Bill Text: IN HB1526 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: School evaluations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1526 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HB1526-Introduced.html

---

---

Introduced Version

---

---

HOUSE BILL No. 1526

_____

DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: Noncode.

Synopsis: School evaluations. Suspends the operation of 511 IAC 6.2-6, which assigns grades of A through F to schools, until the 2015-2016 school year, and puts into effect the categories or designations of school performance that were in effect on December 31, 2011, while the rule is suspended. Requires the department of education (department) to review the underlying principles of 511 IAC 6.2-6 and the process under which the rule was adopted, and to make recommendations to the state board of education (state board) based upon the review. Requires the state board to follow the department's recommendations.

Effective: Upon passage.

---

---

Kersey

---

---

    January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.

---

---

---

Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts between statutes enacted by the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

HOUSE BILL No. 1526

---

    A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: ; (13)IN1526.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) As used in this SECTION:
        (1) "department" refers to the department of education established by IC 20-19-3-1; and
        (2) "state board" refers to the state board of education established by IC 20-19-2-2.
    (b) Notwithstanding 511 IAC 6.2-6, which assigns grades of A through F to schools, the operation of 511 IAC 6.2-6 is suspended until the 2015-2016 school year. While the operation of 511 IAC 6.2-6 is suspended, the categories or designations of school performance required under IC 20-31-8-4 that were in effect on December 31, 2011, are in effect and shall be assigned to schools.
    (c) While the operation of 511 IAC 6.2-6 is suspended, the department shall review the underlying principles of the rule and the process under which the rule was adopted. Following the review, the department shall make recommendations to the state board, including the following:
        (1) Whether the principles underlying the rule are sound.

---

        (2) Whether the process under which the rule was adopted was sufficiently open to the public.
        (3) Whether the rule should remain in place, be amended, or be repealed and replaced.
    (d) After receiving the department's recommendations, the state board shall follow the recommendations.
    (e) This SECTION expires July 1, 2016.

SOURCE: ; (13)IN1526.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.