Here is an update from the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children. These are Bill History Reports concerning Schools. They may or may not be of interest to all, but they do have some interesting information.
HB1092 School starting and ending dates. (Ruppel)
Digest
Prohibits public schools and accredited nonpublic schools frombeginning student instructional days for the school year before August 17 of a year
and from extending the school year beyond June 7 of the following year, beginning with the 2009-2010 school year.
Date Action
01/08/2008 H: Author Added William 'Bill' J. Ruppel
01/08/2008 H: Co Author Added Robert J. Bischoff
01/08/2008 H: 1st Reading Assigned Education
HB1184 Scholarships for teachers. (V. Smith)
Digest
Establishes the call me mister scholarship program and fund: (1) to encourage and promote qualified African American male teachers to pursue a career in teaching in accredited schools in Indiana; (2) to enhance the number of individuals who may serve as role models for minority students
in Indiana; and (3) to rectify the shortage of African American male teachers teaching in accredited schools in Indiana. Requires the state student assistance commission to administer the fund. Makes an appropriation.
Date Action
01/10/2008 H: Author Added Vernon G. Smith
01/10/2008 H: Co Author Added William A. Crawford
01/10/2008 H: 1st Reading Assigned Education
01/16/2008 H: Committee Sched 8:30 AM Room 156C Education
01/17/2008 H: Committee Action Pass Amend(10-0) Education
01/17/2008 H: Co Author Added Robert W. Behning
01/17/2008 H: Co Author Added Gregory W. Porter
SB0002 School board elections at general election time. (Becker, Lubbers, Merritt)
Digest
Requires that school board members selected by election must be elected at general elections. Repeals obsolete statutes.
Date Action
01/08/2008 S: Author Added Vaneta Becker
01/08/2008 S: Author Added Teresa S. Lubbers
01/08/2008 S: Author Added James W. Merritt, Jr.
01/08/2008 S: Co Author Added Dennis K. Kruse
01/08/2008 S: Co Author Added Mike Delph
01/08/2008 S: Co Author Added Edward E. Charbonneau
01/08/2008 S: 1st Reading AssignedLocal Government and Elections
01/16/2008 S: Committee Action Pass(6-4) Local Government and Elections
01/17/2008 S: Committee Report do pass, adopted
SB0038 School year. (R. Meeks)
Digest
Allows student instructional days for public schools and nonpublic schools that have voluntarily become accredited (excluding year-round
schools) to begin after September 1 of a year and end before June 1 of the following year.
Date Action
01/08/2008 S: Author Added Robert L. Meeks
01/08/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Education and Career Development
SB0069 Parental leave for school conferences. (Errington)
Digest
Requires the employer of a parent to provide paid leave to the parent for school conferences when the conferences cannot be scheduled during the
employee's nonworking hours. Provides for enforcement by the commissioner of labor.
Date Action
01/08/2008 S: Author Added Sue Errington
01/08/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Pensions and Labor
SB0080 Length of school year. (Ford)
Digest
Extends the minimum number of student instructional days from 180 days to 200 days by the 2011-2012 school year. Makes corresponding
changes to a provision concerning the failure to conduct a minimum number of student instructional days. Provides for the continuation of
collective bargaining agreements that specify a lower number of student instructional days than required under the amended statute.
Date Action
01/08/2008 S: Author Added David C. Ford
01/08/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Education and Career Development
01/17/2008 S: 2nd Author Added Teresa S. Lubbers
SB0234 Public school transfers. (Kenley)
Digest
Establishes a public school transfer program that allows the parent of a student to request a transfer for the student to enroll in: (1) a different public school in the student's base school corporation; or (2) a public school in a different school corporation. Provides an allocation of public funds for transfer students between the base school corporation and the receiving school corporation, and provides that a transferring student's
parent is responsible for transportation and any additional costs. Allows school corporations to enter into an interlocal agreement under which students whose legal settlement is in one school corporation may attend school in the other school corporation. Allows a student who has legal settlement in one school corporation and whose parent owns property for which the parent pays property tax in another school corporation to
attend school in the latter school corporation without transfer tuition being charged. Requires a school corporation to provide notice to parents concerning the publication of the school corporation's annual performance report and concerning the right of students to transfer out of schools
that fail to perform adequately.
Date Action
01/08/2008 S: Author Added Howard "Luke" Kenley
01/08/2008 S: 1st Reading Assigned Education and Career Development
SB0248 Scholarship granting organization tax credit. (Drozda)
Digest
. Provides a state tax credit to a taxpayer that makes a contribution to a scholarship granting organization for use by the scholarship granting organization in a scholarship program
to provide scholarships to eligible students. Defines "eligible student" as an individual who: (1) has legal settlement in Indiana; (2) is between five and 22 years of age; (3) either has been or is currently enrolled in a participating school; (4) is enrolling in kindergarten or was previously enrolled in a public school; and (5) either: (A) has an annual household income of not more than 300% of the federal income poverty level; or (B) received
a scholarship as an eligible student in the immediately preceding school year. Sets forth a process for the department of state revenue to certify a scholarship program administered by a scholarship granting organization.
Date Action
01/10/2008 S: Author Added Jeff Drozda
01/10/2008 S: 1st Reading AssignedEducation and Career Development
01/16/2008 S: Committee Sched 3:00 PM Room 431 Education and Career Development
01/16/2008 S: Committee Action PassAmend(6-4) Education and Career Development
01/17/2008 S: Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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