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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL No. 167 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 20-28-3-9.5. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Seizure training requirements. Provides that school |
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| 8 | 8 | | corporations and charter schools shall require all applicants for |
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| 9 | 9 | | employment and school employees who will have direct, ongoing |
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| 10 | 10 | | contact with children within the scope of the applicant's or school |
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| 11 | 11 | | employee's employment to attend training concerning recognition of |
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| 12 | 12 | | the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be |
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| 13 | 13 | | taken to respond to these symptoms. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Niezgodski, Doriot, Yoder |
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| 16 | 16 | | January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career |
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| 17 | 17 | | Development. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2025 IN 167—LS 6604/DI 152 Introduced |
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| 19 | 19 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 20 | 20 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 21 | 21 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 22 | 22 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 24 | 24 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 25 | 25 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 26 | 26 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 28 | 28 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SENATE BILL No. 167 |
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| 30 | 30 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 31 | 31 | | education. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 20-28-3-9.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 1, 2025]: Sec. 9.5. (a) Each school corporation and charter school |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4 shall require all applicants for employment who will have direct, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5 ongoing contact with children within the scope of the applicant's |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6 employment to attend, before or not later than thirty (30) days |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7 after the start date of the applicant's employment, training |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8 concerning recognition of the signs and symptoms of seizures and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9 the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to these symptoms. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10 (b) Each school corporation and charter school shall require all |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11 school employees who have direct, ongoing contact with children |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12 within the scope of the employee's employment to attend the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13 training described in subsection (a) annually. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14 (c) The format of the training required under this section may |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15 include: |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16 (1) an in-person presentation; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 17 (2) an electronic or technology based medium, including |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2025 IN 167—LS 6604/DI 152 2 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 1 self-review modules available on an online system; |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2 (3) an individual program of study designated materials; or |
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| 53 | 53 | | 3 (4) any other method approved by the governing body of a |
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| 54 | 54 | | 4 school corporation or the equivalent authority of a charter |
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| 55 | 55 | | 5 school that is consistent with current professional |
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| 56 | 56 | | 6 development standards. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 7 (d) The training required under this section for a school |
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| 58 | 58 | | 8 employee must be during the school employee's contracted day or |
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| 59 | 59 | | 9 at a time chosen by the employee. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 10 (e) The training required under this section shall count toward |
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| 61 | 61 | | 11 the requirements for professional development required by the |
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| 62 | 62 | | 12 governing body of a school corporation or the equivalent authority |
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| 63 | 63 | | 13 of a charter school. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 14 (f) The training provided under this section must be consistent |
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| 65 | 65 | | 15 with the training programs and guidelines developed by the |
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| 66 | 66 | | 16 Epilepsy Foundation of America or a successor organization. |
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| 67 | 67 | | 2025 IN 167—LS 6604/DI 152 |
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