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2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 4.1. Performance Based Accreditation › 20-31-4.1-7. Nonwaivable Provisions

Sec. 7. A school or group of schools that submits an application under section 4 of this chapter may not request to waive any of the following provisions:
IC 20-24-8-2 (prohibited acts).
IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history and child protection index check).
IC 20-26-12-1 (curricular material purchase and provision; public school students).
IC 20-26-12-2 (curricular material purchase and rental).
IC 20-27-7 (school bus inspection and registration).
IC 20-27-8-1 (school bus drivers and monitors).
IC 20-27-8-2 (school bus driver driving summary).
IC 20-27-10-3 (capacity of school bus).
IC 20-28 (school teachers).
IC 20-29 (collective bargaining).
IC 20-30-5-0.5 (display of United States flag; Pledge of Allegiance).
IC 20-30-5-1 (constitutions).
IC 20-30-5-2 (constitutions; interdisciplinary course).
IC 20-30-5-3 (protected writings).
IC 20-30-5-4 (American history).
IC 20-30-5-4.5 (moment of silence).
IC 20-30-5-5 (morals instruction).
IC 20-30-5-6 (good citizenship instruction).
IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements).
IC 20-30-5-17 (access to materials; consent for participation).
IC 20-30-5-21 (contrary student instruction not permitted).
IC 20-30-5-22 (Indiana studies).
IC 20-31 (accountability for performance and improvement).
IC 20-32-4 (graduation requirements).
IC 20-32-5.1 (Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) program).
IC 20-33-1 (equal educational opportunity).
IC 20-34 (student health and safety measures).
IC 20-35 (special education).
IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention).
IC 20-36 (high ability students).
IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting procedures).
IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts).
IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts).
IC 20-42 (fiduciary funds and accounts).
IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student instruction and learning).
IC 20-43 (state tuition support).
IC 20-44 (property tax levies).
IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies).
IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease agreements).
IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds).
IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; state advances and loans).
IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children).
IC 20-51 (school scholarships).
As added by P.L.92-2020, SEC.69. Amended by P.L.126-2022, SEC.5; P.L.201-2023, SEC.169.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 4.1. Performance Based Accreditation › 20-31-4.1-8. Review by the State Board

Sec. 8. (a) The state board shall periodically review compliance waiver requests that were approved by the state board under this chapter.
(b) The state board may:
(1) amend, suspend, or revoke a compliance waiver request that was approved by the state board if the state board determines that the school or group of schools is not meeting the goals or outcomes described in the applicable application; and
(2) grant approval of a waiver described in section 4 of this chapter as part of a school's application for accreditation under this chapter.
As added by P.L.92-2020, SEC.69.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 4.1. Performance Based Accreditation › 20-31-4.1-9. State Board Reporting Requirements

Sec. 9. Not later than November 1, 2020, and not later than November 1 each year thereafter, the state board shall do the following:
(1) Prepare a report that includes a:
(A) summary of the compliance waiver requests received by the state board; and
(B) description of compliance waiver requests that were approved and compliance waiver requests that were denied by the state board.
(2) Submit the report prepared under subdivision (1) to the general assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.92-2020, SEC.69.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 4.1. Performance Based Accreditation › 20-31-4.1-10. Adoption of Rules

Sec. 10. The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2, and may adopt emergency rules under IC 4-22-2-37.1, necessary to implement this chapter.
As added by P.L.92-2020, SEC.69. Amended by P.L.168-2022, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 5. Strategic and Continuous School Improvement and Achievement Plan › 20-31-5-1. Development of Initial Plan

Sec. 1. (a) The principal of each school shall coordinate:
(1) the development of an initial three (3) year strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan; and
(2) an annual review of the plan.
(b) The initial plan and annual review must be made with input from a committee of persons interested in the school, including administrators, teachers, parents, and community and business leaders appointed by the principal. Teacher appointments to the committee must be made in accordance with IC 20-29.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-3-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 5. Strategic and Continuous School Improvement and Achievement Plan › 20-31-5-2. Charter Used as Strategic and Continuous School Improvement and Achievement Plan

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to a charter school.
(b) A charter entered into under IC 20-24-4 may be used as a charter school's three (3) year plan.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-3-1.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 5. Strategic and Continuous School Improvement and Achievement Plan › 20-31-5-3. Superintendent's Review of Plan

