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IN HB1638
Bill
Status
5/7/2015
Primary Sponsor
Robert Behning
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AI Summary
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Schools cannot offer monetary incentives (cash, gift cards, etc.) to prospective students or their parents to encourage enrollment, or to any person for referring students to the school, effective July 1, 2015.
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State intervention timeline shortened: schools initially placed in lowest performance category after June 30, 2016 must improve within three years (instead of five) before mandatory state intervention applies.
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State board may establish "transformation zones" allowing school corporations to implement innovations in staffing, curriculum, scheduling, and resource use while maintaining local control, with exemptions from collective bargaining requirements under certain conditions.
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Special management teams assigned to turnaround academies receive property tax revenue allocations and gain autonomy over personnel decisions, operations, and facilities, with the school corporation required to provide transportation and maintain facility support.
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Special management team contracts must specify five-year terms, performance goals, accountability metrics, and grounds for termination, with state board approval required at least 60 days before execution.
Legislative Description
State intervention in failing schools. Changes the timeline, from six years to four years, for state intervention for a school initially placed in the lowest category or designation of school improvement after June 30, 2016. Makes various changes to the provisions relating to management of turnaround academes by special management teams. Provides that a school may not offer any item of monetary value to a student or the parent of a student in exchange for enrolling at the school. Repeals a provision relating to a correction of a disbursement of state and federal funds to the Indianapolis Public Schools for
Last Action
Public Law 223
5/7/2015