Bill Text: IN SB0283 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Nonpublic alternative high schools; residential facilities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-15 - Signed by the Governor [SB0283 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0283-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-19-2-10; IC 20-20-8-10.
Synopsis: High school dropout recovery schools. Requires the
department of education to modify accreditation standards for a
nonpublic school that contracts with a school corporation to provide
alternative education services for students who have dropped out of
high school to accommodate the nonpublic school's program and
student population. Provides that the nonpublic school is not subject to
being placed in a performance category or designation. Provides that
the contract between a nonpublic school and a school corporation must
specify which data required to be reported as part of a school's annual
performance report will be reported by the school corporation, and
which will be reported by the nonpublic school.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
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(1) recognizes that nonpublic schools provide education to children in Indiana;
(2) has an interest in ensuring that all Indiana children are well educated in both curricular and extracurricular programs; and
(3) should facilitate the transferability of comparable academic credit between appropriate nonpublic schools and state supported educational institutions.
(b) The state board shall implement a system of recognition of the educational programs of nonpublic schools to fulfill the policy set forth in subsection (a).
(c) The system of recognition described under subsection (b) must:
(1) be voluntary in nature with respect to the nonpublic school;
(2) recognize the characteristics that distinguish nonpublic schools from public schools; and
(3) be a recognition system that is separate from the accreditation standards required of public schools and available to nonpublic schools under section 8(a)(5) of this chapter.
(d) This section does not prohibit a nonpublic school from seeking accreditation under section 8(a)(5) of this chapter.
(e) The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this section.
(f) The department shall modify accreditation standards for a nonpublic school that enters into a contract with a school corporation to provide alternative education services for students who have dropped out of high school to accommodate the nonpublic school's program and student population. The modified accreditation standards shall be set forth in a letter of understanding between the nonpublic school and the department. A nonpublic school to which this subsection applies is not subject to being placed in a category or designation under IC 20-31-8-4.
(b) In the contract between the school corporation and the nonpublic school, the parties shall specify which data required to be reported under section 8 of this chapter shall be reported by:
(1) the school corporation; and
(2) the nonpublic school;
for students who have legal settlement in the school corporation but attend the nonpublic school for all or part of a school year.
