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Indiana House Bill HB1500 Compare Versions

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	2	+	Introduced Version
3	3		HOUSE BILL No. 1500
4	4		_____
5		-	DIGEST OF HB 1500 (Updated February 12, 2025 12:22 pm - DI 110)
6		-	Citations Affected: IC 20-18; IC 20-26; IC 20-28; IC 20-29;
7		-	IC 20-43; IC 21-18.
8		-	Synopsis: Teacher appreciation grants. Establishes a new teacher
9		-	appreciation grant program. Removes and repeals certain requirements
10		-	concerning staff performance evaluations. Repeals the current teacher
11		-	appreciation grant provisions. Makes conforming changes.
12		-	Effective: July 1, 2025.
13		-	Behning, McGuire, Smith H,
14		-	Klinker
	5	+	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
	6	+	Citations Affected: IC 20-43-10-3.5.
	7	+	Synopsis: Teacher appreciation grants. Amends requirements
	8	+	regarding teacher appreciation grants.
	9	+	Effective: June 29, 2025.
	10	+	Behning
15	11		January 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
16		-	February 13, 2025, amended, reported — Do Pass.
17		-	HB 1500—LS 7682/DI 110 February 13, 2025
	12	+	2025 IN 1500—LS 7682/DI 110 Introduced
18	13		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
19	14		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
20	15		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
21	16		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
22	17		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
23	18		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
24	19		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
25	20		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
26	21		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
27	22		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
28	23		HOUSE BILL No. 1500
29	24		A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
30	25		education.
31	26		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
32		-	1 SECTION 1. IC 20-18-2-22, AS AMENDED BY P.L.246-2023,
33		-	2 SECTION 24, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
34		-	3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 22. (a) "Teacher" means a professional person
35		-	4 whose position in a school corporation requires certain educational
36		-	5 preparation and licensing and whose primary responsibility is the
37		-	6 instruction of students.
38		-	7 (b) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), for purposes of
39		-	8 IC 20-28, the term includes the following:
40		-	9 (1) A superintendent who holds a license under IC 20-28-5.
41		-	10 (2) A principal.
42		-	11 (3) A teacher.
43		-	12 (4) A librarian.
44		-	13 (5) A school counselor.
45		-	14 (6) A school psychologist.
46		-	15 (c) For purposes of IC 20-43-10-3.5, IC 20-43-16, the term means
47		-	16 a professional person whose position with a:
48		-	17 (1) school corporation;
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50		-	1 (2) special education cooperative established under IC 20-35-5;
51		-	2 (3) cooperative career and technical education program;
52		-	3 (4) special education program established by an interlocal
53		-	4 agreement under IC 36-1-7;
54		-	5 (5) joint program agreement established under IC 20-26-10; or
55		-	6 (6) charter school;
56		-	7 requires a license (as defined in IC 20-28-1-7) and whose primary
57		-	8 responsibility is the instruction of students in the classroom or virtual
58		-	9 classroom.
59		-	10 (d) "Teacher" for purposes of IC 20-28-9-26 and IC 20-28-9-27,
60		-	11 means a classroom teacher licensed under IC 20-28-5 who provides
61		-	12 instruction to students for at least fifty percent (50%) of the teacher's
62		-	13 work day.
63		-	14 (e) For purposes of IC 20-28-9-28, the term includes an adjunct
64		-	15 teacher, school counselor, and permanent substitute teacher employed
65		-	16 by a school corporation.
66		-	17 SECTION 2. IC 20-26-5-24, AS AMENDED BY P.L.118-2016,
67		-	18 SECTION 8, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
68		-	19 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 24. (a) An agreement under section 23 of this
69		-	20 chapter must set out the responsibilities and rights of the public school
70		-	21 corporations, the institutions, and the students or persons who
71		-	22 supervise the students and who are working jointly for a school
72		-	23 corporation and an institution.
73		-	24 (b) An agreement must contain:
74		-	25 (1) a provision for the payment of an honorarium for consulting
75		-	26 services by the postsecondary educational institution directly to
76		-	27 the supervisor;
77		-	28 (2) a provision that, if the sum paid by the institution to the
78		-	29 supervisor should ever be lawfully determined to be a wage rather
79		-	30 than an honorarium by an instrumentality of the United States,
80		-	31 then the postsecondary educational institution shall be considered
81		-	32 under the agreement to be the supervisor's part-time employer;
82		-	33 and
83		-	34 (3) a provision requiring a student to be supervised by a
84		-	35 certificated employee. who has been rated as either highly
85		-	36 effective or effective on the certificated employee's latest annual
86		-	37 performance evaluation under IC 20-28-11.5.
87		-	38 (c) The provision required by subsection (b)(3) must be included in
88		-	39 an agreement entered into or renewed under this chapter after June 30,
89		-	40 2015. Public school corporations and postsecondary educational
90		-	41 institutions shall revise agreements in effect on July 1, 2015, to include
91		-	42 the provisions required by subsection (b).
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93		-	1 SECTION 3. IC 20-28-6-7.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.200-2023,
94		-	2 SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
95		-	3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7.5. (a) A teacher who is subject to section 8 of
96		-	4 this chapter is not subject to this section.
97		-	5 (b) A teacher who:
98		-	6 (1) serves under contract as a teacher in a public school
99		-	7 corporation;
100		-	8 (2) either:
101		-	9 (A) receives two (2) consecutive ratings of ineffective, as
102		-	10 determined by the school corporation, on an annual evaluation
103		-	11 under IC 20-28-11.5; or
104		-	12 (B) is in the teacher's first or second year of full-time teaching
105		-	13 in a classroom; and
106		-	14 (3) has not at any time before July 1, 2012, entered into a teaching
107		-	15 contract for further service with the school corporation;
108		-	16 shall be considered a probationary teacher.
109		-	17 (c) A teacher who:
110		-	18 (1) is not a probationary teacher under subsection (b); and
111		-	19 (2) enters into a contract described in section 2 of this chapter;
112		-	20 becomes a professional teacher.
113		-	21 SECTION 4. IC 20-28-9-1.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2023,
114		-	22 SECTION 17, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
115		-	23 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1.5. (a) This subsection governs salary increases
116		-	24 for a teacher employed by a school corporation. Compensation
117		-	25 attributable to additional degrees or graduate credits earned before the
118		-	26 effective date of a local compensation plan created under this chapter
119		-	27 before July 1, 2015, shall continue for school years beginning after
120		-	28 June 30, 2015. Compensation attributable to additional degrees for
121		-	29 which a teacher has started course work before July 1, 2011, and
122		-	30 completed course work before September 2, 2014, shall also continue
123		-	31 for school years beginning after June 30, 2015. For school years
124		-	32 beginning after June 30, 2022, a school corporation may provide a
125		-	33 supplemental payment to a teacher in excess of the salary specified in
126		-	34 the school corporation's compensation plan. A supplement provided
127		-	35 under this subsection is not subject to collective bargaining. Such a
128		-	36 supplement is in addition to any increase permitted under subsection
129		-	37 (b).
130		-	38 (b) Subject to subsection (e), increases or increments in a local
131		-	39 salary range must be based upon a combination of the following
132		-	40 factors:
133		-	41 (1) A combination of the following factors taken together may
134		-	42 account for not more than fifty percent (50%) of the calculation
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136		-	1 used to determine a teacher's increase or increment:
137		-	2 (A) The number of years of a teacher's experience.
