
4641-25 three (3) consecutive years of operation by an innovation network team.
4642-26 (c) In order to qualify for a "null" or "no letter grade" under
4643-27 subsection (b), an innovation network school must clearly demonstrate:
4644-28 (1) a significant change in educational philosophy from the
4645-29 existing school and that the reconfiguration of the school is not
4646-30 being made to avoid accountability; or
4647-31 (2) any other item that the state board finds appropriate.
4648-32 The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish criteria
4649-33 that the state board may consider in determining whether to grant an
4650-34 innovation network school's request under subsection (b) and this
4651-35 subsection.
4652-36 (d) Subject to subsection (e), if the department used student growth
4653-37 as the state board's exclusive means to determine an:
4654-38 (1) innovation network school's category or designation of school
4655-39 improvement under IC 20-25.7-4-5(d)(3) for the 2018-2019
4656-40 school year; or
4657-41 (2) innovation network charter school's category or designation of
4658-42 school improvement under IC 20-25.7-5-2(d)(3) for the
4614+1 (B) that may be rendered obsolete by emerging technologies.
4615+2 (2) Consider for removal any academic standards that may be
4616+3 obsolete as a result of emerging technologies.
4617+4 (3) Provide support to school corporations regarding the
4618+5 implementation of revised and updated academic standards that
4619+6 have an emerging technologies component.
4620+7 (4) Consider integrating computer science standards into a subject
4621+8 area being revised.
4622+9 (5) Consider integrating data literacy and data science standards
4623+10 into a subject area being revised.
4624+11 SECTION 156. IC 20-31-4.1-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.92-2020,
4625+12 SECTION 69, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4626+13 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) A school in Indiana shall be accredited
4627+14 under the system established by this chapter if the school meets legal
4628+15 standards as determined by the state board.
4629+16 (b) The state board shall establish a performance based accreditation
4630+17 system for accrediting schools in Indiana under this chapter.
4631+18 (c) The department shall waive accreditation standards for an
4632+19 accredited nonpublic alternative school that enters into a contract with
4633+20 a school corporation to provide alternative education services for
4634+21 students who have:
4635+22 (1) dropped out of high school;
4636+23 (2) been expelled; or
4637+24 (3) been sent to the nonpublic alternative school due to the
4638+25 students' lack of success in the public school environment;
4639+26 to accommodate the nonpublic alternative school's program and student
4640+27 population. A nonpublic alternative school to which this subsection
4641+28 applies is not subject to being placed in a category or designation under
4642+29 IC 20-31-8-4. However, the nonpublic alternative school must comply
4643+30 with all state reporting requirements and submit a school improvement
4644+31 growth model on the anniversary date of the nonpublic alternative
4645+32 school's original accreditation.
4646+33 (d) The state board may accredit a nonpublic school under this
4647+34 chapter at the time the nonpublic school begins operation in Indiana.
4648+35 (e) A school accredited under IC 20-26-15 shall be accredited under
4649+36 this chapter by the earlier of the following:
4650+37 (1) The date the school's contract under IC 20-26-15 expires.
4651+38 (2) July 1, 2025.
4652+39 SECTION 157. IC 20-31-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4653+40 2025]. (Strategic and Continuous School Improvement and
4654+41 Achievement Plan).
4655+42 SECTION 158. IC 20-31-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
46594656 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 107
4660-1 2018-2019 school year;
4661-2 the department shall, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year and
4662-3 unless an innovation network school or innovation network charter
4663-4 school requests otherwise, place the innovation network school or the
4664-5 innovation network charter school, whichever is applicable, in a "null"
4665-6 or "no letter grade" category for purposes of this chapter for not more
4666-7 than the number of school years determined for the innovation network
4667-8 school or innovation network charter school under subsection (e)
4668-9 consecutively. This subsection expires July 1, 2023.
4669-10 (e) Each innovation network school described in subsection (d)(1)
4670-11 and each innovation network charter school described in subsection
4671-12 (d)(2) may not be placed in a "null" or "no letter grade" category under
4672-13 subsection (d) for more than the number of years that equal the result
4673-14 of:
4674-15 (1) three (3) school years; minus
4675-16 (2) the number of school years that student growth was used as
4676-17 the state board's exclusive means to determine the category or
4677-18 designation of school improvement for the innovation network
4678-19 school or innovation network charter school.
4679-20 This subsection expires July 1, 2023.
4680-21 (f) (d) The department shall post the proficiency and growth scores
4681-22 of an innovation network school, an innovation network charter school,
4682-23 or a school described in subsection (a) on the department's Internet web
4683-24 site website for each year the innovation network school, innovation
4684-25 network charter school, or school receives a "null" or "no letter grade"
4685-26 under this section.
4686-27 SECTION 161. IC 20-32-3-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
4687-28 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4688-29 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) Each student participating in the technology
4689-30 preparation curriculum under IC 20-30-12 or the college preparation
4690-31 curriculum under IC 20-30-10 may elect to pursue a certificate of
4691-32 achievement in an academic area. Unless the governing body requires
4692-33 the acquisition of secondary level academic certificates of achievement
4693-34 for graduation, the certificates of achievement are not a requirement for
4694-35 graduation.
4695-36 (b) For every secondary level technical education program for which
4696-37 an appropriate secondary level technical certificate of achievement is
4697-38 available, each student is required to undergo the appropriate technical
4698-39 certificate of achievement assessment. Unless the governing body
4699-40 requires the acquisition of the secondary level technical certificate of
4700-41 achievement for graduation, the certificates of achievement are not a
4701-42 requirement for graduation.
4657+1 2025]. (Cultural Competency in Educational Environments).
4658+2 SECTION 159. IC 20-31-7 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4659+3 2025]. (Student Educational Achievement Grants).
4660+4 SECTION 160. IC 20-31-8-5.4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2024,
4661+5 SECTION 146, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4662+6 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5.4. (a) Not later than November
4663+7 15, 2013, the state board shall establish new categories or designations
4664+8 of school performance under the requirements of this chapter to replace
4665+9 511 IAC 6.2-6. The new standards of assessing school performance:
4666+10 (1) must be based on a measurement of individual student
4667+11 academic performance and growth to proficiency; and
4668+12 (2) may not be based on a measurement of student performance
4669+13 or growth compared with peers.
4670+14 511 IAC 6.2-6 is void on the effective date of the rules adopted under
4671+15 this section.
4672+16 (b) After July 1, 2013, (a) The state board shall adopt rules under
4673+17 IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter.
4674+18 (c) (b) Before beginning the any rulemaking process to establish
4675+19 new categories or designations of school improvement, the state board
4676+20 shall report to the general assembly the proposed new categories or
4677+21 designations in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
4678+22 SECTION 161. IC 20-31-8-10, AS ADDED BY P.L.269-2019,
4679+23 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4680+24 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 10. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
4681+25 section, if requested by a school, the department may place the school
4682+26 in a "null" or "no letter grade" category for purposes of this chapter for
4683+27 the first three (3) consecutive years of operation of the school.
4684+28 (b) Subject to subsection (c), an innovation network school that
4685+29 reconfigures an existing school must apply to the state board, in a
4686+30 manner prescribed by the state board, to request to receive a "null" or
4687+31 "no letter grade" for the reconfigured school during the school's first
4688+32 three (3) consecutive years of operation by an innovation network team.
4689+33 (c) In order to qualify for a "null" or "no letter grade" under
4690+34 subsection (b), an innovation network school must clearly demonstrate:
4691+35 (1) a significant change in educational philosophy from the
4692+36 existing school and that the reconfiguration of the school is not
4693+37 being made to avoid accountability; or
4694+38 (2) any other item that the state board finds appropriate.
4695+39 The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish criteria
4696+40 that the state board may consider in determining whether to grant an
4697+41 innovation network school's request under subsection (b) and this
4698+42 subsection.
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4703-1 SECTION 162. IC 20-32-5.1-11, AS ADDED BY P.L.242-2017,
4704-2 SECTION 41, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4705-3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. (a) A student who is a student with a disability
4706-4 (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8) shall be tested under this chapter with
4707-5 appropriate accommodations as outlined in the student's individualized
4708-6 education program, service plan developed under 511 IAC 7-34, or
4709-7 choice scholarship education plan developed under 511 IAC 7-49 in
4710-8 testing materials and procedures unless the individuals who develop
4711-9 the student's individualized education program, service plan, or choice
4712-10 scholarship education plan determine that testing or a part of the testing
4713-11 under this chapter is not appropriate for the student and that an
4714-12 alternate assessment will be used to test the student's achievement.
4715-13 (b) Any decision concerning a student who is a student with a
4716-14 disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8) regarding the student's:
4717-15 (1) participation in testing under this chapter;
4718-16 (2) receiving accommodations in testing materials and
4719-17 procedures;
4720-18 (3) participation in remediation; under IC 20-32-8; or
4721-19 (4) retention at the same grade level for consecutive school years;
4722-20 must be made in accordance with the student's individualized education
4723-21 program, service plan, or choice scholarship education plan in
4724-22 compliance with the statewide assessment program's policies and
4725-23 federal law.
4726-24 SECTION 163. IC 20-32-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4727-25 2025]. (Remediation).
4728-26 SECTION 164. IC 20-32-9 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4729-27 2025]. (Postsecondary and Workforce Training Program Remediation
4730-28 Reduction).
4731-29 SECTION 165. IC 20-33-2-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.242-2005,
4732-30 SECTION 17, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4733-31 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. A student is bound by the requirements of this
4734-32 chapter from the earlier of the date on which the student officially
4735-33 enrolls in a school or, except as provided in section 8 of this chapter,
4736-34 the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the
4737-35 student becomes seven (7) years of age until the date on which the
4738-36 student:
4739-37 (1) graduates;
4740-38 (2) becomes eighteen (18) years of age; or
4741-39 (3) becomes sixteen (16) years of age but is less than eighteen
4742-40 (18) years of age and the requirements under section 9 of this
4743-41 chapter concerning an exit interview are met enabling the student
4744-42 to withdraw from school before graduation;
4700+1 (d) Subject to subsection (e), if the department used student growth
4701+2 as the state board's exclusive means to determine an:
4702+3 (1) innovation network school's category or designation of school
4703+4 improvement under IC 20-25.7-4-5(d)(3) for the 2018-2019
4704+5 school year; or
4705+6 (2) innovation network charter school's category or designation of
4706+7 school improvement under IC 20-25.7-5-2(d)(3) for the
4707+8 2018-2019 school year;
4708+9 the department shall, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year and
4709+10 unless an innovation network school or innovation network charter
4710+11 school requests otherwise, place the innovation network school or the
4711+12 innovation network charter school, whichever is applicable, in a "null"
4712+13 or "no letter grade" category for purposes of this chapter for not more
4713+14 than the number of school years determined for the innovation network
4714+15 school or innovation network charter school under subsection (e)
4715+16 consecutively. This subsection expires July 1, 2023.
4716+17 (e) Each innovation network school described in subsection (d)(1)
4717+18 and each innovation network charter school described in subsection
4718+19 (d)(2) may not be placed in a "null" or "no letter grade" category under
4719+20 subsection (d) for more than the number of years that equal the result
4720+21 of:
4721+22 (1) three (3) school years; minus
4722+23 (2) the number of school years that student growth was used as
4723+24 the state board's exclusive means to determine the category or
4724+25 designation of school improvement for the innovation network
4725+26 school or innovation network charter school.
4726+27 This subsection expires July 1, 2023.
4727+28 (f) (d) The department shall post the proficiency and growth scores
4728+29 of an innovation network school, an innovation network charter school,
4729+30 or a school described in subsection (a) on the department's Internet web
4730+31 site website for each year the innovation network school, innovation
4731+32 network charter school, or school receives a "null" or "no letter grade"
4732+33 under this section.
4733+34 SECTION 162. IC 20-32-3-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
4734+35 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4735+36 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) Each student participating in the technology
4736+37 preparation curriculum under IC 20-30-12 or the college preparation
4737+38 curriculum under IC 20-30-10 may elect to pursue a certificate of
4738+39 achievement in an academic area. Unless the governing body requires
4739+40 the acquisition of secondary level academic certificates of achievement
4740+41 for graduation, the certificates of achievement are not a requirement for
4741+42 graduation.
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4746-1 whichever occurs first.
4747-2 SECTION 166. IC 20-33-2-25, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2011,
4748-3 SECTION 43, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4749-4 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 25. The superintendent or an attendance officer
4750-5 having jurisdiction shall report a child who is habitually absent truant
4751-6 from school in violation of this chapter to an intake officer of the
4752-7 juvenile court or the department of child services. The intake officer or
4753-8 the department of child services shall proceed in accord with IC 31-30
4754-9 through IC 31-40.
4755-10 SECTION 167. IC 20-33-2-39, AS AMENDED BY P.L.125-2024,
4756-11 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4757-12 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 39. An attendance officer has the following duties:
4758-13 (1) To serve subject to the rules, direction, and control of the
4759-14 superintendent in the attendance officer's attendance district.
4760-15 (2) To maintain an office at a place designated by the
4761-16 superintendent.
4762-17 (3) To be on duty during school hours and at other times as the
4763-18 superintendent may request.
4764-19 (4) To keep records and make reports as required by the state
4765-20 board.
4766-21 (5) To visit the homes of children who are absent from school or
4767-22 who are reported to be in need of books, clothing, or parental
4768-23 care.
4769-24 (6) Whenever the superintendent directs or approves it, to bring
4770-25 suit to enforce any provision of this chapter that is being violated.
4771-26 (7) To serve written notice on any parent whose child is out of
4772-27 school illegally.
4773-28 (8) To visit factories employers where children are employed.
4774-29 (9) To implement the truancy prevention measures required under
4775-30 IC 20-33-2.5.
4776-31 (10) To meet at least one (1) time each year with the department
4777-32 of child services and the intake officer for the juvenile court to
4778-33 discuss the effectiveness of truancy prevention measures adopted
4779-34 in the attendance officer's jurisdiction.
4780-35 (11) To meet at least one (1) time each year with the state
4781-36 attendance officer to:
4782-37 (A) review data, policies, and procedures; and
4783-38 (B) discuss recommending to the legislative council under
4784-39 section 43 of this chapter legislation to deter absenteeism and
4785-40 to promote school attendance.
4786-41 The meeting with the state attendance officer may be conducted
4787-42 in person, virtually, or both.
4743+1 (b) For every secondary level technical education program for which
4744+2 an appropriate secondary level technical certificate of achievement is
4745+3 available, each student is required to undergo the appropriate technical
4746+4 certificate of achievement assessment. Unless the governing body
4747+5 requires the acquisition of the secondary level technical certificate of
4748+6 achievement for graduation, the certificates of achievement are not a
4749+7 requirement for graduation.
4750+8 SECTION 163. IC 20-32-5.1-11, AS ADDED BY P.L.242-2017,
4751+9 SECTION 41, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4752+10 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. (a) A student who is a student with a disability
4753+11 (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8) shall be tested under this chapter with
4754+12 appropriate accommodations as outlined in the student's individualized
4755+13 education program, service plan developed under 511 IAC 7-34, or
4756+14 choice scholarship education plan developed under 511 IAC 7-49 in
4757+15 testing materials and procedures unless the individuals who develop
4758+16 the student's individualized education program, service plan, or choice
4759+17 scholarship education plan determine that testing or a part of the testing
4760+18 under this chapter is not appropriate for the student and that an
4761+19 alternate assessment will be used to test the student's achievement.
4762+20 (b) Any decision concerning a student who is a student with a
4763+21 disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8) regarding the student's:
4764+22 (1) participation in testing under this chapter;
4765+23 (2) receiving accommodations in testing materials and
4766+24 procedures;
4767+25 (3) participation in remediation; under IC 20-32-8; or
4768+26 (4) retention at the same grade level for consecutive school years;
4769+27 must be made in accordance with the student's individualized education
4770+28 program, service plan, or choice scholarship education plan in
4771+29 compliance with the statewide assessment program's policies and
4772+30 federal law.
4773+31 SECTION 164. IC 20-32-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4774+32 2025]. (Remediation).
4775+33 SECTION 165. IC 20-32-9 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
4776+34 2025]. (Postsecondary and Workforce Training Program Remediation
4777+35 Reduction).
4778+36 SECTION 166. IC 20-33-2-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.242-2005,
4779+37 SECTION 17, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4780+38 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. A student is bound by the requirements of this
4781+39 chapter from the earlier of the date on which the student officially
4782+40 enrolls in a school or, except as provided in section 8 of this chapter,
4783+41 the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the
4784+42 student becomes seven (7) years of age until the date on which the
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4789-1 (12) To perform other duties necessary for complete enforcement
4790-2 of this chapter and IC 20-33-2.5.
4791-3 SECTION 168. IC 20-33-5-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
4792-4 SECTION 172, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4793-5 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. All school corporations must
4794-6 give notice in nontechnical language and in a manner that can be
4795-7 reasonably expected to reach parents of students before the assessment
4796-8 and collection of any fees that are not fees for curricular materials. This
4797-9 notice must inform the parents of the following:
4798-10 (1) The availability of assistance under this chapter.
4799-11 (2) The eligibility standards under this chapter.
4800-12 (3) The procedure for obtaining assistance, including the right and
4801-13 method of appeal.
4802-14 (4) The availability of application forms at a designated school
4803-15 office.
4804-16 (5) That the parents may be required to pay a reasonable fee for
4805-17 lost or significantly damaged curricular materials.
4806-18 (6) The procedure for obtaining assistance under section 12 of
4807-19 this chapter and under IC 20-41-2-5(b). and under IC 20-42-3-10.
4808-20 (7) The right to appeal an assessment of a fee for lost or
4809-21 significantly damaged curricular materials, including the
4810-22 procedure required.
4811-23 SECTION 169. IC 20-33-5-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
4812-24 SECTION 176, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4813-25 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. (a) A school corporation may
4814-26 not:
4815-27 (1) withhold curricular materials and supplies;
4816-28 (2) require any special services from a child or emancipated
4817-29 minor; or
4818-30 (3) deny the child or emancipated minor any benefit or privilege;
4819-31 because the parent or emancipated minor fails to pay a required fee,
4820-32 including a reasonable fee for lost or significantly damaged curricular
4821-33 materials imposed under IC 20-26-12-1(b) or a reasonable fee for
4822-34 supplies and materials imposed under IC 20-26-12-1(c).
4823-35 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a school corporation may take
4824-36 any action authorized by law to collect unpaid fees from parents who
4825-37 are determined to be ineligible for assistance, including recovery of
4826-38 reasonable attorney's fees and court costs in addition to a judgment
4827-39 award against those parents.
4828-40 (c) A school corporation may designate a full-time employee of the
4829-41 school corporation to represent the school corporation in a small claims
4830-42 court action under subsection (b) if the claim does not exceed one
4786+1 student:
4787+2 (1) graduates;
4788+3 (2) becomes eighteen (18) years of age; or
4789+4 (3) becomes sixteen (16) years of age but is less than eighteen
4790+5 (18) years of age and the requirements under section 9 of this
4791+6 chapter concerning an exit interview are met enabling the student
4792+7 to withdraw from school before graduation;
4793+8 whichever occurs first.
4794+9 SECTION 167. IC 20-33-2-25, AS AMENDED BY P.L.90-2011,
4795+10 SECTION 43, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4796+11 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 25. The superintendent or an attendance officer
4797+12 having jurisdiction shall report a child who is habitually absent truant
4798+13 from school in violation of this chapter to an intake officer of the
4799+14 juvenile court or the department of child services. The intake officer or
4800+15 the department of child services shall proceed in accord with IC 31-30
4801+16 through IC 31-40.
4802+17 SECTION 168. IC 20-33-2-39, AS AMENDED BY P.L.125-2024,
4803+18 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4804+19 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 39. An attendance officer has the following duties:
4805+20 (1) To serve subject to the rules, direction, and control of the
4806+21 superintendent in the attendance officer's attendance district.
4807+22 (2) To maintain an office at a place designated by the
4808+23 superintendent.
4809+24 (3) To be on duty during school hours and at other times as the
4810+25 superintendent may request.
4811+26 (4) To keep records and make reports as required by the state
4812+27 board.
4813+28 (5) To visit the homes of children who are absent from school or
4814+29 who are reported to be in need of books, clothing, or parental
4815+30 care.
4816+31 (6) Whenever the superintendent directs or approves it, to bring
4817+32 suit to enforce any provision of this chapter that is being violated.
4818+33 (7) To serve written notice on any parent whose child is out of
4819+34 school illegally.
4820+35 (8) To visit factories employers where children are employed.
4821+36 (9) To implement the truancy prevention measures required under
4822+37 IC 20-33-2.5.
4823+38 (10) To meet at least one (1) time each year with the department
4824+39 of child services and the intake officer for the juvenile court to
4825+40 discuss the effectiveness of truancy prevention measures adopted
4826+41 in the attendance officer's jurisdiction.
4827+42 (11) To meet at least one (1) time each year with the state
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4832-1 thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). The employee designated
4833-2 under this subsection is not required to be an attorney.
4834-3 SECTION 170. IC 20-33-5-15 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4835-4 1, 2025]. Sec. 15. (a) Each school corporation shall provide each
4836-5 student who applies for free or reduced priced lunches under the
4837-6 national school lunch program with an enrollment form for the
4838-7 twenty-first century scholars program under IC 21-12-6.
4839-8 (b) The department shall provide each school corporation with
4840-9 sufficient application forms under this section.
4841-10 (c) Each school shall give assistance in reading the instructions and
4842-11 completing the enrollment forms for the twenty-first century scholars
4843-12 program.
4844-13 SECTION 171. IC 20-33-8.5-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.242-2005,
4845-14 SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4846-15 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. A hearing under this chapter is not a hearing to
4847-16 determine whether a student who has been suspended or expelled is a
4848-17 child in need of services. However, if a court determines that a student
4849-18 who has been suspended or expelled may:
4850-19 (1) be a child in need of services (as described in IC 31-34-1); or
4851-20 (2) have committed a delinquent act (as described in IC 31-37);
4852-21 the court may notify the office of family and children the secretary of
4853-22 family and social services or the prosecuting attorney.
