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IN SB0003
Bill
AI Summary
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Corrects and amends multiple sections of Indiana education code (IC 20) to resolve conflicts between legislation enacted during the 2015 session, particularly between ESB 500-2015 and other bills.
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Modifies school performance reporting requirements to replace "ISTEP program test scores" with "all state standardized assessment scores" and adds detailed breakdowns of student data by demographics including race, grade, gender, lunch status, and special education eligibility.
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Relocates the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Teacher Recruitment Fund from IC 20-27-14 to a new chapter in IC 21-13-11, establishing grant programs administered by the commission to recruit STEM teachers for Indiana school corporations.
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Makes technical corrections to charter school grant eligibility requirements, innovation network school provisions, teacher contract requirements, superintendent hiring standards, and various school funding and insurance mechanisms.
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Declares an emergency for the act, making it effective upon passage for most provisions except the STEM Teacher Recruitment Fund provisions which become effective July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Education technical corrections trailer bill. Makes technical corrections throughout IC 20 (education law). Resolves conflicts between ESB 500-2015 and other legislation enacted during the 2015 session of the general assembly. Moves a chapter relating to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher recruitment fund from an article in IC 20 relating to transportation to an article relating to scholarships and grants in IC 21. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)
Last Action
Public Law 118
3/23/2016