Bill Text: IN HB1413 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: RITE program grants.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-03-21 - Committee report: do pass, reassigned to Committee on Appropriations [HB1413 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1413-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-20.
Synopsis: RITE program grants. Provides that the education
roundtable, with approval by the state board of education, shall develop
the rewarding innovation, technology, and excellence (RITE) program
to provide grants rewarding schools that have exhibited improvement
toward benchmarks established by the state board of education.
Provides that a school corporation that applies for a grant under the
RITE program must demonstrate how the school corporation's: (1)
innovation; (2) use of technology; or (3) other efforts to achieve
excellence; have led to improvement in meeting the benchmarks.
Specifies that grants under the RITE program must be made from the
innovation fund. Provides that the amounts necessary to make grants
under the RITE program are appropriated from the innovation fund.
Provides that a school corporation receiving a grant under the RITE
program must match the grant at a rate that is at least $1 of local money
for each $1 granted to the school corporation. Limits to $50,000 the
total amount of all grants that may be made to a particular school
corporation under the RITE program. Limits to $1,000,000 the total
amount of all grants that may be made to all school corporations under
the RITE program for all state fiscal years.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
February 14, 2013, reported _ Do Pass.
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Chapter 32.5. Rewarding Innovation, Technology, and Excellence (RITE) Program
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "RITE program" refers to the rewarding innovation, technology, and excellence program established by section 2 of this chapter.
Sec. 2. The education roundtable established by IC 20-19-4-2, with approval by the state board, shall establish the rewarding innovation, technology, and excellence program. The education roundtable shall administer the RITE program. As requested by the education roundtable, the department shall assist the education roundtable in administering the RITE program.
Sec. 3. (a) The education roundtable, with approval by the state board, shall develop the RITE program to provide grants rewarding schools that have exhibited improvement toward
benchmarks established by the state board under section 4 of this
chapter.
(b) The grants under the RITE program shall be made from the
innovation fund established by P.L.229-2011. The amounts
necessary to make the grants under the RITE program are
appropriated from the innovation fund.
Sec. 4. (a) The state board shall develop benchmarks to be used
for purposes of awarding grants under the RITE program.
(b) A school corporation that applies for a grant under the
RITE program must demonstrate how the school corporation's:
(1) innovation;
(2) use of technology; or
(3) other efforts to achieve excellence;
have led to improvement in meeting the benchmarks developed
under subsection (a).
Sec. 5. (a) The education roundtable shall develop standards and
guidelines for school corporations that wish to apply for a grant
under the RITE program.
(b) The education roundtable shall determine which
benchmarks are appropriate for a particular school corporation
applying for a grant under the RITE program.
(c) A school corporation applying for a grant under the RITE
program shall, for two (2) school years, certify to the education
roundtable the information requested by the education roundtable
to determine the school corporation's improvement in meeting the
benchmarks developed under section 4(a) of this chapter.
Sec. 6. After reviewing an application submitted by a school
corporation and the information submitted by the school
corporation under section 5(c) of this chapter, the education
roundtable may determine that the school corporation is entitled
to a grant under the RITE program. If the education roundtable
makes a determination to award a grant to a school corporation,
the education roundtable shall determine the amount of the grant
and the restrictions, if any, on the purposes for which the grant
may be used.
Sec. 7. A school corporation receiving a grant under the RITE
program must match the grant at a rate that is at least one dollar
($1) of local money for each one dollar ($1) granted to the school
corporation. The local money used to match the grant may include
money from the school corporation, a public school foundation, a
community foundation, or any other private source.
Sec. 8. (a) The total amount of all grants that may be made to a
particular school corporation under the RITE program for all
state fiscal years may not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(b) The total amount of all grants that may be made to all school
corporations under the RITE program for all state fiscal years may
not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000).