4854-23 SECTION 172. IC 20-34-3-24 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4855-24 1, 2025]. Sec. 24. (a) For purposes of this section, "bleeding control
4856-25 kit" means a first aid response kit that contains at least the following:
4857-26 (1) One (1) tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical
4858-27 Combat Casualty Care.
4859-28 (2) A compression bandage.
4860-29 (3) A bleeding control bandage.
4861-30 (4) Protective gloves and a permanent marker.
4862-31 (5) Scissors.
4863-32 (6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed
4864-33 national awareness campaign of the United States Department of
4865-34 Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons
4866-35 Committee on Trauma, or both.
4867-36 (7) Other medical materials and equipment similar to those
4868-37 described in subdivisions (1) through (3), and any additional
4869-38 items that:
4870-39 (A) are approved by local law enforcement or first responders;
4871-40 (B) can adequately treat a traumatic injury; and
4872-41 (C) can be stored in a readily available kit.
4873-42 (b) Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year and each school year
4829+1 attendance officer to:
4830+2 (A) review data, policies, and procedures; and
4831+3 (B) discuss recommending to the legislative council under
4832+4 section 43 of this chapter legislation to deter absenteeism and
4833+5 to promote school attendance.
4834+6 The meeting with the state attendance officer may be conducted
4835+7 in person, virtually, or both.
4836+8 (12) To perform other duties necessary for complete enforcement
4837+9 of this chapter and IC 20-33-2.5.
4838+10 SECTION 169. IC 20-33-5-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
4839+11 SECTION 172, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4840+12 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. All school corporations must
4841+13 give notice in nontechnical language and in a manner that can be
4842+14 reasonably expected to reach parents of students before the assessment
4843+15 and collection of any fees that are not fees for curricular materials. This
4844+16 notice must inform the parents of the following:
4845+17 (1) The availability of assistance under this chapter.
4846+18 (2) The eligibility standards under this chapter.
4847+19 (3) The procedure for obtaining assistance, including the right and
4848+20 method of appeal.
4849+21 (4) The availability of application forms at a designated school
4850+22 office.
4851+23 (5) That the parents may be required to pay a reasonable fee for
4852+24 lost or significantly damaged curricular materials.
4853+25 (6) The procedure for obtaining assistance under section 12 of
4854+26 this chapter and under IC 20-41-2-5(b). and under IC 20-42-3-10.
4855+27 (7) The right to appeal an assessment of a fee for lost or
4856+28 significantly damaged curricular materials, including the
4857+29 procedure required.
4858+30 SECTION 170. IC 20-33-5-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
4859+31 SECTION 176, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
4860+32 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. (a) A school corporation may
4861+33 not:
4862+34 (1) withhold curricular materials and supplies;
4863+35 (2) require any special services from a child or emancipated
4864+36 minor; or
4865+37 (3) deny the child or emancipated minor any benefit or privilege;
4866+38 because the parent or emancipated minor fails to pay a required fee,
4867+39 including a reasonable fee for lost or significantly damaged curricular
4868+40 materials imposed under IC 20-26-12-1(b) or a reasonable fee for
4869+41 supplies and materials imposed under IC 20-26-12-1(c).
4870+42 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a school corporation may take
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4875-1 thereafter and subject to either:
4876-2 (1) an appropriation by the general assembly; or
4877-3 (2) a charter school or school corporation receiving sufficient
4878-4 bleeding control kits for the charter school or each school in the
4879-5 school corporation from:
4880-6 (A) donations from individuals or entities; or
4881-7 (B) gifts necessary to purchase the bleeding control kits;
4882-8 each school corporation and charter school shall develop and
4883-9 implement a Stop the Bleed program that meets the requirements set
4884-10 forth in this section. Upon request by a school corporation or charter
4885-11 school, the department of homeland security, in collaboration with the
4886-12 department, may direct the school corporation or charter school to
4887-13 resources that are available to provide bleeding control kits to the
4888-14 school corporation or charter school. The department of homeland
4889-15 security and department shall maintain information regarding the Stop
4890-16 the Bleed program on the department of homeland security's and
4891-17 department's Internet web sites.
4892-18 (c) A school corporation's Stop the Bleed program must include
4893-19 each school of the school corporation. The Stop the Bleed program
4894-20 must include requirements that:
4895-21 (1) require bleeding control kits be assigned to designated rooms
4896-22 in easily accessible locations to be determined by local first
4897-23 responders or the school safety specialist;
4898-24 (2) include bleeding control kits in the emergency plans of the
4899-25 school corporation or charter school, including the presentation
4900-26 and use of the bleeding control kits in all drills and emergencies;
4901-27 (3) provide that all school corporations and charter schools have
4902-28 a minimum of five (5) individuals in each school building who
4903-29 obtain appropriate training in the use of the bleeding control kit,
4904-30 including:
4905-31 (A) the proper application of pressure to stop bleeding;
4906-32 (B) the application of dressings or bandages;
4907-33 (C) additional pressure techniques to control bleeding; and
4908-34 (D) the correct application of tourniquets;
4909-35 (4) require bleeding control kits in school inventories to be
4910-36 inspected annually to ensure that the materials, supplies, and
4911-37 equipment contained in the bleeding control kits are not expired,
4912-38 and that any expired materials, supplies, and equipment are
4913-39 replaced as necessary; and
4914-40 (5) require a bleeding control kit to be restocked after each use
4915-41 and any materials, supplies, and equipment to be replaced as
4916-42 necessary to ensure that the bleeding control kit contains all
4872+1 any action authorized by law to collect unpaid fees from parents who
4873+2 are determined to be ineligible for assistance, including recovery of
4874+3 reasonable attorney's fees and court costs in addition to a judgment
4875+4 award against those parents.
4876+5 (c) A school corporation may designate a full-time employee of the
4877+6 school corporation to represent the school corporation in a small claims
4878+7 court action under subsection (b) if the claim does not exceed one
4879+8 thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). The employee designated
4880+9 under this subsection is not required to be an attorney.
4881+10 SECTION 171. IC 20-33-5-15 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4882+11 1, 2025]. Sec. 15. (a) Each school corporation shall provide each
4883+12 student who applies for free or reduced priced lunches under the
4884+13 national school lunch program with an enrollment form for the
4885+14 twenty-first century scholars program under IC 21-12-6.
4886+15 (b) The department shall provide each school corporation with
4887+16 sufficient application forms under this section.
4888+17 (c) Each school shall give assistance in reading the instructions and
4889+18 completing the enrollment forms for the twenty-first century scholars
4890+19 program.
4891+20 SECTION 172. IC 20-33-8.5-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.242-2005,
4892+21 SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4893+22 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. A hearing under this chapter is not a hearing to
4894+23 determine whether a student who has been suspended or expelled is a
4895+24 child in need of services. However, if a court determines that a student
4896+25 who has been suspended or expelled may:
4897+26 (1) be a child in need of services (as described in IC 31-34-1); or
4898+27 (2) have committed a delinquent act (as described in IC 31-37);
4899+28 the court may notify the office of family and children the secretary of
4900+29 family and social services or the prosecuting attorney.
4901+30 SECTION 173. IC 20-34-3-24 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
4902+31 1, 2025]. Sec. 24. (a) For purposes of this section, "bleeding control
4903+32 kit" means a first aid response kit that contains at least the following:
4904+33 (1) One (1) tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical
4905+34 Combat Casualty Care.
4906+35 (2) A compression bandage.
4907+36 (3) A bleeding control bandage.
4908+37 (4) Protective gloves and a permanent marker.
4909+38 (5) Scissors.
4910+39 (6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the Bleed
4911+40 national awareness campaign of the United States Department of
4912+41 Homeland Security or the American College of Surgeons
4913+42 Committee on Trauma, or both.
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4918-1 necessary materials, supplies, and equipment.
4919-2 (d) The department, in collaboration with the department of
4920-3 homeland security, shall develop and provide training for the use of
4921-4 bleeding control kits. The department may satisfy the training
4922-5 requirements by:
4923-6 (1) using training, including online training, available from the
4924-7 American College of Surgeons or a similar organization
4925-8 authorized by the department of homeland security; or
4926-9 (2) after June 30, 2024, offering the training required by this
4927-10 section through the online platform established or licensed for use
4928-11 under IC 20-19-3-29 if available.
4929-12 (e) In all matters relating to a Stop the Bleed program, school
4930-13 corporation or charter school personnel are immune from civil liability
4931-14 for any act done or omitted in the use of a bleeding control kit unless
4932-15 the action constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton
4933-16 misconduct.
4934-17 SECTION 173. IC 20-34-7-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
4935-18 SECTION 37, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4936-19 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "football" does not
4937-20 include flag football.
4938-21 (b) Prior to coaching football to individuals who are less than twenty
4939-22 (20) years of age and are in grades 1 through 12, each head football
4940-23 coach and assistant football coach shall complete a certified coaching
4941-24 education course that:
4942-25 (1) is sport specific;
4943-26 (2) contains player safety content, including content on:
4944-27 (A) concussion awareness;
4945-28 (B) equipment fitting;
4946-29 (C) heat emergency preparedness; and
4947-30 (D) proper technique;
4948-31 (3) requires a coach to complete a test demonstrating
4949-32 comprehension of the content of the course; and
4950-33 (4) awards a certificate of completion to a coach who successfully
4951-34 completes the course.
4952-35 (c) For a coach's completion of a course to satisfy the requirement
4953-36 imposed by subsection (b), the course must have been approved by the
4954-37 department.
4955-38 (d) A coach shall complete a course in a manner prescribed by the
4956-39 state board. under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5.
4957-40 (e) An organizing entity shall maintain a file of certificates of
4958-41 completion awarded under subsection (b)(4) to any of the organizing
4959-42 entity's head coaches and assistant coaches.
4915+1 (7) Other medical materials and equipment similar to those
4916+2 described in subdivisions (1) through (3), and any additional
4917+3 items that:
4918+4 (A) are approved by local law enforcement or first responders;
4919+5 (B) can adequately treat a traumatic injury; and
4920+6 (C) can be stored in a readily available kit.
4921+7 (b) Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year and each school year
4922+8 thereafter and subject to either:
4923+9 (1) an appropriation by the general assembly; or
4924+10 (2) a charter school or school corporation receiving sufficient
4925+11 bleeding control kits for the charter school or each school in the
4926+12 school corporation from:
4927+13 (A) donations from individuals or entities; or
4928+14 (B) gifts necessary to purchase the bleeding control kits;
4929+15 each school corporation and charter school shall develop and
4930+16 implement a Stop the Bleed program that meets the requirements set
4931+17 forth in this section. Upon request by a school corporation or charter
4932+18 school, the department of homeland security, in collaboration with the
4933+19 department, may direct the school corporation or charter school to
4934+20 resources that are available to provide bleeding control kits to the
4935+21 school corporation or charter school. The department of homeland
4936+22 security and department shall maintain information regarding the Stop
4937+23 the Bleed program on the department of homeland security's and
4938+24 department's Internet web sites.
4939+25 (c) A school corporation's Stop the Bleed program must include
4940+26 each school of the school corporation. The Stop the Bleed program
4941+27 must include requirements that:
4942+28 (1) require bleeding control kits be assigned to designated rooms
4943+29 in easily accessible locations to be determined by local first
4944+30 responders or the school safety specialist;
4945+31 (2) include bleeding control kits in the emergency plans of the
4946+32 school corporation or charter school, including the presentation
4947+33 and use of the bleeding control kits in all drills and emergencies;
4948+34 (3) provide that all school corporations and charter schools have
4949+35 a minimum of five (5) individuals in each school building who
4950+36 obtain appropriate training in the use of the bleeding control kit,
4951+37 including:
4952+38 (A) the proper application of pressure to stop bleeding;
4953+39 (B) the application of dressings or bandages;
4954+40 (C) additional pressure techniques to control bleeding; and
4955+41 (D) the correct application of tourniquets;
4956+42 (4) require bleeding control kits in school inventories to be
49604957 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 114
4961-1 (f) A coach who complies with this chapter and provides coaching
4962-2 services in good faith is not personally liable for damages in a civil
4963-3 action as a result of a concussion or head injury incurred by an athlete
4964-4 participating in an athletic activity in which the coach provided
4965-5 coaching services, except for an act or omission by the coach that
4966-6 constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
4967-7 SECTION 174. IC 20-34-7-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
4968-8 SECTION 38, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4969-9 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c)(2), this
4970-10 section applies after June 30, 2017.
4971-11 (b) This section applies to a head coach or assistant coach who:
4972-12 (1) coaches any:
4973-13 (A) interscholastic sport; or
4974-14 (B) intramural sport and elects to comply or as part of the head
4975-15 coach's or assistant coach's coaching certification requirements
4976-16 is required to comply with this chapter; and
4977-17 (2) is not subject to section 6 of this chapter.
4978-18 (c) Before coaching a student athlete in any sport, a head coach and
4979-19 every assistant coach described in subsection (b) must complete a
4980-20 certified coaching education course that:
4981-21 (1) contains player safety content on concussion awareness;
4982-22 (2) after December 31, 2018, includes content for prevention of
4983-23 or response to heat related medical issues that may arise from a
4984-24 student athlete's training;
4985-25 (3) requires a head coach or an assistant coach to complete a test
4986-26 demonstrating comprehension of the content of the course; and
4987-27 (4) awards a certificate of completion to a head coach or an
4988-28 assistant coach who successfully completes the course.
4989-29 (d) A course described in subsection (c) must be approved by the
4990-30 department, in consultation with a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5.
4991-31 The consulting physician for a course described in subsection (c)(1)
4992-32 must have expertise in the area of concussions and brain injuries. The
4993-33 department may, in addition to consulting with a physician licensed
4994-34 under IC 25-22.5, consult with other persons who have expertise in the
4995-35 area of concussions and brain injuries when developing a course
4996-36 described in subsection (c)(1).
4997-37 (e) A head coach and every assistant coach described in subsection
4998-38 (b) must complete a course described in subsection (c) in a manner
4999-39 prescribed by the state board. under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or
5000-40 IC 20-28-5.5-1.5.
5001-41 (f) Each school shall maintain all certificates of completion awarded
5002-42 under subsection (c)(4) to each of the school's head coaches and
4958+1 inspected annually to ensure that the materials, supplies, and
4959+2 equipment contained in the bleeding control kits are not expired,
4960+3 and that any expired materials, supplies, and equipment are
4961+4 replaced as necessary; and
4962+5 (5) require a bleeding control kit to be restocked after each use
4963+6 and any materials, supplies, and equipment to be replaced as
4964+7 necessary to ensure that the bleeding control kit contains all
4965+8 necessary materials, supplies, and equipment.
4966+9 (d) The department, in collaboration with the department of
4967+10 homeland security, shall develop and provide training for the use of
4968+11 bleeding control kits. The department may satisfy the training
4969+12 requirements by:
4970+13 (1) using training, including online training, available from the
4971+14 American College of Surgeons or a similar organization
4972+15 authorized by the department of homeland security; or
4973+16 (2) after June 30, 2024, offering the training required by this
4974+17 section through the online platform established or licensed for use
4975+18 under IC 20-19-3-29 if available.
4976+19 (e) In all matters relating to a Stop the Bleed program, school
4977+20 corporation or charter school personnel are immune from civil liability
4978+21 for any act done or omitted in the use of a bleeding control kit unless
4979+22 the action constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton
4980+23 misconduct.
4981+24 SECTION 174. IC 20-34-7-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
4982+25 SECTION 37, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
4983+26 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "football" does not
4984+27 include flag football.
4985+28 (b) Prior to coaching football to individuals who are less than twenty
4986+29 (20) years of age and are in grades 1 through 12, each head football
4987+30 coach and assistant football coach shall complete a certified coaching
4988+31 education course that:
4989+32 (1) is sport specific;
4990+33 (2) contains player safety content, including content on:
4991+34 (A) concussion awareness;
4992+35 (B) equipment fitting;
4993+36 (C) heat emergency preparedness; and
4994+37 (D) proper technique;
4995+38 (3) requires a coach to complete a test demonstrating
4996+39 comprehension of the content of the course; and
4997+40 (4) awards a certificate of completion to a coach who successfully
4998+41 completes the course.
4999+42 (c) For a coach's completion of a course to satisfy the requirement
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5004-1 assistant coaches.
5005-2 (g) A head coach or an assistant coach described in subsection (b)
5006-3 who complies with this chapter and provides coaching services in good
5007-4 faith is not personally liable for damages in a civil action as a result of
5008-5 a concussion or head injury incurred by a student athlete participating
5009-6 in an athletic activity for which the head coach or the assistant coach
5010-7 provided coaching services, except for an act or omission by the head
5011-8 coach or the assistant coach that constitutes gross negligence or willful
5012-9 or wanton misconduct.
5013-10 SECTION 175. IC 20-34-8-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.9-2024,
5014-11 SECTION 396, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5015-12 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to:
5016-13 (1) a head coach or assistant coach who coaches an athletic
5017-14 activity;
5018-15 (2) a marching band leader;
5019-16 (3) a drama or musical leader; or
5020-17 (4) a leader of an extracurricular activity in which students have
5021-18 an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest activity as determined
5022-19 by the department in consultation with an organization that
5023-20 specializes in the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest.
5024-21 (b) An individual described in subsection (a) shall complete the
5025-22 sudden cardiac arrest training course offered by a provider approved by
5026-23 the department in a manner specified by the state board under
5027-24 IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5. The sudden cardiac arrest training
5028-25 course described in this subsection must include training in the use of
5029-26 an automated external defibrillator (AED). An individual described in
5030-27 subsection (a) may not coach or lead the event in which students have
5031-28 an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest until the individual
5032-29 completes the training course required under this subsection. The
5033-30 provider shall provide the school with a certificate of completion to the
5034-31 school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school
5035-32 for each individual who completes a course under this subsection.
5036-33 (c) Each school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
5037-34 nonpublic school shall maintain all certificates of completion awarded
5038-35 under subsection (b) for each individual described in subsection (a).
5039-36 (d) (c) An individual described in subsection (a) who complies with
5040-37 this section and provides coaching or leadership services in good faith
5041-38 is not personally liable for damages in a civil action as a result of a
5042-39 sudden cardiac arrest incurred by an applicable student participating in
5043-40 an event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac
5044-41 arrest for which the head coach, assistant coach, marching band leader,
5045-42 drama or musical leader, or other applicable leader provided coaching
5001+1 imposed by subsection (b), the course must have been approved by the
5002+2 department.
5003+3 (d) A coach shall complete a course in a manner prescribed by the
5004+4 state board. under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5.
5005+5 (e) An organizing entity shall maintain a file of certificates of
5006+6 completion awarded under subsection (b)(4) to any of the organizing
5007+7 entity's head coaches and assistant coaches.
5008+8 (f) A coach who complies with this chapter and provides coaching
5009+9 services in good faith is not personally liable for damages in a civil
5010+10 action as a result of a concussion or head injury incurred by an athlete
5011+11 participating in an athletic activity in which the coach provided
5012+12 coaching services, except for an act or omission by the coach that
5013+13 constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
5014+14 SECTION 175. IC 20-34-7-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
5015+15 SECTION 38, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5016+16 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c)(2), this
5017+17 section applies after June 30, 2017.
5018+18 (b) This section applies to a head coach or assistant coach who:
5019+19 (1) coaches any:
5020+20 (A) interscholastic sport; or
5021+21 (B) intramural sport and elects to comply or as part of the head
5022+22 coach's or assistant coach's coaching certification requirements
5023+23 is required to comply with this chapter; and
5024+24 (2) is not subject to section 6 of this chapter.
5025+25 (c) Before coaching a student athlete in any sport, a head coach and
5026+26 every assistant coach described in subsection (b) must complete a
5027+27 certified coaching education course that:
5028+28 (1) contains player safety content on concussion awareness;
5029+29 (2) after December 31, 2018, includes content for prevention of
5030+30 or response to heat related medical issues that may arise from a
5031+31 student athlete's training;
5032+32 (3) requires a head coach or an assistant coach to complete a test
5033+33 demonstrating comprehension of the content of the course; and
5034+34 (4) awards a certificate of completion to a head coach or an
5035+35 assistant coach who successfully completes the course.
5036+36 (d) A course described in subsection (c) must be approved by the
5037+37 department, in consultation with a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5.
5038+38 The consulting physician for a course described in subsection (c)(1)
5039+39 must have expertise in the area of concussions and brain injuries. The
5040+40 department may, in addition to consulting with a physician licensed
5041+41 under IC 25-22.5, consult with other persons who have expertise in the
5042+42 area of concussions and brain injuries when developing a course
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5047-1 or leadership services, except for an act or omission by the individual
5048-2 described in subsection (a) that constitutes gross negligence or willful
5049-3 or wanton misconduct.
5050-4 (e) (d) An individual described in subsection (a) may shall ensure
5051-5 that an operational automated external defibrillator (AED) is present
5052-6 at each event in which students have an increased risk of sudden
5053-7 cardiac arrest for which the individual described in subsection (a) is
5054-8 providing coaching or leadership.
5055-9 (f) An automated external defibrillator (AED) described in
5056-10 subsection (e) may be:
5057-11 (1) deployed in accordance with the venue specific emergency
5058-12 action plan for sudden cardiac arrest developed under subsection
5059-13 (i);
5060-14 (2) except as provided in subsection (g), located on the premises
5061-15 where the event in which students have an increased risk of
5062-16 sudden cardiac arrest occurs; and
5063-17 (3) present for the duration of the event in which students have an
5064-18 increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
5065-19 (g) One (1) automated external defibrillator (AED) may be shared
5066-20 by two (2) or more events in which students have an increased risk of
5067-21 sudden cardiac arrest if the following conditions are met:
5068-22 (1) The events in which students have an increased risk of sudden
5069-23 cardiac arrest occur at the same time.
