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IN HB1483
Bill
Status
5/7/2015
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Thompson
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AI Summary
HEA 1483 Summary
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Expands the definition of "teacher" under Indiana Code 20-28 to include school psychologists, along with superintendents, principals, librarians, and school counselors, effective July 1, 2015.
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Modifies student legal settlement election procedures to allow parents with court-granted physical custody or students age 18+ to elect settlement in either parent's school district on a yearly basis, with no transfer tuition required.
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Increases school bus monitor minimum age requirement from 18 to 21 years old unless school corporations cannot recruit sufficient qualified applicants age 21+, requiring documentation of recruitment efforts.
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Changes factfinding process timelines in teacher collective bargaining from 15 days to 30 days and extends board appeal ruling deadline from 30 to 60 days.
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Requires schools to allow use of computer or digital response technology for ISTEP program tests and prohibits schools from offering programs that contradict required curriculum.
Legislative Description
Various education issues. Adds "school psychologist" to the definition of "teacher" for the purposes of teacher preparation and licensing. Requires an election for a student to have legal settlement in the school corporation whose attendance area contains the residence of the student's mother or father to be made on a yearly basis and apply throughout the school year unless the student's parent no longer resides within the attendance area of the school corporation. Provides that the visual acuity required of a school bus driver is not required of a school bus monitor. Provides that an accredited school may not offer,
Last Action
Public Law 219
5/7/2015