138		-	3 (B) The possession of either:
139		-	4 (i) additional content area degrees beyond the requirements
140		-	5 for employment; or
141		-	6 (ii) additional content area degrees and credit hours beyond
142		-	7 the requirements for employment, if required under an
143		-	8 agreement bargained under IC 20-29.
144		-	9 (2) The results of an evaluation conducted under IC 20-28-11.5.
145		-	10 (3) The assignment of instructional leadership roles, including the
146		-	11 responsibility for conducting evaluations under IC 20-28-11.5.
147		-	12 (4) The academic needs of students in the school corporation.
148		-	13 (c) To provide greater flexibility and options, a school corporation
149		-	14 may differentiate the amount of salary increases or increments
150		-	15 determined for teachers. A school corporation shall base a
151		-	16 differentiated amount under this subsection on reasons the school
152		-	17 corporation determines are appropriate, which may include the:
153		-	18 (1) subject or subjects taught by a given teacher;
154		-	19 (2) importance of retaining a given teacher at the school
155		-	20 corporation;
156		-	21 (3) need to attract an individual with specific qualifications to fill
157		-	22 a teaching vacancy; and
158		-	23 (4) offering of a new program or class.
159		-	24 (d) A school corporation may provide differentiated increases or
160		-	25 increments under subsection (b), and in excess of the percentage
161		-	26 specified in subsection (b)(1), in order to:
162		-	27 (1) reduce the gap between the school corporation's minimum
163		-	28 teacher salary and the average of the school corporation's
164		-	29 minimum and maximum teacher salaries; or
165		-	30 (2) allow teachers currently employed by the school corporation
166		-	31 to receive a salary adjusted in comparison to starting base salaries
167		-	32 of new teachers.
168		-	33 (e) A school corporation shall differentiate the amount of salary
169		-	34 increases or increments for teachers who possess a required literacy
170		-	35 endorsement under IC 20-28-5-19.7.
171		-	36 (f) Except as provided in subsection (g), a teacher rated ineffective
172		-	37 or improvement necessary under IC 20-28-11.5 may not receive any
173		-	38 raise or increment for the following year if the teacher's employment
174		-	39 contract is continued. The amount that would otherwise have been
175		-	40 allocated for the salary increase of teachers rated ineffective or
176		-	41 improvement necessary shall be allocated for compensation of all
177		-	42 teachers rated effective and highly effective based on the criteria in
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179		-	1 subsection (b).
180		-	2 (g) Subsection (f) does not apply to a teacher in the first two (2) full
181		-	3 school years that the teacher provides instruction to students in
182		-	4 elementary school or high school. If a teacher provides instruction to
183		-	5 students in elementary school or high school in another state, any full
184		-	6 school year, or its equivalent in the other state, that the teacher provides
185		-	7 instruction counts toward the two (2) full school years under this
186		-	8 subsection.
187		-	9 (h) A teacher who does not receive a raise or increment under
188		-	10 subsection (f) may file a request with the superintendent or
189		-	11 superintendent's designee not later than five (5) days after receiving
190		-	12 notice that the teacher received a rating of ineffective. The teacher is
191		-	13 entitled to a private conference with the superintendent or
192		-	14 superintendent's designee.
193		-	15 (i) (f) The Indiana education employment relations board
194		-	16 established in IC 20-29-3-1 shall publish a model compensation plan
195		-	17 with a model salary range that a school corporation may adopt.
196		-	18 (j) (g) Each school corporation shall submit its local compensation
197		-	19 plan to the Indiana education employment relations board. For a school
198		-	20 year beginning after June 30, 2015, A local compensation plan must
199		-	21 specify the range for teacher salaries. The Indiana education
200		-	22 employment relations board shall publish the local compensation plans
201		-	23 on the Indiana education employment relations board's website.
202		-	24 (k) (h) The Indiana education employment relations board shall
203		-	25 review a compensation plan for compliance with this section as part of
204		-	26 its review under IC 20-29-6-6.1. The Indiana education employment
205		-	27 relations board has jurisdiction to determine compliance of a
206		-	28 compensation plan submitted under this section.
207		-	29 (l) (i) This chapter may not be construed to require or allow a school
208		-	30 corporation to decrease the salary of any teacher below the salary the
209		-	31 teacher was earning on or before July 1, 2015, if that decrease would
210		-	32 be made solely to conform to the new compensation plan.
211		-	33 (m) (j) After June 30, 2011, all rights, duties, or obligations
212		-	34 established under IC 20-28-9-1 before its repeal are considered rights,
213		-	35 duties, or obligations under this section.
214		-	36 (n) (k) An employment agreement described in IC 20-28-6-7.3
215		-	37 between an adjunct teacher and a school corporation is not subject to
216		-	38 this section.
217		-	39 SECTION 5. IC 20-28-9-27, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2024,
218		-	40 SECTION 25, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
219		-	41 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 27. (a) As used in this section, "funding floor"
220		-	42 means the amount a school corporation expended for full-time teacher
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222		-	1 salaries during a particular state fiscal year.
223		-	2 (b) Subject to subsections (d) and (e), if the amount of state tuition
224		-	3 support distributed to a school corporation for a particular state fiscal
225		-	4 year is greater than the amount of state tuition support distributed to the
226		-	5 school corporation for the preceding state fiscal year, the school
227		-	6 corporation may not expend an amount for full-time teacher salaries
228		-	7 during the particular state fiscal year that is less than the funding floor
229		-	8 for the preceding state fiscal year.
230		-	9 (c) For purposes of this section, the amount a school corporation
231		-	10 expends for full-time teacher salaries shall include the amount the
232		-	11 school corporation expends for participating in a special education
233		-	12 cooperative or a career and technical education cooperative that is
234		-	13 directly attributable to the salaries of full-time teachers employed by
235		-	14 the cooperative, as determined by the department.
236		-	15 (d) For purposes of this subsection, stipends paid using teacher
237		-	16 appreciation grants under IC 20-43-10-3.5 IC 20-43-16 are not
238		-	17 considered. If a school corporation has awarded stipends to a majority
239		-	18 of the school corporation's teachers in each of the two (2) preceding
240		-	19 consecutive state fiscal years, an amount equal to the lesser of the total
241		-	20 amount of stipends awarded in each of those state fiscal years shall be
242		-	21 added to the school corporation's funding floor for the preceding state
243		-	22 fiscal year described under subsection (b).
244		-	23 (e) Beginning after June 30, 2024, for each state fiscal year that a
245		-	24 school corporation fails to meet the expenditure requirements regarding
246		-	25 full-time teacher salaries under subsection (b), the department shall
247		-	26 submit in both a written and an electronic format a notice to the school
248		-	27 corporation's:
249		-	28 (1) superintendent;
250		-	29 (2) school business officer; and
251		-	30 (3) governing body;
252		-	31 that the school corporation failed to meet the requirements set forth in
253		-	32 subsection (b) for the applicable state fiscal year.
254		-	33 (f) If a school corporation's governing body receives a notice from
255		-	34 the department under subsection (e), the school corporation shall do the
256		-	35 following:
257		-	36 (1) Publicly acknowledge receipt of the notice from the
258		-	37 department at the governing body's next public meeting.
