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IN SB0358
Bill
Status
1/4/2018
Primary Sponsor
Clyde Perfect
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AI Summary
Senate Bill 358 Summary
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Attorney general must send annual letter by electronic mail to teachers summarizing their rights and protections under state and federal law, effective July 1, 2018, replacing the previous first class mail requirement.
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Letter must include summary of teachers' rights and protections relating to performance evaluations under IC 20-28-11.5.
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Department of education must develop a method to provide attorney general with names and electronic mail addresses of active teachers in Indiana for letter distribution purposes.
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Names and electronic mail addresses collected and provided to attorney general are confidential and exempt from public disclosure under IC 5-14-3-4.
Legislative Description
Annual notice of teachers' rights. Provides that the attorney general is required to send by electronic mail the annual letter to teachers summarizing teachers' rights and protections under state and federal law. (Current law requires the letter to be sent by first class mail to the teachers' homes.) Charges the department of education (department) with developing a method to provide the attorney general with the names and electronic mail addresses of current teachers in Indiana. (The law currently requires the department to provide the attorney general with the teachers' residential addresses.)
Last Action
Senator Bassler added as second author
1/25/2018