Title 20, EDUCATION

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "teacher candidate" means an individual recommended for an initial teaching license from a teacher preparation program located in Indiana. (b) As used in this section, "teacher preparation program" includes, but is not limited to, the followin…

Sec. 10. Not later than July 1, 2024, a teacher preparation program (as described in IC 20-28-3-1), including an alternative teacher certification program (as described in IC 20-28-5-12.5), that offers a course of study for teacher candidates or program participants who seek to o…

Sec. 11. A teacher preparation program shall include content within the curriculum that: (1) prepares teacher candidates to use evidence based trauma informed classroom instruction that is conducive to supporting students who have experienced trauma that may interfere with a stud…

Sec. 2. (a) An accredited school or department may use the word "accredited" in advertising approved courses and the types of teachers the school or department is accredited to prepare. (b) The department shall revoke the right to use the word "accredited" when an accredited scho…

Sec. 3. The department shall develop guidelines and best practices for use by accredited teacher preparation programs in preparing individuals to: (1) teach in various environments; and (2) successfully apply positive classroom behavioral management strategies and research based …

Sec. 3.1. (a) As used in this section, "teacher candidate" means an individual recommended for an initial teaching license from a teacher preparation program located in Indiana. (b) As used in this section, "teacher preparation program" includes the following: (1) A teacher educa…

Sec. 3.2. (a) As used in this section, "teacher candidate" has the meaning set forth in section 3.1(a) of this chapter. (b) As used in this section, "teacher preparation program" includes the following: (1) A teacher education school or department. (2) A transition to teaching pr…

Sec. 3.5. The guidelines developed under section 3 of this chapter must incorporate methods that assist individuals in developing competency in employing approaches to create positive classroom management, which may include: (1) behavioral management strategies; (2) positive beha…

Sec. 4. A governing body may adjourn the governing body's schools for not more than three (3) days in a school year to allow teachers, school administrators, and paraprofessionals to participate in: (1) a session concerning agricultural instruction conducted in the county; (2) a …

Sec. 4.5. (a) Each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each school employee likely to have direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the employee's employment to attend or participate in training on child abuse a…

Sec. 5. A teacher preparation program shall include content within the curriculum that prepares teacher candidates to recognize that a student who is not progressing at a normal rate related to reading may need to be referred to the school's multidisciplinary team to determine th…

Sec. 5.5. Not later than July 1, 2024, a teacher preparation program shall include content within the curriculum on the following: (1) Information on criminal gang organizations awareness. (2) Information regarding homeless students, including: (A) the definition of homelessness;…

Sec. 1. The Indiana education employment relations board is established. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-9(a).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13.

Sec. 10. Three (3) members of the board constitute a quorum. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-9(e).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.169-2016, SEC.12.

Sec. 11. The board has the following powers: (1) To adopt an official seal and prescribe the purposes for which the seal may be used. (2) To hold hearings and make inquiries as the board considers necessary to carry out properly the board's functions and powers. (3) To meet and e…

Sec. 14. (a) The board's executive director shall collect on behalf of the board: (1) statistical data on the resources of each school corporation; (2) the substance of any agreements reached by each school corporation; and (3) other relevant data as determined by the board or th…

Sec. 15. (a) The board shall prepare an annual report covering the previous school year or collective bargaining period that includes at least the information described in subsection (b). Before November 15 each year, the board shall: (1) submit the report to the budget committee…

Sec. 2. (a) Before July 1, 2016, the board consists of three (3) members appointed by the governor. (b) After June 30, 2016, the board consists of five (5) members, as follows: (1) Three (3) members appointed by the governor. (2) One (1) member appointed by the speaker of the hou…

Sec. 3. The board shall annually elect a chairperson from the members of the board. A member elected as chairperson shall serve as chairperson from July 1 through June 30 of the following year. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-9(a).] …

Sec. 3.1. (a) The board shall appoint an executive director to carry out the duties and daily operations of the board. The executive director may be removed by the board for just cause. (b) The executive director's duties include the following: (1) To establish a principal office…

Sec. 4. Not more than three (3) members of the board may be members of the same political party. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-9(a).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.169-2016, SEC.6.