259		-	38 (2) Enter into the governing body's official minutes for the
260		-	39 meeting described in subdivision (1) acknowledgment of the
261		-	40 notice.
262		-	41 (3) Not later than thirty (30) days after the meeting described in
263		-	42 subdivision (1), publish on the school corporation's website:
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265		-	1 (A) the department's notice; and
266		-	2 (B) any relevant individual reports prepared by the
267		-	3 department.
268		-	4 (g) If the department determines a school corporation that received
269		-	5 one (1) or more notices from the department under subsection (e) has
270		-	6 met the expenditure requirements required under subsection (b) for a
271		-	7 subsequent state fiscal year, the school corporation may remove from
272		-	8 the school corporation's website any:
273		-	9 (1) notices the school corporation received under subsection (e);
274		-	10 and
275		-	11 (2) relevant individual reports prepared by the department under
276		-	12 subsection (f)(3).
277		-	13 SECTION 6. IC 20-28-11.5-1 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
278		-	14 1, 2025]. Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "evaluator" means an
279		-	15 individual who conducts a staff performance evaluation.
280		-	16 SECTION 7. IC 20-28-11.5-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.200-2023,
281		-	17 SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
282		-	18 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) Each school corporation shall develop or
283		-	19 adopt a plan for annual performance evaluations for each certificated
284		-	20 employee. A plan must include performance evaluations for all
285		-	21 certificated employees, conducted at least annually.
286		-	22 (b) A plan under this section must include an annual designation of
287		-	23 each certificated employee in one (1) of the following rating categories:
288		-	24 (1) Highly effective.
289		-	25 (2) Effective.
290		-	26 (3) Improvement necessary.
291		-	27 (4) Ineffective.
292		-	28 The requirements for designation in each rating category must be
293		-	29 determined by the school corporation.
294		-	30 (c) The plan must:
295		-	31 (1) be in writing; and
296		-	32 (2) be explained to the governing body in a public meeting;
297		-	33 before the evaluations are conducted. Before explaining the plan to the
298		-	34 governing body, the superintendent of the school corporation shall
299		-	35 discuss the plan with teachers or the teachers' representative, if there
300		-	36 is one. This discussion is not subject to the open door law (IC
301		-	37 5-14-1.5). The plan is not subject to bargaining.
302		-	38 (d) The evaluator shall discuss the evaluation with the certificated
303		-	39 employee.
304		-	40 (e) After a school corporation has assigned an evaluator to perform
305		-	41 a certificated employee's evaluation, the certificated employee may
306		-	42 request the school corporation to assign an evaluator other than the
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308		-	1 evaluator assigned to perform the certificated employee's evaluation.
309		-	2 (b) A school corporation shall post the plan developed or
310		-	3 adopted by the school corporation on the school corporation's
311		-	4 website.
312		-	5 (c) A plan is not subject to collective bargaining.
313		-	6 SECTION 8. IC 20-28-11.5-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
314		-	7 1, 2025]. Sec. 5. (a) The superintendent or equivalent authority, for a
315		-	8 school corporation that does not have a superintendent, may provide for
316		-	9 evaluations to be conducted by an external provider.
317		-	10 (b) An individual may evaluate a certificated employee only if the
318		-	11 individual has received training and support in evaluation skills.
319		-	12 SECTION 9. IC 20-28-11.5-6 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
320		-	13 1, 2025]. Sec. 6. (a) A copy of the completed evaluation, including any
321		-	14 documentation related to the evaluation, must be provided to a
322		-	15 certificated employee not later than seven (7) days after the evaluation
323		-	16 is conducted.
324		-	17 (b) If a certificated employee receives a rating of ineffective or
325		-	18 improvement necessary, as determined by the school corporation, the
326		-	19 evaluator and the certificated employee shall develop a remediation
327		-	20 plan of not more than ninety (90) school days in length to correct the
328		-	21 deficiencies noted in the certificated employee's evaluation. The
329		-	22 remediation plan must require the use of the certificated employee's
330		-	23 license renewal credits in professional development activities intended
331		-	24 to help the certificated employee achieve an effective rating, as
332		-	25 determined by the school corporation, on the next performance
333		-	26 evaluation. If the principal did not conduct the performance evaluation,
334		-	27 the principal may direct the use of the certificated employee's license
335		-	28 renewal credits under this subsection.
336		-	29 (c) A teacher who receives a rating of ineffective may file a request
337		-	30 for a private conference with the superintendent or the superintendent's
338		-	31 designee not later than five (5) days after receiving notice that the
339		-	32 teacher received a rating of ineffective. The teacher is entitled to a
340		-	33 private conference with the superintendent or superintendent's
341		-	34 designee.
342		-	35 SECTION 10. IC 20-28-11.5-7 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
343		-	36 1, 2025]. Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to any teacher instructing
344		-	37 students in a content area and grade subject to IC 20-32-5-2 (for a
345		-	38 school year ending before July 1, 2018), and IC 20-32-5.1 (for a school
346		-	39 year ending after June 30, 2018).
347		-	40 (b) A student may not be instructed for two (2) consecutive years by
348		-	41 two (2) consecutive teachers, each of whom was rated as ineffective
349		-	42 under this chapter in the school year immediately before the school
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351		-	1 year in which the student is placed in the respective teacher's class.
352		-	2 (c) If a teacher did not instruct students in the school year
353		-	3 immediately before the school year in which students are placed in the
354		-	4 teacher's class, the teacher's rating under this chapter for the most
355		-	5 recent year in which the teacher instructed students, instead of for the
356		-	6 school year immediately before the school year in which students are
357		-	7 placed in the teacher's class, shall be used in determining whether
358		-	8 subsection (b) applies to the teacher.
359		-	9 SECTION 11. IC 20-28-11.5-8 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
360		-	10 1, 2025]. Sec. 8. (a) To implement this chapter, the state board shall do
361		-	11 the following:
362		-	12 (1) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that establish an acceptable
363		-	13 standard for training evaluators.
364		-	14 (2) Work with the department to develop a model plan and release
365		-	15 it to school corporations. Subsequent versions of the model plan
366		-	16 that contain substantive changes must be provided to school
367		-	17 corporations.
368		-	18 (3) Work with the department to ensure the availability of
369		-	19 ongoing training on the use of the performance evaluation to
370		-	20 ensure that all evaluators and certificated employees have access
371		-	21 to information on the plan, the plan's implementation, and this
372		-	22 chapter.
373		-	23 (b) A school corporation may:
374		-	24 (1) adopt the department's model plan; or
375		-	25 (2) adopt or establish any other staff performance evaluation plan.
376		-	26 (c) Each school corporation shall submit its staff performance
377		-	27 evaluation plan to the department. The department shall publish the
378		-	28 staff performance evaluation plans on the department's website.
379		-	29 SECTION 12. IC 20-28-11.5-8.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE
380		-	30 JULY 1, 2025]. Sec. 8.5. Upon request by a school corporation, the
381		-	31 department may review the school corporation's plan for efficacy and
382		-	32 the Indiana education employment relations board may review the plan
383		-	33 for legality, and both may comment to the school corporation.
