Bill Text: IN HB1219 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Parental initiatives for school reorganization.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-11 - Committee report: do pass, adopted [HB1219 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1219-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-24; IC 20-52.
Synopsis: Parental initiatives for school reorganization. Establishes
the following parental initiatives for school reorganization: (1) The
conversion of an existing public school into a charter school. (2) A
petition to have the state board of education consider intervention in
the school. Repeals current provisions concerning the conversion of
existing public schools into charter schools.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
January 11, 2012, reported _ Do Pass.
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(b) This subsection applies if the number of applications for a program, class, grade level, or building exceeds the capacity of the program, class, grade level, or building. If a charter school receives a greater number of applications than there are spaces for students, each timely applicant must be given an equal chance of admission. The
organizer must determine which of the applicants will be admitted to
the charter school or the program, class, grade level, or building by
random drawing in a public meeting.
(c) A charter school may limit new admissions to the charter school
to:
(1) ensure that a student who attends the charter school during a
school year may continue to attend the charter school in
subsequent years; and
(2) allow the siblings of a student who attends a charter school to
attend the charter school.
(d) This subsection applies to an existing school that converts to a
charter school under IC 20-24-11. IC 20-5-2-1. During the school year
in which the existing school converts to a charter school, the charter
school may limit admission to:
(1) those students who were enrolled in the charter school on the
date of the conversion; and
(2) siblings of students described in subdivision (1).
ARTICLE 52. PARENTAL INITIATIVES FOR SCHOOL REORGANIZATION
Chapter 1. Existing Public School Conversion to Charter School
Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to an existing public elementary or secondary school that has been scheduled for closure by the governing body of the school corporation in which the school is located.
Sec. 2. An existing public elementary or secondary school may be converted into a charter school if:
(1) the parents of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the students who attend the school have signed a petition requesting the conversion, which must be completed not later than ninety (90) days after the date of the first signature; or
(2) the governing body votes to convert an existing school within the school corporation.
Sec. 3. If parents successfully complete a petition under section 2(1) of this chapter for a school that has been placed in either of the two (2) lowest categories or designations under IC 20-31-8-4 for four (4) consecutive years, the governing body may not serve as that charter school's sponsor.
Sec. 4. A conversion charter school shall accept all students who attended the school before its conversion and who wish to attend the conversion charter school. If any space remains, the conversion charter school shall comply with the student admissions and enrollment requirements of IC 20-24-5.
Chapter 2. Low-Performing Schools
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a school that is in:
(1) the second or subsequent year of placement in the lowest category or designation; or
(2) the third or subsequent year of placement in either of the two (2) lowest categories or designations;
under IC 20-31-8-4.
Sec. 2. The parents of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the students who attend the school may petition the state board to place the school immediately under IC 20-31-9-4. The petition must be completed not later than ninety (90) days after the date of the first signature.
