Indiana Senate Bill 413 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 1 2012 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-13 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the definition of educational service center. Repeals provisions relating to the establishment and administration of an educational service agency by the Indiana state board of education (state board). Replaces the definition of textbook with curricular materials. Provides that the Indiana department of education (department) shall determine the process for evaluating the curricular materials' alignment to academic standards and the appropriateness of the reading level of the curricular materials. Requires the department to describe the method used to evaluate curricular materials within the earlier of: (1) 18 months after the adoption of standards by the state board; or (2) six years after the previous review of curricular materials. Provides, that in order for a publisher's curricular materials to be included in the department's report, the publisher must: (1) make the curricular materials available for sale to schools for a period of not less than six years; and (2) provide a grant or license to the school corporation to allow for reproduction of the adopted curricular materials in large type, Braille, and audio formats. Makes changes to the subject matter that the department must provide a listing and summary review showing that the curricular material are aligned to academic standards. Provides that for purposes of the sale or lease of an unused school building, a charter school must include an entity seeking final approval from a sponsor to operate a charter school. Provides that the failure by a superintendent or governing body to list an unused school building with the department or to transfer an unused school building to a charter school that has properly requested the building may lead to state funding being withheld from the school. Specifies that a school corporation retains any debt associated with a school building sold to a charter school. Repeals the requirement that a superintendent of a school corporation forward a list of the curricular materials selected by the superintendent. Makes conforming changes and technical corrections.

Various education matters.

Sen. Carlin Yoder [R]

2012-02-01 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 31 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-13		First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2012-02-01		Cosponsor: Rep. Thompson
2012-02-01		House sponsor: Rep. Behning
2012-02-01		Referred to the House
2012-02-01		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 184: yeas 31 and nays 18
2012-01-30		Amendment 3 (Kenley), prevailed; voice vote
2012-01-30		Amendment 2 (Kenley), prevailed; voice vote
2012-01-30		Amendment 1 (Yoder), prevailed; voice vote
2012-01-30		Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2012-01-26		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2012-01-09		First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2012-01-09		Authored by Senator Yoder

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0413
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN0413.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/SB/SB0413.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/SB/SB0413.2.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/PDF/Srollcal/0184.PDF.pdf