Indiana House Bill 1324 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-01-23 - Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires the state board of education to set specific goals for a turnaround academy, and allows the turnaround academy to be operated by a special management team. Provides that a turnaround academy that meets the goals set for it becomes an independent school. Sets forth provisions concerning the operation of a turnaround academy and an independent school. Creates a designation of "high performing school corporation", and provides that certain statutes and rules may be waived for a high performing school corporation.

School accountability and turnaround academies.

Rep. Robert Behning [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-23		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2012-01-11		First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2012-01-11		Authored by Representative Behning

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1324
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN1324.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/HB/HB1324.1.html