Title 20, TITLE 20. EDUCATION

Sec. 3. The agreement may require that a court do one (1) or more of the following: (1) Establish a flexible program for the supervision of a student who has been suspended or expelled. (2) Supervise a student who has been suspended or expelled. (3) Require a student who has been…

Sec. 4. (a) The agreement may require that a school corporation do one (1) or more of the following: (1) Define the violation for which a student who has been suspended or expelled shall be referred to the court. (2) Refer a student who has been suspended or expelled for a violat…

Sec. 5. The agreement must provide how the expenses of supervising a student who has been suspended or expelled are funded. A school corporation may not be required to expend more than the foundation amount (as defined by IC 20-43-3-8) for each student referred under the agreemen…

Sec. 6. A student shall be given an informal hearing before the court, in a setting agreed upon by the court and the school system, as soon as practicable following the student's referral to the court, after notice of the hearing has been provided to the student's parent. As adde…

need of services Sec. 7. A hearing under this chapter is not a hearing to determine whether a student who has been suspended or expelled is a child in need of services. However, if a court determines that a student who has been suspended or expelled may: (1) be a child in need of…

Sec. 8. A parent or guardian has the right to be present and may be required to be present during the student's appearance. As added by P.L.242-2005, SEC.23.

proceedings Sec. 9. A student's appearance in court under this chapter shall not be used against the child or the child's parents or guardians in any subsequent court proceeding, including but not limited to any delinquency or child in need of services matter under IC 31. As adde…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "eligible entity" refers to an entity that meets criteria established by the department under section 6 of this chapter. As added by P.L.167-2021, SEC.1.

Sec. 10. An eligible entity that receives a grant under this chapter shall use the grant to implement the plan developed and submitted by the eligible entity under section 7(3) of this chapter. As added by P.L.167-2021, SEC.1.

education Sec. 11. Before November 1, 2023, the department shall prepare, submit in an electronic format under IC 5-16-4, and present to the interim study committee on education established by IC 2-5-1.3-4(5) a report on the grants awarded under this chapter and the progress made…

Sec. 12. (a) The student learning recovery grant program fund is established for the purpose of providing grants to eligible entities under the program. (b) The department shall administer the fund. (c) The fund consists of the following: (1) Appropriations by the general assembl…

Sec. 13. (a) Not later than July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024, the department shall prepare an annual report that includes the following: (1) A list of all of the eligible entities that participated in the program. (2) The amount of the grant awarded to each participating eligible e…

Sec. 14. The state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.167-2021, SEC.1.

Sec. 15. There is appropriated to the fund one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) from the state general fund for the purposes of providing grants under this chapter for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021. Funds appropriated under thi…

Sec. 16. This chapter expires July 1, 2025. As added by P.L.167-2021, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.171-2023, SEC.10.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the student learning recovery grant program fund established by section 12 of this chapter. As added by P.L.167-2021, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "plan" refers to a student learning recovery plan developed by an eligible entity under section 8 of this chapter. As added by P.L.167-2021, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the student learning recovery grant program established by section 5 of this chapter. As added by P.L.167-2021, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. (a) The student learning recovery grant program is established to provide grants to an eligible entity for the purpose of providing recovery learning and remediation to students in kindergarten through grade 12 who: (1) have experienced learning loss; (2) have fallen behi…

Sec. 6. The department, in consultation with the state board, shall establish criteria for determining who is considered an eligible entity. In determining eligibility criteria, the department shall consider a broad range of educational and remedial resources including institutio…

Sec. 7. (a) To be eligible to receive a grant under this chapter, an eligible entity must do the following: (1) Apply on a form and in a manner established by the department. (2) Apply by a date established by the department. (3) Develop and submit to the department a student lea…

Sec. 8. (a) To be eligible to receive a grant under this chapter, an eligible entity must develop and submit to the department a student learning recovery plan to provide recovery learning to students of the eligible entity described in section 5(a) of this chapter. (b) A plan de…

Sec. 9. (a) If an eligible entity meets the requirements under this chapter, the department may award a grant under this chapter to the eligible entity in an amount determined by the department. (b) The department may give priority to eligible entities that have not, and are not …

As added by P.L.223-2015, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.25.

