Bill Text: IN HB1360 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Education and workforce roundtable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1360 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1360-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 4-3-23; IC 20-19-4; IC 20-20; IC 20-31;
IC 20-34-6-1; IC 21-43.
Synopsis: Education and workforce roundtable. Establishes the
governor's education and workforce roundtable, staffed by the
commission for higher education, to provide recommendations
concerning a comprehensive system of prekindergarten through
postsecondary education. Repeals the law concerning the existing
education roundtable. Changes references from the "education
roundtable" to the "governor's education and workforce roundtable".
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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Chapter 23. Governor's Education and Workforce Roundtable
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "roundtable" refers to the governor's education and workforce roundtable established by section 2 of this chapter.
Sec. 2. The governor's education and workforce roundtable is established.
Sec. 3. (a) The roundtable consists of the following members:
(1) Fifteen (15) members appointed by the governor. These members must be representatives of:
(A) business and community leaders;
(B) elementary and secondary education, including programs for exceptional learners (as defined in IC 20-31-2-6); and
(C) higher education.
Eight (8) members must be appointed under clause (A).
(2) Two (2) members appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate, each of whom must be from a different political party, who shall serve as nonvoting members.
(3) Two (2) members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, each of whom must be from a different political party, who shall serve as nonvoting members.
(b) The roundtable shall create an advisory committee on early childhood education. The members of the advisory committee must be early childhood education leaders from around Indiana. The advisory committee shall provide to the roundtable professional and technical assistance concerning topics related to early childhood education.
Sec. 4. (a) A member of the roundtable or the advisory committee on early childhood education is not entitled to a salary per diem.
(b) A member of the roundtable or the advisory committee on early childhood education is entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duties, as provided in the state travel policies and procedures established by the Indiana department of administration and approved by the budget agency.
Sec. 5. (a) The governor, the state superintendent of public instruction, the commissioner for higher education, and the commissioner of the department of workforce development shall jointly serve as cochairpersons of the roundtable. The roundtable shall meet:
(1) upon the call of the cochairpersons; and
(2) at least quarterly.
(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 members appointed to serve on the roundtable.
Sec. 6. (a) The governor shall appoint an executive director for the roundtable.
(b) The commission for higher education shall provide staff for the roundtable.
Sec. 7. The roundtable is a permanent body and working group.
Sec. 8. (a) The roundtable shall provide recommendations on subjects related to a comprehensive system of prekindergarten
through postsecondary education to the following:
(1) The governor.
(2) The state superintendent of public instruction.
(3) The general assembly.
(4) The state board of education.
(5) The commission for higher education.
(6) The department of workforce development.
(b) The recommendations to the general assembly must be in an
electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
Sec. 9. (a) As used in this section, "total estimated fiscal impact"
means the annual fiscal impact of a recommendation on all affected
entities after the recommendation is fully implemented under
subsection (f).
(b) Subject to subsection (e), before providing a
recommendation under section 8 of this chapter, the roundtable
shall prepare an analysis of the total estimated fiscal impact that
the recommendation will have on the state, political subdivisions,
and all nonpublic schools affected by the recommendation. In
preparing an analysis under this subsection, the roundtable shall
consider any applicable information submitted by entities affected
by the recommendation. The analysis prepared under this
subsection must be submitted with the recommendation under
section 8 of this chapter.
(c) If the roundtable provides a recommendation under section
8 of this chapter and the total estimated fiscal impact analysis
prepared under subsection (b) indicates that the impact of the
recommendation will be at least five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000), the roundtable shall submit a copy of the
recommendation and the fiscal analysis prepared under subsection
(b) to the legislative services agency for review. This
recommendation must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
Not more than forty-five (45) days after receiving a copy of the
recommendation and fiscal impact analysis, the legislative services
agency shall prepare a fiscal impact statement concerning the
effect that compliance with the recommendation will have on:
(1) the state; and
(2) all:
(A) political subdivisions; and
(B) nonpublic schools;
affected by the proposed recommendation.
The fiscal impact statement must contain the direct total estimated
fiscal impact of the recommendation and a determination
concerning the extent to which the recommendation creates an
unfunded mandate on the state, a political subdivision, or a
nonpublic school affected by the proposed recommendation.
(d) A fiscal impact statement prepared under subsection (c) is
a public document. The legislative services agency shall make the
fiscal impact statement available to interested parties upon
request. The roundtable shall provide the legislative services
agency with the information necessary to prepare the fiscal impact
statement. In preparing the fiscal impact statement, the legislative
services agency may also receive and consider applicable
information from the entities affected by the recommendation. The
legislative services agency shall provide copies of the fiscal impact
statement to each of the persons described in section 8 of this
chapter.
(e) In determining whether a recommendation under this
section has a total estimated fiscal impact of at least five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) on the affected entities, the roundtable
shall consider the impact of the recommendation on any entity that
already complies with the standards imposed by the
recommendation on a voluntary basis, if applicable.