384		-	34 SECTION 13. IC 20-28-11.5-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.9-2024,
385		-	35 SECTION 392, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
386		-	36 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) The principal of a school in
387		-	37 a school corporation shall report in the aggregate the results of staff
388		-	38 performance evaluations for the school for the previous school year to
389		-	39 the superintendent and the governing body for the school corporation
390		-	40 before August 15 of each year on the schedule determined by the
391		-	41 governing body. The report must be presented in a public meeting of
392		-	42 the governing body. Before presentation to the governing body, the
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394		-	1 superintendent of the school corporation shall discuss the report of
395		-	2 completed evaluations with the teachers. This discussion is not subject
396		-	3 to the open door law (IC 5-14-1.5). The report of completed evaluations
397		-	4 is not subject to bargaining.
398		-	5 (b) A school corporation annually shall provide the disaggregated
399		-	6 results of staff performance evaluations by teacher identification
400		-	7 numbers to the department:
401		-	8 (1) after completing the presentations required under subsection
402		-	9 (a) for all schools for the school corporation; and
403		-	10 (2) before November 15 of that year.
404		-	11 Before November 15 of each year, each charter school (including a
405		-	12 virtual charter school) shall provide the disaggregated results of staff
406		-	13 performance evaluations by teacher identification numbers to the
407		-	14 department.
408		-	15 (c) (b) Not before the beginning of the second semester (or the
409		-	16 equivalent) of the school year and not later than August 1 of each year,
410		-	17 the principal at each public school, described in subsection (b)
411		-	18 including a charter school, shall complete a survey that provides
412		-	19 information regarding the principal's assessment of the quality of
413		-	20 instruction by each particular teacher preparation program located in
414		-	21 Indiana for teachers employed at the school who initially received their
415		-	22 teaching license in Indiana in the previous two (2) years. The survey
416		-	23 shall be adopted by the state board and prescribed on a form developed
417		-	24 not later than July 30, 2016, by the department that is aligned with the
418		-	25 matrix system established under IC 20-28-3-1(i). The school shall
419		-	26 provide the surveys to the department in a manner prescribed by the
420		-	27 department. The department shall compile the information contained
421		-	28 in the surveys, broken down by each teacher preparation program
422		-	29 located in Indiana. The department shall include information relevant
423		-	30 to a particular teacher preparation program located in Indiana in the
424		-	31 department's report under subsection (f). (d).
425		-	32 (d) (c) During the second semester (or the equivalent) of the school
426		-	33 year and not later than August 1 of each year, each teacher employed
427		-	34 by a school described in subsection (b) in Indiana who initially
428		-	35 received a teacher's license in Indiana in the previous three (3) years
429		-	36 shall complete a form after the teacher completes the teacher's initial
430		-	37 year teaching at a particular school. The information reported on the
431		-	38 form must:
432		-	39 (1) provide the year in which the teacher was hired by the school;
433		-	40 (2) include the name of the teacher preparation program that
434		-	41 recommended the teacher for an initial license;
435		-	42 (3) describe subjects taught by the teacher;
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437		-	1 (4) provide the location of different teaching positions held by the
438		-	2 teacher since the teacher initially obtained an Indiana teaching
439		-	3 license;
440		-	4 (5) provide a description of any mentoring the teacher has
441		-	5 received while teaching in the teacher's current teaching position;
442		-	6 (6) describe the teacher's current licensure status; and
443		-	7 (7) include an assessment by the teacher of the quality of
444		-	8 instruction of the teacher preparation program in which the
445		-	9 teacher participated.
446		-	10 The form shall be prescribed by the department. The forms shall be
447		-	11 submitted to the department in a manner prescribed by the department.
448		-	12 Upon receipt of the information provided in this subsection, the
449		-	13 department shall compile the information contained in the forms and
450		-	14 include an aggregated summary of the report on the department's
451		-	15 website.
452		-	16 (e) Before December 15 of each year, the department shall report
453		-	17 the results of staff performance evaluations in the aggregate to the state
454		-	18 board, and to the public via the department's website for:
455		-	19 (1) the aggregate of certificated employees of each school and
456		-	20 school corporation;
457		-	21 (2) the aggregate of graduates of each teacher preparation
458		-	22 program in Indiana;
459		-	23 (3) for each school described in subsection (b), the annual rate of
460		-	24 retention for certificated employees for each school within the
461		-	25 charter school or school corporation; and
462		-	26 (4) the aggregate results of staff performance evaluations for each
463		-	27 category described in section 4(b) of this chapter. In addition to
464		-	28 the aggregate results, the results must be broken down:
465		-	29 (A) by the content area of the initial teacher license received
466		-	30 by teachers upon completion of a particular teacher
467		-	31 preparation program; or
468		-	32 (B) as otherwise requested by a teacher preparation program,
469		-	33 as approved by the state board.
470		-	34 (f) Beginning November 1, 2016, and before (d) Not later than
471		-	35 September 1 of each year, thereafter, the department shall report to
472		-	36 each teacher preparation program in Indiana for teachers with three (3)
473		-	37 or fewer years of teaching experience:
474		-	38 (1) information from the surveys relevant to that particular teacher
475		-	39 education program provided to the department under subsection
476		-	40 (c); (b); and
477		-	41 (2) information from the forms relevant to that particular teacher
478		-	42 preparation program compiled by the department under
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480		-	1 subsection (d); and (c).
481		-	2 (3) the results from the most recent school year for which data are
482		-	3 available of staff performance evaluations for each category
483		-	4 described in section 4(b) of this chapter with three (3) or fewer
484		-	5 years of teaching experience for that particular teacher
485		-	6 preparation program. The report to the teacher preparation
486		-	7 program under this subdivision shall be in the aggregate form and
487		-	8 shall be broken down by the teacher preparation program that
488		-	9 recommended an initial teaching license for the teacher.
489		-	10 SECTION 14. IC 20-29-6-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2017,
490		-	11 SECTION 101, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
491		-	12 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. (a) A school employer shall
492		-	13 bargain collectively with the exclusive representative on the following:
493		-	14 (1) Salary.
494		-	15 (2) Wages.
495		-	16 (3) Salary and wage related fringe benefits, including accident,
496		-	17 sickness, health, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement benefits,
497		-	18 and paid time off as permitted to be bargained under
498		-	19 IC 20-28-9-11.
499		-	20 (b) Salary and wages include the amounts of pay increases available
500		-	21 to employees under the compensation plan adopted under
501		-	22 IC 20-28-9-1.5, but do not include the teacher evaluation procedures
502		-	23 and criteria, any components of the teacher evaluation plan, rubric, or
503		-	24 tool, or any performance stipend or addition to base salary based on a
504		-	25 stipend to an individual teacher under IC 20-43-10-3.5. IC 20-43-16.
505		-	26 SECTION 15. IC 20-29-6-4.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2017,
506		-	27 SECTION 102, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
507		-	28 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.5. (a) For a contract entered into
508		-	29 after June 30, 2011, a school employer may not bargain collectively
509		-	30 with the exclusive representative on the following:
510		-	31 (1) The school calendar.
511		-	32 (2) Teacher dismissal procedures and criteria.
512		-	33 (3) Restructuring options available to a school employer under
513		-	34 federal or state statutes, regulations, or rules because of the failure
514		-	35 of the school corporation or a school to meet federal or state
515		-	36 accountability standards.
516		-	37 (4) The ability of a school employer to contract, partner, or
517		-	38 operate jointly with an educational entity that provides
518		-	39 postsecondary credits to students of the school employer or dual
519		-	40 credits from the school employer and the educational entity.