Sec. 3. (a) The committee must submit a school's initial plan to the superintendent by March 1 of the school year before the year of implementation. The superintendent:
(1) shall review the plan to ensure that the plan aligns with the school corporation's objectives, goals, and expectations;
(2) may make written recommendations of modifications to the plan to ensure alignment; and
(3) shall return the plan and any recommendations to the committee by April 1 of the school year before the year of implementation.
(b) A committee may modify the plan to comply with recommendations made by the superintendent under subsection (a).
(c) A committee shall submit:
(1) the plan; and
(2) the written recommendations of the superintendent;
to the governing body by May 1 of the school year before the year of implementation.
(d) An initial plan must be established and approved by the governing body not later than August 1 of the school year in which the plan is to be implemented. The governing body shall approve a plan for each school in the school corporation. When a plan is presented to the governing body, the governing body must either accept or reject the plan and may not revise the plan. A plan is established when written evidence of approval is attached to the plan.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-3-2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.228-2017, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 5. Strategic and Continuous School Improvement and Achievement Plan › 20-31-5-4. Requirements of Plan; Cost Estimate for Implementation of Curriculum; Report

Sec. 4. (a) A plan must:
(1) state objectives for a three (3) year period; and
(2) be annually reviewed and revised to accomplish the achievement objectives of the school.
(b) A plan must establish objectives for the school to achieve.
(c) A plan must address the learning needs of all students, including programs and services for exceptional learners.
(d) A plan must specify how and to what extent the school expects to make continuous improvement in all areas of the education system where results are measured by setting benchmarks for progress on an individual school basis.
(e) A plan must note specific areas where improvement is needed immediately.
(f) Each school in a school corporation and each charter school shall include in the plan a summary of how the school will implement the curriculum described in IC 20-30-5-14(f), including the proposed student activities. A school may subsequently amend the school's plan under this subsection in a manner prescribed by the department. The department shall review the submitted plans under this subsection every two (2) years and may review a plan at random to review the relevancy of the plan to the changing economy. The department shall assist schools in incorporating best practices from around the state.
(g) Each year before November 1, the budget agency shall estimate the costs incurred by each school corporation in the immediately preceding school year to implement the curriculum described in IC 20-30-5-14(f), including the proposed student activities, and submit a report of these costs by school corporation to the general assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-3-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.246-2013, SEC.8; P.L.233-2015, SEC.233; P.L.143-2019, SEC.25; P.L.76-2020, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 5. Strategic and Continuous School Improvement and Achievement Plan › 20-31-5-5. Waiver of Applicability

Sec. 5. (a) A plan may include a request for a waiver of applicability of a rule or statute to a school.
(b) The governing body may waive any rule adopted by the state board for which a waiver is requested in a plan, except for a rule that is characterized as follows:
(1) The rule relates to the health or safety of students or school personnel.
(2) The rule is a special education rule under 511 IAC 7.
(3) Suspension of the rule brings the school into noncompliance with federal statutes or regulations.
(4) The rule concerns curriculum or curricular materials.
(c) Upon request of the governing body and under a plan, the state board may waive for a school or a school corporation any statute or rule relating to the following:
(1) Curriculum.
(2) Selection of curricular materials.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-3-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.101.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 5. Strategic and Continuous School Improvement and Achievement Plan › 20-31-5-6. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-3-5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.66-2009, SEC.2; P.L.246-2013, SEC.9; P.L.268-2013, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.234.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 5. Strategic and Continuous School Improvement and Achievement Plan › 20-31-5-7. Availability of Plans

Sec. 7. The department shall make effective plans available to school corporations as models to use in developing and carrying out plans.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-3-6.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.235.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 6. Cultural Competency in Educational Environments › 20-31-6-1. Cultural Competency Materials

Sec. 1. The department shall develop and make available to school corporations and nonpublic schools materials that assist teachers, administrators, and staff in a school in developing cultural competency for use in providing professional and staff development programs.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-8-2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.175.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 6. Cultural Competency in Educational Environments › 20-31-6-2. Cultural Competency Component of School Plan

Sec. 2. (a) In developing a school's plan, the committee shall consider methods to improve the cultural competency of the school's teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students.
(b) The committee shall:
(1) identify the racial, ethnic, language-minority, cultural, exceptional learning, and socioeconomic groups that are included in the school's student population;
(2) incorporate culturally appropriate strategies for increasing educational opportunities and educational performance for each group in the school's plan; and
(3) recommend areas in which additional professional development is necessary to increase cultural competency in the school's educational environment.
(c) The committee shall update annually the information identified under subsection (b)(1).
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-8-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 7. Student Educational Achievement Grants › 20-31-7-1. Inapplicability to Nonpublic School