5070-24 (2) The events in which students have an increased risk of sudden
5071-25 cardiac arrest occur in locations that are in close proximity to
5072-26 each other, as determined by the department.
5073-27 (3) The automated external defibrillator (AED) is placed in a
5074-28 designated location that is between the events in which students
5075-29 have an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest and meets the
5076-30 requirement of subsection (f)(3).
5077-31 (4) Each individual described in subsection (a) who conducts an
5078-32 event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac
5079-33 arrest described in this subsection is aware of the designated
5080-34 location of the automated external defibrillator (AED).
5081-35 (h) (e) At each event in which students have an increased risk of
5082-36 sudden cardiac arrest, an individual described in subsection (a) may
5083-37 shall inform all individuals who are coaching or providing leadership
5084-38 at the event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac
5085-39 arrest of the location of the automated external defibrillator (AED).
5086-40 (i) (f) A school corporation, charter school, and state accredited
5087-41 nonpublic school may shall do the following:
5088-42 (1) Ensure that an automated external defibrillator (AED)
5044+1 described in subsection (c)(1).
5045+2 (e) A head coach and every assistant coach described in subsection
5046+3 (b) must complete a course described in subsection (c) in a manner
5047+4 prescribed by the state board. under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or
5048+5 IC 20-28-5.5-1.5.
5049+6 (f) Each school shall maintain all certificates of completion awarded
5050+7 under subsection (c)(4) to each of the school's head coaches and
5051+8 assistant coaches.
5052+9 (g) A head coach or an assistant coach described in subsection (b)
5053+10 who complies with this chapter and provides coaching services in good
5054+11 faith is not personally liable for damages in a civil action as a result of
5055+12 a concussion or head injury incurred by a student athlete participating
5056+13 in an athletic activity for which the head coach or the assistant coach
5057+14 provided coaching services, except for an act or omission by the head
5058+15 coach or the assistant coach that constitutes gross negligence or willful
5059+16 or wanton misconduct.
5060+17 SECTION 176. IC 20-34-8-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.9-2024,
5061+18 SECTION 396, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5062+19 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to:
5063+20 (1) a head coach or assistant coach who coaches an athletic
5064+21 activity;
5065+22 (2) a marching band leader;
5066+23 (3) a drama or musical leader; or
5067+24 (4) a leader of an extracurricular activity in which students have
5068+25 an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest activity as determined
5069+26 by the department in consultation with an organization that
5070+27 specializes in the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest.
5071+28 (b) An individual described in subsection (a) shall complete the
5072+29 sudden cardiac arrest training course offered by a provider approved by
5073+30 the department in a manner specified by the state board under
5074+31 IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5. The sudden cardiac arrest training
5075+32 course described in this subsection must include training in the use of
5076+33 an automated external defibrillator (AED). An individual described in
5077+34 subsection (a) may not coach or lead the event in which students have
5078+35 an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest until the individual
5079+36 completes the training course required under this subsection. The
5080+37 provider shall provide the school with a certificate of completion to the
5081+38 school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school
5082+39 for each individual who completes a course under this subsection.
5083+40 (c) Each school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
5084+41 nonpublic school shall maintain all certificates of completion awarded
5085+42 under subsection (b) for each individual described in subsection (a).
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5090-1 described in subsection (e) is properly maintained.
5091-2 (2) (1) Develop a venue specific emergency action plan for
5092-3 sudden cardiac arrest. that:
5093-4 (A) establishes a goal of responding within three (3) minutes
5094-5 to a sudden cardiac arrest occurring within the venue; and
5095-6 (B) requires the performance of periodic drills at times and
5096-7 locations determined by the governing body.
5097-8 (3) Distribute the plan described in subdivision (2) to the school
5098-9 board.
5099-10 (4) (2) Share the plan described in subdivision (2) (1) with each
5100-11 individual described in subsection (a).
5101-12 (5) Post the plan described in subdivision (2) in a conspicuous
5102-13 place so that it is visible by any participants of an activity at the
5103-14 venue.
5104-15 (6) (3) Before the beginning of the season of each event in which
5105-16 students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest, share the
5106-17 plan described in subdivision (2) (1) with all applicable students.
5107-18 (j) (g) A school corporation, a charter school, a state accredited
5108-19 nonpublic school, (as defined in IC 20-18-2-18.7), or an accredited
5109-20 nonpublic school (as defined in IC 10-21-1-1) may apply for a grant
5110-21 under IC 10-21-1-2(a)(1)(C)(viii) to purchase an automated external
5111-22 defibrillator (AED) if the school corporation, charter school, state
5112-23 accredited nonpublic school or accredited nonpublic school develops
5113-24 a venue specific emergency action plan for sudden cardiac arrest.
5114-25 SECTION 176. IC 20-35-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.162-2024,
5115-26 SECTION 22, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5116-27 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) There is established under the state board
5117-28 a division of special education. The division shall exercise all the
5118-29 power and duties set out in this chapter, IC 20-35-3 through
5119-30 IC 20-35-6, and IC 20-35-8.
5120-31 (b) The governor secretary of education shall appoint upon the
5121-32 recommendation of the secretary of education, a director of special
5122-33 education who serves at the pleasure of the governor. secretary of
5123-34 education. The amount of compensation of the director shall be
5124-35 determined by the budget agency with the approval of the governor.
5125-36 The director has the following duties:
5126-37 (1) To do the following:
5127-38 (A) Have general supervision of special education programs
5128-39 and services, including those conducted by school
5129-40 corporations, charter schools, the Indiana School for the Blind
5130-41 and Visually Impaired, the Indiana School for the Deaf, the
5131-42 department of correction, and the division of mental health and
5087+1 (d) (c) An individual described in subsection (a) who complies with
5088+2 this section and provides coaching or leadership services in good faith
5089+3 is not personally liable for damages in a civil action as a result of a
5090+4 sudden cardiac arrest incurred by an applicable student participating in
5091+5 an event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac
5092+6 arrest for which the head coach, assistant coach, marching band leader,
5093+7 drama or musical leader, or other applicable leader provided coaching
5094+8 or leadership services, except for an act or omission by the individual
5095+9 described in subsection (a) that constitutes gross negligence or willful
5096+10 or wanton misconduct.
5097+11 (e) (d) An individual described in subsection (a) may shall ensure
5098+12 that an operational automated external defibrillator (AED) is present
5099+13 at each event in which students have an increased risk of sudden
5100+14 cardiac arrest for which the individual described in subsection (a) is
5101+15 providing coaching or leadership.
5102+16 (f) An automated external defibrillator (AED) described in
5103+17 subsection (e) may be:
5104+18 (1) deployed in accordance with the venue specific emergency
5105+19 action plan for sudden cardiac arrest developed under subsection
5106+20 (i);
5107+21 (2) except as provided in subsection (g), located on the premises
5108+22 where the event in which students have an increased risk of
5109+23 sudden cardiac arrest occurs; and
5110+24 (3) present for the duration of the event in which students have an
5111+25 increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
5112+26 (g) One (1) automated external defibrillator (AED) may be shared
5113+27 by two (2) or more events in which students have an increased risk of
5114+28 sudden cardiac arrest if the following conditions are met:
5115+29 (1) The events in which students have an increased risk of sudden
5116+30 cardiac arrest occur at the same time.
5117+31 (2) The events in which students have an increased risk of sudden
5118+32 cardiac arrest occur in locations that are in close proximity to
5119+33 each other, as determined by the department.
5120+34 (3) The automated external defibrillator (AED) is placed in a
5121+35 designated location that is between the events in which students
5122+36 have an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest and meets the
5123+37 requirement of subsection (f)(3).
5124+38 (4) Each individual described in subsection (a) who conducts an
5125+39 event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac
5126+40 arrest described in this subsection is aware of the designated
5127+41 location of the automated external defibrillator (AED).
5128+42 (h) (e) At each event in which students have an increased risk of
51325129 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 118
5133-1 addiction to ensure compliance with federal and state special
5134-2 education laws and rules.
5135-3 (B) Take appropriate action to ensure school corporations,
5136-4 charter schools, and the department remain eligible for federal
5137-5 special education funds.
5138-6 (C) Oversee the training of hearing officers and establish
5139-7 guidelines as described in IC 20-35-14-5.
5140-8 (2) With the consent of the secretary of education and the budget
5141-9 agency, to appoint and determine salaries for any assistants and
5142-10 other personnel needed to enable the director to accomplish the
5143-11 duties of the director's office.
5144-12 SECTION 177. IC 20-36-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.251-2017,
5145-13 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5146-14 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) The department shall establish a state
5147-15 resources program using designated state resources that:
5148-16 (1) supports school corporations in the development of local
5149-17 programs for high ability students;
5150-18 (2) enables educational opportunities that encourage high ability
5151-19 students to reach the highest possible level at every stage of the
5152-20 students' development; and
5153-21 (3) provides state integrated services that include the following:
5154-22 (A) Information and materials resource centers.
5155-23 (B) Professional development plan and programs.
5156-24 (C) Research and development services.
5157-25 (D) Technical assistance that includes the following:
5158-26 (i) Student assessment.
5159-27 (ii) Program assessment.
5160-28 (iii) Program development and implementation.
5161-29 (E) Support for educators pursuing professional development
5162-30 leading to endorsement or licensure in high ability education.
5163-31 (b) In addition to the program established under subsection (a), the
5164-32 department shall use appropriations to provide grants to school
5165-33 corporations for expenditures beyond those for regular educational
5166-34 programs and specific to programs for high ability students under
5167-35 section 2 of this chapter in an amount determined by the department
5168-36 that is based upon a set minimum amount increased by an additional
5169-37 amount for each student in the program. A school corporation's
5170-38 program must align with the strategic and continuous school
5171-39 improvement and achievement plans under IC 20-31-5-4 for the
5172-40 schools within the school corporation. A school that receives a grant
5173-41 under this subsection shall submit an annual report to the department
5174-42 that includes the following:
5130+1 sudden cardiac arrest, an individual described in subsection (a) may
5131+2 shall inform all individuals who are coaching or providing leadership
5132+3 at the event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac
5133+4 arrest of the location of the automated external defibrillator (AED).
5134+5 (i) (f) A school corporation, charter school, and state accredited
5135+6 nonpublic school may shall do the following:
5136+7 (1) Ensure that an automated external defibrillator (AED)
5137+8 described in subsection (e) is properly maintained.
5138+9 (2) (1) Develop a venue specific emergency action plan for
5139+10 sudden cardiac arrest. that:
5140+11 (A) establishes a goal of responding within three (3) minutes
5141+12 to a sudden cardiac arrest occurring within the venue; and
5142+13 (B) requires the performance of periodic drills at times and
5143+14 locations determined by the governing body.
5144+15 (3) Distribute the plan described in subdivision (2) to the school
5145+16 board.
5146+17 (4) (2) Share the plan described in subdivision (2) (1) with each
5147+18 individual described in subsection (a).
5148+19 (5) Post the plan described in subdivision (2) in a conspicuous
5149+20 place so that it is visible by any participants of an activity at the
5150+21 venue.
5151+22 (6) (3) Before the beginning of the season of each event in which
5152+23 students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest, share the
5153+24 plan described in subdivision (2) (1) with all applicable students.
5154+25 (j) (g) A school corporation, a charter school, a state accredited
5155+26 nonpublic school, (as defined in IC 20-18-2-18.7), or an accredited
5156+27 nonpublic school (as defined in IC 10-21-1-1) may apply for a grant
5157+28 under IC 10-21-1-2(a)(1)(C)(viii) to purchase an automated external
5158+29 defibrillator (AED) if the school corporation, charter school, state
5159+30 accredited nonpublic school or accredited nonpublic school develops
5160+31 a venue specific emergency action plan for sudden cardiac arrest.
5161+32 SECTION 177. IC 20-35-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.162-2024,
5162+33 SECTION 22, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5163+34 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) There is established under the state board
5164+35 a division of special education. The division shall exercise all the
5165+36 power and duties set out in this chapter, IC 20-35-3 through
5166+37 IC 20-35-6, and IC 20-35-8.
5167+38 (b) The governor secretary of education shall appoint upon the
5168+39 recommendation of the secretary of education, a director of special
5169+40 education who serves at the pleasure of the governor. secretary of
5170+41 education. The amount of compensation of the director shall be
5171+42 determined by the budget agency with the approval of the governor.
51755172 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 119
5176-1 (1) The programs for which the grant is used.
5177-2 (2) The results of the programs for which the grant is used,
5178-3 including student general assessment results, program
5179-4 effectiveness, or student achievement.
5180-5 SECTION 178. IC 20-36-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
5181-6 2025]. (Governor's Scholars Academy).
5182-7 SECTION 179. IC 20-37-2-1 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5183-8 1, 2025]. Sec. 1. (a) A governing body may establish and conduct a
5184-9 system of industrial or manual training and education to teach:
5185-10 (1) the major uses of tools and mechanical implements;
5186-11 (2) the elementary principles of mechanical construction;
5187-12 (3) mechanical drawing; and
5188-13 (4) printing.
5189-14 (b) If a system is established, the governing body shall employ
5190-15 competent instructors in the various subjects and shall establish rules
5191-16 and regulations on student admissions designed to produce the best
5192-17 results and to give instruction to the largest practicable number. A
5193-18 governing body may provide this instruction in school buildings or in
5194-19 separate buildings. Each governing body may:
5195-20 (1) require students enrolling in this system to pay a reasonable
5196-21 tuition fee; and
5197-22 (2) differentiate between students living in the attendance unit
5198-23 and those living outside the attendance unit in the amount of
5199-24 tuition charged.
5200-25 However, tuition charges by a school corporation operating under
5201-26 IC 20-25-3 and IC 20-25-4 are also regulated by IC 20-25-4-17.
5202-27 (c) Each governing body must provide equal access to students who
5203-28 attend a charter school or state accredited nonpublic school utilizing
5204-29 the same admittance practices that are currently in place if the charter
5205-30 school, state accredited nonpublic school, student, or school
5206-31 corporation (if the student is a dual enrollment student) provides the
5207-32 governing body tuition for the student, which may not be greater than
5208-33 the per capita cost of operating the system of industrial or manual
5209-34 training. However, the admission of a charter school or state accredited
5210-35 nonpublic school student may not result in the denial of a placement for
5211-36 a student enrolled in the school corporation or an entity established
5212-37 under IC 20-37-1-1.
5213-38 SECTION 180. IC 20-37-2-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5214-39 1, 2025]. Sec. 4. (a) Career and technical education centers, schools, or
5215-40 departments for industrial, agricultural, or home economics education
5216-41 may offer instruction in:
5217-42 (1) day;
5173+1 The director has the following duties:
5174+2 (1) To do the following:
5175+3 (A) Have general supervision of special education programs
5176+4 and services, including those conducted by school
5177+5 corporations, charter schools, the Indiana School for the Blind
5178+6 and Visually Impaired, the Indiana School for the Deaf, the
5179+7 department of correction, and the division of mental health and
5180+8 addiction to ensure compliance with federal and state special
5181+9 education laws and rules.
5182+10 (B) Take appropriate action to ensure school corporations,
5183+11 charter schools, and the department remain eligible for federal
5184+12 special education funds.
5185+13 (C) Oversee the training of hearing officers and establish
5186+14 guidelines as described in IC 20-35-14-5.
5187+15 (2) With the consent of the secretary of education and the budget
5188+16 agency, to appoint and determine salaries for any assistants and
5189+17 other personnel needed to enable the director to accomplish the
5190+18 duties of the director's office.
5191+19 SECTION 178. IC 20-36-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.251-2017,
5192+20 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5193+21 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) The department shall establish a state
5194+22 resources program using designated state resources that:
5195+23 (1) supports school corporations in the development of local
5196+24 programs for high ability students;
5197+25 (2) enables educational opportunities that encourage high ability
5198+26 students to reach the highest possible level at every stage of the
5199+27 students' development; and
5200+28 (3) provides state integrated services that include the following:
5201+29 (A) Information and materials resource centers.
5202+30 (B) Professional development plan and programs.
5203+31 (C) Research and development services.
5204+32 (D) Technical assistance that includes the following:
5205+33 (i) Student assessment.
5206+34 (ii) Program assessment.
5207+35 (iii) Program development and implementation.
5208+36 (E) Support for educators pursuing professional development
5209+37 leading to endorsement or licensure in high ability education.
5210+38 (b) In addition to the program established under subsection (a), the
5211+39 department shall use appropriations to provide grants to school
5212+40 corporations for expenditures beyond those for regular educational
5213+41 programs and specific to programs for high ability students under
5214+42 section 2 of this chapter in an amount determined by the department
52185215 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 120
5219-1 (2) part-time; and
5220-2 (3) evening;
5221-3 classes so that instruction in the principles and practice of the arts can
5222-4 occur together. The instruction must be less than college grade, and the
5223-5 instruction must be designed to meet the vocational needs of a person
5224-6 who can profit by the instruction.
5225-7 (b) Evening classes in:
5226-8 (1) an industrial;
5227-9 (2) an agricultural; or
5228-10 (3) a home economics;
5229-11 school or department must offer training for a person employed during
5230-12 the working day. This training, in order to be considered career and
5231-13 technical training, must deal with and relate to the subject matter of the
5232-14 day employment. However, evening classes in home economics must
5233-15 be open to all individuals.
5234-16 (c) Part-time classes in an industrial, agricultural, or home
5235-17 economics school or department are for persons giving a part of each
5236-18 working day, week, or longer period to a part-time class when it is in
5237-19 session. This part-time instruction must be:
5238-20 (1) complementary to the particular work conducted in the
5239-21 employment;
5240-22 (2) in subjects offered to enlarge civic or vocational intelligence;
5241-23 or
5242-24 (3) in trade preparation subjects.
5243-25 SECTION 181. IC 20-37-2-10 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5244-26 1, 2025]. Sec. 10. (a) Each governing body administering approved
5245-27 vocational schools or departments for industrial, agricultural, or home
5246-28 economics education shall appoint an advisory committee composed
5247-29 of members representing local trades, industries, and occupations.
5248-30 (b) The advisory committee shall advise the governing body and
5249-31 other school officials having the management and supervision of the
5250-32 schools or departments described in subsection (a).
5251-33 SECTION 182. IC 20-37-2-12 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5252-34 1, 2025]. Sec. 12. A school corporation that offers an institutional farm
5253-35 training program in any high school to veterans under 38 U.S.C. 3201
5254-36 et seq. may accept from any student tuition fees to be paid by the
5255-37 student from any allotment for tuition fees received by the student from
5256-38 the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
5257-39 SECTION 183. IC 20-39-1-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5258-40 1, 2025]. Sec. 3. IC 20-26-15-6 applies to the budget and accounting
5259-41 system of a freeway school.
5260-42 SECTION 184. IC 20-40-1-2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5216+1 that is based upon a set minimum amount increased by an additional
5217+2 amount for each student in the program. A school corporation's
5218+3 program must align with the strategic and continuous school
5219+4 improvement and achievement plans under IC 20-31-5-4 for the
5220+5 schools within the school corporation. A school that receives a grant
5221+6 under this subsection shall submit an annual report to the department
5222+7 that includes the following:
5223+8 (1) The programs for which the grant is used.
5224+9 (2) The results of the programs for which the grant is used,
5225+10 including student general assessment results, program
5226+11 effectiveness, or student achievement.
5227+12 SECTION 179. IC 20-36-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
5228+13 2025]. (Governor's Scholars Academy).
5229+14 SECTION 180. IC 20-37-2-1 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5230+15 1, 2025]. Sec. 1. (a) A governing body may establish and conduct a
5231+16 system of industrial or manual training and education to teach:
5232+17 (1) the major uses of tools and mechanical implements;
5233+18 (2) the elementary principles of mechanical construction;
5234+19 (3) mechanical drawing; and
5235+20 (4) printing.
5236+21 (b) If a system is established, the governing body shall employ
5237+22 competent instructors in the various subjects and shall establish rules
5238+23 and regulations on student admissions designed to produce the best
5239+24 results and to give instruction to the largest practicable number. A
5240+25 governing body may provide this instruction in school buildings or in
5241+26 separate buildings. Each governing body may:
5242+27 (1) require students enrolling in this system to pay a reasonable
5243+28 tuition fee; and
5244+29 (2) differentiate between students living in the attendance unit
5245+30 and those living outside the attendance unit in the amount of
5246+31 tuition charged.
5247+32 However, tuition charges by a school corporation operating under
5248+33 IC 20-25-3 and IC 20-25-4 are also regulated by IC 20-25-4-17.
5249+34 (c) Each governing body must provide equal access to students who
5250+35 attend a charter school or state accredited nonpublic school utilizing
5251+36 the same admittance practices that are currently in place if the charter
5252+37 school, state accredited nonpublic school, student, or school
5253+38 corporation (if the student is a dual enrollment student) provides the
5254+39 governing body tuition for the student, which may not be greater than
5255+40 the per capita cost of operating the system of industrial or manual
5256+41 training. However, the admission of a charter school or state accredited
5257+42 nonpublic school student may not result in the denial of a placement for
52615258 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 121
5262-1 1, 2025]. Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "freeway school" has the
5263-2 meaning set forth in IC 20-26-15-2.
5264-3 SECTION 185. IC 20-40-1-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5265-4 1, 2025]. Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "freeway school corporation"
5266-5 has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-15-3.
5267-6 SECTION 186. IC 20-40-18-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.244-2017,
5268-7 SECTION 86, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5269-8 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) This section sets forth an exclusive list of
5270-9 the expenditures that may be made from the operations fund under
5271-10 section 5(1) of this chapter, as set forth in the school corporation's plan
5272-11 or amended plan.
5273-12 (b) Subject to the expenditures that are identified in the school
5274-13 corporation's plan or amended plan, the operations fund shall be used
5275-14 for the following:
5276-15 (1) Site acquisition.