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.190. Amended by P.L.223-2015, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.26.

As added by P.L.223-2015, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.32.

agreement Sec. 12. (a) This section applies to a transformation zone granted designation by the state board under section 9.5 of this chapter after June 30, 2022. (b) If the state board grants the designation of a transformation zone within a school corporation under section 9.5 …

Sec. 13. (a) If a governing body of a school corporation has entered into an agreement with an entity to manage and operate schools included in a transformation zone of the school corporation, the entity that is a party to the agreement may submit a request in writing and partici…

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.190. Amended by P.L.223-2015, SEC.9. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.27.

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.190. Amended by P.L.223-2015, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.28.

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.190. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.141. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.29.

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.190. Amended by P.L.223-2015, SEC.11. Expired 7-1-2015 by P.L.223-2015, SEC.11.

Sec. 6. The state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.190.

As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.52. Amended by P.L.33-2014, SEC.6; P.L.223-2015, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.30.

As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.257. Repealed by P.L.223-2015, SEC.13; P.L.233-2015, SEC.236.

Sec. 9.5. (a) The governing body of a school that has been placed in the lowest two (2) categories or designations may submit a plan to the state board to create a transformation zone within the school corporation. A plan may be developed with the assistance of the department. Af…

amounts Sec. 1. (a) In addition to the amount a school corporation is entitled to receive in basic tuition support, each school corporation is eligible to receive an academic performance grant. Subject to subsection (b), the amount of a school corporation's grant for a state fisc…

Sec. 2. Subject to section 1 of this chapter, a school corporation's early graduation award for a state fiscal year is the amount determined using the following formula: STEP ONE: Determine the number of students who met the following conditions during the student's expected grad…

Sec. 3. (a) Each state fiscal year, the department shall, for each school corporation, determine the following: (1) Determine each eligible pupil who: (A) successfully completed an Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic honors designation program; and (B) was receiving Supp…

Sec. 4. (a) Each state fiscal year, the department, in consultation with the commission for higher education, shall determine the following with respect to each school corporation: (1) Each student who: (A) was enrolled in the school corporation in the state fiscal year before th…

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "certificated employee" includes the following: (1) A certificated employee (as defined in IC 20-29-2-4). (2) For purposes of annual performance evaluations conducted for a school year beginning after June 30, 2014, a teacher (as defined in IC 2…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "evaluator" means an individual who conducts a staff performance evaluation. As added by P.L.90-2011, SEC.39. Amended by P.L.200-2023, SEC.16.

As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.22. Expired 7-1-2018 by P.L.242-2017, SEC.22.

Sec. 2. As used in the chapter, "plan" refers to a staff performance evaluation plan developed under this chapter. As added by P.L.90-2011, SEC.39.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "school corporation" includes: (1) a school corporation; (2) a school created by an interlocal agreement under IC 36-1-7; (3) a special education cooperative under IC 20-35-5; and (4) a joint career and technical education program created under IC…

evaluators Sec. 4. (a) Each school corporation shall develop or adopt a plan for annual performance evaluations for each certificated employee. A plan must include performance evaluations for all certificated employees, conducted at least annually. (b) A plan under this section m…

Sec. 5. (a) The superintendent or equivalent authority, for a school corporation that does not have a superintendent, may provide for evaluations to be conducted by an external provider. (b) An individual may evaluate a certificated employee only if the individual has received tr…

superintendent Sec. 6. (a) A copy of the completed evaluation, including any documentation related to the evaluation, must be provided to a certificated employee not later than seven (7) days after the evaluation is conducted. (b) If a certificated employee receives a rating of i…

Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to any teacher instructing students in a content area and grade subject to IC 20-32-5-2 (for a school year ending before July 1, 2018), and IC 20-32-5.1 (for a school year ending after June 30, 2018). (b) A student may not be instructed for two (2…

evaluation plan Sec. 8. (a) To implement this chapter, the state board shall do the following: (1) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that establish an acceptable standard for training evaluators. (2) Work with the department to develop a model plan and release it to school corporations…