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a nonpublic school.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-4-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 7. Student Educational Achievement Grants › 20-31-7-2. "Fund"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the student educational achievement fund established by section 4 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-4-2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 7. Student Educational Achievement Grants › 20-31-7-3. "Grant"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "grant" refers to a student educational achievement grant from the fund.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-4-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 7. Student Educational Achievement Grants › 20-31-7-4. Student Educational Achievement Fund

Sec. 4. (a) The student educational achievement fund is established to provide funds to stimulate and recognize improved student performance in meeting academic standards under the statewide assessment program. The fund is administered by the department.
(b) The fund consists of appropriations from the general assembly.
(c) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-4-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.242-2017, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 7. Student Educational Achievement Grants › 20-31-7-5. Amount of Funds Available for Grants

Sec. 5. The general assembly shall determine the statewide amount available for grants in appropriations during a biennium. The maximum amount available to a school is determined by referencing the number of full-time certified teaching positions for the school. The department, under the direction of the secretary of education, shall determine the available amounts and distribute the grants earned.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-4-5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.43-2021, SEC.103.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 7. Student Educational Achievement Grants › 20-31-7-6. System for Grant Distribution

Sec. 6. The state board shall establish a system for awarding and distributing grants under this chapter. A system recommended under this section must be based on graduated levels of improvement based on statewide assessment program standards and other assessments approved by the state board.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-4-6.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.193; P.L.242-2017, SEC.28.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 7. Student Educational Achievement Grants › 20-31-7-7. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-4-7.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.213-2015, SEC.194.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-1. Statewide Assessment Scores; Other Methods of Measuring School Improvement

Sec. 1. (a) The performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other criterion referenced benchmark assessments recommended by the department of education and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement. The state board may, and is encouraged to, incorporate social studies and science as indicators for assessing school improvement.
(b) The department of education shall examine and make recommendations to the state board concerning:
(1) performance indicators to be used as a secondary means of determining school progress;
(2) expected progress levels, continuous improvement measures, distributional performance levels, and absolute performance levels for schools; and
(3) an orderly transition from the performance based accreditation system to the assessment system set forth in this article.
(c) The department of education shall consider methods of measuring improvement and progress used in other states in developing recommendations under this section.
(d) The department of education may consider:
(1) the likelihood that a student may fail a graduation exam (before July 1, 2022) or fail to meet a postsecondary readiness competency established by the state board under IC 20-32-4-1.5(c) and require a graduation waiver under IC 20-32-4-4, IC 20-32-4-4.1, or IC 20-32-4-5; and
(2) remedial needs of students who are likely to require remedial work while the students attend a postsecondary educational institution or workforce training program;
when making recommendations under this section.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-5-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.268-2013, SEC.4; P.L.213-2015, SEC.195; P.L.242-2017, SEC.29; P.L.192-2018, SEC.23; P.L.211-2021, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-2. Secondary Means of Assessing Performance

Sec. 2. (a) In addition to scores on the statewide assessment program test and other assessments, the department shall use the performance indicators developed by the state board and the benchmarks and indicators of performance in each school corporation's annual performance report as a secondary means of assessing the performance of each school and school corporation.
(b) The department shall assess school performance in the following manner:
(1) Compare the academic performance and growth of the individual students in each school and each school corporation with the prior academic performance and growth of the individual students in the school or school corporation and not to the performance of other schools or school corporations.
(2) Compare the results for a school by comparing each student's results for each grade with the student's prior year results, with an adjustment for student mobility rate.
(3) Compare the results for a school with the state average and the ninety-fifth percentile level for all assessments and performance indicators.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-5-2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.102; P.L.213-2015, SEC.196; P.L.242-2017, SEC.30; P.L.250-2023, SEC.35.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-3. Establishment of Categories of Performance

Sec. 3. (a) The state board shall establish a number of categories, using an "A" through "F" grading scale, to designate school performance. In addition, the state board may assign each domain, indicator, or measure used to assess school performance a separate and distinct category or designation.
(b) The state board, in consultation with the department, shall define "low population schools" and shall determine the criteria for placing low population schools in categories established under subsection (a). In setting the definition and criteria for low population schools, the state board shall not penalize schools based on population. The state board's definition and criteria may include the placement of a school that fits the state board's definition in a "null" or "no letter grade" category.
(c) In developing metrics for the categories established under subsection (a), the state board, in consultation with the department, to the extent not inconsistent with federal law, shall consider the severity of tested students' disabilities when using statewide assessment scores as a means of assessing school performance.
(d) In developing metrics for the categories established under subsection (a), the state board shall consider the mobility of high school students who are credit deficient and whether any high school should be rewarded for enrolling credit deficient students or penalized for transferring out credit deficient students.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-5-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.103; P.L.239-2015, SEC.12; P.L.242-2017, SEC.31; P.L.251-2017, SEC.11; P.L.86-2018, SEC.181; P.L.211-2021, SEC.22.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-4. Placement of School in Category or Designation of School Performance

