February 24, 2012
ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1150
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DIGEST OF HB 1150
(Updated February 22, 2012 2:53 pm - DI 116)
Citations Affected: IC 20-19.
Synopsis: Family friendly school designation. Establishes the Indiana
family friendly school designation program. Requires the department
of education, in consultation with statewide organizations that link
family engagement to student achievement, to develop the program.
Provides that a school may voluntarily request an assessment of
parental involvement by the department. Provides that the department
may designate a school as a family friendly school if the department
determines that the school has established parental engagement
practices that increase parental involvement and foster high student
achievement.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
January 17, 2012, reported _ Do Pass.
January 25, 2012, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
January 26, 2012, read third time, passed. Yeas 98, nays 0.
SENATE ACTION
February 1, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
February 23, 2012, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
February 24, 2012
Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)
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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1150
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-19-6; (12)EH1150.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-19-6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
A
NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2012]:
Chapter 6. Indiana Family Friendly School Designation
Sec. 1. (a) The department, in consultation with statewide
organizations whose mission is to link family engagement to
student achievement, shall develop the Indiana family friendly
school designation program.
(b) The program must allow a school to voluntarily request
from the department an assessment for the purpose of evaluating
and improving parental involvement in the school.
(c) The department may designate a school as an Indiana family
friendly school if the department determines that the school has
established parental engagement practices that increase parental
involvement and foster high student achievement.
(d) The department shall develop rubrics or standards to
evaluate a school's parental involvement and to award the Indiana
family friendly designation to schools.
Sec. 2. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
implement this chapter.