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IN HB1547
Bill
Status
1/23/2017
Primary Sponsor
Martin Carbaugh
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AI Summary
House Bill 1547 Summary
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State board of education may accredit nonpublic schools that have received provisional or candidate accreditation from nationally or regionally recognized accrediting bodies, or that have demonstrated accomplishments based on performance in another state.
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State board may authorize choice scholarship program schools or scholarship-funded schools to sponsor other nonpublic schools and accredit or provisionally accredit those sponsored schools.
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State board may accredit nonpublic schools entering into freeway school contracts at the time the contract is signed.
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School corporations may contract with certified public accountants for annual financial audits, with audit reports submitted to the state board of accounts.
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Eligible schools receiving choice scholarship funds must submit annual reports by August 1 showing how scholarship money was used, with reports posted on both the department's and school's internet websites; state board may delay accreditation consequences for schools demonstrating majority student academic improvement despite low performance ratings.
Legislative Description
Nonpublic schools; school corporation audits. Provides that the state board of education (state board) may accredit a nonpublic school that has: (1) received provisional or candidate accreditation from a nationally or regionally recognized accrediting body recognized by the state board; or (2) demonstrated to the state board the nonpublic school's accomplishments based on the nonpublic school's performance in another state. Provides that the state board may: (1) authorize a school participating in the choice scholarship program or that receives contributions from a scholarship granting organization to sponsor another nonpublic school that has demonstrated to the state board the nonpublic school's
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
1/23/2017