IN SB0179 | 2012 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 1 2012 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-16 - Representative Heuer added as cosponsor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Summary

Beginning with the class of students who enter grade 9 in 2013, requires a student pursuing a Core 40 high school diploma to complete at least one virtual instruction course. Specifies that if the virtual instruction course is provided by the school corporation, the school corporation must fund the virtual instruction course through the school corporation's resources, and the school corporation is not entitled to any additional funding because the school corporation provides the virtual instruction course. Provides that if a state university provides a virtual instruction course that is a dual enrollment course or a dual credit course, that course may not be counted for purposes of any component of the higher education funding formula that is determined by or based on the increase in dual enrollment courses or dual credit courses. Inserts a cross-reference to federal educational privacy statutes. Establishes the education issues interim study committee to study the issues relating to the provision of virtual instruction.

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Title

Virtual instruction course requirement.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2012-02-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 38 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2012-02-16 Representative Heuer added as cosponsor
2012-02-16 Representative Behning added as sponsor
2012-02-16 Representative Behning removed as cosponsor
2012-02-16 Representative Heuer removed as sponsor
2012-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2012-02-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2012-02-01 Cosponsor: Rep. Behning
2012-02-01 House sponsor: Rep. Heuer
2012-02-01 Referred to the House
2012-02-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 166: yeas 38 and nays 12
2012-01-31 Amendment 3 (Rogers), prevailed; voice vote
2012-01-31 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2012-01-26 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2012-01-19 Senator Schneider added as coauthor
2012-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2012-01-04 Authored by Senators Banks and Kruse

Indiana State Sources


Bill Comments

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