Bill Text: IN HB1309 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State board of education and roundtable.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1309 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HB1309-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1309

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 20-19.

Synopsis: State board of education and roundtable. Requires the state board of education to elect a member to serve as vice chairperson, who: (1) presides over meetings in the absence of the state superintendent of public instruction; and (2) may call meetings, set and amend agendas, arrange for witnesses, and carry out other administrative functions related to the meetings of the state board. Provides that the commissioner for higher education serves as a third cochairperson of the education roundtable. (Under current law, the governor and state superintendent of public instruction serve as cochairpersons.) Provides that a majority of the cochairpersons acting together carry out the administrative functions related to the meetings of the roundtable. Adds the commission for higher education to the persons who receive the recommendations of the roundtable.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Behning

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    January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1309

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 20-19-2-5.5; (13)IN1309.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-19-2-5.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 5.5. The state board shall elect one (1) member to serve as vice chairperson. The vice chairperson:
        (1) shall preside over meetings in the chairperson's absence; and
        (2) may:
            (A) call meetings;
            (B) set and amend agendas;
            (C) arrange for witnesses; and
            (D) carry out any other administrative function as it relates to meetings of the state board.

SOURCE: IC 20-19-4-5; (13)IN1309.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 20-19-4-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 5. (a) The governor, and the state superintendent, and the commissioner for higher education shall jointly serve as cochairpersons of the roundtable. The roundtable shall meet upon the

call of a majority of the cochairpersons. A majority of the cochairpersons, acting together, may:
        (1) call meetings;
        (2) set and amend agendas;
        (3) arrange for witnesses; and
        (4) carry out any other administrative function as it relates to meetings of the roundtable.
    (b) A quorum of the roundtable must be present to conduct business. A quorum consists of a majority of the voting members appointed to the roundtable. The roundtable may not take an official action unless the official action has been approved by at least a majority of the voting members appointed to serve on the roundtable.

SOURCE: IC 20-19-4-7; (13)IN1309.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 20-19-4-7, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 7. (a) The roundtable shall provide recommendations on subjects related to education to the following:
        (1) The governor.
        (2) The state superintendent.
        (3) The general assembly.
        (4) The state board.
         (5) The commission for higher education.
    (b) The recommendations to the general assembly must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.