Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1510
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-20-52.
Synopsis: School counselor grants. Establishes the school counselor
grant fund. Provides that the department of education may award
eligible school corporations and charter schools grants in an amount
determined by the department for the employment of school
counselors. Makes an appropriation for the state biennium to the school
counselor grant fund.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Pfaff, DeLaney
January 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1510
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education and to make an appropriation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 20-20-52 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2025]:
4 Chapter 52. Grants for School Counselors
5 Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a virtual charter school
6 (as defined in IC 20-24-1-10).
7 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" means the school
8 counselor grant fund established by section 3 of this chapter.
9 Sec. 3. (a) The school counselor grant fund is established for the
10 purpose of providing school counselor grants to school
11 corporations and charter schools for the employment of school
12 counselors.
13 (b) The fund consists of the following:
14 (1) Appropriations made by the general assembly.
15 (2) Gifts, grants, devises, or bequests made to the department
16 to achieve the purposes of the fund.
17 (c) The department shall administer the fund.
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1 (d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
2 money in the fund.
3 (e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
4 currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
5 manner as other public funds may be invested. Interest that
6 accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
7 (f) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
8 revert to the state general fund but remains available to be used for
9 the purposes of this chapter.
10 Sec. 4. To be eligible for a school counselor grant under this
11 chapter, a school corporation or charter school must submit an
12 application in a manner prescribed by the department that
13 includes the following information:
14 (1) The current school counselor to student ratio for the
15 school corporation or charter school.
16 (2) A description and plan regarding how the school
17 corporation or charter school intends to use a grant awarded
18 under this chapter to lower the school corporation's or
19 charter school's school counselor to student ratio.
20 Sec. 5. The department may award school counselor grants to
21 school corporations and charter schools that meet the
22 requirements of this chapter.
23 Sec. 6. The state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
24 implement this chapter.
25 SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025] (a) There is
26 appropriated from the state general fund to the school counselor
27 grant fund established by IC 20-20-52-3, as added by this act,
28 fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for the state biennium
29 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027.
30 (b) This SECTION expires July 1, 2027.
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