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IN HB1421

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2013

Primary Sponsor

Gregory Porter

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Indiana Department of Education to compile and publicly report student disciplinary data from school corporations, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and discipline categories for each school

  • Mandates the department develop a searchable database tracking out-of-school suspensions and expulsions, with the Civil Rights Commission using this data annually to identify school corporations with disproportionate discipline rates

  • Requires school corporations with discipline rates exceeding disproportionality criteria to work with the department to develop corrective action plans until rates fall within acceptable limits

  • Mandates school corporations' discipline plans include annual collection and reporting of behavioral problems, arrests, and juvenile justice referrals, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and gender

  • Students seeking to enroll in another school while expelled or to avoid expulsion may only be subject to the same enrollment terms and conditions as currently enrolled students, effective July 1, 2013

Legislative Description

Student discipline.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Education

1/22/2013

Committee Referrals

Education1/22/2013

Full Bill Text

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