(f) For purposes of this section, a recommendation is fully
implemented after:
(1) the conclusion of any phase-in period during which:
(A) the recommendation is gradually made to apply to
certain affected entities; or
(B) the costs of the recommendation are gradually
implemented; and
(2) the recommendation applies to all affected entities that
will be affected by the recommendation.
In determining the total estimated fiscal impact of a
recommendation under this section, the roundtable shall consider
the annual fiscal impact on all affected entities beginning with the
first twelve (12) month period or first school year after the
recommendation is fully implemented, whichever applies. The
roundtable may use actual or forecasted data and may consider the
actual and anticipated effects of inflation and deflation. The
roundtable shall describe any assumptions made and any data used
in determining the total estimated fiscal impact of a
recommendation under this section.
Sec. 10. The roundtable shall review and make
recommendations to the state board of education for the state
board of education's approval concerning the following:
(1) The academic standards under IC 20-31-3, IC 20-32-4, IC 20-32-5, and IC 20-32-6 for all grade levels from kindergarten through grade 12.
(2) The content and format of the ISTEP program, including the following:
(A) The graduation examination.
(B) The passing scores required at the various grade levels tested under the ISTEP program.
Sec. 11. (a) In making recommendations under section 10 of this chapter, the roundtable shall consider:
(1) a variety of available national and international assessments and tests;
(2) the development of an assessment or test unique to Indiana; and
(3) any combination of assessments or tests described in subdivisions (1) and (2).
(b) In making recommendations under section 10 of this chapter, the roundtable shall recommend to the state board of education only state tests that, when appropriate:
(1) present the content of each test in an interdisciplinary manner; and
(2) provide each student with the opportunity to meet the academic standards in an applied manner.
Sec. 12. The commission for higher education, in consultation with the state board of education and the department of workforce development, may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter.
(1) Student enrollment.
(2) Graduation rate (as defined in IC 20-26-13-6).
(3) Attendance rate.
(4) The following test scores, including the number and percentage of students meeting academic standards:
(A) ISTEP program test scores.
(B) Scores for assessments under IC 20-32-5-21, if appropriate.
(C) For a freeway school, scores on a locally adopted
assessment program, if appropriate.
(5) Average class size.
(6) The number and percentage of students in the following
groups or programs:
(A) Alternative education, if offered.
(B) Career and technical education.
(C) Special education.
(D) High ability.
(E) Remediation.
(F) Limited English language proficiency.
(G) Students receiving free or reduced price lunch under the
national school lunch program.
(H) School flex program, if offered.
(7) Advanced placement, including the following:
(A) For advanced placement tests, the percentage of students:
(i) scoring three (3), four (4), and five (5); and
(ii) taking the test.
(B) For the Scholastic Aptitude Test:
(i) test scores for all students taking the test;
(ii) test scores for students completing the academic honors
diploma program; and
(iii) the percentage of students taking the test.
(8) Course completion, including the number and percentage of
students completing the following programs:
(A) Academic honors diploma.
(B) Core 40 curriculum.
(C) Career and technical programs.
(9) The percentage of grade 8 students enrolled in algebra I.
(10) The percentage of graduates who pursue higher education.
(11) School safety, including:
(A) the number of students receiving suspension or expulsion
for the possession of alcohol, drugs, or weapons; and
(B) the number of incidents reported under IC 20-33-9.
(12) Financial information and various school cost factors,
including the following:
(A) Expenditures per pupil.
(B) Average teacher salary.
(C) Remediation funding.
(13) Technology accessibility and use of technology in
instruction.
(14) Interdistrict and intradistrict student mobility rates, if that
information is available.
(15) The number and percentage of each of the following within the school corporation:
(A) Teachers who are certificated employees (as defined in IC 20-29-2-4).
(B) Teachers who teach the subject area for which the teacher is certified and holds a license.
(C) Teachers with national board certification.
(16) The percentage of grade 3 students reading at grade 3 level.
(17) The number of students expelled, including the number participating in other recognized education programs during their expulsion.
(18) Chronic absenteeism, which includes the number of students who have been absent more than ten (10) days from school within a school year without being excused.
(19) The number of students who have dropped out of school, including the reasons for dropping out.
(20) The number of student work permits revoked.
(21) The number of student driver's licenses revoked.
(22) The number of students who have not advanced to grade 10 due to a lack of completed credits.
(23) The number of students suspended for any reason.
(24) The number of students receiving an international baccalaureate diploma.
(25) Other indicators of performance as recommended by the governor's education and workforce roundtable under
(1) Apply to the department for a grant, on forms provided by the department, and include a detailed description of the eligible provider's proposed prekindergarten program. The description must include at least the following information:
(A) An estimate of the number of students likely to participate.
(B) A description of the prekindergarten curriculum that will be instituted by the eligible provider. The prekindergarten curriculum must be consistent with the Foundations to the Indiana Academic Standards for Young Children (or successor standards adopted by the department of education).
