Title 20, TITLE 20. EDUCATION

professional development Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 6 of this chapter, the department has the sole authority and responsibility for governing teacher education and teacher licensing matters, including professional development. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Educati…

Sec. 1.5. The division of professional standards is established within the department to administer the responsibilities of the department described in section 1 of this chapter. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.137.

Sec. 10. There is established the professional standards fund to be administered by the department. The fund consists of fees collected under this chapter. Money in the fund does not revert to the state general fund at the end of a state fiscal year. As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC…

Sec. 11. The department shall collaborate with nonprofit entities, the commission for higher education, and state educational institutions to develop and implement initiatives focusing on the recruitment and retention of qualified educators from underrepresented populations. The …

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-1.4-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.138; P.L.2-2007, SEC.213; P.L.234-2007, SEC.107; P.L.3-2008, SEC.117. Repealed by P.L.90-2011, SEC.50.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-1.4-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.139. Repealed by P.L.90-2011, SEC.50.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-1.4-5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.140. Repealed by P.L.90-2011, SEC.50.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-1.4-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.141. Repealed by P.L.90-2011, SEC.50.

instructor license in cosmetology Sec. 6. (a) Subject to subsection (c) and in addition to the powers and duties set forth in this article, the state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following: (1) Set standards for teacher licensing and for the administration of a…

Sec. 7. (a) The department may recommend to the general assembly for consideration measures relating to the department's powers and duties that improve the quality of teacher preparation or teacher licensing standards. (b) The department shall submit to the general assembly befor…

Sec. 8. (a) The department may, subject to approval by the budget agency, do the following to administer the responsibilities of the department under this chapter: (1) Establish advisory committees the department determines necessary. (2) Expend funds made available to the depart…

Sec. 9. IC 4-21.5 applies to orders issued by the department under this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-1.4-10.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.145.

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. [2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.

Sec. 11. "Noncertificated employee" means a school employee whose employment is not dependent on the holding of a license or permit under IC 20-28. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-2(g).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.

Sec. 12. "School corporation" means a local public school corporation established under Indiana law. The term includes any: (1) school city; (2) school town; (3) consolidated school corporation; (4) metropolitan school district; (5) township school corporation; (6) county school …

Sec. 13. "School employee" means a full-time certificated person in the employment of the school employer. A school employee is considered full time even though the employee does not work during school vacation periods and accordingly works less than a full year. The term does no…

Sec. 14. "School employee organization" means an organization that: (1) has school employees as members; and (2) as one (1) of its primary purposes, represents school employees in dealing with their school employer. The term includes a person or persons authorized to act on behal…

Sec. 15. "School employer" means: (1) the governing body of each: (A) school corporation; or (B) charter school established under IC 20-24; and (2) a person or persons authorized to act for the governing body of the school employer in dealing with its employees. [Pre-2005 Element…

Sec. 16. "Strike" means: (1) concerted failure to report for duty; (2) willful absence from one's position; (3) stoppage of work; or (4) abstinence in whole or in part from the full, faithful, and proper performance of the duties of employment; without the lawful approval of the …

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-12.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.

Sec. 18. "Superintendent" means: (1) the chief administrative officer of a: (A) school corporation; or (B) charter school established under IC 20-24; or (2) a person or persons designated by the officer or by the governing body to act in the officer's behalf in dealing with schoo…

Sec. 19. "Supervisor" means an individual who has: (1) authority, acting for the school corporation, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline school employees; (2) responsibility to direct school employees and adjust their gri…

Sec. 2. "Bargain collectively" means the performance of the mutual obligation of the school employer and the exclusive representative to: (1) meet at reasonable times to negotiate in good faith concerning the items enumerated in IC 20-29-6-4; and (2) execute a written contract in…

Sec. 3. "Board" refers to the Indiana education employment relations board established by IC 20-29-3-1. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-2(m).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.