5277-16 (2) Site development.
5278-17 (3) Building acquisition, construction, replacement, renovation,
5279-18 remodeling, improvement, and maintenance, including building
5280-19 materials and employment services described in subsection (c).
5281-20 (4) Rental of real estate, buildings, facilities, and equipment.
5282-21 However, the fund may not be used for payments authorized
5283-22 under IC 20-47-2 and IC 20-47-3.
5284-23 (5) To repair and replace buildings and to repair and replace
5285-24 building fixtures that are:
5286-25 (A) owned or leased by the school corporation; and
5287-26 (B) of a type constituting loss capable of being covered by
5288-27 casualty insurance.
5289-28 (6) Purchase, lease, repair, or maintenance of equipment,
5290-29 including maintenance vehicles to be used by the school
5291-30 corporation. However, the fund may not be used to pay for the
5292-31 following:
5293-32 (A) The purchase, lease, repair, or maintenance of vehicles
5294-33 that are not maintenance vehicles.
5295-34 (B) Except as provided in subdivision (7), equipment to be
5296-35 used primarily for interscholastic or extracurricular activities.
5297-36 (7) Service contracts for janitorial and custodial services,
5298-37 maintenance services, snow and ice removal services, trash
5299-38 removal services, mowing and lawn care services, pest control
5300-39 services, and any other routine services normally required in the
5301-40 maintenance or upkeep of school facilities.
5302-41 (8) Repair, replacement, or site acquisition that is necessitated by
5303-42 an emergency.
5259+1 a student enrolled in the school corporation or an entity established
5260+2 under IC 20-37-1-1.
5261+3 SECTION 181. IC 20-37-2-4 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5262+4 1, 2025]. Sec. 4. (a) Career and technical education centers, schools, or
5263+5 departments for industrial, agricultural, or home economics education
5264+6 may offer instruction in:
5265+7 (1) day;
5266+8 (2) part-time; and
5267+9 (3) evening;
5268+10 classes so that instruction in the principles and practice of the arts can
5269+11 occur together. The instruction must be less than college grade, and the
5270+12 instruction must be designed to meet the vocational needs of a person
5271+13 who can profit by the instruction.
5272+14 (b) Evening classes in:
5273+15 (1) an industrial;
5274+16 (2) an agricultural; or
5275+17 (3) a home economics;
5276+18 school or department must offer training for a person employed during
5277+19 the working day. This training, in order to be considered career and
5278+20 technical training, must deal with and relate to the subject matter of the
5279+21 day employment. However, evening classes in home economics must
5280+22 be open to all individuals.
5281+23 (c) Part-time classes in an industrial, agricultural, or home
5282+24 economics school or department are for persons giving a part of each
5283+25 working day, week, or longer period to a part-time class when it is in
5284+26 session. This part-time instruction must be:
5285+27 (1) complementary to the particular work conducted in the
5286+28 employment;
5287+29 (2) in subjects offered to enlarge civic or vocational intelligence;
5288+30 or
5289+31 (3) in trade preparation subjects.
5290+32 SECTION 182. IC 20-37-2-10 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5291+33 1, 2025]. Sec. 10. (a) Each governing body administering approved
5292+34 vocational schools or departments for industrial, agricultural, or home
5293+35 economics education shall appoint an advisory committee composed
5294+36 of members representing local trades, industries, and occupations.
5295+37 (b) The advisory committee shall advise the governing body and
5296+38 other school officials having the management and supervision of the
5297+39 schools or departments described in subsection (a).
5298+40 SECTION 183. IC 20-37-2-12 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5299+41 1, 2025]. Sec. 12. A school corporation that offers an institutional farm
5300+42 training program in any high school to veterans under 38 U.S.C. 3201
53045301 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 122
5305-1 (9) Construction, repair, replacement, remodeling, or maintenance
5306-2 of a school sports facility. However, the maximum expenditures
5307-3 under this subdivision in a calendar year may not exceed two and
5308-4 seven-tenths percent (2.7%) of the property tax revenues levied
5309-5 for the fund in the calendar year.
5310-6 (10) Utilities.
5311-7 (11) Property and casualty insurance.
5312-8 (12) Purchase, lease, upgrade, maintain, or repair technology that
5313-9 will not be allocated to student instruction and learning under
5314-10 IC 20-42.5, including the following:
5315-11 (A) Computer hardware, computer software, wiring and
5316-12 computer networks, and communication access systems used
5317-13 to connect with computer networks or electronic gateways.
5318-14 (B) Services of full-time or part-time computer maintenance
5319-15 employees.
5320-16 (C) Conducting nonrecurring inservice technology training of
5321-17 school employees.
5322-18 (D) Implementing the technology preparation curriculum.
5323-19 under IC 20-30-12.
5324-20 (E) Participating in a program to provide educational
5325-21 technologies, including:
5326-22 (i) computers in the homes of students (commonly referred
5327-23 to as "the buddy system project") under IC 20-20-13-6;
5328-24 (ii) the 4R's technology program; or
5329-25 (iii) any other program under the educational technology
5330-26 program described in IC 20-20-13.
5331-27 (F) Obtaining any combination of equipment or services
5332-28 described in clauses (D) and (E).
5333-29 (13) To pay advances, together with interest on the advances,
5334-30 from the common school fund for educational technology
5335-31 programs under IC 20-49-4.
5336-32 (14) To pay for energy saving contracts entered into by a school
5337-33 corporation under IC 36-1-12.5.
5338-34 (15) To maintain a joint school established with a school
5339-35 corporation in an adjacent state under IC 20-23-11 as is otherwise
5340-36 provided by law for maintaining the public schools in Indiana.
5341-37 (16) To pay a judgment rendered against the school corporation,
5342-38 or rendered against an officer or employee of the school
5343-39 corporation for which the school corporation is liable under
5344-40 IC 34-13-2, IC 34-13-3, or IC 34-13-4 (or IC 34-4-16.5,
5345-41 IC 34-4-16.6, or IC 34-4-16.7 before their repeal).
5346-42 (17) To pay a claim or settlement for which the school corporation
5302+1 et seq. may accept from any student tuition fees to be paid by the
5303+2 student from any allotment for tuition fees received by the student from
5304+3 the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
5305+4 SECTION 184. IC 20-39-1-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5306+5 1, 2025]. Sec. 3. IC 20-26-15-6 applies to the budget and accounting
5307+6 system of a freeway school.
5308+7 SECTION 185. IC 20-40-1-2 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5309+8 1, 2025]. Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "freeway school" has the
5310+9 meaning set forth in IC 20-26-15-2.
5311+10 SECTION 186. IC 20-40-1-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
5312+11 1, 2025]. Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "freeway school corporation"
5313+12 has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-15-3.
5314+13 SECTION 187. IC 20-40-18-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.244-2017,
5315+14 SECTION 86, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5316+15 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) This section sets forth an exclusive list of
5317+16 the expenditures that may be made from the operations fund under
5318+17 section 5(1) of this chapter, as set forth in the school corporation's plan
5319+18 or amended plan.
5320+19 (b) Subject to the expenditures that are identified in the school
5321+20 corporation's plan or amended plan, the operations fund shall be used
5322+21 for the following:
5323+22 (1) Site acquisition.
5324+23 (2) Site development.
5325+24 (3) Building acquisition, construction, replacement, renovation,
5326+25 remodeling, improvement, and maintenance, including building
5327+26 materials and employment services described in subsection (c).
5328+27 (4) Rental of real estate, buildings, facilities, and equipment.
5329+28 However, the fund may not be used for payments authorized
5330+29 under IC 20-47-2 and IC 20-47-3.
5331+30 (5) To repair and replace buildings and to repair and replace
5332+31 building fixtures that are:
5333+32 (A) owned or leased by the school corporation; and
5334+33 (B) of a type constituting loss capable of being covered by
5335+34 casualty insurance.
5336+35 (6) Purchase, lease, repair, or maintenance of equipment,
5337+36 including maintenance vehicles to be used by the school
5338+37 corporation. However, the fund may not be used to pay for the
5339+38 following:
5340+39 (A) The purchase, lease, repair, or maintenance of vehicles
5341+40 that are not maintenance vehicles.
5342+41 (B) Except as provided in subdivision (7), equipment to be
5343+42 used primarily for interscholastic or extracurricular activities.
53475344 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 123
5348-1 is liable under IC 34-13-2, IC 34-13-3, or IC 34-13-4 (or
5349-2 IC 34-4-16.5, IC 34-4-16.6, or IC 34-4-16.7 before their repeal).
5350-3 (18) To pay a premium, management fee, claim, or settlement for
5351-4 which the school corporation is liable under a federal or state
5352-5 statute, including IC 22-3 and IC 22-4.
5353-6 (19) To pay a settlement or claim for which insurance coverage
5354-7 is permitted under IC 20-26-5-4(a)(15).
5355-8 (20) All other lawful expenses that are not expenses described in
5356-9 IC 20-40-2-4.
5357-10 (21) To pay for expenses incurred as a result of unusual
5358-11 circumstances.
5359-12 (c) The fund shall be used to pay for services of school corporation
5360-13 employees who perform services considered to be a skilled trade by the
5361-14 United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training
5362-15 Administration. For purposes of this subsection, skilled trade services
5363-16 do not include janitorial or comparable routine services normally
5364-17 provided in the daily operation of school facilities or equipment.
5365-18 Payment may be made for employee services only if the employees
5366-19 perform:
5367-20 (1) construction of;
5368-21 (2) renovation of;
5369-22 (3) remodeling of;
5370-23 (4) repair of; or
5371-24 (5) maintenance on;
5372-25 the facilities and equipment of the school corporation.
5373-26 SECTION 187. IC 20-42-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
5374-27 2025]. (Seminary Township School Fund).
5375-28 SECTION 188. IC 20-42.5-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.126-2017,
5376-29 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5377-30 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. A school corporation, charter school, or
5378-31 applicable nonpublic school individually, in collaboration with other
5379-32 school corporations, charter schools, or applicable nonpublic schools
5380-33 acting jointly, and through the educational services centers may
5381-34 undertake action to reduce noninstructional expenditures and allocate
5382-35 the resulting savings to student instruction and learning. Actions taken
5383-36 under this section include the following:
5384-37 (1) Pooling of resources with other school corporations, charter
5385-38 schools, or applicable nonpublic schools for liability insurance,
5386-39 property and casualty insurance, worker's compensation
5387-40 insurance, employee health insurance, vision insurance, dental
5388-41 insurance, or other insurance, whether by pooling risks for
5389-42 coverage or for the purchase of coverage, or by the creation of or
5345+1 (7) Service contracts for janitorial and custodial services,
5346+2 maintenance services, snow and ice removal services, trash
5347+3 removal services, mowing and lawn care services, pest control
5348+4 services, and any other routine services normally required in the
5349+5 maintenance or upkeep of school facilities.
5350+6 (8) Repair, replacement, or site acquisition that is necessitated by
5351+7 an emergency.
5352+8 (9) Construction, repair, replacement, remodeling, or maintenance
5353+9 of a school sports facility. However, the maximum expenditures
5354+10 under this subdivision in a calendar year may not exceed two and
5355+11 seven-tenths percent (2.7%) of the property tax revenues levied
5356+12 for the fund in the calendar year.
5357+13 (10) Utilities.
5358+14 (11) Property and casualty insurance.
5359+15 (12) Purchase, lease, upgrade, maintain, or repair technology that
5360+16 will not be allocated to student instruction and learning under
5361+17 IC 20-42.5, including the following:
5362+18 (A) Computer hardware, computer software, wiring and
5363+19 computer networks, and communication access systems used
5364+20 to connect with computer networks or electronic gateways.
5365+21 (B) Services of full-time or part-time computer maintenance
5366+22 employees.
5367+23 (C) Conducting nonrecurring inservice technology training of
5368+24 school employees.
5369+25 (D) Implementing the technology preparation curriculum.
5370+26 under IC 20-30-12.
5371+27 (E) Participating in a program to provide educational
5372+28 technologies, including:
5373+29 (i) computers in the homes of students (commonly referred
5374+30 to as "the buddy system project") under IC 20-20-13-6;
5375+31 (ii) the 4R's technology program; or
5376+32 (iii) any other program under the educational technology
5377+33 program described in IC 20-20-13.
5378+34 (F) Obtaining any combination of equipment or services
5379+35 described in clauses (D) and (E).
5380+36 (13) To pay advances, together with interest on the advances,
5381+37 from the common school fund for educational technology
5382+38 programs under IC 20-49-4.
5383+39 (14) To pay for energy saving contracts entered into by a school
5384+40 corporation under IC 36-1-12.5.
5385+41 (15) To maintain a joint school established with a school
5386+42 corporation in an adjacent state under IC 20-23-11 as is otherwise
53905387 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 124
5391-1 participation in insurance trusts, subject to the following:
5392-2 (A) School corporations, charter schools, and applicable
5393-3 nonpublic schools that elect to pool assets for coverage must
5394-4 create a trust under Indiana law for the assets. The trust is
5395-5 subject to regulation by the department of insurance as
5396-6 follows:
5397-7 (i) The trust must be registered with the department of
5398-8 insurance.
5399-9 (ii) The trust shall obtain stop loss insurance issued by an
5400-10 insurer authorized to do business in Indiana with an
5401-11 aggregate retention of not more than one hundred
5402-12 twenty-five percent (125%) of the amount of expected
5403-13 claims for the following year.
5404-14 (iii) Contributions by the school corporations, charter
5405-15 schools, and applicable nonpublic schools, acting jointly,
5406-16 must be set at one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate
5407-17 retention plus all other costs of the trust.
5408-18 (iv) The trust shall maintain a fidelity bond in an amount
5409-19 approved by the department of insurance. The fidelity bond
5410-20 must cover each person responsible for the trust for acts of
5411-21 fraud or dishonesty in servicing the trust.
5412-22 (v) The trust is subject to IC 27-4-1-4.5 regarding claims
5413-23 settlement practices.
5414-24 (vi) The trust shall file an annual audited financial
5415-25 statement in the form required by IC 27-1-3-13 with the
5416-26 department of insurance not later than March 1 May 1 of
5417-27 each year.
5418-28 (vii) The trust is not covered by the Indiana insurance
5419-29 guaranty association created under IC 27-6-8. The liability
5420-30 of each school corporation, charter school, and applicable
5421-31 nonpublic school is joint and several.
5422-32 (viii) The trust is subject to examination by the department
5423-33 of insurance. All costs associated with an examination shall
5424-34 be borne by the trust.
5425-35 (ix) The department of insurance may deny, suspend, or
5426-36 revoke the registration of a trust if the commissioner finds
5427-37 that the trust is in a hazardous financial condition, the trust
5428-38 refuses to be examined or produce records for examination,
5429-39 or the trust has failed to pay a final judgment rendered
5430-40 against the trust by a court within thirty (30) days.
5431-41 (B) The department of insurance may adopt rules under
5432-42 IC 4-22-2 to implement this subdivision.
5388+1 provided by law for maintaining the public schools in Indiana.
5389+2 (16) To pay a judgment rendered against the school corporation,
5390+3 or rendered against an officer or employee of the school
5391+4 corporation for which the school corporation is liable under
5392+5 IC 34-13-2, IC 34-13-3, or IC 34-13-4 (or IC 34-4-16.5,
5393+6 IC 34-4-16.6, or IC 34-4-16.7 before their repeal).
5394+7 (17) To pay a claim or settlement for which the school corporation
5395+8 is liable under IC 34-13-2, IC 34-13-3, or IC 34-13-4 (or
5396+9 IC 34-4-16.5, IC 34-4-16.6, or IC 34-4-16.7 before their repeal).
5397+10 (18) To pay a premium, management fee, claim, or settlement for
5398+11 which the school corporation is liable under a federal or state
5399+12 statute, including IC 22-3 and IC 22-4.
5400+13 (19) To pay a settlement or claim for which insurance coverage
5401+14 is permitted under IC 20-26-5-4(a)(15).
5402+15 (20) All other lawful expenses that are not expenses described in
5403+16 IC 20-40-2-4.
5404+17 (21) To pay for expenses incurred as a result of unusual
5405+18 circumstances.
5406+19 (c) The fund shall be used to pay for services of school corporation
5407+20 employees who perform services considered to be a skilled trade by the
5408+21 United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training
5409+22 Administration. For purposes of this subsection, skilled trade services
5410+23 do not include janitorial or comparable routine services normally
5411+24 provided in the daily operation of school facilities or equipment.
5412+25 Payment may be made for employee services only if the employees
5413+26 perform:
5414+27 (1) construction of;
5415+28 (2) renovation of;
5416+29 (3) remodeling of;
5417+30 (4) repair of; or
5418+31 (5) maintenance on;
5419+32 the facilities and equipment of the school corporation.
5420+33 SECTION 188. IC 20-42-3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
5421+34 2025]. (Seminary Township School Fund).
5422+35 SECTION 189. IC 20-42.5-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.126-2017,
5423+36 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5424+37 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. A school corporation, charter school, or
5425+38 applicable nonpublic school individually, in collaboration with other
5426+39 school corporations, charter schools, or applicable nonpublic schools
5427+40 acting jointly, and through the educational services centers may
5428+41 undertake action to reduce noninstructional expenditures and allocate
5429+42 the resulting savings to student instruction and learning. Actions taken
54335430 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 125
5434-1 (2) Electing, as an individual school corporation, charter school,
5435-2 or applicable nonpublic school, or as more than one (1) school
5436-3 corporation, charter school, or applicable nonpublic school acting
5437-4 jointly, to aggregate purchases of natural gas commodity supply
5438-5 from any available natural gas commodity seller for all schools
5439-6 included in the aggregated purchases. A rate schedule that is:
5440-7 (A) filed by a natural gas utility; and
5441-8 (B) approved by the Indiana utility regulatory commission;
5442-9 must include provisions that allow a school corporation, charter
5443-10 school, or applicable nonpublic school, or more than one (1)
5444-11 school corporation, charter school, or applicable nonpublic school
5445-12 acting jointly, to elect to make aggregated purchases of natural
5446-13 gas commodity supplies. Upon request from a school corporation,
5447-14 charter school, or applicable nonpublic school, a natural gas
5448-15 utility shall summarize the rates and charges for providing
5449-16 services to each school in the school corporation, to the charter
5450-17 school, or to the applicable nonpublic school, or to each school in
5451-18 a school corporation, charter school, and applicable nonpublic
5452-19 school that are acting jointly, on one (1) summary bill for
5453-20 remitting payment to the utility.
5454-21 (3) Consolidating purchases with other school corporations,
5455-22 charter schools, applicable nonpublic schools, or units of
5456-23 government of the following:
5457-24 (A) School buses and other vehicles and vehicle fleets.
5458-25 (B) Fuel, maintenance, or other services for vehicles or vehicle
5459-26 fleets.
5460-27 (C) Food services.
5461-28 (D) Facilities management services.
5462-29 (E) Transportation management services.
5463-30 (F) Curricular materials, technology, and other school
5464-31 materials and supplies.
5465-32 (G) Any other purchases a school corporation, charter school,
5466-33 or applicable nonpublic school may require.
5467-34 Purchases may be made by contiguous school corporations,
5468-35 including charter schools or applicable nonpublic schools in the
5469-36 contiguous school corporations, as part of regional consolidated
5470-37 purchasing arrangements, or from consolidated sources under
5471-38 multistate cooperative bidding arrangements.
5472-39 SECTION 189. IC 20-43-15 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
5473-40 2025]. (Dual Credit Teacher Stipend Matching Grant Fund).
5474-41 SECTION 190. IC 20-44-2-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.244-2017,
5475-42 SECTION 92, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5431+1 under this section include the following:
5432+2 (1) Pooling of resources with other school corporations, charter
5433+3 schools, or applicable nonpublic schools for liability insurance,
5434+4 property and casualty insurance, worker's compensation
5435+5 insurance, employee health insurance, vision insurance, dental
5436+6 insurance, or other insurance, whether by pooling risks for
5437+7 coverage or for the purchase of coverage, or by the creation of or
5438+8 participation in insurance trusts, subject to the following:
5439+9 (A) School corporations, charter schools, and applicable
5440+10 nonpublic schools that elect to pool assets for coverage must
5441+11 create a trust under Indiana law for the assets. The trust is
5442+12 subject to regulation by the department of insurance as
5443+13 follows:
5444+14 (i) The trust must be registered with the department of
5445+15 insurance.
5446+16 (ii) The trust shall obtain stop loss insurance issued by an
5447+17 insurer authorized to do business in Indiana with an
5448+18 aggregate retention of not more than one hundred
5449+19 twenty-five percent (125%) of the amount of expected
5450+20 claims for the following year.
5451+21 (iii) Contributions by the school corporations, charter
5452+22 schools, and applicable nonpublic schools, acting jointly,
5453+23 must be set at one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate
5454+24 retention plus all other costs of the trust.
5455+25 (iv) The trust shall maintain a fidelity bond in an amount
5456+26 approved by the department of insurance. The fidelity bond
5457+27 must cover each person responsible for the trust for acts of
5458+28 fraud or dishonesty in servicing the trust.
5459+29 (v) The trust is subject to IC 27-4-1-4.5 regarding claims
5460+30 settlement practices.
5461+31 (vi) The trust shall file an annual audited financial
5462+32 statement in the form required by IC 27-1-3-13 with the
5463+33 department of insurance not later than March 1 May 1 of
5464+34 each year.
5465+35 (vii) The trust is not covered by the Indiana insurance
5466+36 guaranty association created under IC 27-6-8. The liability
5467+37 of each school corporation, charter school, and applicable
5468+38 nonpublic school is joint and several.
5469+39 (viii) The trust is subject to examination by the department
5470+40 of insurance. All costs associated with an examination shall
5471+41 be borne by the trust.
