Bill Text: IN SB0287 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Adult education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-06 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development [SB0287 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0287-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-30-6-1.
Synopsis: Adult education. Permits the state board of education to
select and contract with an eligible provider to deliver the adult
education programs in an area, if the governing body of a school
corporation notifies the state board that it declines to provide adult
education services.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 6, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
(1) A school corporation.
(2) An eligible provider (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 9202).
(c) The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for this program and
contract with an eligible provider to deliver the adult education
programs in that area.
(d) Money appropriated by the general assembly for adult education
may be used only to reimburse a school corporation qualified provider
for adult education that is provided to individuals who:
(1) need the education to master a skill that leads to:
(A) the completion of grade 8; or
(B) a state of Indiana general educational development (GED)
diploma under IC 20-20-6;
(2) need the education to receive high school credit to obtain a
high school diploma; or
(3) have graduated from high school (or received a high school
equivalency certificate or a state of Indiana general educational
development (GED) diploma) but who demonstrate basic skill
deficiencies in mathematics or English/language arts.
For purposes of reimbursement under this section, the school
corporation a qualified provider may not count an individual who is
also enrolled in the school corporation's a kindergarten through grade
12 educational program. An individual described in subdivision (3)
may be counted for reimbursement by the school corporation a
qualified provider only for classes taken in mathematics and
English/language arts.
(b) (e) The state board shall provide for reimbursement to a school
corporation qualified provider under this section for instructor salaries
and administrative and support costs. However, the state board may not
allocate more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total appropriation
under subsection (a) (c) for administrative and support costs.
(c) (f) A school corporation qualified provider may conduct a
program of adult education.
(d) (g) A school corporation may require an individual who:
(1) is at least sixteen (16) years of age; and
(2) wishes to enroll in a school following the student's expulsion
from school under IC 20-33-8 on the grounds that the student
was:
(A) disorderly; or
(B) dangerous to persons or property;
to attend evening classes or classes established for students who are at
least sixteen (16) years of age. However, the school corporation shall
provide a child with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-2) who is at
least eighteen (18) years of age and whom the school corporation elects
to educate with an appropriate special educational program.
