Bill Text: IN SB0236 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Various education matters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Third reading: failed for lack of constitutional majority; Roll Call 129: yeas 25 and nays 25 [SB0236 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0236-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-30; IC 20-31.
Synopsis: Various education matters. Provides that a school placed in
the highest category or designation of academic performance is not
required to conduct a school year of at least 180 student instructional
days if the school conducts at least an equivalent number of hours of
student instructional time. Prohibits public schools, except charter
schools, from beginning student instructional days for the school year
before the fourth Monday in August and from ending after June 10 of
the following year, beginning with the 2014-2015 school year. Provides
that a governing body may establish a beginning date before Labor Day
or an end date for a school year that is later than June 10 for year-round
schools, schools with balanced calendars, schools that coordinate
calendars with a postsecondary educational institution, and schools that
coordinate calendars with a large employer in the school corporation
following public hearings and a majority vote of the governing body.
Provides that a governing body may establish an end date for a school
year that is later than June 10 for any school following public hearings
and a majority vote of the governing body. Creates a designation of
"high performing school corporation", and provides that certain statutes
and rules are waived for a high performing school corporation.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
January 26, 2012, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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(b) A school to which this section applies is not required to conduct one hundred eighty (180) student instructional days in a school year if the governing body establishes a calendar for the school that consists of at least:
(1) nine hundred (900) hours of instructional time, for grades 1 through 6; or
(2) one thousand eighty (1,080) hours of instructional time, for grades 7 through 12.
(c) If a school to which this section applies ceases to be placed in the highest category or designation established under IC 20-31-8-3, the governing body shall establish a calendar for the school for the following school year that consists of at least one hundred eighty (180) student instructional days.
(b) This section applies only to a contract entered into or renewed by a governing body after June 30, 2014.
(c) This section does not apply to a charter school or a nonpublic school.
(d) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, the student instructional days that make up a school year may not:
(1) begin before the fourth Monday in August; and
(2) end after June 10 of the following year.
(e) This subsection applies to a year-round school that has a calendar in which a break between instructional days does not exceed six (6) weeks, a school that has a balanced calendar of quarters, a school that coordinates the school's calendar with that of a postsecondary educational institution, and a school that coordinates the school's calendar with that of a large employer within the school corporation. Notwithstanding subsection (d), a governing body may begin a school year before the fourth Monday in August or end a school year after June 10 at a school if:
(1) the governing body gives notice and holds at least two (2) public hearings at which public testimony must be allowed on the issue; and
(2) at a third public hearing, a majority of the members of the governing body vote to establish a beginning date for the school year that is before the fourth Monday in August or an ending date for the school year that is after June 10, or both.
(f) This subsection applies to a school that is not described in subsection (e). Notwithstanding subsection (d), a governing body may end a school year after June 10 at a school if:
(1) the governing body gives notice and holds at least two (2) public hearings at which public testimony must be allowed on the issue; and
(2) at a third public hearing, a majority of the members of the governing body vote to establish an ending date for the school year that is after June 10.
(g) This subsection applies to a governing body that begins a school year before the fourth Monday in August under subsection (e). The governing body may not conduct student instructional days during the period in which the state fair is held, unless a student who participates in the state fair receives an excused absence for each student instructional day the student participates in the state fair.
Chapter 12. High Performing School Corporations
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a school corporation that for at least two (2) consecutive school years meets or exceeds at least ninety percent (90%) of benchmarks established for school corporations by the department in the following areas:
(1) ISTEP performance.
(2) Graduation rate.
(3) Postsecondary enrollment.
(4) ACT and SAT scores.
(5) College readiness data.
(6) Student attendance.
(7) Faculty proficiency.
(8) Any other benchmark the department considers appropriate.
Sec. 2. The department shall designate a school corporation to which this chapter applies as a high performing school corporation.
Sec. 3. The following statutes and rules are waived for a high performing school corporation:
IC 20-30-2-2 (length of student instructional days).
IC 20-30-2-3 (minimum number of student instructional days).
IC 20-30-2-4 (penalty for failure to conduct minimum number of student instructional days).
IC 20-30-2-7 (minimum length of school term).
IC 20-30-14-2(6) (application requirements for community or
volunteer service credits).
511 IAC 6-8-2 (necessity for a waiver to implement
nonstandard courses and curriculum programs).
Sec. 4. If a high performing school corporation fails to meet or
exceed the benchmarks set forth in section 1 of this chapter for a
school year, the department shall place the school corporation on
probation for the following school year. If the school corporation
fails to meet or exceed the benchmarks set forth in section 1 of this
chapter for a second consecutive school year, the department shall
remove the school corporation's designation as a high performing
school corporation.