5472+42 (ix) The department of insurance may deny, suspend, or
54765473 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 126
5477-1 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. A school corporation may impose a levy for a
5478-2 fund (before January 1, 2019) or its operations fund, (after December
5479-3 31, 2018), as permitted in IC 20-48-1-7, to repay an emergency loan to
5480-4 the fund (before January 1, 2019) or operations fund. (after December
5481-5 31, 2018).
5482-6 SECTION 191. IC 20-45-8-29, AS ADDED BY P.L.236-2023,
5483-7 SECTION 152, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5484-8 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 29. (a) This chapter expires on the
5485-9 later of:
5486-10 (1) January 1, 2045; or
5487-11 (2) the date on which all bonds or lease agreements outstanding
5488-12 on July 1, 2023, for which a pledge of tax revenue is made under
5489-13 this chapter are completely paid.
5490-14 (b) Not later than December 31, 2023, the fiscal officer of the
5491-15 county shall provide to the department of local government finance:
5492-16 (1) a list of each bond or lease agreement outstanding on July 1,
5493-17 2023, for which a pledge of tax revenue is made under this
5494-18 chapter; and
5495-19 (2) the date on which each bond or lease agreement identified
5496-20 in subdivision (1) will be completely paid.
5497-21 The department of local government finance shall publish the
5498-22 information received under this subsection on the department's
5499-23 interactive and searchable website containing local government
5500-24 information (the Indiana gateway for governmental units).
5501-25 SECTION 192. IC 20-45-9-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.236-2023,
5502-26 SECTION 153, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5503-27 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a
5504-28 qualified school corporation until the expiration of IC 20-45-8 under
5505-29 IC 20-45-8-29(a). IC 20-45-8-29.
5506-30 SECTION 193. IC 20-45-9-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.236-2023,
5507-31 SECTION 153, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5508-32 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. A qualified school corporation's
5509-33 property tax levy under this chapter for a calendar year is a property tax
5510-34 levy for the qualified school corporation's operations fund equal to the
5511-35 amount of the distribution that the qualified school corporation
5512-36 received in the year preceding the expiration of IC 20-45-8 under
5513-37 IC 20-45-8-29(a). IC 20-45-8-29. The property tax levy under this
5514-38 chapter is part of the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax
5515-39 levy under IC 20-46-8-1 for the qualified school corporation's
5516-40 operations fund.
5517-41 SECTION 194. IC 20-46-8-11, AS ADDED BY P.L.236-2023,
5518-42 SECTION 155, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5474+1 revoke the registration of a trust if the commissioner finds
5475+2 that the trust is in a hazardous financial condition, the trust
5476+3 refuses to be examined or produce records for examination,
5477+4 or the trust has failed to pay a final judgment rendered
5478+5 against the trust by a court within thirty (30) days.
5479+6 (B) The department of insurance may adopt rules under
5480+7 IC 4-22-2 to implement this subdivision.
5481+8 (2) Electing, as an individual school corporation, charter school,
5482+9 or applicable nonpublic school, or as more than one (1) school
5483+10 corporation, charter school, or applicable nonpublic school acting
5484+11 jointly, to aggregate purchases of natural gas commodity supply
5485+12 from any available natural gas commodity seller for all schools
5486+13 included in the aggregated purchases. A rate schedule that is:
5487+14 (A) filed by a natural gas utility; and
5488+15 (B) approved by the Indiana utility regulatory commission;
5489+16 must include provisions that allow a school corporation, charter
5490+17 school, or applicable nonpublic school, or more than one (1)
5491+18 school corporation, charter school, or applicable nonpublic school
5492+19 acting jointly, to elect to make aggregated purchases of natural
5493+20 gas commodity supplies. Upon request from a school corporation,
5494+21 charter school, or applicable nonpublic school, a natural gas
5495+22 utility shall summarize the rates and charges for providing
5496+23 services to each school in the school corporation, to the charter
5497+24 school, or to the applicable nonpublic school, or to each school in
5498+25 a school corporation, charter school, and applicable nonpublic
5499+26 school that are acting jointly, on one (1) summary bill for
5500+27 remitting payment to the utility.
5501+28 (3) Consolidating purchases with other school corporations,
5502+29 charter schools, applicable nonpublic schools, or units of
5503+30 government of the following:
5504+31 (A) School buses and other vehicles and vehicle fleets.
5505+32 (B) Fuel, maintenance, or other services for vehicles or vehicle
5506+33 fleets.
5507+34 (C) Food services.
5508+35 (D) Facilities management services.
5509+36 (E) Transportation management services.
5510+37 (F) Curricular materials, technology, and other school
5511+38 materials and supplies.
5512+39 (G) Any other purchases a school corporation, charter school,
5513+40 or applicable nonpublic school may require.
5514+41 Purchases may be made by contiguous school corporations,
5515+42 including charter schools or applicable nonpublic schools in the
55195516 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 127
5520-1 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. (a) This chapter does not apply
5521-2 to a qualified school corporation until the expiration of IC 20-45-8
5522-3 under IC 20-45-8-29(a). IC 20-45-8-29.
5523-4 (b) As used in this section, "qualified school corporation" has the
5524-5 meaning set forth in IC 20-45-9-2.
5525-6 (c) The property tax levy limits imposed by section 1 of this chapter
5526-7 do not apply to property taxes imposed by a qualified school
5527-8 corporation under IC 20-45-9.
5528-9 (d) For the purpose of computing the maximum permissible
5529-10 operations fund property tax levy imposed on a qualified school
5530-11 corporation by section 1 of this chapter, the qualified school
5531-12 corporation's maximum permissible operations fund levy for a
5532-13 particular year does not include that part of the levy described in
5533-14 subsection (c).
5534-15 SECTION 195. IC 20-51-1-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.182-2009(ss),
5535-16 SECTION 364, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5536-17 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) "Cost of education" means the
5537-18 tuition and fees that would otherwise be charged by a participating
5538-19 school to:
5539-20 (1) an eligible student; or
5540-21 (2) a parent of an eligible student.
5541-22 (b) In the case of an eligible pupil who attends a public school, the
5542-23 term includes any transfer tuition charged to the eligible student or a
5543-24 parent of the eligible student.
5544-25 SECTION 196. IC 20-51-1-4.7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.242-2017,
5545-26 SECTION 49, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5546-27 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.7. "Eligible school" refers to a public or
5547-28 nonpublic elementary school or high school that:
5548-29 (1) is located in Indiana;
5549-30 (2) requires an eligible choice scholarship student to pay tuition
5550-31 or transfer tuition to attend;
5551-32 (3) voluntarily agrees to enroll an eligible choice scholarship
5552-33 student;
5553-34 (4) is accredited by either the state board or a national or regional
5554-35 accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board;
5555-36 (5) administers the statewide assessment program;
5556-37 (6) is not a charter school or the school corporation in which an
5557-38 eligible choice scholarship student has legal settlement under
5558-39 IC 20-26-11; and
5559-40 (7) submits to the department only the student performance data
5560-41 required for a category designation under IC 20-31-8-3.
5561-42 SECTION 197. IC 20-51-1-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.242-2017,
5517+1 contiguous school corporations, as part of regional consolidated
5518+2 purchasing arrangements, or from consolidated sources under
5519+3 multistate cooperative bidding arrangements.
5520+4 SECTION 190. IC 20-43-15 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
5521+5 2025]. (Dual Credit Teacher Stipend Matching Grant Fund).
5522+6 SECTION 191. IC 20-44-2-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.244-2017,
5523+7 SECTION 92, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5524+8 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. A school corporation may impose a levy for a
5525+9 fund (before January 1, 2019) or its operations fund, (after December
5526+10 31, 2018), as permitted in IC 20-48-1-7, to repay an emergency loan to
5527+11 the fund (before January 1, 2019) or operations fund. (after December
5528+12 31, 2018).
5529+13 SECTION 192. IC 20-45-8-29, AS ADDED BY P.L.236-2023,
5530+14 SECTION 152, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5531+15 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 29. (a) This chapter expires on the
5532+16 later of:
5533+17 (1) January 1, 2045; or
5534+18 (2) the date on which all bonds or lease agreements outstanding
5535+19 on July 1, 2023, for which a pledge of tax revenue is made under
5536+20 this chapter are completely paid.
5537+21 (b) Not later than December 31, 2023, the fiscal officer of the
5538+22 county shall provide to the department of local government finance:
5539+23 (1) a list of each bond or lease agreement outstanding on July 1,
5540+24 2023, for which a pledge of tax revenue is made under this
5541+25 chapter; and
5542+26 (2) the date on which each bond or lease agreement identified
5543+27 in subdivision (1) will be completely paid.
5544+28 The department of local government finance shall publish the
5545+29 information received under this subsection on the department's
5546+30 interactive and searchable website containing local government
5547+31 information (the Indiana gateway for governmental units).
5548+32 SECTION 193. IC 20-45-9-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.236-2023,
5549+33 SECTION 153, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5550+34 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a
5551+35 qualified school corporation until the expiration of IC 20-45-8 under
5552+36 IC 20-45-8-29(a). IC 20-45-8-29.
5553+37 SECTION 194. IC 20-45-9-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.236-2023,
5554+38 SECTION 153, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5555+39 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. A qualified school corporation's
5556+40 property tax levy under this chapter for a calendar year is a property tax
5557+41 levy for the qualified school corporation's operations fund equal to the
5558+42 amount of the distribution that the qualified school corporation
55625559 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 128
5563-1 SECTION 50, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5564-2 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. (a) "Participating school" refers to a public or
5565-3 nonpublic school that:
5566-4 (1) an eligible student is required to pay tuition or transfer tuition
5567-5 to attend;
5568-6 (2) voluntarily agrees to enroll an eligible student;
5569-7 (3) is accredited by either the state board or a national or regional
5570-8 accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board; and
5571-9 (4) administers the tests under the statewide assessment program
5572-10 or administers another nationally recognized and norm-referenced
5573-11 assessment of the school's students.
5574-12 (b) The term does not include a public school in a school
5575-13 corporation where the eligible student has legal settlement under
5576-14 IC 20-26-11.
5577-15 SECTION 198. IC 20-51-4-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.165-2021,
5578-16 SECTION 177, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5579-17 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) The amount an eligible choice
5580-18 scholarship student is entitled to receive under this chapter for a school
5581-19 year is equal to the following:
5582-20 (1) The lesser of the following:
5583-21 (A) The sum of the tuition or transfer tuition and fees required
5584-22 for enrollment or attendance of the eligible choice scholarship
5585-23 student at the eligible school selected by the eligible choice
5586-24 scholarship student for a school year that the eligible choice
5587-25 scholarship student (or the parent of the eligible choice
5588-26 scholarship student) would otherwise be obligated to pay to
5589-27 the eligible school.
5590-28 (B) For the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and each
5591-29 state fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to ninety percent
5592-30 (90%) of the state tuition support amount determined under
5593-31 section 5 of this chapter.
5594-32 (2) In addition to the amount described in subdivision (1), if the
5595-33 eligible choice scholarship student has been identified as eligible
5596-34 for special education services under IC 20-35 and the eligible
5597-35 school provides the necessary special education or related
5598-36 services to the eligible choice scholarship student, any amount
5599-37 that a school corporation would receive under IC 20-43-7 for the
5600-38 eligible choice scholarship student if the eligible choice
5601-39 scholarship student attended the school corporation. However, if
5602-40 an eligible choice scholarship student changes schools during the
5603-41 school year after the December 1 count under IC 20-43-7-1 of
5604-42 eligible pupils enrolled in special education programs and the
5560+1 received in the year preceding the expiration of IC 20-45-8 under
5561+2 IC 20-45-8-29(a). IC 20-45-8-29. The property tax levy under this
5562+3 chapter is part of the maximum permissible ad valorem property tax
5563+4 levy under IC 20-46-8-1 for the qualified school corporation's
5564+5 operations fund.
5565+6 SECTION 195. IC 20-46-8-11, AS ADDED BY P.L.236-2023,
5566+7 SECTION 155, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5567+8 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. (a) This chapter does not apply
5568+9 to a qualified school corporation until the expiration of IC 20-45-8
5569+10 under IC 20-45-8-29(a). IC 20-45-8-29.
5570+11 (b) As used in this section, "qualified school corporation" has the
5571+12 meaning set forth in IC 20-45-9-2.
5572+13 (c) The property tax levy limits imposed by section 1 of this chapter
5573+14 do not apply to property taxes imposed by a qualified school
5574+15 corporation under IC 20-45-9.
5575+16 (d) For the purpose of computing the maximum permissible
5576+17 operations fund property tax levy imposed on a qualified school
5577+18 corporation by section 1 of this chapter, the qualified school
5578+19 corporation's maximum permissible operations fund levy for a
5579+20 particular year does not include that part of the levy described in
5580+21 subsection (c).
5581+22 SECTION 196. IC 20-51-1-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.182-2009(ss),
5582+23 SECTION 364, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5583+24 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) "Cost of education" means the
5584+25 tuition and fees that would otherwise be charged by a participating
5585+26 school to:
5586+27 (1) an eligible student; or
5587+28 (2) a parent of an eligible student.
5588+29 (b) In the case of an eligible pupil who attends a public school, the
5589+30 term includes any transfer tuition charged to the eligible student or a
5590+31 parent of the eligible student.
5591+32 SECTION 197. IC 20-51-1-4.7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.242-2017,
5592+33 SECTION 49, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5593+34 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.7. "Eligible school" refers to a public or
5594+35 nonpublic elementary school or high school that:
5595+36 (1) is located in Indiana;
5596+37 (2) requires an eligible choice scholarship student to pay tuition
5597+38 or transfer tuition to attend;
5598+39 (3) voluntarily agrees to enroll an eligible choice scholarship
5599+40 student;
5600+41 (4) is accredited by either the state board or a national or regional
5601+42 accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board;
56055602 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 129
5606-1 eligible choice scholarship student enrolls in a different eligible
5607-2 school, any choice scholarship amounts paid to the eligible choice
5608-3 scholarship student for the remainder of the school year after the
5609-4 eligible choice scholarship student enrolls in the different eligible
5610-5 school shall not include amounts that a school corporation would
5611-6 receive under IC 20-43-7 for the eligible choice scholarship
5612-7 student if the eligible choice scholarship student attended the
5613-8 school corporation.
5614-9 (b) The amount an eligible choice scholarship student is entitled to
5615-10 receive under this chapter if the eligible student applies for the choice
5616-11 scholarship under section 7(e) of this chapter shall be reduced on a
5617-12 prorated basis in the manner prescribed in section 6 of this chapter.
5618-13 SECTION 199. IC 20-52 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
5619-14 2025]. (Student Enrichment Grants).
5620-15 SECTION 200. IC 31-36-3-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.200-2023,
5621-16 SECTION 34, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5622-17 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "homeless youth"
5623-18 means an individual who:
5624-19 (1) is:
5625-20 (A) at least sixteen (16) years of age; and
5626-21 (B) less than eighteen (18) years of age;
5627-22 (2) is unemancipated;
5628-23 (3) is mentally competent; and
5629-24 (4) lives in a situation described in 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)(A) and
5630-25 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)(B) with or without the consent of the
5631-26 individual's parent, guardian, or custodian.
5632-27 (b) An individual identified in subsection (c)(3) who presents a fee
5633-28 and consent waiver affidavit described in subsection (c) on behalf of a
5634-29 homeless youth to the appropriate agency or entity shall:
5635-30 (1) have access, without charge and the consent of a parent,
5636-31 guardian, or custodian, to the homeless youth's:
5637-32 (A) certificate of birth;
5638-33 (B) photo identification card under IC 9-24-16-10(c); and
5639-34 (C) Indiana driver's license; and
5640-35 (2) be permitted to enroll the homeless youth in adult basic
5641-36 education services and register the homeless youth for the Indiana
5642-37 high school equivalency examination following the completion of
5643-38 an exit interview by the homeless youth under IC 20-33-2-9.
5644-39 IC 20-33-2-28.5.
5645-40 (c) A fee and consent waiver affidavit executed under this
5646-41 subsection shall contain the following:
5647-42 (1) The homeless youth's:
5603+1 (5) administers the statewide assessment program;
5604+2 (6) is not a charter school or the school corporation in which an
5605+3 eligible choice scholarship student has legal settlement under
5606+4 IC 20-26-11; and
5607+5 (7) submits to the department only the student performance data
5608+6 required for a category designation under IC 20-31-8-3.
5609+7 SECTION 198. IC 20-51-1-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.242-2017,
5610+8 SECTION 50, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5611+9 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 6. (a) "Participating school" refers to a public or
5612+10 nonpublic school that:
5613+11 (1) an eligible student is required to pay tuition or transfer tuition
5614+12 to attend;
5615+13 (2) voluntarily agrees to enroll an eligible student;
5616+14 (3) is accredited by either the state board or a national or regional
5617+15 accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board; and
5618+16 (4) administers the tests under the statewide assessment program
5619+17 or administers another nationally recognized and norm-referenced
5620+18 assessment of the school's students.
5621+19 (b) The term does not include a public school in a school
5622+20 corporation where the eligible student has legal settlement under
5623+21 IC 20-26-11.
5624+22 SECTION 199. IC 20-51-4-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.165-2021,
5625+23 SECTION 177, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
5626+24 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) The amount an eligible choice
5627+25 scholarship student is entitled to receive under this chapter for a school
5628+26 year is equal to the following:
5629+27 (1) The lesser of the following:
5630+28 (A) The sum of the tuition or transfer tuition and fees required
5631+29 for enrollment or attendance of the eligible choice scholarship
5632+30 student at the eligible school selected by the eligible choice
5633+31 scholarship student for a school year that the eligible choice
5634+32 scholarship student (or the parent of the eligible choice
5635+33 scholarship student) would otherwise be obligated to pay to
5636+34 the eligible school.
5637+35 (B) For the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and each
5638+36 state fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to ninety percent
5639+37 (90%) of the state tuition support amount determined under
5640+38 section 5 of this chapter.
5641+39 (2) In addition to the amount described in subdivision (1), if the
5642+40 eligible choice scholarship student has been identified as eligible
5643+41 for special education services under IC 20-35 and the eligible
5644+42 school provides the necessary special education or related
56485645 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 130
5649-1 (A) full name; and
5650-2 (B) date of birth.
5651-3 (2) The name, address, and telephone number of the government
5652-4 entity, school corporation liaison for homeless youth, or nonprofit
5653-5 organization that:
5654-6 (A) is providing services to the homeless youth; and
5655-7 (B) will accept delivery of mail for the homeless youth.
5656-8 (3) The name of the legal representative of the government entity,
5657-9 school corporation liaison for homeless youth, or nonprofit
5658-10 organization described in subdivision (2).
5659-11 (4) The signature of the legal representative described in
5660-12 subdivision (3) and the date of the signature.
5661-13 (5) The signature of the homeless youth and the date of the
5662-14 signature.
5663-15 A fee and consent waiver affidavit executed under this subsection must
5664-16 be verified by affirmation or representation.
5665-17 SECTION 201. IC 34-30-2.1-281 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE
5666-18 JULY 1, 2025]. Sec. 281. IC 20-34-3-24 (Concerning the use of
5667-19 bleeding control kits by school employees).
5668-20 SECTION 202. IC 34-30-14-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
5669-21 SECTION 44, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5670-22 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. A teacher:
5671-23 (1) who meets the training or certification requirements
5672-24 prescribed by the state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1(b)
5673-25 IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5; and
5674-26 (2) who:
5675-27 (A) performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation on;
5676-28 (B) performs the Heimlich maneuver on;
5677-29 (C) removes a foreign body that is obstructing an airway of; or
5678-30 (D) uses an automated external defibrillator on;
5679-31 another person, in the course of employment as a teacher;
5680-32 is not liable in a civil action for damages resulting from an act or
5681-33 omission occurring during the provision of emergency assistance under
5682-34 this section, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or
5683-35 willful and wanton misconduct.
5684-36 SECTION 203. IC 36-2-6.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
5685-37 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5686-38 JULY 1, 2025]:
5687-39 Chapter 6.5. Local Board Regarding County Transfers or Gifts
5688-40 to a School Corporation
5689-41 Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a county having a population of
5690-42 more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and less than one
5646+1 services to the eligible choice scholarship student, any amount
5647+2 that a school corporation would receive under IC 20-43-7 for the
5648+3 eligible choice scholarship student if the eligible choice
5649+4 scholarship student attended the school corporation. However, if
5650+5 an eligible choice scholarship student changes schools during the
5651+6 school year after the December 1 count under IC 20-43-7-1 of
5652+7 eligible pupils enrolled in special education programs and the
5653+8 eligible choice scholarship student enrolls in a different eligible
5654+9 school, any choice scholarship amounts paid to the eligible choice
5655+10 scholarship student for the remainder of the school year after the
5656+11 eligible choice scholarship student enrolls in the different eligible
5657+12 school shall not include amounts that a school corporation would
5658+13 receive under IC 20-43-7 for the eligible choice scholarship
5659+14 student if the eligible choice scholarship student attended the
5660+15 school corporation.
5661+16 (b) The amount an eligible choice scholarship student is entitled to
5662+17 receive under this chapter if the eligible student applies for the choice
5663+18 scholarship under section 7(e) of this chapter shall be reduced on a
5664+19 prorated basis in the manner prescribed in section 6 of this chapter.
5665+20 SECTION 200. IC 20-52 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
5666+21 2025]. (Student Enrichment Grants).
5667+22 SECTION 201. IC 31-36-3-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.200-2023,
5668+23 SECTION 34, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5669+24 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "homeless youth"
5670+25 means an individual who:
5671+26 (1) is:
5672+27 (A) at least sixteen (16) years of age; and
5673+28 (B) less than eighteen (18) years of age;
5674+29 (2) is unemancipated;
5675+30 (3) is mentally competent; and
5676+31 (4) lives in a situation described in 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)(A) and
5677+32 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)(B) with or without the consent of the
5678+33 individual's parent, guardian, or custodian.