Sec. 4. (a) The state board shall place each school in a category or designation of school performance once annually based on the department's findings from the assessment of performance and academic growth under section 2 of this chapter.
(b) The state board may place a school in a category or designation of school performance only if:
(1) the department has provided each school the opportunity to review, add to, or supplement the data, and to correct any errors in the data; and
(2) the state board's staff has had an opportunity to review and analyze the school corporation, school, and student level data.
(c) Based on procedures adopted by the state board, a school corporation or school that focuses primarily on providing an academic program for students with developmental, intellectual, or behavioral challenges may petition the state board for review of the school corporation's or school's category or designation of school performance placement based on objective factors that the school corporation or school considers relevant because the annual assessment data does not accurately reflect, as applicable, school performance, growth, or multiple measures. Objective factors include:
(1) significant demographic changes in the student population;
(2) errors in data; or
(3) other significant issues.
After considering the petition for review, the state board may direct the department to revise the category or designation assigned to the school corporation or school, including assigning a "null" or "no letter grade" category or designation to the school corporation or school. The state board may grant the "null" designation for multiple years.
(d) The state board may obtain assistance from another entity or, with the approval of the legislative council, the legislative services agency, to ensure the validity and reliability of the performance category or designation placements calculated by the department under section 2 of this chapter. The department shall provide all the data necessary to complete those calculations to the legislative services agency or to an entity designated by the state board.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-5-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.104; P.L.213-2015, SEC.197; P.L.287-2019, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-4.5. Alternative Assessment Methodology for Schools Focused Exclusively on Students With Developmental, Intellectual, or Behavioral Challenges

Sec. 4.5. In addition to other benchmarks, performance indicators, and accountability standards developed under this article, the state board shall develop alternative benchmarks, performance indicators, and accountability standards to be used in the assessment of schools that focus primarily on providing an academic program for students with developmental, intellectual, or behavioral challenges.
As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.255. Amended by P.L.287-2019, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-4.6. Certain At-Risk Students Not Included in Public School Calculation of School Performance or Graduation Rate; Included in Eligible School Graduate Rate Calculation

Sec. 4.6. (a) If a school corporation or a charter school enters into an agreement with an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) to provide dropout recovery educational services for an at-risk student who is enrolled at a public school, the student:
(1) may not be included in the calculation of the public school's:
(A) category or designation of school performance; and
(B) graduation rate calculation; and
(2) shall be included in the eligible school's graduation rate calculation.
(b) The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 and any guidelines necessary to carry out this section.
As added by P.L.217-2017, SEC.105. Amended by P.L.246-2023, SEC.38.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-5. Repealed

As added by P.L.286-2013, SEC.105 and P.L.205-2013, SEC.256. Repealed by P.L.2-2014, SEC.85; P.L.2-2014, SEC.86.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-5.2. Alternative Accountability System for Adult High Schools

Sec. 5.2. (a) The state board shall establish an alternative accountability system to assess the performance of an adult high school. The system shall:
(1) establish rigorous academic outcomes criteria;
(2) measure college and career readiness outcomes for each graduate;
(3) measure student accomplishments and success after graduation for a period of time as determined by the state board; and
(4) require that a substantial majority of graduates who receive waiver diplomas must also be on track to receive or have already received an industry certification that aligns with career pathways as recommended by the Indiana career council established by IC 22-4.5-9-3.
(b) An adult high school is subject to the alternative accountability system developed by the state board under subsection (a).
(c) All students, regardless of age, enrolled in an adult high school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-2.3) must be included and calculated under the same requirements, metrics, and goals established under the system developed by the board under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.2-2014, SEC.87. Amended by P.L.47-2014, SEC.8; P.L.251-2017, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-5.4. Establishment of Categories or Designation of School Performance; Replacement of Existing Categories or Designations; Basis for New Categories or Designations