Sec. 6. Members may not: (1) hold another public office; (2) be an officer or employee of a school employer; (3) be an officer or employee of a school employee organization or any affiliate of an organization; or (4) represent a: (A) school employer; or (B) school employee organi…

Sec. 9. Each member of the board who is not a state employee is entitled to compensation equal to that of the board's executive director, computed on a daily rate and paid for every day actually spent serving on the board. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodificati…

Sec. 2. The public schools shall appropriately observe the commemorations designated in IC 1-1-9 through IC 1-1-11. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-2-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.

Sec. 3. The state board shall: (1) require the singing of the entire national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner", in each school on all patriotic occasions; and (2) arrange to supply the words and music in sufficient quantity for these purposes. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary…

Sec. 4. (a) Each governing body shall procure a United States flag that is four (4) feet by six (6) feet for each school under the governing body's supervision. (b) If weather conditions permit, each governing body shall require that the United States flag be displayed on every s…

Sec. 5. (a) Subject to subsection (b), each school corporation and charter school may place a durable poster or framed picture representing: (1) the national motto of the United States, "In God We Trust"; and (2) an accurate representation of the: (A) United States flag; and (B) …

Sec. 1. (a) Subject to section 2.5 of this chapter, the state board shall adopt clear, concise, and jargon free state academic standards that are comparable to national and international academic standards and the college and career readiness educational standards adopted under I…

Sec. 2. (a) Subject to section 2.5 of this chapter, the department shall develop academic standards for the following subject areas for each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12: (1) English/language arts. (2) Mathematics. (3) Social studies. (4) Science. (5) Other subj…

Sec. 2.5. (a) As used in this section, "three-cueing model" refers to the three-cueing model of reading that uses meaning drawn from the context, pictures, or syntax as the primary basis for teaching word recognition. (b) Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, the state board …

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. This revision must occur on a cyclical basis. (…

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 geograph…

Sec. 6. The curriculum program of each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12 in a school in a school corporation must be consistent with the following standards: (1) The academic standards developed under this chapter. (2) The student competencies developed for the Core …

Sec. 7. The department shall do the following: (1) Distribute the academic standards established under this chapter to each school corporation for distribution by the school corporation to the parent of each student in the school corporation. (2) Survey parents of students, membe…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "requisite proficiency" refers to the satisfaction by a student of the standards approved by the state board under section 4(a)(3) of this chapter to receive a secondary level certificate of achievement in an academic field. [Pre-2005 Elementary a…

Sec. 10. A student who undergoes an advanced placement examination under IC 20-36-3 and receives a satisfactory score on the advanced placement examination is entitled to receive: (1) a certificate of achievement; and (2) postsecondary level academic credit at a state educational…

Sec. 11. This chapter does not require a school corporation to offer opportunities for secondary level or postsecondary level certificates of achievement in subject and skill areas in which the school corporation does not offer a program. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Educat…

Sec. 12. The state board shall do the following: (1) Make the academically related secondary level certificate of achievement assessment instruments available to the department of workforce development for the department of workforce development's use in offering adult learners t…

Sec. 13. The state board shall, in cooperation with the Indiana commission for career and technical education within the department of workforce development, adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter, including rules concerning the administration of the secondary leve…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "student" refers to a student who meets the following conditions: (1) Is enrolled in a public school, a state accredited nonpublic school, or a nonpublic school that has requested and received from the state board specific approval for the school'…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "subject or skill areas" refers to specific and identifiable technically related and academically related subjects or skills. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.4-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16.

Sec. 4. (a) For academic fields of study, the state board shall adopt for statewide implementation the following: (1) Different subject or skill areas in which students may be given the opportunity to do the following: (A) Demonstrate the requisite proficiency. (B) Be awarded a s…

Sec. 5. In making adoptions under section 4 of this chapter, the state board shall consider the following factors: (1) The overall value of the particular subject or skill area to a broad range of students and the workforce. (2) The transferability of the particular subject or sk…

Sec. 6. The secondary level certificate of achievement assessment instruments must provide each student with the opportunity to demonstrate the requisite proficiency in the subject or skill area in an applied manner as appropriate. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Rec…

Sec. 7. (a) Each student participating in the technology preparation curriculum or the college preparation curriculum under IC 20-30-10 may elect to pursue a certificate of achievement in an academic area. Unless the governing body requires the acquisition of secondary level acad…

Sec. 8. Any secondary level certificates of achievement that a student earns shall be recorded in the student's official high school transcript. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.4-8.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.2-…