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IN SB0038
Bill
Status
1/5/2016
Primary Sponsor
Dennis Kruse
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AI Summary
Senate Bill 38 Summary
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Public secondary school students may earn up to 2 elective academic credits for released time religious instruction classes if the school corporation's governing body adopts a policy authorizing such credit.
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Religious instruction classes must be evaluated using purely secular criteria comparable to transfer credit evaluations for students from nonpublic schools, including classroom hours, course syllabus, assessment methods, and teacher licensure.
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Credit award decisions must be neutral regarding religious content and denominational affiliation.
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Students may receive released time religious instruction for up to 120 minutes per week and earn attendance credit equivalent to public school attendance for the same time period.
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Effective date: July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Released time religious instruction. Provides that a public secondary school student may receive not more than two elective academic credits for released time religious instruction classes if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that allows the awarding of credit, and certain conditions are met.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education & Career Development
1/5/2016