Sec. 5.4. (a) Not later than November 15, 2013, the state board shall establish new categories or designations of school performance under the requirements of this chapter to replace 511 IAC 6.2-6. The new standards of assessing school performance:
(1) must be based on a measurement of individual student academic performance and growth to proficiency; and
(2) may not be based on a measurement of student performance or growth compared with peers.
511 IAC 6.2-6 is void on the effective date of the emergency or final rules adopted under this section.
(b) After July 1, 2013, the state board:
(1) shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2; and
(2) may adopt emergency rules in the manner provided in IC 4-22-2-37.1;
to implement this chapter.
(c) An emergency rule adopted under subsection (b) expires on the earlier of:
(1) November 15, 2014; or
(2) the effective date of a rule that establishes categories or designations of school improvement described in this section and supersedes the emergency rule.
(d) Before beginning the rulemaking process to establish new categories or designations of school improvement, the state board shall report to the general assembly the proposed new categories or designations in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-2014, SEC.88.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-5.5. Establish Compilation of Longitudinal Data; Internet Dashboard; Posting Data on School's Website; Custom Indicators

Note: This version of section amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.170, effective 6-29-2023. See also following version of this section amended by P.L.171-2023, SEC.4, effective 7-1-2023.
Sec. 5.5. (a) Not later than July 1, 2024, the state board shall do the following:
(1) Establish a compilation of longitudinal data indicating school performance success in various selected and enumerated program areas.
(2) Present the data described in subdivision (1) for each school in a manner that:
(A) can be conveniently and easily accessed from a single web page on the state board's website; and
(B) is commonly known as an Internet dashboard.
(b) The dashboard must include the following:
(1) Indicators of student performance in elementary school, including schools for grades 6 through 8, and high school.
(2) The school's graduation rate, as applicable.
(3) The percentage of high school graduates who earned college credit before graduating, as applicable.
(4) The pass rate of the statewide assessment program tests (as defined in IC 20-32-2-2.3), as applicable.
(5) The growth data of the statewide assessment program tests (as defined in IC 20-32-2-2.3), as applicable.
(6) The attendance rate.
(7) State, national, and international comparisons for the indicators, if applicable.
(8) The school's grade 3 reading proficiency rate, as applicable.
(c) The dashboard may include any other data indicating school performance success that the state board determines is relevant.
(d) Each school shall post on a web page maintained on the school's website the exact same data and in a similar format as the data presented for the school on the state board's website. However, the school may include custom indicators on the web page described in this subsection.
As added by P.L.211-2021, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.170.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-5.5-b. Establish Compilation of Longitudinal Data; Internet Dashboard; Posting Data on School's Internet Website; Custom Indicators

Note: This version of section amended by P.L.171-2023, SEC.4, effective 7-1-2023. See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.170, effective 6-29-2023.
Sec. 5.5. (a) Not later than July 1, 2024, the state board shall do the following:
(1) Establish a compilation of longitudinal data indicating school performance success in various selected and enumerated program areas.
(2) Present the data described in subdivision (1) for each school in a manner that:
(A) can be conveniently and easily accessed from a single web page on the state board's website; and
(B) is commonly known as an Internet dashboard.
(b) The dashboard must include the following:
(1) Indicators of student performance in elementary school, including schools for grades 6 through 8, and high school.
(2) The school's graduation rate, as applicable.
(3) The percentage of high school graduates who earned college credit before graduating, as applicable.
(4) The pass rate of the statewide assessment program tests (as defined in IC 20-32-2-2.3), as applicable.
(5) The growth data of the statewide assessment program tests (as defined in IC 20-32-2-2.3), as applicable.
(6) The attendance rate.
(7) State, national, and international comparisons for the indicators, if applicable.
(8) The school's disciplinary incident data.
(9) Data regarding the school's socioeconomic status and poverty rate.
(10) The school's proportion of fully licensed teachers.
(c) The dashboard may include any other data indicating school performance success that the state board determines is relevant.
(d) Each school shall post on a web page maintained on the school's website the exact same data and in a similar format as the data presented for the school on the state board's website. However, the school may include custom indicators on the web page described in this subsection.
As added by P.L.211-2021, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.171-2023, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-6. Change in Category or Designation of School Performance; Duty of Department

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to a school that has appealed the school's placement in a category or designation under section 4 of this chapter.
(b) If as a result of an appeal a school's placement in a category or designation under section 4 of this chapter changes, the department shall:
(1) change the category or designation in the department's records;
(2) notify the school of the change; and
(3) disseminate information concerning the change in the school's placement in the same manner as information concerning the school's original placement was disseminated.
As added by P.L.286-2013, SEC.106.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-7. School Improvement Designation for Charter School Organizer