Sec. 4. "Certificated employee" means a person: (1) whose contract with the school corporation requires that the person hold a license or permit from the division of professional standards of the department under IC 20-28; or (2) who is employed as a teacher by a charter school e…

Sec. 5. "Confidential employee" means a school employee whose: (1) unrestricted access to confidential personnel files; or (2) functional responsibilities or knowledge in connection with the issues involved in dealings between the school corporation and its employees; makes the s…

Sec. 6. "Deficit financing" for a budget year: (1) means, except as provided in subdivision (2), actual expenditures exceeding the employer's current year actual education fund revenue and, for a school employer for which the voters have passed an operating referendum tax levy un…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-2(o).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.200-2023, SEC.24.

Sec. 8. "Employees performing security work" means a school employee: (1) whose primary responsibility is the protection of personal and real property owned or leased by the school corporation; or (2) who performs police or quasi-police powers. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary …

Sec. 9. "Exclusive representative" means the: (1) school employee organization that has been: (A) certified for purposes of this article by the board; or (B) recognized by a school employer as the exclusive representative of the employees in an appropriate unit; under IC 20-29-5-…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "instructional time" is time during which students are participating in: (1) an approved course; (2) a curriculum; or (3) an educationally related activity; under the direction of a teacher, including a reasonable amount of passing time between cl…

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "virtual instruction" means instruction that is provided in an interactive learning environment created through technology in which the student is separated from a teacher by time or space, or both. As added by P.L.216-2021, SEC.26.

day Sec. 2. (a) A student instructional day in grades 1 through 6 consists of at least five (5) hours of instructional time. Except as provided in subsection (b), (c), or (d), a student instructional day in grades 7 through 12 consists of at least six (6) hours of instructional t…

Sec. 2.2. (a) As used in this section, "eligible student" means a student in grade 11 or 12 who has: (1) failed the graduation exam (before July 1, 2022) or is not on track to complete a postsecondary readiness competency; (2) been determined to be chronically absent, by missing …

instruction or remote learning; requirements Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies to the following: (1) A public school maintained by a school corporation. (2) A charter school that is not a virtual charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-10). (b) If a student is enrolled to atten…

waivers; rules Sec. 2.7. (a) This section applies to the following: (1) Except as provided in subsection (b), a public school maintained by a school corporation. (2) A charter school that is not a virtual charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-10). (b) This section does not app…

Sec. 3. For each school year, a school corporation shall conduct at least one hundred eighty (180) student instructional days. Not later than June 15 of each school year, the superintendent of each school corporation shall certify to the department the number of student instructi…

grades Sec. 4. (a) Subject to subsection (c), if a school corporation fails to conduct the minimum number of student instructional days during a school year as required under section 3 of this chapter, the department shall reduce the August tuition support distribution to that sc…

Sec. 5. The department may grant a waiver of the penalty imposed under section 4 of this chapter for a particular number of canceled student instructional days if: (1) the school corporation applies to the department for a waiver of the penalty imposed under section 4 of this cha…

Sec. 6. The department shall develop guidelines for school corporations to apply for a waiver under section 5 of this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.

Sec. 7. The minimum length for a school term is nine (9) months. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-2-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.

Sec. 8. The secretary of education may encourage the development and establishment of innovative or exemplary school calendars. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-62.5 part.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.140. Amended by P.L.43-2021, SEC.96.

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.187. Amended by P.L.160-2012, SEC.51. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.20.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-2-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.250-2023, SEC.30.

Sec. 3. "Charter school" refers to a public school created and operating under IC 20-24. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-2-3.5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.

Sec. 4. "Committee" refers to the committee that develops the strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan under IC 20-31-5. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-2-3.7.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.

Sec. 5. "Cultural competency" means a system of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that enables teachers to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. The term includes the use of knowledge concerning individuals and groups to develop specific standards, policies, p…

Sec. 6. "Exceptional learner" refers to the following: (1) A student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8). (2) A high ability student (as defined in IC 20-36-1-3). [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-2-5.5.] As added by P.L.1-20…

Sec. 7. "Plan" refers to any of the following: (1) A strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan established under this article for a school or school corporation. (2) A plan to establish an innovation network school to improve school performance under IC 20-…