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IN HB1423
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Porter
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AI Summary
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Establishes the Indiana Education Roundtable as a permanent advisory body to make education recommendations to the governor, general assembly, state board of education, and state superintendent, with the governor and state superintendent serving as co-chairpersons.
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Roundtable membership includes appointees from business/community leaders, elementary/secondary education, and higher education (jointly appointed by governor and state superintendent), plus two members each from the senate and house representing different political parties.
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Requires the roundtable to create an advisory committee on early childhood education and to review academic standards for grades K-12, ILEARN program content and passing scores, and school accreditation criteria.
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Mandates fiscal impact analysis for recommendations estimated at $500,000 or more, with the legislative services agency preparing an independent fiscal impact statement within 45 days identifying any unfunded mandates on the state, political subdivisions, or nonpublic schools.
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Assigns the roundtable responsibility for recommending student educational achievement grant distribution, statistical adjustments for student mobility rates in school performance results, and additional performance indicators for school reporting.
Legislative Description
Indiana education roundtable. Establishes the Indiana education roundtable (roundtable) to make recommendations relating to education to the: (1) governor; (2) general assembly; (3) state board of education (state board); and (4) state superintendent of public instruction. Provides that the roundtable shall create an advisory committee on early childhood education. Provides that the governor and the state superintendent shall jointly serve as co-chairpersons of the roundtable. Provides that the academic standards committee shall submit recommendations on academic standards for a subject area to the roundtable for review by the roundtable. Provides that the roundtable may make recommendations to the state board with regards to the awarding and distribution of student educational achievement grants. Provides that the roundtable shall make recommendations to the state board concerning the incorporation of a statistical adjustment for student mobility rates into the school improvement performance results. Provides that the department of education shall provide a copy of a report relating to school arrests to the roundtable. Makes conforming amendments.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
1/14/2019