Sec. 3. (a) The department shall revise and update academic standards: (1) for each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12; and (2) in each subject area listed in section 2 of this chapter; at least once every six (6) years in addition to the requirements described in section 1(c) and 1(d) of this chapter. This revision must occur on a cyclical basis. (b) The department, in revising and updating academic standards under subsection (a), shall do the following: (1) Consider the skills, knowledge, and practices: (A) that are necessary to understand and utilize emerging technologies; and (B) that may be rendered obsolete by emerging technologies. (2) Consider for removal any academic standards that may be obsolete as a result of emerging technologies. (3) Provide support to school corporations regarding the implementation of revised and updated academic standards that have an emerging technologies component. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-16-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.73-2011, SEC.17; P.L.168-2022, SEC.19; P.L.250-2023, SEC.33.
IC 20-31-3-4 Academic standards committee Sec. 4. The secretary of education shall appoint an academic standards committee composed of: (1) subject area teachers with subject matter expertise; (2) higher education representatives with subject matter expertise; (3) employers; and (4) parents; that is racially and geographically diverse during the period when a subject area is undergoing revision. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-16-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.100; P.L.222-2015, SEC.11; P.L.43-2021, SEC.102; P.L.196-2023, SEC.3; P.L.250-2023, SEC.34.