Indiana House Bill 1412 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-16 - First Reading: Referred to Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes the goal that by 2025, there will be at least one teacher who is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (national board) in every public school. Establishes the teachers' national board certification incentive fund for purposes of: (1) funding stipends of $200 per day for two days for teachers preparing for national board certification; (2) reimbursing 75% of the national board certification fee; (3) funding stipends for national board certified teachers who serve as mentors to other teachers; (4) reimbursing school corporations for the cost of paying teachers who have attained national board certification as of July 1, 2013, or thereafter an annual salary supplement of $2,000 for the life of the certificate; and (5) reimbursing school corporations for the cost of employing substitute teachers for teachers who are national board certification candidates. Requires a school corporation to allow a teacher pursuing national board certification at least five days of released time during the school year.

National board certification of teachers.

Rep. Gregory Porter [D]

Rep. Kreg Battles [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-16	House	First Reading: Referred to Education
2014-01-16	House	Authored by Representative Porter.
2014-01-15	House	Coauthored by Representative Battles

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/house/1412/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/f/7/e/df7ef684/HB1412.01.INTR.pdf