Bill Text: IN SB0085 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Graduation rate study.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-18 - Effective 07/01/2011 [SB0085 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0085-Engrossed.html
Citations Affected: IC 9-19; IC 20-19; IC 20-27.
Synopsis: Graduation rates; school buses. Requires the education
roundtable to study the causes of low graduation rates in certain
schools and how the graduation rates can be improved. Requires a
person operating a school bus equipped with safety belts to provide
instruction to the passengers on the school bus on the proper fastening
of the safety belts at least one time a semester. Requires a person
operating a school bus to conduct a school bus passenger evacuation
drill at least one time a semester.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ BEHNING, SMITH V)
January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
January 20, 2011, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
January 24, 2011, read second time, ordered engrossed.
January 25, 2011, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 49, nays 0.
March 28, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
April 14, 2011, reported _ Do Pass.
April 18, 2011, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
(1) Study the causes of low graduation rates in Indiana high schools.
(2) Study the impact that school counselors, teachers, school administrators, and parents have on graduation rates.
(3) Identify best practices that increase graduation rates in high schools in Indiana and other states.
(4) Highlight training and technical assistance opportunities for high schools to effectively address low graduation rates.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2012, the roundtable shall submit a status report to the governor and the legislative council on the activities of the roundtable and any action it has taken. The roundtable shall issue a final report stating the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the roundtable by November
1, 2013. The roundtable shall submit the reports to the governor
and the legislative council. A report submitted under this section
to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under
IC 5-14-6.
(c) This chapter expires December 1, 2013.
(1) violates any of the rules, including those adopted as required by IC 20-27-3-6.5, adopted by the state school bus committee concerning the design and operation of school buses; or
(2) fails to include an obligation to comply with those rules in a contract executed by the officer or employee on behalf of a school corporation;
is guilty of misconduct and subject to removal from office or employment.
(1) shall hold one (1) regular meeting each
(2) may hold special meetings as the chairperson considers necessary.
(b) Four (4) voting members of the committee constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business.
(b) The committee shall adopt and enforce rules under IC 4-22-2
to require that a person operating a school bus conduct a school
bus passenger evacuation drill at least one (1) time a semester.