5679+34 (b) An individual identified in subsection (c)(3) who presents a fee
5680+35 and consent waiver affidavit described in subsection (c) on behalf of a
5681+36 homeless youth to the appropriate agency or entity shall:
5682+37 (1) have access, without charge and the consent of a parent,
5683+38 guardian, or custodian, to the homeless youth's:
5684+39 (A) certificate of birth;
5685+40 (B) photo identification card under IC 9-24-16-10(c); and
5686+41 (C) Indiana driver's license; and
5687+42 (2) be permitted to enroll the homeless youth in adult basic
56915688 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 131
5692-1 hundred ten thousand (110,000) and that has not more than one (1)
5693-2 school corporation.
5694-3 Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other state law or rule, if a county
5695-4 transfers or gifts any unencumbered funds to a school corporation
5696-5 located in the county, the county executive may establish a local
5697-6 board to exercise oversight and manage the use of the funds.
5698-7 Sec. 3. (a) A local board established in accordance with section
5699-8 2 of this chapter consists of the following members:
5700-9 (1) One (1) member appointed by the county executive.
5701-10 (2) One (1) member appointed by the county fiscal body.
5702-11 (3) One (1) member appointed by the mayor of the city or
5703-12 executive of the town having the largest population within the
5704-13 county.
5705-14 (4) One (1) member who is a representative of the county's
5706-15 business community, appointed by the county executive.
5707-16 (5) The president of the governing body of the school
5708-17 corporation located within the county.
5709-18 (b) The term of a member appointed under subsection (a)(1),
5710-19 (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) is two (2) years. A member serves until a
5711-20 successor is appointed and qualified. A member may be
5712-21 reappointed after the member's term has expired.
5713-22 (c) If a vacancy of a member appointed under subsection (a)(1),
5714-23 (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) occurs on the local board, the appointing
5715-24 authority shall appoint a new member. That member serves for the
5716-25 remainder of the vacated term.
5717-26 (d) A local board member appointed under subsection (a)(1),
5718-27 (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) may be removed for cause by the appointing
5719-28 authority who appointed the member.
5720-29 (e) Each member, before entering upon the member's duties,
5721-30 shall take and subscribe an oath of office in the usual form. The
5722-31 oath shall be endorsed upon the member's certificate of
5723-32 appointment. The certificate shall be promptly filed with the
5724-33 records of the local board.
5725-34 (f) A member may not receive a salary, but is entitled to
5726-35 reimbursement for any expenses necessarily incurred in the
5727-36 performance of the member's duties.
5728-37 (g) The expenses of the local board shall be paid by the county.
5729-38 Sec. 4. (a) The members may adopt the bylaws and rules that the
5730-39 members consider necessary for the proper conduct of their duties
5731-40 and the safeguarding of the funds entrusted to their care. A
5732-41 majority of the members constitutes a quorum, and the affirmative
5733-42 vote of a majority of the members appointed to the board is
5689+1 education services and register the homeless youth for the Indiana
5690+2 high school equivalency examination following the completion of
5691+3 an exit interview by the homeless youth under IC 20-33-2-9.
5692+4 IC 20-33-2-28.5.
5693+5 (c) A fee and consent waiver affidavit executed under this
5694+6 subsection shall contain the following:
5695+7 (1) The homeless youth's:
5696+8 (A) full name; and
5697+9 (B) date of birth.
5698+10 (2) The name, address, and telephone number of the government
5699+11 entity, school corporation liaison for homeless youth, or nonprofit
5700+12 organization that:
5701+13 (A) is providing services to the homeless youth; and
5702+14 (B) will accept delivery of mail for the homeless youth.
5703+15 (3) The name of the legal representative of the government entity,
5704+16 school corporation liaison for homeless youth, or nonprofit
5705+17 organization described in subdivision (2).
5706+18 (4) The signature of the legal representative described in
5707+19 subdivision (3) and the date of the signature.
5708+20 (5) The signature of the homeless youth and the date of the
5709+21 signature.
5710+22 A fee and consent waiver affidavit executed under this subsection must
5711+23 be verified by affirmation or representation.
5712+24 SECTION 202. IC 34-30-2.1-281 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE
5713+25 JULY 1, 2025]. Sec. 281. IC 20-34-3-24 (Concerning the use of
5714+26 bleeding control kits by school employees).
5715+27 SECTION 203. IC 34-30-14-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
5716+28 SECTION 44, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5717+29 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. A teacher:
5718+30 (1) who meets the training or certification requirements
5719+31 prescribed by the state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1(b)
5720+32 IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5; and
5721+33 (2) who:
5722+34 (A) performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation on;
5723+35 (B) performs the Heimlich maneuver on;
5724+36 (C) removes a foreign body that is obstructing an airway of; or
5725+37 (D) uses an automated external defibrillator on;
5726+38 another person, in the course of employment as a teacher;
5727+39 is not liable in a civil action for damages resulting from an act or
5728+40 omission occurring during the provision of emergency assistance under
5729+41 this section, unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence or
5730+42 willful and wanton misconduct.
57345731 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 132
5735-1 necessary to authorize any action.
5736-2 (b) The members of the local board shall elect one (1) of the
5737-3 members as president and one (1) member as treasurer to perform
5738-4 the duties of those offices.
5739-5 Sec. 5. A local board established in accordance with section 2 of
5740-6 this chapter shall have oversight and management of any funds
5741-7 described in section 2 of this chapter to use for projects for the
5742-8 applicable school corporation.
5743-9 Sec. 6. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the
5744-10 purposes of this chapter.
5745-11 Sec. 7. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, to the
5746-12 extent the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the
5747-13 provisions of any other general, special, or local law, the provisions
5748-14 of this chapter are controlling, and compliance with this chapter
5749-15 shall be treated as compliance with the conflicting law.
5732+1 SECTION 204. IC 36-2-6.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
5733+2 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
5734+3 JULY 1, 2025]:
5735+4 Chapter 6.5. Local Board Regarding County Transfers or Gifts
5736+5 to a School Corporation
5737+6 Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a county having a population of
5738+7 more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and less than one
5739+8 hundred ten thousand (110,000) and that has not more than one (1)
5740+9 school corporation.
5741+10 Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other state law or rule, if a county
5742+11 transfers or gifts any unencumbered funds to a school corporation
5743+12 located in the county, the county executive may establish a local
5744+13 board to exercise oversight and manage the use of the funds.
5745+14 Sec. 3. (a) A local board established in accordance with section
5746+15 2 of this chapter consists of the following members:
5747+16 (1) One (1) member appointed by the county executive.
5748+17 (2) One (1) member appointed by the county fiscal body.
5749+18 (3) One (1) member appointed by the mayor of the city or
5750+19 executive of the town having the largest population within the
5751+20 county.
5752+21 (4) One (1) member who is a representative of the county's
5753+22 business community, appointed by the county executive.
5754+23 (5) The president of the governing body of the school
5755+24 corporation located within the county.
5756+25 (b) The term of a member appointed under subsection (a)(1),
5757+26 (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) is two (2) years. A member serves until a
5758+27 successor is appointed and qualified. A member may be
5759+28 reappointed after the member's term has expired.
5760+29 (c) If a vacancy of a member appointed under subsection (a)(1),
5761+30 (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) occurs on the local board, the appointing
5762+31 authority shall appoint a new member. That member serves for the
5763+32 remainder of the vacated term.
5764+33 (d) A local board member appointed under subsection (a)(1),
5765+34 (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) may be removed for cause by the appointing
5766+35 authority who appointed the member.
5767+36 (e) Each member, before entering upon the member's duties,
5768+37 shall take and subscribe an oath of office in the usual form. The
5769+38 oath shall be endorsed upon the member's certificate of
5770+39 appointment. The certificate shall be promptly filed with the
5771+40 records of the local board.
5772+41 (f) A member may not receive a salary, but is entitled to
5773+42 reimbursement for any expenses necessarily incurred in the
57505774 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 133
5775+1 performance of the member's duties.
5776+2 (g) The expenses of the local board shall be paid by the county.
5777+3 Sec. 4. (a) The members may adopt the bylaws and rules that the
5778+4 members consider necessary for the proper conduct of their duties
5779+5 and the safeguarding of the funds entrusted to their care. A
5780+6 majority of the members constitutes a quorum, and the affirmative
5781+7 vote of a majority of the members appointed to the board is
5782+8 necessary to authorize any action.
5783+9 (b) The members of the local board shall elect one (1) of the
5784+10 members as president and one (1) member as treasurer to perform
5785+11 the duties of those offices.
5786+12 Sec. 5. A local board established in accordance with section 2 of
5787+13 this chapter shall have oversight and management of any funds
5788+14 described in section 2 of this chapter to use for projects for the
5789+15 applicable school corporation.
5790+16 Sec. 6. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the
5791+17 purposes of this chapter.
5792+18 Sec. 7. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, to the
5793+19 extent the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the
5794+20 provisions of any other general, special, or local law, the provisions
5795+21 of this chapter are controlling, and compliance with this chapter
5796+22 shall be treated as compliance with the conflicting law.
5797+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 134
57515798 COMMITTEE REPORT
57525799 Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education, to which was referred
57535800 House Bill 1002, has had the same under consideration and begs leave
57545801 to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said
57555802 bill be amended as follows:
57565803 Page 52, delete lines 16 through 42.
57575804 Delete pages 53 through 54.
57585805 Page 55, delete lines 1 through 8.
57595806 Page 56, reset in roman lines 22 through 26.
57605807 Page 56, line 27, reset in roman "(d)".
57615808 Page 56, line 27, delete "(c)".
57625809 Page 56, line 32, reset in roman "(e)".
57635810 Page 56, line 32, delete "(d)".
57645811 Page 56, line 41, reset in roman "(f)".
57655812 Page 56, line 41, delete "(e)".
57665813 Page 57, line 15, reset in roman "(a)".
57675814 Page 60, reset in roman lines 6 through 9.
57685815 Page 72, delete lines 7 through 42, begin a new paragraph and
57695816 insert:
57705817 "SECTION 79. IC 20-26-4-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.58-2023,
57715818 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
57725819 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "electronic funds
57735820 transfer" means a transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated
57745821 by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an
57755822 electronic terminal, telephone, or computer or magnetic tape to order,
57765823 instruct, or authorize a financial institution to debit or credit an
57775824 account.
57785825 (b) The governing body of each school corporation shall organize by
57795826 electing:
57805827 (1) a president;
57815828 (2) a vice president; and
57825829 (3) a secretary;
57835830 each of whom is a different member, not more than fifteen (15) thirty
57845831 (30) days after the commencement date of the members' terms of
57855832 office.
57865833 (c) A governing body shall, at the time that officers are elected
57875834 under subsection (b), appoint a treasurer of the governing body and of
57885835 the school corporation who is a person, other than the superintendent
57895836 of schools, who is not a member of the governing body. The treasurer
57905837 may, with the approval of the governing body, appoint a deputy who
57915838 must be a person, other than the superintendent of schools, who is not
5792-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 134
5839+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 135
57935840 a member of the governing body and who has the same powers and
57945841 duties as the treasurer, or lesser duties as provided by the governing
57955842 body by rule.
57965843 (d) The treasurer is the official custodian of all funds of the school
57975844 corporation and is responsible for the proper safeguarding and
57985845 accounting for the funds. The treasurer shall:
57995846 (1) issue a receipt for money received by the treasurer;
58005847 (2) deposit money described in subdivision (1) in accordance with
58015848 the laws governing the deposit of public funds; and
58025849 (3) issue all warrants in payment of expenses lawfully incurred on
58035850 behalf of the school corporation. However, except as otherwise
58045851 provided by law, warrants described in this subdivision must be
58055852 issued only after proper allowance or approval by the governing
58065853 body. The governing body may not require an allowance or
58075854 approval for amounts lawfully due in payment of indebtedness or
58085855 payments due the state, the United States government, or agencies
58095856 and instrumentalities of the state or the United States government.
58105857 A verification, other than a properly itemized invoice, may not be
58115858 required for any claim. A claim is sufficient as to form if the bill or
58125859 statement for the claim has printed or stamped on the face of the bill or
58135860 statement a verification of the bill or statement in language approved
58145861 by the state board of accounts.
58155862 (e) Notwithstanding subsection (d), a treasurer may transact school
58165863 corporation financial business with a financial institution or a public
58175864 retirement fund through the use of electronic funds transfer. The
58185865 treasurer must provide adequate documentation to the governing body
58195866 of transfers made under this subsection. This subsection applies only
58205867 to agreements for joint investment of money under IC 5-13-9 and to
58215868 payments to the Indiana public retirement system for:
58225869 (1) the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; or
58235870 (2) the public employees' retirement fund;
58245871 from participating employers.
58255872 (f) Except as provided in IC 5-11, a treasurer is not personally liable
58265873 for an act or omission occurring in connection with the performance of
58275874 the duties set forth in this section, unless the act or omission constitutes
58285875 gross negligence or an intentional disregard of the treasurer's duties.
58295876 (g) A governing body may establish the position of executive
58305877 secretary to the governing body. The executive secretary:
58315878 (1) must be an employee of the school corporation;
58325879 (2) may not be a member of the governing body; and
58335880 (3) must be appointed by the governing body upon the
58345881 recommendation of the superintendent of the school corporation.
5835-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 135
5882+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 136
58365883 The governing body shall determine the duties of the executive
58375884 secretary, which may include all or part of the duties of the secretary of
58385885 the board.".
58395886 Page 73, delete lines 1 through 31.
58405887 Page 75, delete lines 36 through 42.
58415888 Page 76, delete lines 1 through 40.
58425889 Page 77, delete lines 21 through 42.
58435890 Page 78, delete lines 1 through 11.
58445891 Page 82, delete lines 34 through 42, begin a new paragraph and
58455892 insert:
58465893 "SECTION 101. IC 20-26-18 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
58475894 1, 2025]. (Criminal Gang Measures).".
58485895 Delete page 83.
58495896 Page 84, delete lines 1 through 27.
58505897 Page 87, delete lines 9 through 28, begin a new paragraph and
58515898 insert:
58525899 "SECTION 116. IC 20-28-3-4.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
58535900 SECTION 23, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
58545901 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.5. (a) Each school corporation, charter school,
58555902 and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each school
58565903 employee likely to have direct, ongoing contact with children within
58575904 the scope of the employee's employment to attend or participate in
58585905 training on child abuse and neglect, including:
58595906 (1) training on the duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect
58605907 under IC 31-33-5; and
58615908 (2) training on recognizing possible signs of child abuse or
58625909 neglect.
58635910 in a manner prescribed by the state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or
58645911 IC 20-28-5.5-1.5.
58655912 (b) In addition to training required for an initial license under
58665913 IC 20-28-5-12.3, a school employee described in subsection (a) who
58675914 holds a license or permit from the division of professional
58685915 standards of the department under this article shall, as a
58695916 requirement for license or permit renewal, attend or participate in
58705917 training described in subsection (a) before the school employee's
58715918 license or permit may be renewed.
58725919 (c) Each school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
58735920 nonpublic school shall require each school employee described in
58745921 subsection (a) whose employment is not dependent on the holding
58755922 of a license or permit under this article to attend or participate in
58765923 the training described in subsection (a) at least once every two (2)
58775924 years.
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5925+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 137
58795926 (b) (d) The training required under this section must count toward
58805927 the requirements for professional development required by the
58815928 governing body.
58825929 (c) In the event the state board does not require training to be
58835930 completed as part of a teacher preparation program under
58845931 IC 20-28-5.5-1, the training required under this section must be during
58855932 the school employee's contracted day or at a time chosen by the
58865933 employee.".
58875934 Page 88, delete lines 30 through 42, begin a new paragraph and
58885935 insert:
58895936 "SECTION 114. IC 20-28-3-11 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
58905937 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
58915938 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. (a) A teacher preparation
58925939 program shall include content within the curriculum that:
58935940 (1) prepares teacher candidates to use evidence based trauma
58945941 informed classroom instruction that is conducive to
58955942 supporting students who have experienced trauma that may
58965943 interfere with a student's academic functioning; and
58975944 (2) provides information on applicable Indiana laws regarding
58985945 other instructional requirements and applicable Indiana laws
58995946 relating to the instruction and recognition described in
59005947 subdivision (1), including the following:
59015948 (A) IC 20-30-5-5.
59025949 (B) IC 20-30-5-6.
59035950 (C) IC 20-30-5-13.
59045951 (D) IC 20-30-5-17.
59055952 (E) IC 20-34-3-21.
59065953 (b) The teacher preparation program shall consider using
59075954 curricula that includes:
59085955 (1) training on the potential impacts of trauma;
59095956 (2) strategies for recognizing the signs and symptoms of
59105957 trauma;
59115958 (3) practical recommendations for running a trauma
59125959 informed classroom; and
59135960 (4) approaches for avoiding revictimization in schools.".
59145961 Page 89, delete lines 1 through 21.
59155962 Page 96, reset in roman line 28.
59165963 Page 99, delete lines 13 through 42.
59175964 Delete page 100.
59185965 Page 101, delete line 1.
59195966 Page 101, delete lines 14 through 42.
59205967 Page 102, delete lines 1 through 10.
5921-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 137
5968+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 138
59225969 Page 106, delete lines 23 through 42, begin a new paragraph and
59235970 insert:
59245971 "SECTION 157. IC 20-31-3-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.250-2023,
59255972 SECTION 32, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
59265973 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) Subject to section 2.5 of this chapter, the
59275974 state board shall adopt clear, concise, and jargon free state academic
59285975 standards that are comparable to national and international academic
59295976 standards and the college and career readiness educational standards
59305977 adopted under IC 20-19-2-14.5. These academic standards must be
59315978 adopted for each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12 for
59325979 the following subjects:
59335980 (1) English/language arts.
59345981 (2) Mathematics.
59355982 (3) Social studies.
59365983 (4) Science.
59375984 (b) For grade levels tested under the statewide assessment program,
59385985 the academic standards must be based in part on the results of the
59395986 statewide assessment program.
59405987 (c) The state board shall, in consultation with postsecondary
59415988 educational institutions and various businesses and industries, identify
59425989 what skills or traits students need to be successful upon completion of
59435990 high school. The department must conduct a research study to define
59445991 essential postsecondary skills to promote enlistment, enrollment, and
59455992 employment. The study must inform a reduction in high school
59465993 standards to align to essential skills needed for postsecondary success.
59475994 The study must be submitted to the state board and to the general
59485995 assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 on or before
59495996 December 1, 2022. Not later than June 1, 2023, the department must
59505997 provide recommended reductions to the Indiana academic standards
59515998 with a goal of defining no more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the
59525999 number of academic standards in effect on July 1, 2022, as essential for
59536000 grades 9 through 12 to the state board. Additional standards may be
59546001 included for vertical articulation to ensure academic and postsecondary
59556002 success, not to exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the academic
59566003 standards in effect on July 1, 2022. Not later than June 1, 2023, the
59576004 department must provide recommended reductions to the Indiana
59586005 academic standards with a goal of defining no more than thirty-three
59596006 percent (33%) of the number of academic standards in effect on July 1,
59606007 2022, as essential for kindergarten through grade 8 to the state board.
59616008 Additional standards may be included for vertical articulation to ensure
59626009 academic and postsecondary success, not to exceed seventy-five
59636010 percent (75%) of the academic standards in effect on July 1, 2022. A
5964-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 138
6011+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 139
59656012 realignment of the ILEARN assessment reflecting the reduction must
59666013 be completed not later than March 1, 2025.
59676014 (d) Upon receipt and review of the information received under
59686015 subsection (c), the state board shall adopt Indiana academic standards
59696016 for grades 9 through 12 and subsequently for kindergarten through
59706017 grade 8 relating to academic standards needed to meet the skills or
59716018 traits identified by the study. The academic standards developed under
59726019 this subsection must be included within the reduced number of
59736020 academic standards required by subsection (c). The department shall
59746021 submit the academic standards to the state board for approval in a
59756022 manner prescribed by the state board and the state board shall approve
59766023 academic standards in accordance with the requirements described in
59776024 this subsection not later than July 1, 2023. Standards approved under
59786025 this subsection must be implemented for the 2023-2024 school year
59796026 and each school year thereafter.
59806027 (e) (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the state board,
59816028 in developing academic standards for reading, shall implement
59826029 academic standards that are:
59836030 (1) aligned with the science of reading; and
59846031 (2) developmentally appropriate based on student need.".
59856032 Page 107, delete lines 1 through 40.
59866033 Page 109, delete lines 17 through 42.
59876034 Page 110, delete lines 1 through 28.
59886035 Page 114, delete lines 20 through 42.
59896036 Page 115, delete lines 1 through 4.
59906037 Page 129, reset in roman lines 4 through 6.
59916038 Page 129, line 7, reset in roman "(16)".
59926039 Page 129, line 7, delete "(15)".
59936040 Page 129, line 12, reset in roman "(17)".
59946041 Page 129, line 12, delete "(16)".
59956042 Page 129, line 16, reset in roman "(18)".
59966043 Page 129, line 16, delete "(17)".
59976044 Page 129, line 19, reset in roman "(19)".
59986045 Page 129, line 19, delete "(18)".
59996046 Page 129, line 21, reset in roman "(20)".
60006047 Page 129, line 21, delete "(19)".
60016048 Page 129, line 23, reset in roman "(21)".
60026049 Page 129, line 23, delete "(20)".
6003-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 139
6050+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 140
60046051 Page 130, delete lines 8 through 13.
60056052 Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
60066053 and when so amended that said bill do pass.
60076054 (Reference is to HB 1002 as introduced.)