520		-	41 (5) Any subject not expressly listed in section 4 of this chapter.
521		-	42 (b) For a contract entered into after January 1, 2015, for a school
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523		-	1 year beginning after June 30, 2015, a school employer may not bargain
524		-	2 collectively with the exclusive representative for the following:
525		-	3 (1) A matter described in subsection (a).
526		-	4 (2) A matter that another statute specifies is not subject to
527		-	5 collective bargaining, including IC 20-28-9-1.5 and
528		-	6 IC 20-43-10-3.5. IC 20-43-16.
529		-	7 (c) A subject set forth in subsection (a) or (b) that may not be
530		-	8 bargained collectively may not be included in an agreement entered
531		-	9 into under this article.
532		-	10 SECTION 16. IC 20-29-6-16, AS AMENDED BY P.L.217-2017,
533		-	11 SECTION 104, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
534		-	12 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 16. (a) If an agreement has not been
535		-	13 reached on the items to be bargained collectively by November 1, as
536		-	14 provided in IC 6-1.1-17-5, the parties shall continue the terms of the
537		-	15 current contract that is in effect, and the school employer may issue
538		-	16 tentative individual contracts and prepare its budget on that basis.
539		-	17 During this period, in order to allow the successful resolution of the
540		-	18 dispute, the school employer may not unilaterally change the terms or
541		-	19 conditions of employment that are issues in dispute.
542		-	20 (b) Upon the expiration of the current contract that is in effect,
543		-	21 except for teacher appreciation grant stipends and additions to base
544		-	22 salary provided under IC 20-43-10-3.5, IC 20-43-16, the school
545		-	23 employer shall continue under the terms of the current contract that is
546		-	24 in effect, with no increase or increment in salary, wages, or benefits for
547		-	25 any bargaining unit employee until a new contract is executed.
548		-	26 (c) The only parts of the contract that must continue under this
549		-	27 section are the items contained in the contract and listed in section 4 of
550		-	28 this chapter.
551		-	29 (d) This section may not be construed as relieving the school
552		-	30 employer or the school employee organization from the duty to bargain
553		-	31 collectively until a mutual agreement has been reached and a contract
554		-	32 entered as called for in this chapter.
555		-	33 SECTION 17. IC 20-43-10-3.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY
556		-	34 1, 2025]. Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this section, "school" means a school
557		-	35 corporation, charter school, and a virtual charter school.
558		-	36 (b) Subject to the requirements of this section, a school qualifies for
559		-	37 a teacher appreciation grant as provided in this section for a state fiscal
560		-	38 year if one (1) or more licensed teachers:
561		-	39 (1) employed in the classroom by the school; or
562		-	40 (2) directly providing virtual education;
563		-	41 were rated as effective or as highly effective, using the most recently
564		-	42 completed teacher ratings.
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566		-	1 (c) A school may not receive a teacher appreciation grant under this
567		-	2 section unless:
568		-	3 (1) the school has in the state fiscal year in which the teacher
569		-	4 appreciation grants are made under this section:
570		-	5 (A) adopted an annual policy concerning the distribution of
571		-	6 teacher appreciation grants; and
572		-	7 (B) submitted the policy to the department for approval; and
573		-	8 (2) the department has approved the policy.
574		-	9 The department shall specify the date by which a policy described in
575		-	10 subdivision (1) must be submitted to the department.
576		-	11 (d) The amount of a teacher appreciation grant for a qualifying
577		-	12 school corporation or virtual charter school is equal to:
578		-	13 (1) thirty-seven dollars and fifty-cents ($37.50); multiplied by
579		-	14 (2) the school's current ADM.
580		-	15 However, the grant amount for a virtual charter school may not exceed
581		-	16 the statewide average grant amount.
582		-	17 (e) The following apply to the distribution of teacher appreciation
583		-	18 grants:
584		-	19 (1) If the total amount to be distributed as teacher appreciation
585		-	20 grants for a particular state fiscal year exceeds the amount
586		-	21 appropriated by the general assembly for teacher appreciation
587		-	22 grants for that state fiscal year, the total amount to be distributed
588		-	23 as teacher appreciation grants to schools shall be proportionately
589		-	24 reduced so that the total reduction equals the amount of the
590		-	25 excess. The amount of the reduction for a particular school is
591		-	26 equal to the total amount of the excess multiplied by a fraction.
592		-	27 The numerator of the fraction is the amount of the teacher
593		-	28 appreciation grant that the school would have received if a
594		-	29 reduction were not made under this section. The denominator of
595		-	30 the fraction is the total amount that would be distributed as
596		-	31 teacher appreciation grants to all schools if a reduction were not
597		-	32 made under this section.
598		-	33 (2) If the total amount to be distributed as teacher appreciation
599		-	34 grants for a particular state fiscal year is less than the amount
600		-	35 appropriated by the general assembly for teacher appreciation
601		-	36 grants for that state fiscal year, the total amount to be distributed
602		-	37 as teacher appreciation grants to schools for that particular state
603		-	38 fiscal year shall be proportionately increased so that the total
604		-	39 amount to be distributed equals the amount of the appropriation
605		-	40 for that particular state fiscal year.
606		-	41 (f) The annual teacher appreciation grant to which a school is
607		-	42 entitled for a state fiscal year shall be distributed to the school before
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609		-	1 December 5 of that state fiscal year.
610		-	2 (g) The following apply to a school's policy under subsection (c)
611		-	3 concerning the distribution of teacher appreciation grants:
612		-	4 (1) The governing body shall differentiate between a teacher rated
613		-	5 as a highly effective teacher and a teacher rated as an effective
614		-	6 teacher. The policy must provide that the amount of a stipend
615		-	7 awarded to a teacher rated as a highly effective teacher must be
616		-	8 at least twenty-five percent (25%) more than the amount of a
617		-	9 stipend awarded to a teacher rated as an effective teacher.
618		-	10 (2) The governing body of a school may differentiate between
619		-	11 school buildings.
620		-	12 (3) A stipend to an individual teacher in a particular year is not
621		-	13 subject to collective bargaining and is in addition to the minimum
622		-	14 salary or increases in salary set under IC 20-28-9-1.5. The
623		-	15 governing body may provide that an amount not exceeding fifty
624		-	16 percent (50%) of the amount of a stipend to an individual teacher
625		-	17 in a particular state fiscal year becomes a permanent part of and
626		-	18 increases the base salary of the teacher receiving the stipend for
627		-	19 school years beginning after the state fiscal year in which the
628		-	20 stipend is received. The addition to base salary is not subject to
629		-	21 collective bargaining.
630		-	22 (h) A teacher appreciation grant received by a school shall be
631		-	23 allocated among and used only to pay cash stipends to all licensed
632		-	24 teachers employed in the classroom who are rated as effective or as
633		-	25 highly effective and employed by the school as of December 1. A
634		-	26 school may allocate up to twenty percent (20%) of the grant received
635		-	27 by the school to provide a supplemental award to teachers with less
636		-	28 than five (5) years of service who are rated as effective or as highly
637		-	29 effective. A school may allocate up to ten percent (10%) of the grant
638		-	30 received by the school to provide a supplemental award to teachers
639		-	31 who serve as mentors to teachers who have less than two (2) years of
640		-	32 service. The supplemental awards are in addition to the award made
641		-	33 from the part of the grant that is allocated to all eligible teachers.
