Bill Text: IN HB1342 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Choice scholarship program administration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-21 - Recommitted to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures [HB1342 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1342-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-18; IC 20-43; IC 20-51; noncode.
Synopsis: Choice scholarship program administration. Provides that
the office of management and budget administers the choice
scholarship program. (Under current law, the program is administered
by the department of education.)
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2013.
January 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
February 19, 2013, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education and to make an appropriation.
year under a schedule set by the budget agency and approved by the
governor. However, the schedule must provide:
(1) for at least twelve (12) payments;
(2) that one (1) payment shall be made at least every forty (40)
days; and
(3) the total of the payments in each calendar year must equal the
amount required under this article.
(1) the
(2) the creation of the choice scholarship program does not expand the regulatory authority of the state, the state's officers, or a school corporation to impose additional regulation of nonpublic schools beyond those necessary to enforce the requirements of the choice scholarship program in place on July 1, 2011; and
(3) a nonpublic eligible school shall be given the freedom to provide for the educational needs of students without governmental control.
(b) This section applies to the following writings, documents, and records:
(1) The Constitution of the United States.
(2) The national motto.
(3) The national anthem.
(4) The Pledge of Allegiance.
(5) The Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(6) The Declaration of Independence.
(7) The Mayflower Compact.
(8) The Federalist Papers.
(9) "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine.
(10) The writings, speeches, documents, and proclamations of the founding fathers and presidents of the United States.
(11) United States Supreme Court decisions.
(12) Executive orders of the presidents of the United States.
(13) Frederick Douglas' Speech at Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852, entitled "What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?".
(14) Appeal by David Walker.
(15) Chief Seattle's letter to the United States government in 1852 in response to the United States government's inquiry regarding the purchase of tribal lands.
(c) An eligible school may allow a principal or teacher in the eligible school to read or post in the school building or classroom or at a school event any excerpt or part of a writing, document, or record listed in subsection (b).
(d) An eligible school may not permit the content based censorship of American history or heritage based on religious references in a writing, document, or record listed in subsection (b).
(e) A library, a media center, or an equivalent facility that an eligible school maintains for student use must contain in the facility's permanent collection at least one (1) copy of each writing or document listed in subsection (b)(1) through (b)(9).
(f) An eligible school shall do the following:
(1) Allow a student to include a reference to a writing, document, or record listed in subsection (b) in a report or other work product.
(2) May not punish the student in any way, including a reduction in grade, for using the reference.
(3) Display the United States flag in each classroom.
(4) Provide a daily opportunity for students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance in each classroom or on school grounds. A student is exempt from participation in the Pledge of Allegiance and may not be required to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance if:
(A) the student chooses to not participate; or
(B) the student's parent chooses to have the student not participate.
(5) Provide instruction on the constitutions of:
(A) Indiana; and
(B) the United States.
(6) For an eligible school that enrolls students in grades 6 through 12, provide within the two (2) weeks preceding a general election
five (5) full recitation periods of class discussion concerning:
(A) the system of government in Indiana and in the United
States;
(B) methods of voting;
(C) party structures;
(D) election laws; and
(E) the responsibilities of citizen participation in government
and in elections.
(7) Require that each teacher employed by the eligible school
present instruction with special emphasis on:
(A) honesty;
(B) morality;
(C) courtesy;
(D) obedience to law;
(E) respect for the national flag and the Constitution of the
State of Indiana and the Constitution of the United States;
(F) respect for parents and the home;
(G) the dignity and necessity of honest labor; and
(H) other lessons of a steadying influence that tend to promote
and develop an upright and desirable citizenry.
(8) Provide good citizenship instruction that stresses the nature
and importance of the following:
(A) Being honest and truthful.
(B) Respecting authority.
(C) Respecting the property of others.
(D) Always doing the student's personal best.
(E) Not stealing.
(F) Possessing the skills (including methods of conflict
resolution) necessary to live peaceably in society and not
resorting to violence to settle disputes.
(G) Taking personal responsibility for obligations to family
and community.
(H) Taking personal responsibility for earning a livelihood.
(I) Treating others the way the student would want to be
treated.
(J) Respecting the national flag, the Constitution of the United
States, and the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(K) Respecting the student's parents and home.
(L) Respecting the student's self.
