Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1210 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1210
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 20-20-50.3; IC 20-33-8.
7	7	Synopsis: Student behavior. Establishes the behavioral health fund
8	8	(fund) for the purpose of improving funding for individualized
9	9	education programs that have a behavioral intervention plan
10	10	component for certain schools. Provides that the department of
11	11	education, in coordination with the behavioral health commission, shall
12	12	administer the fund. Creates an application and review process for the
13	13	disbursement of a grant from the fund. Defines certain terms. Provides
14	14	a procedure for a principal to place an aggressive student, who has
15	15	been removed from a class, into the aggressive student's original class,
16	16	another appropriate class or placement, or in-school suspension.
17	17	Effective: July 1, 2025.
18	18	Rowray
19	19	January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
20	20	2025 IN 1210—LS 7408/DI 143 Introduced
21	21	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
22	22	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
23	23	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
24	24	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
25	25	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
26	26	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
27	27	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
28	28	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
29	29	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
30	30	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
31	31	HOUSE BILL No. 1210
32	32	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
33	33	education and to make an appropriation.
34	34	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
35	35	1 SECTION 1. IC 20-20-50.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
36	36	2 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
37	37	3 JULY 1, 2025]:
38	38	4 Chapter 50.3. Behavioral Health Fund
39	39	5 Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
40	40	6 (1) "Behavioral intervention plan" has the meaning in 511
41	41	7 IAC 7-32-10.
42	42	8 (2) "Commission" refers to the Indiana behavioral health
43	43	9 commission established by IC 12-21-7.1-2.
44	44	10 (3) "Fund" refers to the behavioral health fund established by
45	45	11 section 3 of this chapter.
46	46	12 (4) "Program" refers to the behavioral health program
47	47	13 established by section 2 of this chapter.
48	48	14 (5) "Public school" has the meaning in IC 20-18-2-15.
49	49	15 Sec. 2. (a) The behavioral health program is established.
50	50	16 (b) The department, in coordination with the commission, shall
51	51	17 administer the program.
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53	53	1 Sec. 3. (a) The behavioral health fund is established for the
54	54	2 purpose of providing grants to public schools to improve funding
55	55	3 for individualized education programs that have a behavioral
56	56	4 intervention plan component.
57	57	5 (b) The fund consists of the following:
58	58	6 (1) Appropriations by the general assembly.
59	59	7 (2) Grants, gifts, and donations to the fund.
60	60	8 (c) The department shall administer the fund.
61	61	9 (d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
62	62	10 money in the fund.
63	63	11 (e) The treasurer of state shall invest money in the fund not
64	64	12 currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
65	65	13 manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that
66	66	14 accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
67	67	15 (f) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
68	68	16 revert to the state general fund.
69	69	17 (g) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the
70	70	18 purposes of this chapter.
71	71	19 Sec. 4. The department, in cooperation with the commission,
72	72	20 shall create an application process for a grant from the fund that
73	73	21 contains the following:
74	74	22 (1) The percentage of individualized education programs with
75	75	23 a behavioral intervention plan component at the public
76	76	24 school.
77	77	25 (2) A detailed, evidence based report regarding the need for
78	78	26 additional funding.
79	79	27 (3) Any other information requested by the department.
80	80	28 Sec. 5. The money in the fund must be used to provide grants to
81	81	29 public schools that meet the requirements described in section 4 of
82	82	30 this chapter.
83	83	31 Sec. 6. The department may award grants to school
84	84	32 corporations:
85	85	33 (1) upon review of the applications received under section 4 of
86	86	34 this chapter;
87	87	35 (2) subject to available money; and
88	88	36 (3) in accordance with the following priorities:
89	89	37 (A) To the extent possible, to achieve geographic balance
90	90	38 throughout Indiana and to include urban, suburban, and
91	91	39 rural school corporations.
92	92	40 (B) To address a documented need for funding concerning
93	93	41 individualized education programs with a behavioral
94	94	42 intervention plan component.
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96	96	1 Sec. 7. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2
97	97	2 necessary to implement this chapter.
98	98	3 Sec. 8. Beginning in 2026, not later than September 1 of each
99	99	4 year, the department shall prepare a report regarding the fund and
100	100	5 submit the report to the legislative council in an electronic format
101	101	6 under IC 5-14-6.
102	102	7 SECTION 2. IC 20-33-8-0.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
103	103	8 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
104	104	9 1, 2025]: Sec. 0.1. As used in this chapter, "aggressive student"
105	105	10 means a student who has a documented record of frequent
106	106	11 disruptions of the traditional school learning environment despite
107	107	12 repeated attempts by the school corporation to modify the
108	108	13 student's behavior in conformity with a progressive disciplinary
109	109	14 program approved by the department.
110	110	15 SECTION 3. IC 20-33-8-0.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
111	111	16 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
112	112	17 1, 2025]: Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "classroom reintegration
113	113	18 plan" means a plan to place an aggressive student, who has been
114	114	19 removed from a class as described in section 9(e) of this chapter,
115	115	20 in:
116	116	21 (1) the aggressive student's original class;
117	117	22 (2) another appropriate class or placement; or
118	118	23 (3) in-school suspension;
119	119	24 in a manner that minimizes disruptions to the traditional school
120	120	25 learning environment.
121	121	26 SECTION 4. IC 20-33-8-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.121-2009,
122	122	27 SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
123	123	28 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to an individual who:
124	124	29 (1) is a teacher or other school staff member; and
125	125	30 (2) has students under the individual's charge.
126	126	31 (b) An individual may take any action that is reasonably necessary
127	127	32 to carry out or to prevent an interference with an educational function
128	128	33 that the individual supervises.
129	129	34 (c) Subject to rules of the governing body and the administrative
130	130	35 staff, an individual may remove a student for a period that does not
131	131	36 exceed five (5) school days from an educational function supervised by
132	132	37 the individual or another individual who is a teacher or other school
133	133	38 staff member.
134	134	39 (d) If an individual removes a student from a class under subsection
135	135	40 (c), the principal may place the student in another appropriate class or
136	136	41 placement or into in-school suspension. The principal may not return
137	137	42 the student to the class from which the student was removed until the
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139	139	1 principal has met with the student, the student's teacher, and the
140	140	2 student's parents to determine an appropriate behavior plan for the
141	141	3 student. If the student's parents do not meet with the principal and the
142	142	4 student's teacher within a reasonable amount of time, the student may
143	143	5 be moved to another class at the principal's discretion.
144	144	6 (e) If an individual removes an aggressive student from a class
145	145	7 under subsection (c), the principal may place the student in another
146	146	8 appropriate class or placement or into in-school suspension. The
147	147	9 principal may not return the student to the original class from
148	148	10 which the student was removed until the principal has:
149	149	11 (1) met with the student, the student's teacher, and the
150	150	12 student's parents to determine an appropriate behavior plan
151	151	13 for the student; and
152	152	14 (2) developed an appropriate classroom reintegration plan for
153	153	15 the student.
154	154	16 If the student's parents do not meet with the principal and the
155	155	17 student's teacher within a reasonable amount of time, the student
156	156	18 may be moved to another appropriate class or placement or into
157	157	19 in-school suspension at the principal's discretion.
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