642		-	34 (i) The lead school corporation or interlocal cooperative
643		-	35 administering a cooperative or other special education program or
644		-	36 administering a career and technical education program, including
645		-	37 programs managed under IC 20-26-10, IC 20-35-5, IC 20-37, or
646		-	38 IC 36-1-7, shall award teacher appreciation grant stipends to and carry
647		-	39 out the other responsibilities of an employing school corporation under
648		-	40 this section for the teachers in the special education program or career
649		-	41 and technical education program.
650		-	42 (j) A school shall distribute all stipends from a teacher appreciation
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652		-	1 grant to individual teachers within twenty (20) business days of the
653		-	2 date the department distributes the teacher appreciation grant to the
654		-	3 school. Any part of the teacher appreciation grant not distributed as
655		-	4 stipends to teachers before February must be returned to the
656		-	5 department on the earlier of the date set by the department or June 30
657		-	6 of that state fiscal year.
658		-	7 (k) The department, after review by the budget committee, may
659		-	8 waive the December 5 deadline under subsection (f) to distribute an
660		-	9 annual teacher appreciation grant to the school under this section for
661		-	10 that state fiscal year and approve an extension of that deadline to a later
662		-	11 date within that state fiscal year, if the department determines that a
663		-	12 waiver and extension of the deadline are in the public interest.
664		-	13 (l) The state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 as necessary to
665		-	14 implement this section.
666		-	15 (m) This section expires June 30, 2025.
667		-	16 SECTION 18. IC 20-43-16 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
668		-	17 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
669		-	18 JULY 1, 2025]:
670		-	19 Chapter 16. Teacher Appreciation Grant Program
671		-	20 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "school" refers to the following:
672		-	21 (1) A charter school, including a virtual charter school.
673		-	22 (2) The board of an interlocal agreement under IC 36-1-7.
674		-	23 (3) The board of a special education cooperative under
675		-	24 IC 20-35-5.
676		-	25 (4) The board of a joint career and technical education
677		-	26 program created under IC 20-37-1.
678		-	27 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "grant" means a teacher
679		-	28 appreciation grant awarded by the department to a school
680		-	29 corporation or school under this chapter.
681		-	30 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the teacher
682		-	31 appreciation grant program established by section 4 of this
683		-	32 chapter.
684		-	33 Sec. 4. (a) The teacher appreciation grant program is
685		-	34 established to provide grants for each state fiscal year to school
686		-	35 corporations and schools to attract, reward, and retain teachers
687		-	36 who significantly impact student outcomes.
688		-	37 (b) The department, in consultation with the state board, shall
689		-	38 administer the program.
690		-	39 Sec. 5. To be eligible for a grant under the program, a school
691		-	40 corporation or school must meet the following:
692		-	41 (1) Apply in a manner prescribed by the department.
693		-	42 (2) Determine eligibility of a teacher under section 6(a)(1) of
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695		-	1 this chapter using the stipend designation criteria described
696		-	2 in section 7 of this chapter.
697		-	3 (3) Meet any other requirements established by the
698		-	4 department.
699		-	5 Sec. 6. (a) A grant received by a school corporation or school
700		-	6 may only be used to pay stipends within the amounts described in
701		-	7 section 8 of this chapter to one (1) or more of the following selected
702		-	8 by the school corporation or school:
703		-	9 (1) A teacher who:
704		-	10 (A) has instructed students in a school for at least one (1)
705		-	11 year; and
706		-	12 (B) meets the criteria for one (1) of the stipend
707		-	13 designations described in section 7 of this chapter.
708		-	14 (2) A teacher who serves as the teacher of record or teacher
709		-	15 of service in a high need or geographic shortage area as
710		-	16 determined by the department based on educator supply and
711		-	17 demand.
712		-	18 (b) To receive grant amounts under this chapter for a teacher
713		-	19 described in subsection (a)(2), a school corporation or school must
714		-	20 agree to the following:
715		-	21 (1) The school corporation or school will distribute a stipend
716		-	22 to the teacher in an amount, subject to section 8(4) of this
717		-	23 chapter, determined by the school corporation or school one
718		-	24 (1) time each state fiscal year for two (2) consecutive state
719		-	25 fiscal years.
720		-	26 (2) An amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the
721		-	27 stipend amount that the teacher receives for a state fiscal year
722		-	28 as described in subdivision (1) will become a permanent part
723		-	29 of and increases the base salary of the teacher receiving the
724		-	30 stipend for school years beginning immediately after the
725		-	31 second state fiscal year the teacher receives the stipend. The
726		-	32 addition to base salary is not subject to collective bargaining.
727		-	33 Sec. 7. (a) To be eligible to receive grant amounts for a teacher
728		-	34 described in section 6(a)(1) of this chapter, a school corporation or
729		-	35 school must designate the teacher as eligible for a stipend under
730		-	36 one (1) of the following categories:
731		-	37 (1) Recognized.
732		-	38 (2) Exemplary.
733		-	39 (3) Master.
734		-	40 (b) A school corporation or school must apply the following
735		-	41 criteria in evaluating a teacher for a stipend designation under
736		-	42 subsection (a):
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738		-	1 (1) For a "recognized" designation, the following:
739		-	2 (A) Whether the teacher demonstrates high performance
740		-	3 in teaching based on student outcomes.
741		-	4 (B) Any other criteria established by the department.
742		-	5 (2) For an "exemplary" designation, the following:
743		-	6 (A) Whether the teacher:
744		-	7 (i) demonstrates high performance in teaching based on
745		-	8 student outcomes; and
746		-	9 (ii) mentors or coaches another teacher to improve
747		-	10 student outcomes.
748		-	11 (B) Any other criteria established by the department.
749		-	12 (3) For a "master" designation, the following:
750		-	13 (A) Whether the teacher:
751		-	14 (i) demonstrates high performance in teaching based on
752		-	15 student outcomes;
753		-	16 (ii) mentors and manages teachers across multiple
754		-	17 classrooms; and
755		-	18 (iii) provides instructional leadership to improve student
756		-	19 outcomes across multiple classrooms.
757		-	20 (B) Any other criteria established by the department.
758		-	21 (c) A school corporation or school may establish additional
759		-	22 criteria in evaluating a teacher for a stipend designation under
760		-	23 subsection (a).
761		-	24 Sec. 8. The amount of a stipend that a school corporation or
762		-	25 school may distribute to a teacher for a state fiscal year under this
763		-	26 chapter must be within the following amounts:
764		-	27 (1) For a teacher who receives a stipend for a "recognized"
765		-	28 designation, not less than three thousand dollars ($3,000) and
766		-	29 not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
767		-	30 (2) For a teacher who receives a stipend for an "exemplary"
768		-	31 designation, not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and
769		-	32 not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).
770		-	33 (3) For a teacher who receives a stipend for a "master"
771		-	34 designation, not less than seven thousand five hundred dollars
772		-	35 ($7,500) and not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
773		-	36 (4) For a teacher selected under section 6(a)(2) of this chapter
774		-	37 to receive a stipend, not less than five thousand dollars
775		-	38 ($5,000) and not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
776		-	39 Sec. 9. (a) The department may award a grant under this
777		-	40 chapter each state fiscal year to a school corporation or school that
778		-	41 meets the requirements of this chapter. The department shall
779		-	42 determine the grant amount awarded to an eligible school
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781		-	1 corporation or school.