(M) Respecting the rights of others to have their own views
and religious beliefs.
(9) Provide instruction in the following studies:
(A) Language arts, including:
(i) English;
(ii) grammar;
(iii) composition;
(iv) speech; and
(v) second languages.
(B) Mathematics.
(C) Social studies and citizenship, including the:
(i) constitutions;
(ii) governmental systems; and
(iii) histories;
of Indiana and the United States, including a study of the Holocaust and the role religious extremism played in the events of September 11, 2001, in each high school United States history course.
(D) Sciences.
(E) Fine arts, including music and art.
(F) Health education, physical fitness, safety, and the effects of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and other substances on the human body.
(g) An eligible school, charter school, or public school shall not teach the violent overthrow of the government of the United States.
(h) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the requirements of IC 20-30-5.
(b) The
(1) seven thousand five hundred (7,500) choice scholarships for the school year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012; and
(2) fifteen thousand (15,000) choice scholarships for the school year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013.
The
(b) An eligible school shall abide by the school's written admission policy fairly and without discrimination with regard to students who:
(1) apply for; or
(2) are awarded;
scholarships under this chapter.
(c) If the number of applicants for enrollment in an eligible school under a choice scholarship exceeds the number of choice scholarships available to the eligible school, the eligible school must draw at random in a public meeting the applications of applicants who are entitled to a choice scholarship from among the applicants who meet the requirements for admission to the eligible school.
(d) The
(e) Each eligible school, public school, and charter school shall grant the
(f) Each year the principal of each eligible school shall certify under penalties of perjury to the
(b) The
(c) The
(1) If the school is placed in either of the lowest two (2)
categories or designations under IC 20-31-8-3 for two (2)
consecutive years, the department OMB shall suspend choice
scholarship payments for one (1) year for new students who
would otherwise use a choice scholarship to attend the school.
(2) If the school is placed in either of the lowest two (2)
categories or designations under IC 20-31-8-3 for three (3)
consecutive years, the department OMB shall suspend choice
scholarship payments for new students who would otherwise use
a choice scholarship to attend the school until the school is placed
in the middle category or higher category or designation, for two
(2) consecutive years.
(3) If the school is placed in the lowest category or designation
under IC 20-31-8-3 for three (3) consecutive years, the
department OMB shall suspend choice scholarship payments for
new students who would otherwise use a choice scholarship to
attend the school until the school is placed in the middle category
or higher category or designation, for three (3) consecutive years.
(4) Students who:
(A) are currently enrolled at a school described in subdivision
(1), (2), or (3); and
(B) qualify for a choice scholarship for the upcoming school
year;
may continue to receive a choice scholarship at the school.
(b) This section may not be construed to prevent a student enrolled
in a school subject to this section from applying for a choice
scholarship in the future at another participating school.
(b) The OMB shall provide in a timely manner to the department the information necessary for the department to distribute state tuition support under IC 20-43-2-1 necessary to make distributions under this chapter.
June 30, 2013.
(b) The OMB shall provide any information that is necessary for
the department to administer IC 20-43. If the department or the
OMB have conflicting data as to whether an eligible student may
be included in a school corporation's ADM under IC 20-43-4, the
OMB, in consultation with the department, shall resolve the issue.
(c) The OMB may request from the department, and the
department shall provide, student data regarding a student's
participation in the free and reduced lunch program in order for
the OMB to verify student eligibility for an award under section 4
of this chapter. The data may not be used in a manner that would
violate any federal or state privacy laws.
(b) All powers and duties of the department of education relating to the administration of IC 20-51-4, as amended by this act, are transferred to the office of management and budget as established by IC 4-3-22-3.
(c) This SECTION expires July 1, 2014.
(b) After June 30, 2013, the administration of the choice scholarship program under IC 20-51-4, as amended by this act, shall be administered by the office of management and budget established by IC 4-3-22-3.
(c) After June 30, 2013, the office of management and budget is responsible for collecting payments from an eligible student under IC 20-51-4-6 if an eligible student enrolls in an eligible institution for less than an entire school year.
(d) The department of education shall provide any necessary support to transfer the duties and responsibilities of the department of education to the office of management and budget to administer IC 20-51-4 by July 1, 2013.
(e) This SECTION expires January 1, 2014.
