Bill Text: IN SB0150 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School year; calendar flexibility.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-02-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [SB0150 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SB0150-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-30-2-9.
Synopsis: School year; calendar flexibility. Prohibits public schools
and accredited nonpublic schools from beginning student instructional
days for the school year before the Tuesday after the first Monday in
September (Labor Day) and from ending after June 10 of the following
year, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year. Makes an exception
for year-round schools. Makes the change effective for collective
bargaining agreements and contracts negotiated after June 30, 2012.
Requires the education roundtable to study and make recommendations
to the general assembly concerning school calendar flexibility for high
performing schools.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
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(b) Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the student instructional days that make up a school year may not:
(1) begin before the Tuesday after Labor Day, the first Monday in September; and
(2) end after June 10 of the following year.
(b) IC 20-30-2-9, as added by this act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed by a school after June 30, 2012.
(c) This SECTION expires June 30, 2013.
(b) The roundtable shall study and make recommendations to the general assembly concerning school performance and calendar flexibility, including:
(1) appropriate performance measures;
(2) levels of performance at which a school may receive the flexibility to change the length of a school year, week, or day; and
(3) other related topics, including appropriate funding requirements.
(c) The roundtable shall make the recommendations required under subsection (b) before December 1, 2010. The recommendations must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(d) This SECTION expires December 31, 2010.