782		-	2 (b) The following apply to the distribution of teacher
783		-	3 appreciation grants:
784		-	4 (1) If the total amount to be distributed as teacher
785		-	5 appreciation grants for a particular state fiscal year exceeds
786		-	6 the amount appropriated by the general assembly for teacher
787		-	7 appreciation grants for that state fiscal year, the total amount
788		-	8 to be distributed as teacher appreciation grants to school
789		-	9 corporations and schools shall be proportionately reduced so
790		-	10 that the total reduction equals the amount of the excess.
791		-	11 (2) If the total amount to be distributed as teacher
792		-	12 appreciation grants for a particular state fiscal year is less
793		-	13 than the amount appropriated by the general assembly for
794		-	14 teacher appreciation grants for that state fiscal year, the total
795		-	15 amount to be distributed as teacher appreciation grants to
796		-	16 school corporations and schools for that particular state fiscal
797		-	17 year shall be proportionately increased so that the total
798		-	18 amount to be distributed equals the amount of the
799		-	19 appropriation for that particular state fiscal year.
800		-	20 (c) The department shall distribute all teacher appreciation
801		-	21 grants awarded for a state fiscal year to the school corporations
802		-	22 and schools awarded the grants before April 15 of the applicable
803		-	23 state fiscal year.
804		-	24 Sec. 10. A school corporation or school that receives a grant for
805		-	25 a state fiscal year under this chapter shall do the following:
806		-	26 (1) Distribute all stipends from the grant to individual
807		-	27 teachers not later than sixty (60) business days after the date
808		-	28 the department distributes the grant to the school corporation
809		-	29 or school.
810		-	30 (2) Not later than June 30 of the applicable state fiscal year,
811		-	31 return any part of a grant not distributed as stipends to
812		-	32 teachers.
813		-	33 Sec. 11. A stipend to an individual teacher in a particular year
814		-	34 is not subject to collective bargaining and is in addition to the
815		-	35 minimum salary or increases in salary set under IC 20-28-9-1.5.
816		-	36 Sec. 12. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to affect
817		-	37 annual performance evaluations for each certificated employee of
818		-	38 a school corporation under IC 20-28-11.5.
819		-	39 Sec. 13. The state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 as
820		-	40 necessary to implement this chapter.
821		-	41 Sec. 14. This chapter expires June 30, 2027.
822		-	42 SECTION 19. IC 21-18-15.1-9, AS ADDED BY P.L.74-2019,
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824		-	1 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
825		-	2 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 9. (a) The commission shall annually prepare a
826		-	3 report that includes the following:
827		-	4 (1) Information regarding school corporations and charter schools
828		-	5 that participate in the pilot program.
829		-	6 (2) The annual retention rate of teachers employed by a school
830		-	7 corporation or charter school who completed the school
831		-	8 corporation's or charter school's teacher residency program within
832		-	9 the immediately preceding five (5) years.
833		-	10 (3) The number of program participants who were not employed
834		-	11 by a school corporation or charter school after completing the
835		-	12 school corporation's or charter school's teacher residency
836		-	13 program.
837		-	14 (4) The number of teachers who completed a teacher residency
838		-	15 program under this chapter in the immediately preceding five (5)
839		-	16 years and received, based on a staff performance evaluation for
840		-	17 the year, a rating of:
841		-	18 (A) highly effective;
842		-	19 (B) effective;
843		-	20 (C) improvement necessary; or
844		-	21 (D) ineffective.
845		-	22 The commission shall provide the total number of teachers
846		-	23 described in this subdivision who received each rating listed in
847		-	24 clauses (A) through (D).
848		-	25 (5) (4) The number of teachers who:
849		-	26 (A) completed a teacher residency program under this chapter
850		-	27 in the immediately preceding five (5) years; and
851		-	28 (B) took leadership roles, as determined by the commission,
852		-	29 during their employment with a school corporation or charter
853		-	30 school in Indiana.
854		-	31 (b) Not later than July 1 of each year, the commission shall submit
855		-	32 the report described in subsection (a) to the following:
856		-	33 (1) The governor.
857		-	34 (2) The general assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
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859		-	COMMITTEE REPORT
860		-	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education, to which was referred
861		-	House Bill 1500, has had the same under consideration and begs leave
862		-	to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said
863		-	bill be amended as follows:
864		-	Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
865		-	(SEE TEXT OF BILL)
866		-	and when so amended that said bill do pass.
867		-	(Reference is to HB 1500 as introduced.)
868		-	BEHNING
869		-	Committee Vote: yeas 10, nays 3.
870		-	HB 1500—LS 7682/DI 110
	27	+	1 SECTION 1. IC 20-43-10-3.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.93-2024,
	28	+	2 SECTION 147, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
	29	+	3 [EFFECTIVE JUNE 29, 2025]: Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this section,
	30	+	4 "school" means a school corporation charter school, and including a
	31	+	5 virtual charter school.
	32	+	6 (b) Subject to the requirements of this section, a Each school
	33	+	7 corporation and school qualifies for a teacher appreciation grant as
	34	+	8 provided in this section for a state fiscal year if one (1) or more
	35	+	9 licensed teachers of the school corporation or school:
	36	+	10 (1) employed in the classroom by the school; or
	37	+	11 (2) directly providing virtual education;
	38	+	12 were rated as effective or as highly effective, using the most recently
	39	+	13 completed teacher ratings.
	40	+	14 (1) are employed to provide direct instruction to students in
	41	+	15 the classroom; and
	42	+	16 (2) serve as a teacher of record or teacher of service:
	43	+	17 (A) in a high need area as determined by the department
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	45	+	1 based on educator supply and demand data;
	46	+	2 (B) for students who demonstrate significant annual
	47	+	3 growth as determined under subsection (g)(1)(B); or
	48	+	4 (C) both in a high need area and for students who
	49	+	5 demonstrate significant annual growth as described in
	50	+	6 clauses (A) and (B).
	51	+	7 (c) A school corporation or school may not receive a teacher
	52	+	8 appreciation grant under this section unless the:
	53	+	9 (1) the school corporation or school has in the state fiscal year
	54	+	10 in which the teacher appreciation grants are made under this
	55	+	11 section
	56	+	12 (A) adopted an annual policy concerning the distribution of
	57	+	13 teacher appreciation grants; and
	58	+	14 (B) submitted the policy a distribution plan to the department
	59	+	15 for approval; and
	60	+	16 (2) the department has approved the policy. approves the plan;
	61	+	17 and
	62	+	18 (3) governing body of the school corporation or the equivalent
	63	+	19 for a school adopts the approved plan.
	64	+	20 The department shall specify the date by which a policy plan described
	65	+	21 in subdivision (1) must be submitted to the department.
	66	+	22 (d) The amount of a teacher appreciation grant for a qualifying
	67	+	23 school corporation or virtual charter school is equal to:
	68	+	24 (1) thirty-seven dollars and fifty-cents ($37.50); multiplied by
	69	+	25 (2) the school's current ADM.
	70	+	26 However, the grant amount for a virtual charter school may not exceed
	71	+	27 the statewide average grant amount.