60086055 BEHNING
60096056 Committee Vote: yeas 7, nays 4.
60106057 _____
60116058 HOUSE MOTION
60126059 Mr. Speaker: I move that House Bill 1002 be amended to read as
60136060 follows:
60146061 Page 53, strike lines 29 through 33.
60156062 Page 53, line 34, strike "(d)" and insert "(c)".
60166063 Page 53, line 39, strike "(e)" and insert "(d)".
60176064 Page 54, line 5, strike "(f)" and insert "(e)".
60186065 Page 54, line 20, strike "(a)".
60196066 Page 57, strike lines 11 through 14.
60206067 Page 75, delete lines 15 through 42, begin a new paragraph and
60216068 insert:
60226069 "SECTION 91. IC 20-26-11-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.43-2021,
60236070 SECTION 76, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
60246071 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. (a) The parents of any student, regardless of the
60256072 student's age, or the student after the student has become eighteen (18)
60266073 years of age may request a transfer from a school corporation in which
60276074 the student has a legal settlement to a transferee school corporation in
60286075 Indiana. or another state if the student may be better accommodated in
60296076 the public schools of the transferee corporation. Whether the student
60306077 can be better accommodated depends on such matters as:
60316078 (1) crowded conditions of the transferee or transferor corporation;
60326079 and
60336080 (2) curriculum offerings at the high school level that are important
60346081 to the vocational or academic aspirations of the student.
60356082 (b) The request for transfer must be made in writing to the transferor
60366083 corporation, which shall immediately mail a copy to the transferee
60376084 corporation. The request for transfer must be made at the times
60386085 provided under rules adopted by the state board. The transfer is
60396086 effected if both the transferee and the transferor corporations approve
6040-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 140
6087+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 141
60416088 the transfer not more than thirty (30) days after that mailing. If the
60426089 transferor school corporation fails to act on the transfer request within
60436090 thirty (30) days after the request is received, the transfer is considered
60446091 approved. The transfer is denied when either school corporation mails
60456092 a written denial by certified mail to the requesting parents or student at
60466093 their last known address.
60476094 (c) If a request for transfer is denied under subsection (b), an appeal
60486095 may be taken to the state board by the requesting parents or student, if
60496096 commenced not more than ten (10) days after the denial. An appeal is
60506097 commenced by mailing a notice of appeal by certified mail to the
60516098 superintendent of each school corporation and the state board. The
60526099 secretary of education shall develop forms for this purpose, and the
60536100 transferor corporation shall assist the parents or student in the
60546101 mechanics of commencing the appeal. An appeal HEARING must
60556102 comply with section 15 of this chapter.".
60566103 Page 76, delete lines 1 through 4.
60576104 Page 97, delete lines 3 through 4.
60586105 Page 113, delete lines 25 through 42.
60596106 Page 114, delete lines 1 through 13.
60606107 Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
60616108 (Reference is to HB 1002 as printed January 27, 2025.)
60626109 BEHNING
60636110 _____
60646111 HOUSE MOTION
60656112 Mr. Speaker: I move that House Bill 1002 be amended to read as
60666113 follows:
60676114 Page 118, between lines 36 and 37, begin a new paragraph and
60686115 insert:
60696116 "SECTION 188. IC 20-42.5-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.126-2017,
60706117 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
60716118 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. A school corporation, charter school, or
60726119 applicable nonpublic school individually, in collaboration with other
60736120 school corporations, charter schools, or applicable nonpublic schools
60746121 acting jointly, and through the educational services centers may
60756122 undertake action to reduce noninstructional expenditures and allocate
60766123 the resulting savings to student instruction and learning. Actions taken
60776124 under this section include the following:
6078-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 141
6125+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 142
60796126 (1) Pooling of resources with other school corporations, charter
60806127 schools, or applicable nonpublic schools for liability insurance,
60816128 property and casualty insurance, worker's compensation
60826129 insurance, employee health insurance, vision insurance, dental
60836130 insurance, or other insurance, whether by pooling risks for
60846131 coverage or for the purchase of coverage, or by the creation of or
60856132 participation in insurance trusts, subject to the following:
60866133 (A) School corporations, charter schools, and applicable
60876134 nonpublic schools that elect to pool assets for coverage must
60886135 create a trust under Indiana law for the assets. The trust is
60896136 subject to regulation by the department of insurance as
60906137 follows:
60916138 (i) The trust must be registered with the department of
60926139 insurance.
60936140 (ii) The trust shall obtain stop loss insurance issued by an
60946141 insurer authorized to do business in Indiana with an
60956142 aggregate retention of not more than one hundred
60966143 twenty-five percent (125%) of the amount of expected
60976144 claims for the following year.
60986145 (iii) Contributions by the school corporations, charter
60996146 schools, and applicable nonpublic schools, acting jointly,
61006147 must be set at one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate
61016148 retention plus all other costs of the trust.
61026149 (iv) The trust shall maintain a fidelity bond in an amount
61036150 approved by the department of insurance. The fidelity bond
61046151 must cover each person responsible for the trust for acts of
61056152 fraud or dishonesty in servicing the trust.
61066153 (v) The trust is subject to IC 27-4-1-4.5 regarding claims
61076154 settlement practices.
61086155 (vi) The trust shall file an annual audited financial
61096156 statement in the form required by IC 27-1-3-13 with the
61106157 department of insurance not later than March 1 May 1 of
61116158 each year.
61126159 (vii) The trust is not covered by the Indiana insurance
61136160 guaranty association created under IC 27-6-8. The liability
61146161 of each school corporation, charter school, and applicable
61156162 nonpublic school is joint and several.
61166163 (viii) The trust is subject to examination by the department
61176164 of insurance. All costs associated with an examination shall
61186165 be borne by the trust.
61196166 (ix) The department of insurance may deny, suspend, or
61206167 revoke the registration of a trust if the commissioner finds
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6168+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 143
61226169 that the trust is in a hazardous financial condition, the trust
61236170 refuses to be examined or produce records for examination,
61246171 or the trust has failed to pay a final judgment rendered
61256172 against the trust by a court within thirty (30) days.
61266173 (B) The department of insurance may adopt rules under
61276174 IC 4-22-2 to implement this subdivision.
61286175 (2) Electing, as an individual school corporation, charter school,
61296176 or applicable nonpublic school, or as more than one (1) school
61306177 corporation, charter school, or applicable nonpublic school acting
61316178 jointly, to aggregate purchases of natural gas commodity supply
61326179 from any available natural gas commodity seller for all schools
61336180 included in the aggregated purchases. A rate schedule that is:
61346181 (A) filed by a natural gas utility; and
61356182 (B) approved by the Indiana utility regulatory commission;
61366183 must include provisions that allow a school corporation, charter
61376184 school, or applicable nonpublic school, or more than one (1)
61386185 school corporation, charter school, or applicable nonpublic school
61396186 acting jointly, to elect to make aggregated purchases of natural
61406187 gas commodity supplies. Upon request from a school corporation,
61416188 charter school, or applicable nonpublic school, a natural gas
61426189 utility shall summarize the rates and charges for providing
61436190 services to each school in the school corporation, to the charter
61446191 school, or to the applicable nonpublic school, or to each school in
61456192 a school corporation, charter school, and applicable nonpublic
61466193 school that are acting jointly, on one (1) summary bill for
61476194 remitting payment to the utility.
61486195 (3) Consolidating purchases with other school corporations,
61496196 charter schools, applicable nonpublic schools, or units of
61506197 government of the following:
61516198 (A) School buses and other vehicles and vehicle fleets.
61526199 (B) Fuel, maintenance, or other services for vehicles or vehicle
61536200 fleets.
61546201 (C) Food services.
61556202 (D) Facilities management services.
61566203 (E) Transportation management services.
61576204 (F) Curricular materials, technology, and other school
61586205 materials and supplies.
61596206 (G) Any other purchases a school corporation, charter school,
61606207 or applicable nonpublic school may require.
61616208 Purchases may be made by contiguous school corporations,
61626209 including charter schools or applicable nonpublic schools in the
61636210 contiguous school corporations, as part of regional consolidated
6164-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 143
6211+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 144
61656212 purchasing arrangements, or from consolidated sources under
61666213 multistate cooperative bidding arrangements.".
61676214 Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
61686215 (Reference is to HB 1002 as printed January 27, 2025.)
61696216 TESHKA
61706217 _____
61716218 HOUSE MOTION
61726219 Mr. Speaker: I move that House Bill 1002 be amended to read as
61736220 follows:
61746221 Page 46, delete lines 13 through 19.
61756222 Page 73, delete lines 21 through 39.
61766223 Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
61776224 (Reference is to HB 1002 as printed January 27, 2025.)
61786225 SMITH V
61796226 _____
61806227 HOUSE MOTION
61816228 Mr. Speaker: I move that House Bill 1002 be amended to read as
61826229 follows:
61836230 Page 100, delete lines 14 through 20.
61846231 Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
61856232 (Reference is to HB 1002 as printed January 27, 2025.)
61866233 SMITH V
6187-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 144
6234+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 145
61886235 COMMITTEE REPORT
61896236 Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Education and Career
61906237 Development, to which was referred House Bill No. 1002, has had the
61916238 same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
61926239 Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as
61936240 follows:
61946241 Page 47, between lines 31 and 32, begin a new paragraph and insert:
61956242 "SECTION 32. IC 20-19-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
61966243 2025]. (Children's Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Plan).".
61976244 Page 53, reset in roman lines 22 through 26.
61986245 Page 53, line 27, reset in roman "(d)".
61996246 Page 53, line 27, delete "(c)".
62006247 Page 53, line 32, reset in roman "(e)".
62016248 Page 53, line 32, delete "(d)".
62026249 Page 53, line 41, reset in roman "(f)".
62036250 Page 53, line 41, delete "(e)".
62046251 Page 56, reset in roman lines 29 through 31.
62056252 Page 56, line 31, delete ":".
62066253 Page 56, line 33, reset in roman "that students will not complete the
62076254 majority of instruction".
62086255 Page 56, reset in roman lines 34 through 35.
62096256 Page 56, line 35, delete ";" and insert ".".
62106257 Page 63, delete lines 12 through 26, begin a new paragraph and
62116258 insert:
62126259 "SECTION 64. IC 20-24-11-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.280-2013,
62136260 SECTION 53, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
62146261 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to an existing
62156262 public elementary or secondary school that the governing body of the
62166263 school corporation in which the school is located has scheduled for
62176264 closure.
62186265 (b) An existing public elementary or secondary school may be
62196266 converted into a charter school if all of the following conditions apply:
62206267 (1) At least fifty-one percent (51%) of the parents of students who
62216268 attend the school have signed a petition requesting the
62226269 conversion, which must be completed not later than ninety (90)
62236270 days after the date of the first signature.
62246271 (2) The school has been placed in either of the two (2) lowest
62256272 categories or designations under IC 20-31-8-3 for two (2)
62266273 consecutive years.
62276274 (3) The governing body votes to convert an existing school within
62286275 the school corporation.
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6276+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 146
62306277 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if a governing body operates a
62316278 school that has been placed in either of the two (2) lowest categories or
62326279 designations under IC 20-31-8-3 for four (4) consecutive years, the
62336280 governing body may not serve as that charter school's authorizer.
62346281 (d) A conversion charter school shall continue to comply with all
62356282 legal requirements concerning student diversity and the treatment of
62366283 children with special needs and accept all students who attended the
62376284 school before its conversion and who wish to attend the conversion
62386285 charter school. If any space remains, any student in Indiana may attend
62396286 the conversion charter school.".
62406287 Page 66, line 36, strike "IC 20-31-6,".
62416288 Page 67, line 2, strike "IC 20-31-6,".
62426289 Page 67, line 17, strike "IC 20-31-6,".
62436290 Page 67, line 23, strike "IC 20-31-6,".
62446291 Page 68, line 27, strike "IC 20-31-6,".
62456292 Page 68, line 29, strike "IC 20-31-6,".
62466293 Page 69, line 4, strike "IC 20-31-6,".
62476294 Page 71, delete lines 38 through 42.
62486295 Page 72, delete lines 1 through 3.
62496296 Page 77, between lines 8 and 9, begin a new paragraph and insert:
62506297 "SECTION 93. IC 20-26-12-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2024,
62516298 SECTION 141, AND AS AMENDED BY P.L.136-2024, SECTION
62526299 41, AND AS AMENDED BY THE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
62536300 BILL OF THE 2025 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IS CORRECTED AND
62546301 AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]:
62556302 Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) but notwithstanding
62566303 any other law, each governing body of a school corporation and each
62576304 organizer of a charter school shall purchase from a publisher, either
62586305 individually or through a purchasing cooperative of school
62596306 corporations, as applicable, the curricular materials selected by the
62606307 proper local officials, and shall provide at no cost the curricular
62616308 materials to each student enrolled in the school corporation or charter
62626309 school. Curricular materials provided to a student under this section
62636310 remain the property of the governing body of the school corporation or
62646311 organizer of the charter school.
62656312 (b) This section does not prohibit a governing body of a school
62666313 corporation or an organizer of a charter school from assessing and
62676314 collecting a reasonable fee for lost or significantly damaged curricular
62686315 materials in accordance with rules established by the state board under
62696316 subsection (c). (d). Fees collected under this subsection must be
62706317 deposited in the: separate curricular materials account established
62716318 under IC 20-40-22-9 for
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62736320 (1) education fund of the school corporation; or
62746321 (2) education fund of the charter school, or, if the charter school
62756322 does not have an education fund, the same fund into which state
62766323 tuition support is deposited for the charter school;
62776324 in which the student was enrolled at the time the fee was imposed.
62786325 (c) This section does not prohibit a governing body of a school
62796326 corporation or an organizer of a charter school from assessing and
62806327 collecting a reasonable fee for supplies and materials that:
62816328 (1) are not curricular materials; and
62826329 (2) supplement the instruction in a particular course of study.
62836330 (c) (d) The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 including
62846331 emergency rules in the manner provided in IC 4-22-2-37.1, to
62856332 implement this section.".
62866333 Page 77, delete lines 22 through 42, begin a new paragraph and
62876334 insert:
62886335 "SECTION 96. IC 20-26.5-2-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
62896336 SECTION 42, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
62906337 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) Subject to subsection (b), if the state board
62916338 approves a coalition under section 1(d) of this chapter, the applicants
62926339 that jointly submitted an application under section 1 of this chapter
62936340 become coalition members.
62946341 (b) In addition to the coalition members described in subsection (a),
62956342 a school corporation, an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7),
62966343 or a state accredited nonpublic school may become a coalition member
62976344 by submitting an application to the coalition, in a manner prescribed by
62986345 the coalition. The coalition may submit a recommendation to the state
62996346 board that an applicant under this subsection should be approved to
63006347 participate in the coalition. Subject to subsection (c), The state board
63016348 shall approve an application submitted under this subsection.
63026349 (c) For:
63036350 (1) the 2018-2019 school year, not more than a total of eight (8)
63046351 school corporations, eligible schools (as defined in
63056352 IC 20-51-1-4.7), or state accredited nonpublic schools may
63066353 participate in the coalition;
63076354 (2) the 2019-2020 school year, not more than a total of twelve
63086355 (12) school corporations, eligible schools (as defined in
63096356 IC 20-51-1-4.7), or state accredited nonpublic schools may
63106357 participate in the coalition; and
63116358 (3) the 2020-2021 school year, not more than a total of sixteen
63126359 (16) school corporations, eligible schools (as defined in
63136360 IC 20-51-1-4.7), or state accredited nonpublic schools may
63146361 participate in the coalition.
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63166363 (d) (c) Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year and each school year
63176364 thereafter, the state board shall limit the number of coalition members
63186365 to thirty (30) school corporations, eligible schools (as defined in
63196366 IC 20-51-1-4.7), or state accredited nonpublic schools.".
63206367 Page 78, delete lines 1 through 15.
63216368 Page 79, between lines 7 and 8, begin a new paragraph and insert:
63226369 "SECTION 102. IC 20-28-1-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.196-2021,
63236370 SECTION 15, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
63246371 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. "School psychology" means the following:
63256372 (1) Administering, scoring, and interpreting educational,
63266373 cognitive, career, and vocational behavioral, and affective tests
63276374 and procedures that address a student's:
63286375 (A) education;
63296376 (B) developmental status; and
63306377 (C) attention skills; and
63316378 (D) social, emotional, and behavioral functioning;
63326379 as they relate to the student's learning or training in the academic
63336380 or vocational environment.
63346381 (2) Providing consultation, collaboration, and intervention
63356382 services (not including psychotherapy) and providing referral to
63366383 community resources to:
63376384 (A) students;
63386385 (B) parents of students;
63396386 (C) teachers;
63406387 (D) school administrators; and
63416388 (E) school staff;
63426389 concerning learning and performance in the educational process.
63436390 (3) Participating in or conducting research relating to a student's
63446391 learning and performance in the educational process
63456392 (A) regarding the educational, developmental, career,
63466393 vocational, or attention functioning of the student. or
63476394 (B) screening social, affective, and behavioral functioning of
63486395 the student.
63496396 (4) Providing inservice or continuing education services relating
63506397 to learning and performance in the educational process to schools,
63516398 parents, or others.
63526399 (5) Supervising school psychology services.
63536400 (6) Referring a student to:
63546401 (A) a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist licensed
63556402 under IC 25-35.6 for services for speech, hearing, and
63566403 language disorders;
63576404 (B) an occupational therapist licensed under IC 25-23.5 for
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63596406 occupational therapy services; or
63606407 (C) a physical therapist licensed under IC 25-27 for mandated
63616408 school services within a physical therapist's scope of practice;
63626409 by a school psychologist who is employed by a school corporation
63636410 and who is defined as a practitioner of the healing arts for the
63646411 purpose of referrals under 42 CFR 440.110.
63656412 The term does not include the diagnosis or treatment of mental and
63666413 nervous disorders, except for conditions and interventions provided for
63676414 in state and federal mandates affecting special education and
63686415 vocational evaluations as the evaluations relate to the assessment of
63696416 handicapping conditions and special education decisions or as the
63706417 evaluations pertain to the placement of children and the placement of
63716418 adults with a developmental disability.".
63726419 Page 79, delete lines 32 through 42, begin a new paragraph and
63736420 insert:
63746421 "SECTION 104. IC 20-28-3-0.3 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE
63756422 JULY 1, 2025]. Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter:
63766423 (1) "culturally responsive methods" refer to methods that use the
63776424 cultural knowledge, experiences, social and emotional learning
63786425 needs, and performance styles of diverse students to ensure that
63796426 classroom management strategies and research based alternatives
63806427 to exclusionary discipline are appropriate and effective for the
63816428 students; and
63826429 (2) "exclusionary discipline" includes in school suspension, out
63836430 of school suspension, expulsion, school based arrests, school
63846431 based referrals to the juvenile justice system, and voluntary or
63856432 involuntary placement in an alternative education program.
63866433 SECTION 105. IC 20-28-3-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.220-2015,
63876434 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
63886435 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) The department shall develop guidelines for
63896436 use by accredited teacher education institutions and departments in
63906437 preparing individuals to
63916438 (1) teach in various environments. and
63926439 (2) successfully apply positive classroom behavioral management
63936440 strategies and research based alternatives to exclusionary
63946441 discipline in a manner that serves the diverse learning needs of all
63956442 students.
63966443 (b) The guidelines developed under subsection (a) must include
63976444 courses and methods that assist individuals in developing cultural
63986445 competency (as defined in IC 20-31-2-5).
63996446 SECTION 106. IC 20-28-3-3.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
64006447 1, 2025]. Sec. 3.5. The guidelines developed under section 3 of this
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64026449 chapter must incorporate methods that assist individuals in developing
64036450 competency in employing approaches to create positive classroom and
64046451 school climates that are culturally responsive, which may include:
64056452 (1) classroom management strategies;
64066453 (2) restorative justice;
64076454 (3) positive behavioral interventions and supports;
64086455 (4) social and emotional training as described in IC 12-21-5-2,
64096456 IC 20-19-3-12, and IC 20-26-5-34.2; and
64106457 (5) conflict resolution.".
64116458 Page 80, delete lines 1 through 2.
64126459 Page 81, line 40, delete "(a)".
64136460 Page 81, line 41, delete ":" and insert "provides information on
64146461 applicable Indiana laws regarding instructional requirements,
64156462 including the following:
64166463 (1) IC 20-30-5-5.
64176464 (2) IC 20-30-5-6.
64186465 (3) IC 20-30-5-13.
64196466 (4) IC 20-30-5-17.
64206467 (5) IC 20-34-3-21.".
64216468 Page 81, delete line 42.
64226469 Page 82, delete lines 1 through 20.
64236470 Page 83, between lines 20 and 21, begin a new paragraph and insert:
64246471 "SECTION 111. IC 20-28-5-12.5, AS AMENDED BY
64256472 P.L.243-2023, SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS
64266473 FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 12.5. (a) The
64276474 department shall grant an initial practitioner license to an individual
64286475 who:
64296476 (1) possesses a bachelor's degree from an accredited
64306477 postsecondary four (4) year institution;
64316478 (2) successfully completes an alternative teacher certification
64326479 program that includes:
64336480 (A) the required content training in the area in which the
64346481 individual seeks to be licensed;
64356482 (B) pedagogy training and an examination that is in
64366483 substantive alignment with nationally recognized pedagogical
64376484 standards and teaches effective:
64386485 (i) instructional delivery;
64396486 (ii) classroom management and organization;
64406487 (iii) assessment;
64416488 (iv) instructional design; and
64426489 (v) professional learning and leadership;
64436490 (C) successful demonstration of content area proficiency in an
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64456492 examination that includes content area material in substantive
64466493 alignment with nationally recognized content area standards in
64476494 the areas that the individual is required to have a license to
64486495 teach;
64496496 (D) verification from a third party that regularly reviews
64506497 educational and professional examinations that the alternative
64516498 certification examination is equal to or greater in rigor than the
64526499 written examination under section 12 of this chapter; and
64536500 (E) content within the curriculum that prepares teacher
64546501 candidates to use evidence based trauma informed classroom
64556502 instruction, including instruction in evidence based social
64566503 emotional learning classroom practices that are conducive to
64576504 supporting students who have experienced trauma that may
64586505 interfere with a student's academic functioning; and
64596506 (F) (E) content within the curriculum that:
64606507 (i) beginning July 1, 2024, is aligned to the science of
64616508 reading; and
64626509 (ii) beginning July 1, 2024, prepares teacher candidates or
64636510 program participants who seek to obtain an elementary
64646511 generalist license that is valid for teaching in kindergarten
64656512 through grade 5 or an early childhood license that is valid
64666513 for teaching prekindergarten through grade 3 to obtain the
64676514 literacy endorsement required under section 19.7 of this
64686515 chapter;
64696516 (3) successfully completes a Praxis Subject Assessment;
64706517 (4) holds a valid cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification from
64716518 a provider approved by the department; and
64726519 (5) has attended youth suicide awareness and prevention training.
