Bill Text: IN HB1234 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Family friendly school designation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1234 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HB1234-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1234

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 20-19-6.

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 by the department of parental involvement in the school. 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, 2013.

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Battles, Candelaria Reardon

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    January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1234

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    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; (13)IN1234.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-19-6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]:
     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 under which the department will evaluate a school's parental involvement

and award the Indiana family friendly designation to schools.
    Sec. 2. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter.