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IN HB1591
Bill
Status
1/23/2017
Primary Sponsor
Jim Lucas
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AI Summary
HB 1591 Summary
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Establishes the Education Options Account Program administered by the State Treasurer, creating consumer-directed education accounts funded with state tuition support for eligible students to pay for qualified education expenses.
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Eligible students must have Indiana legal settlement, be ages 5-21, and can use account funds for tuition at private schools, tutoring, curriculum materials, postsecondary education, special services, technology, and standardized test fees.
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Replaces the ISTEP test program with a new statewide assessment program developed by the State Board of Education and Department of Education that cannot exceed federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirements.
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Changes teacher evaluation requirements by repealing mandatory annual performance evaluation plans and redefining probationary/professional teacher status based on performance ratings rather than seniority.
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Provides a $1,000 state income tax credit for licensed K-12 classroom teachers on income earned from classroom instruction employment (effective January 1, 2018).
Legislative Description
Education options account program. Establishes the education options account program (program). Requires the treasurer of state to administer the program. Establishes: (1) the education options account fund; and (2) requirements and conditions for the program. Requires the treasurer of state to: (1) annually request a parent of an eligible student who is participating in the program to complete a written survey; and (2) annually provide a summary of the survey to the governor and the legislative council. Continuously appropriates money from the education options account fund and the accounts established within the fund for the purposes of the program. Provides
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
1/23/2017