(C) A description of how the curriculum of the proposed prekindergarten program aligns with existing programs and
standards for students in kindergarten through grade 3.
(D) An estimate of the cost of implementing the
prekindergarten program.
(2) Demonstrate a commitment by teachers, parents, and school
administrators toward carrying out the proposed prekindergarten
program.
(3) Comply with any other requirements set forth by the
department.
(b) Subject to section 6 of this chapter, after review of the
applications submitted under this section, the department shall do the
following:
(1) Select the eligible providers that will participate in the pilot
program.
(2) Provide grants to the eligible providers selected to participate
in the pilot program.
(c) The governor's education and workforce roundtable
established by IC 4-3-23-2 shall provide recommendations to the
department concerning the criteria to be used by the department in
selecting the eligible providers that will participate in the pilot
program.
(d) The criteria to be used by the department in selecting the eligible
providers that will participate in the pilot program must do the
following:
(1) Include at least an evaluation of the following:
(A) The information submitted by the eligible provider under
subsection (a).
(B) The coordination of the proposed prekindergarten program
with local health services and social services.
(2) Take into consideration the requirements of section 6 of this
chapter.
(1) under the performance based accreditation system established by this chapter; or
(2) by implementing a quality focused approach to school improvement such as the criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Education or for a national or regional accreditation agency that is recommended by the governor's education and workforce roundtable established by IC 4-3-23-2 and approved by the state board.
(b) The state board shall establish the following:
(1) A performance based accreditation system for accrediting schools in Indiana under this chapter.
(2) A procedure for determining whether a school is making progress toward meeting the criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Education or a national or regional accreditation agency.
(c) The department shall establish a schedule for accrediting schools under this chapter.
(1) to implement this chapter;
(2) to analyze student performance over time on various assessments; and
(3) for other purposes developed by the roundtable.
(b) Any recommendation of the governor's education and workforce roundtable concerning the use of individual student assessment data must be tested in a pilot project before the recommendation may be implemented on a statewide basis.
approved by the state board, are the primary and majority means of
assessing a school's improvement.
(b) The governor's education and workforce roundtable shall
examine and make recommendations to the state board concerning:
(1) performance indicators to be used as a secondary means of
determining school progress;
(2) expected progress levels, continuous improvement measures,
distributional performance levels, and absolute performance
levels for schools; and
(3) an orderly transition from the performance based accreditation
system to the assessment system set forth in this article.
(c) The governor's education and workforce roundtable shall
consider methods of measuring improvement and progress used in
other states in developing recommendations under this section.
(b) The department shall assess improvement in the following manner:
(1) Compare each school and each school corporation with its own prior performance and not to the performance of other schools or school corporations.
(2) Compare the results in the annual report under IC 20-20-8 with the benchmarks and indicators of performance established in the plan for the same school.
(3) Compare the results for a school by comparing each student's results for each grade with the student's prior year results, with an adjustment for student mobility rate. The governor's education and workforce roundtable established by IC 4-3-23-2 shall make recommendations concerning the incorporation of a statistical adjustment for student mobility rates into the results.
(4) Compare the results for a school with the state average and the ninety-fifth percentile level for all assessments and performance indicators.
categories or designations of school improvement based on the
improvement that a school makes in performance of the measures
determined by the board with the advice of the governor's education
and workforce roundtable established by IC 4-3-23-2. The categories
or designations must reflect various levels of improvement.
(1) The number of arrests of students on school corporation property, including arrests made by law enforcement officers, security guards, school safety specialists, and other school corporation employees, and any citizen arrests.
(2) The offenses for which students were arrested on school corporation property.
(3) The number of contacts with law enforcement personnel from a school corporation employee that have resulted in arrests of students not on school corporation property.
(4) Statistics concerning the age, race, and gender of students arrested on school corporation property and categorizing the statistics by offenses.
(5) Whether the school corporation has established and employs a school corporation police department under IC 20-26-16, and if so, report:
(A) the number of officers in the school corporation police department; and
(B) the training the officers must complete.
(6) If the school corporation employs private security guards to enforce rules or laws on school property, a detailed explanation of the use of private security guards by the school corporation.
(7) If the school corporation has an agreement with a local law enforcement agency regarding procedures to arrest students on school property, a detailed explanation of the use of the local law enforcement agency by the school corporation.
(b) By August 1 of each year, the department shall submit a report to:
(1) the legislative council;
(2) the governor's education and workforce roundtable established by
(3) the board for the coordination of programs serving vulnerable
individuals established by IC 4-23-30.2-8; and
(4) the criminal justice institute;
providing a summary of the reports submitted to the department under
subsection (a). The report to the legislative council must be in an
electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(c) By August 1 of each year, the department must post the reports
described in subsections (a) and (b) on the department's Internet web
site.
