Bill Text: IN SB0422 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Family friendly school designation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 127 [SB0422 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0422-Engrossed.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-19.
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 and
make available to schools best practices in developing family
engagement and parental involvement. 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.
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ BEHNING, SMITH V)
January 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
February 21, 2013, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
February 25, 2013, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
February 26, 2013, read third time, passed. Yeas 43, nays 7.
March 4, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
March 12, 2013, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
March 14, 2013, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
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Chapter 6.2. 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. The
department's evaluation of a school's parental involvement under
this subsection must incorporate surveys of teachers, students, and
parents. The department shall make the results of a school's
evaluation available to the public.
(e) The department shall make available to schools best
practices in developing family engagement and parental
involvement in student achievement.
(f) The department shall annually assess the quality of a school's
family friendly school designation by correlating designation
outcomes to student achievement. The department shall submit the
results of the assessment under this subsection to the state board.
Sec. 2. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
implement this chapter.