	72	+	28 (d) A stipend awarded to a teacher under a plan described in
	73	+	29 subsection (c) may not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
	74	+	30 The amount of a teacher appreciation grant awarded to a
	75	+	31 qualifying school corporation or school is equal to the total amount
	76	+	32 of stipends awarded to eligible teachers under the school
	77	+	33 corporation's or school's plan, as approved by the department
	78	+	34 under subsection (c).
	79	+	35 (e) The following apply to the distribution of teacher appreciation
	80	+	36 grants:
	81	+	37 (1) If the total amount to be distributed as teacher appreciation
	82	+	38 grants for a particular state fiscal year exceeds the amount
	83	+	39 appropriated by the general assembly for teacher appreciation
	84	+	40 grants for that state fiscal year, the total amount to be distributed
	85	+	41 as teacher appreciation grants to school corporations and
	86	+	42 schools shall be proportionately reduced so that the total
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	88	+	1 reduction equals the amount of the excess. The amount of the
	89	+	2 reduction for a particular school is equal to the total amount of the
	90	+	3 excess multiplied by a fraction. The numerator of the fraction is
	91	+	4 the amount of the teacher appreciation grant that the school would
	92	+	5 have received if a reduction were not made under this section.
	93	+	6 The denominator of the fraction is the total amount that would be
	94	+	7 distributed as teacher appreciation grants to all schools if a
	95	+	8 reduction were not made under this section.
	96	+	9 (2) If the total amount to be distributed as teacher appreciation
	97	+	10 grants for a particular state fiscal year is less than the amount
	98	+	11 appropriated by the general assembly for teacher appreciation
	99	+	12 grants for that state fiscal year, the total amount to be distributed
	100	+	13 as teacher appreciation grants to school corporations and
	101	+	14 schools for that particular state fiscal year shall be proportionately
	102	+	15 increased so that the total amount to be distributed equals the
	103	+	16 amount of the appropriation for that particular state fiscal year.
	104	+	17 (f) The annual teacher appreciation grant to which a school
	105	+	18 corporation or school is entitled for a state fiscal year shall be
	106	+	19 distributed to the school corporation or school before December 5
	107	+	20 April 15 of that state fiscal year.
	108	+	21 (g) The following apply to a school corporation's or school's policy
	109	+	22 plan under subsection (c) concerning the distribution of teacher
	110	+	23 appreciation grants:
	111	+	24 (1) The governing body of a school corporation or the
	112	+	25 equivalent for a school shall differentiate between a teacher
	113	+	26 rated as a highly effective teacher and a teacher rated as an
	114	+	27 effective teacher. The policy must provide that the amount of a
	115	+	28 stipend awarded to a teacher rated as a highly effective teacher
	116	+	29 must be at least twenty-five percent (25%) more than the amount
	117	+	30 of a stipend awarded to a teacher rated as an effective teacher.
	118	+	31 (2) The governing body of a school may differentiate between
	119	+	32 school buildings. distribute differentiated stipends under the
	120	+	33 plan based on one (1) or both of the following criteria:
	121	+	34 (A) Whether the teacher serves as the teacher of record or
	122	+	35 teacher of service in a high need area as determined by the
	123	+	36 department based on educator supply and demand data.
	124	+	37 (B) Whether the teacher serves as the teacher of record or
	125	+	38 teacher of service for students who demonstrate significant
	126	+	39 annual growth as determined by the department on one (1)
	127	+	40 or more of the following:
	128	+	41 (i) The statewide assessment program under
	129	+	42 IC 20-32-5.1-7.
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	131	+	1 (ii) Any additional performance indicator approved by
	132	+	2 the department.
	133	+	3 (3) (2) A stipend to an individual teacher in a particular year is
	134	+	4 not subject to collective bargaining and is in addition to the
	135	+	5 minimum salary or increases in salary set under IC 20-28-9-1.5.
	136	+	6 Except as provided under subsection (h), the governing body of
	137	+	7 a school corporation or the equivalent for a school may
	138	+	8 provide that an amount not exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the
	139	+	9 amount of a stipend to an individual teacher in a particular state
	140	+	10 fiscal year becomes a permanent part of and increases the base
	141	+	11 salary of the teacher receiving the stipend for school years
	142	+	12 beginning after the state fiscal year in which the stipend is
	143	+	13 received. The addition to base salary is not subject to collective
	144	+	14 bargaining.
	145	+	15 (h) The governing body of a school corporation or the
	146	+	16 equivalent for a school that receives a teacher appreciation grant
	147	+	17 under this section shall agree that, if teacher appreciation grants
	148	+	18 are no longer distributed to the school corporation or school under
	149	+	19 this section, the amount of a stipend received for a teacher
	150	+	20 described in subsection (g)(1)(A) in the last state fiscal year that the
	151	+	21 school corporation or school receives a grant under this section will
	152	+	22 become a permanent part of and increases the base salary of the
	153	+	23 teacher receiving the stipend. The addition to base salary is not
	154	+	24 subject to collective bargaining.
	155	+	25 (h) (i) A teacher appreciation grant received by a school
	156	+	26 corporation or school shall be allocated among and used only to pay
	157	+	27 cash stipends to all licensed teachers employed in the classroom who
	158	+	28 are rated as effective or as highly effective and employed by the school
	159	+	29 as of December 1. A school may allocate up to twenty percent (20%)
	160	+	30 of the grant received by the school to provide a supplemental award to
	161	+	31 teachers with less than five (5) years of service who are rated as
	162	+	32 effective or as highly effective. A school may allocate up to ten percent
	163	+	33 (10%) of the grant received by the school to provide a supplemental
	164	+	34 award to teachers who serve as mentors to teachers who have less than
	165	+	35 two (2) years of service. The supplemental awards are in addition to the
	166	+	36 award made from the part of the grant that is allocated to all eligible
	167	+	37 teachers. described in subsection (b) who are employed by the
	168	+	38 school corporation or school as of April 15.
	169	+	39 (i) (j) The lead school corporation or interlocal cooperative
	170	+	40 administering a cooperative or other special education program or
	171	+	41 administering a career and technical education program, including
	172	+	42 programs managed under IC 20-26-10, IC 20-35-5, IC 20-37, or
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	174	+	1 IC 36-1-7, shall award teacher appreciation grant stipends to and carry
	175	+	2 out the other responsibilities of an employing school corporation under
	176	+	3 this section for the teachers in the special education program or career
	177	+	4 and technical education program.
	178	+	5 (j) (k) A school corporation or school shall distribute all stipends
	179	+	6 from a teacher appreciation grant to individual teachers within twenty
	180	+	7 (20) sixty (60) business days of the date the department distributes the
	181	+	8 teacher appreciation grant to the school corporation or school. Any
	182	+	9 part of the teacher appreciation grant not distributed as stipends to
	183	+	10 teachers before February must be returned to the department on the
	184	+	11 earlier of the date set by the department or June 30 of that state fiscal
	185	+	12 year.
	186	+	13 (k) The department, after review by the budget committee, may
	187	+	14 waive the December 5 deadline under subsection (f) to distribute an
	188	+	15 annual teacher appreciation grant to the school under this section for
	189	+	16 that state fiscal year and approve an extension of that deadline to a later
	190	+	17 date within that state fiscal year, if the department determines that a
	191	+	18 waiver and extension of the deadline are in the public interest.
	192	+	19 (l) The state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 as necessary to
	193	+	20 implement this section.
	194	+	21 (m) (l) This section expires June 30, 2025. 2027.
	195	+	22 SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.
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