64736520 (b) The individual must complete a one (1) year practical experience
64746521 program during the individual's first year in the classroom when the
64756522 individual is employed as a full-time teacher. The provider must:
64766523 (1) provide the practical experience program at no cost to the state
64776524 or to the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
64786525 nonpublic school; and
64796526 (2) as part of the practical instruction program, provide
64806527 instruction in:
64816528 (A) instructional design and planning;
64826529 (B) effective instructional delivery;
64836530 (C) classroom management and organization;
64846531 (D) effective use of assessment data;
64856532 (E) content in federal and Indiana special education laws; and
64866533 (F) required awareness, preparation, and understanding of:
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64886535 (i) individualized education programs;
64896536 (ii) service plans developed under 511 IAC 7-34;
64906537 (iii) choice special education plans developed under 511
64916538 IAC 7-49; and
64926539 (iv) plans developed under Section 504 of the federal
64936540 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794.
64946541 (c) An in-state alternative teacher certification program under
64956542 subsection (a)(2) must operate in accordance with the procedures and
64966543 program approval standards and requirements set by the department
64976544 and the state board for teacher education programs for the licensure of
64986545 teachers.
64996546 (d) An out-of-state alternative teacher certification program under
65006547 subsection (a)(2) must:
65016548 (1) currently operate in at least five (5) states; and
65026549 (2) have operated an alternative teacher certification program for
65036550 at least ten (10) years.
65046551 (e) An individual who receives an alternative teacher certification
65056552 under subsection (a)(2) is authorized to teach the subject and
65066553 educational level that the individual has successfully completed.
65076554 (f) An individual who receives an initial practitioner license under
65086555 this section shall be treated in the same manner as an individual who
65096556 receives an initial practitioner license after completing a traditional
65106557 teacher preparation program.
65116558 (g) An individual who graduates from an alternative teacher
65126559 certification program must be treated in the same manner as a
65136560 traditional teacher preparation program graduate during the transition
65146561 from an initial practitioner license to a practitioner license.
65156562 (h) An individual who receives an initial practitioner license under
65166563 this section may not teach a special education course for a special
65176564 education student for the period the individual maintains a license
65186565 under this section unless the individual is at least twenty-six (26) years
65196566 of age and employed in a school setting or with another community
65206567 organization, including a for-profit or nonprofit organization, to
65216568 provide care or instruction for a student with a physical, intellectual, or
65226569 developmental disability. However, an individual who receives an
65236570 initial practitioner license under this section may not be a teacher of
65246571 record for a special education student for the period the individual
65256572 maintains the initial practitioner license.
65266573 (i) A school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
65276574 nonpublic school shall submit a plan to the department if the school
65286575 corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school hires
65296576 one (1) or more individuals who have received an initial practitioner
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65316578 license under this section. The plan must be submitted in a manner
65326579 prescribed by the department and must include a description of how the
65336580 school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school
65346581 will, excluding the practical experience program described in
65356582 subsection (b), provide an individual who receives an initial
65366583 practitioner license under this section opportunities to obtain exposure
65376584 to classroom management and instructional techniques, including
65386585 meaningful exposure to special education. The plan is a public record.
65396586 (j) Not later than July 1, 2024, the department shall prepare a report
65406587 that shall be submitted to the general assembly in an electronic format
65416588 under IC 5-14-6. The report must contain the following information:
65426589 (1) Data showing how many teachers obtained an initial
65436590 practitioner license under this section.
65446591 (2) A description of the number of teachers who received an
65456592 initial practitioner license under this section who are currently
65466593 employed as a teacher by each:
65476594 (A) school corporation;
65486595 (B) charter school; or
65496596 (C) state accredited nonpublic school.
65506597 The description must include a breakdown of the subjects taught
65516598 by teachers who receive an initial practitioner license under this
65526599 section.
65536600 (3) A comparison of the Praxis Subject Assessment pass rates for
65546601 individuals who receive an initial practitioner license under this
65556602 section in comparison with the Praxis Subject Assessment pass
65566603 rates for teachers who obtained an initial practitioner license
65576604 using a different pathway to licensure.
65586605 (4) A description of how many teachers who received an initial
65596606 practitioner license under this section are rated as effective or
65606607 highly effective.".
65616608 Page 84, line 1, delete ":".
65626609 Page 84, strike line 2.
65636610 Page 84, line 3, strike "development activities;".
65646611 Page 84, line 3, delete "and".
65656612 Page 84, line 4, strike "(B)".
65666613 Page 89, reset in roman line 35.
65676614 Page 96, between lines 21 and 22, begin a new paragraph and insert:
65686615 "SECTION 145. IC 20-30-14.5-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.92-2020,
65696616 SECTION 63, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
65706617 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) The state certificate of biliteracy is created
65716618 to:
65726619 (1) encourage students to study languages;
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65746621 (2) certify the attainment of biliteracy;
65756622 (3) provide employers with a method of identifying individuals
65766623 with language and biliteracy skills;
65776624 (4) provide postsecondary educational institutions with an
65786625 additional method to recognize applicants for admission;
65796626 (5) prepare students with twenty-first century skills; and
65806627 (6) recognize the value of foreign language and native language
65816628 instruction in public schools. and
65826629 (7) strengthen intergroup relationships, affirm the value of
65836630 diversity, and honor the multiple cultures and languages of a
65846631 community.
65856632 (b) The receipt of the certificate demonstrates the attainment of a
65866633 high level of proficiency by a graduate of a public or a state accredited
65876634 nonpublic high school, sufficient for meaningful use in college and a
65886635 career, in one (1) or more languages in addition to English.
65896636 (c) A school corporation, a charter school, or a state accredited
65906637 nonpublic high school is not required to participate in the certificate
65916638 program.".
65926639 Page 96, between lines 33 and 34, begin a new paragraph and insert:
65936640 "SECTION 148. IC 20-31-2-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
65946641 1, 2025]. Sec. 5. "Cultural competency" means a system of congruent
65956642 behaviors, attitudes, and policies that enables teachers to work
65966643 effectively in cross-cultural situations. The term includes the use of
65976644 knowledge concerning individuals and groups to develop specific
65986645 standards, policies, practices, and attitudes to be used in appropriate
65996646 cultural settings to increase students' educational performance.".
66006647 Page 99, delete lines 20 through 27.
66016648 Page 99, delete lines 31 through 42, begin a new paragraph and
66026649 insert:
66036650 "SECTION 153. IC 20-31-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
66046651 2025]. (Cultural Competency in Educational Environments).".
66056652 Page 100, delete lines 1 through 4.
66066653 Page 104, between lines 32 and 33, begin a new paragraph and
66076654 insert:
66086655 "SECTION 165. IC 20-33-5-11, AS AMENDED BY P.L.201-2023,
66096656 SECTION 176, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
66106657 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 11. (a) A school corporation may
66116658 not:
66126659 (1) withhold curricular materials and supplies;
66136660 (2) require any special services from a child or emancipated
66146661 minor; or
66156662 (3) deny the child or emancipated minor any benefit or privilege;
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66176664 because the parent or emancipated minor fails to pay a required fee,
66186665 including a reasonable fee for lost or significantly damaged curricular
66196666 materials imposed under IC 20-26-12-1(b) or a reasonable fee for
66206667 supplies and materials imposed under IC 20-26-12-1(c).
66216668 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a school corporation may take
66226669 any action authorized by law to collect unpaid fees from parents who
66236670 are determined to be ineligible for assistance, including recovery of
66246671 reasonable attorney's fees and court costs in addition to a judgment
66256672 award against those parents.
66266673 (c) A school corporation may designate a full-time employee of the
66276674 school corporation to represent the school corporation in a small claims
66286675 court action under subsection (b) if the claim does not exceed one
66296676 thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500). The employee designated
66306677 under this subsection is not required to be an attorney.".
66316678 Page 108, delete lines 40 through 42, begin a new paragraph and
66326679 insert:
66336680 "SECTION 170. IC 20-34-8-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.9-2024,
66346681 SECTION 396, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
66356682 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to:
66366683 (1) a head coach or assistant coach who coaches an athletic
66376684 activity;
66386685 (2) a marching band leader;
66396686 (3) a drama or musical leader; or
66406687 (4) a leader of an extracurricular activity in which students have
66416688 an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest activity as determined
66426689 by the department in consultation with an organization that
66436690 specializes in the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest.
66446691 (b) An individual described in subsection (a) shall complete the
66456692 sudden cardiac arrest training course offered by a provider approved by
66466693 the department in a manner specified by the state board under
66476694 IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5. The sudden cardiac arrest training
66486695 course described in this subsection must include training in the use of
66496696 an automated external defibrillator (AED). An individual described in
66506697 subsection (a) may not coach or lead the event in which students have
66516698 an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest until the individual
66526699 completes the training course required under this subsection. The
66536700 provider shall provide the school with a certificate of completion to the
66546701 school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school
66556702 for each individual who completes a course under this subsection.
66566703 (c) Each school corporation, charter school, or state accredited
66576704 nonpublic school shall maintain all certificates of completion awarded
66586705 under subsection (b) for each individual described in subsection (a).
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66606707 (d) (c) An individual described in subsection (a) who complies with
66616708 this section and provides coaching or leadership services in good faith
66626709 is not personally liable for damages in a civil action as a result of a
66636710 sudden cardiac arrest incurred by an applicable student participating in
66646711 an event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac
66656712 arrest for which the head coach, assistant coach, marching band leader,
66666713 drama or musical leader, or other applicable leader provided coaching
66676714 or leadership services, except for an act or omission by the individual
66686715 described in subsection (a) that constitutes gross negligence or willful
66696716 or wanton misconduct.
66706717 (e) (d) An individual described in subsection (a) may shall ensure
66716718 that an operational automated external defibrillator (AED) is present
66726719 at each event in which students have an increased risk of sudden
66736720 cardiac arrest for which the individual described in subsection (a) is
66746721 providing coaching or leadership.
66756722 (f) An automated external defibrillator (AED) described in
66766723 subsection (e) may be:
66776724 (1) deployed in accordance with the venue specific emergency
66786725 action plan for sudden cardiac arrest developed under subsection
66796726 (i);
66806727 (2) except as provided in subsection (g), located on the premises
66816728 where the event in which students have an increased risk of
66826729 sudden cardiac arrest occurs; and
66836730 (3) present for the duration of the event in which students have an
66846731 increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
66856732 (g) One (1) automated external defibrillator (AED) may be shared
66866733 by two (2) or more events in which students have an increased risk of
66876734 sudden cardiac arrest if the following conditions are met:
66886735 (1) The events in which students have an increased risk of sudden
66896736 cardiac arrest occur at the same time.
66906737 (2) The events in which students have an increased risk of sudden
66916738 cardiac arrest occur in locations that are in close proximity to
66926739 each other, as determined by the department.
66936740 (3) The automated external defibrillator (AED) is placed in a
66946741 designated location that is between the events in which students
66956742 have an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest and meets the
66966743 requirement of subsection (f)(3).
66976744 (4) Each individual described in subsection (a) who conducts an
66986745 event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac
66996746 arrest described in this subsection is aware of the designated
67006747 location of the automated external defibrillator (AED).
67016748 (h) (e) At each event in which students have an increased risk of
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67036750 sudden cardiac arrest, an individual described in subsection (a) may
67046751 shall inform all individuals who are coaching or providing leadership
67056752 at the event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac
67066753 arrest of the location of the automated external defibrillator (AED).
67076754 (i) (f) A school corporation, charter school, and state accredited
67086755 nonpublic school may shall do the following:
67096756 (1) Ensure that an automated external defibrillator (AED)
67106757 described in subsection (e) is properly maintained.
67116758 (2) (1) Develop a venue specific emergency action plan for
67126759 sudden cardiac arrest. that:
67136760 (A) establishes a goal of responding within three (3) minutes
67146761 to a sudden cardiac arrest occurring within the venue; and
67156762 (B) requires the performance of periodic drills at times and
67166763 locations determined by the governing body.
67176764 (3) Distribute the plan described in subdivision (2) to the school
67186765 board.
67196766 (4) (2) Share the plan described in subdivision (2) (1) with each
67206767 individual described in subsection (a).
67216768 (5) Post the plan described in subdivision (2) in a conspicuous
67226769 place so that it is visible by any participants of an activity at the
67236770 venue.
67246771 (6) (3) Before the beginning of the season of each event in which
67256772 students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest, share the
67266773 plan described in subdivision (2) (1) with all applicable students.
67276774 (j) (g) A school corporation, a charter school, a state accredited
67286775 nonpublic school, (as defined in IC 20-18-2-18.7), or an accredited
67296776 nonpublic school (as defined in IC 10-21-1-1) may apply for a grant
67306777 under IC 10-21-1-2(a)(1)(C)(viii) to purchase an automated external
67316778 defibrillator (AED) if the school corporation, charter school, state
67326779 accredited nonpublic school or accredited nonpublic school develops
67336780 a venue specific emergency action plan for sudden cardiac arrest.".
67346781 Delete pages 109 through 110.
67356782 Page 111, delete lines 1 through 12.
67366783 Page 124, delete lines 8 through 11.
67376784 Page 124, after line 27, begin a new paragraph and insert:
67386785 "SECTION 199. IC 36-2-6.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
67396786 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
67406787 JULY 1, 2025]:
67416788 Chapter 6.5. Local Board Regarding County Transfers or Gifts
67426789 to a School Corporation
67436790 Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a county having a population of
67446791 more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and less than one
6745-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 157
6792+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 158
67466793 hundred ten thousand (110,000) and that has not more than one (1)
67476794 school corporation.
67486795 Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other state law or rule, if a county
67496796 transfers or gifts any unencumbered funds to a school corporation
67506797 located in the county, the county executive may establish a local
67516798 board to exercise oversight and manage the use of the funds.
67526799 Sec. 3. (a) A local board established in accordance with section
67536800 2 of this chapter consists of the following members:
67546801 (1) One (1) member appointed by the county executive.
67556802 (2) One (1) member appointed by the county fiscal body.
67566803 (3) One (1) member appointed by the mayor of the city or
67576804 executive of the town having the largest population within the
67586805 county.
67596806 (4) One (1) member who is a representative of the county's
67606807 business community, appointed by the county executive.
67616808 (5) The president of the governing body of the school
67626809 corporation located within the county.
67636810 (b) The term of a member appointed under subsection (a)(1),
67646811 (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) is two (2) years. A member serves until a
67656812 successor is appointed and qualified. A member may be
67666813 reappointed after the member's term has expired.
67676814 (c) If a vacancy of a member appointed under subsection (a)(1),
67686815 (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) occurs on the local board, the appointing
67696816 authority shall appoint a new member. That member serves for the
67706817 remainder of the vacated term.
67716818 (d) A local board member appointed under subsection (a)(1),
67726819 (a)(2), (a)(3), or (a)(4) may be removed for cause by the appointing
67736820 authority who appointed the member.
67746821 (e) Each member, before entering upon the member's duties,
67756822 shall take and subscribe an oath of office in the usual form. The
67766823 oath shall be endorsed upon the member's certificate of
67776824 appointment. The certificate shall be promptly filed with the
67786825 records of the local board.
67796826 (f) A member may not receive a salary, but is entitled to
67806827 reimbursement for any expenses necessarily incurred in the
67816828 performance of the member's duties.
67826829 (g) The expenses of the local board shall be paid by the county.
67836830 Sec. 4. (a) The members may adopt the bylaws and rules that the
67846831 members consider necessary for the proper conduct of their duties
67856832 and the safeguarding of the funds entrusted to their care. A
67866833 majority of the members constitutes a quorum, and the affirmative
67876834 vote of a majority of the members appointed to the board is
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6835+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 159
67896836 necessary to authorize any action.
67906837 (b) The members of the local board shall elect one (1) of the
67916838 members as president and one (1) member as treasurer to perform
67926839 the duties of those offices.
67936840 Sec. 5. A local board established in accordance with section 2 of
67946841 this chapter shall have oversight and management of any funds
67956842 described in section 2 of this chapter to use for projects for the
67966843 applicable school corporation.
67976844 Sec. 6. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the
67986845 purposes of this chapter.
67996846 Sec. 7. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, to the
68006847 extent the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the
68016848 provisions of any other general, special, or local law, the provisions
68026849 of this chapter are controlling, and compliance with this chapter
68036850 shall be treated as compliance with the conflicting law.".
68046851 Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
68056852 and when so amended that said bill do pass and be reassigned to the
68066853 Senate Committee on Appropriations.
68076854 (Reference is to HB 1002 as reprinted January 31, 2025.)
68086855 RAATZ, Chairperson
68096856 Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 4.
68106857 _____
68116858 COMMITTEE REPORT
68126859 Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Appropriations, to which
68136860 was referred Engrossed House Bill No. 1002, has had the same under
68146861 consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with
68156862 the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:
68166863 Page 73, delete lines 5 through 19.
68176864 Page 73, between lines 33 and 34, begin a new paragraph and insert:
68186865 "SECTION 87. IC 20-26-7.1-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.36-2024,
68196866 SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
68206867 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in section 1 of this
68216868 chapter or subsection (b), (c), or (d), before a governing body may sell,
68226869 exchange, lease, demolish, hold without operating, or dispose of a
68236870 covered school building, a governing body shall make available for
68246871 lease or purchase by a charter school or state educational institution
68256872 any covered school building owned by the school corporation or any
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6873+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 160
68276874 other entity that is related in any way to, or created by, the school
68286875 corporation or the governing body, including a building corporation,
68296876 that the governing body elects to close or the school corporation is
68306877 required to close under IC 20-26-7-47, in order for the covered school
68316878 building to be used by a:
68326879 (1) charter school to conduct prekindergarten through grade 12
68336880 classroom instruction; or
68346881 (2) state educational institution for an academic purpose.
68356882 (b) The following are not required to comply with this chapter:
68366883 (1) A governing body that vacates a covered school building in
68376884 order to:
68386885 (A) renovate the covered school building for a future
68396886 allowable use by the school corporation as permitted under
68406887 IC 20-26-7-47; or
68416888 (B) demolish the covered school building, in whole or part,
68426889 and build a new school building or an addition to a school
68436890 building on the same site as the demolished building.
68446891 (2) An emergency manager of a distressed school corporation
68456892 under IC 6-1.1-20.3.
68466893 (3) The governing body of the School City of East Chicago school
68476894 corporation for the Carrie Gosch Elementary School building.
68486895 (4) A school corporation that has had a designation as a distressed
68496896 political subdivision under IC 6-1.1-20.3 within the previous three
68506897 (3) years.
68516898 (5) The governing body of the School City of Hammond school
68526899 corporation for the Gavit High School building, if the Gavit
68536900 High School building is sold to a municipality (as defined in
68546901 IC 36-1-2-11). This subdivision expires July 1, 2027.
68556902 (6) The governing body of Griffith Public Schools for the
68566903 Ready Elementary School building, if the Ready Elementary
68576904 School building is sold to a municipality (as defined in
68586905 IC 36-1-2-11). This subdivision expires July 1, 2027.
68596906 (c) This section does not apply to a covered school building in
68606907 which a governing body under IC 20-26-5-4(a)(7) entered a lease prior
68616908 to January 1, 2019, with a state accredited nonpublic school. In
68626909 addition, the governing body may, during or at the expiration of the
68636910 term of such lease, sell the school building leased under
68646911 IC 20-26-5-4(a)(7) to the nonpublic school at a purchase price mutually
68656912 agreed to by the governing body and the nonpublic school.
68666913 (d) This section does not apply to a covered school building of a
68676914 school corporation to which the following apply:
68686915 (1) The school corporation had, before January 1, 2023, entered
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6916+EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 161
68706917 into a lease or memorandum of understanding with a nonprofit
68716918 organization exempt from federal taxation under Section
68726919 501(c)(3) through 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code for the
68736920 use of the covered school building.
68746921 (2) The lease or memorandum of understanding described in
68756922 subdivision (1):
68766923 (A) continues in effect;
68776924 (B) is renewed; or
68786925 (C) is replaced by a new lease or memorandum of
68796926 understanding that is entered into between the school
68806927 corporation and the nonprofit organization described in
68816928 subdivision (1).
68826929 (3) The nonprofit organization described in subdivision (1) uses
68836930 the covered school building for an educational purpose
68846931 throughout the term of any lease or memorandum of
68856932 understanding.
68866933 If at any time the conditions under subdivisions (2) and (3) are not met,
68876934 the covered school building is subject to IC 20-26-7-47 and this
68886935 chapter.
68896936 (e) A covered school building that a school corporation closes or is
68906937 required to close may not be retained by the school corporation for
68916938 storage or office use unless the conditions of IC 20-26-7-47(e)(3),
68926939 IC 20-26-7-47(e)(4), or IC 20-26-7-47(e)(5) are met.".
68936940 Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
68946941 and when so amended that said bill do pass.
68956942 (Reference is to EHB 1002 as printed March 28, 2025.)
68966943 MISHLER, Chairperson
68976944 Committee Vote: Yeas 10, Nays 3.
6898-EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110 161
6899-SENATE MOTION
6900-Mr. President: I move that Engrossed House Bill 1002 be amended
6901-to read as follows:
6902-Page 81, delete lines 16 through 42.
6903-Page 82, delete lines 1 through 22.
6904-Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
6905-(Reference is to EHB 1002 as printed April 4, 2025.)
6906-QADDOURA
69076945 EH 1002—LS 7340/DI 110