Sec. 7. If the state board adopts a rule to assign a category or designation of school improvement to a school corporation, the state board shall also adopt a rule to assign a category or designation of school improvement to a charter school organizer.
As added by P.L.35-2014, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-8. Establish Definition of High Mobility School; Report

Sec. 8. (a) Before July 1, 2018, the state board shall establish a definition of a high mobility school for schools with a high concentration of mobile students.
(b) For each school year beginning after June 30, 2018, the department shall make a report regarding the performance of high mobility schools. The report shall be posted on the department's Internet web site each year on a date determined by the department.
As added by P.L.251-2017, SEC.13.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 8. Assessing Improvement › 20-31-8-9. Student Growth as Exclusive Means Prohibited

Sec. 9. After June 30, 2019, the state board may not use student growth as the exclusive means used in determining a school's final accountability category.
As added by P.L.269-2019, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 9. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citations:
20-31-9-1formerly 20-10.2-6-120-31-9-2formerly 20-10.2-6-220-31-9-3formerly 20-10.2-6-320-31-9-4formerly 20-10.2-6-4.]
Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 9.5. Turnaround Academies › 20-31-9.5-1. Repealed

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.190. Amended by P.L.223-2015, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.26.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 9.5. Turnaround Academies › 20-31-9.5-2. Repealed

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.190. Amended by P.L.223-2015, SEC.9. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.27.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 9.5. Turnaround Academies › 20-31-9.5-3. Repealed

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.190. Amended by P.L.223-2015, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.28.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 9.5. Turnaround Academies › 20-31-9.5-4. Repealed

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.190. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.141. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.29.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 9.5. Turnaround Academies › 20-31-9.5-7. Repealed

As added by P.L.160-2012, SEC.52. Amended by P.L.33-2014, SEC.6; P.L.223-2015, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.211-2021, SEC.30.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 9.5. Turnaround Academies › 20-31-9.5-12. Management and Operation of Transformation Zones; Agreement

Sec. 12. (a) This section applies to a transformation zone granted designation by the state board under section 9.5 of this chapter after June 30, 2022.
(b) If the state board grants the designation of a transformation zone within a school corporation under section 9.5 of this chapter, the governing body of the school corporation may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization to manage and operate all of the schools included in the transformation zone.
(c) An agreement entered into under subsection (b) must:
(1) provide that the nonprofit organization has managerial and operational autonomy over the schools included in the transformation zone; and
(2) include details regarding the funding structure of the transformation zone.
As added by P.L.140-2022, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 9.5. Turnaround Academies › 20-31-9.5-13. Complaint Process

Sec. 13. (a) If a governing body of a school corporation has entered into an agreement with an entity to manage and operate schools included in a transformation zone of the school corporation, the entity that is a party to the agreement may submit a request in writing and participate in a meeting with the governing body or the superintendent for the purposes of resolving an alleged violation of the agreement.
(b) If the alleged violation of the agreement is not resolved through the process in subsection (a), within fifteen (15) days of the meeting described in subsection (a) an entity may submit a complaint to the department on a form established by the department for an alleged violation of the agreement.
(c) Not later than fifteen (15) days after the date an entity submits a complaint under subsection (b), the department shall issue a decision concerning the complaint.
As added by P.L.140-2022, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 10. Rules › 20-31-10-1. Adoption of Rules

Sec. 1. The state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this article.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-7-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 11. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citations:
20-31-11-1formerly 20-1-1.3-320-31-11-2formerly 20-1-1.3-420-31-11-3formerly 20-1-1.3-520-31-11-4formerly 20-1-1.3-620-31-11-5formerly 20-1-1.3-720-31-11-6formerly 20-1-1.3-820-31-11-7formerly 20-1-1.3-9.]
Repealed by P.L.250-2023, SEC.36.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 12. School Recognition Programs › 20-31-12-1. "Recognition Program"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "recognition program" refers to a system by which a school is recognized for the school's performance, including programs established by statute, rule, or department policy.
As added by P.L.286-2013, SEC.107.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 31. Accountability for Performance and Improvement › Chapter 12. School Recognition Programs › 20-31-12-2. Establishment of Criteria by the Department

Sec. 2. The department may not establish criteria for a nonpublic school to be eligible for a recognition program that are different from the criteria established for a public school of the same grade levels.
As added by P.L.286-2013, SEC.107.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance › Chapter 1. Applicability › 20-32-1-1. Application of Article

Sec. 1. This article applies only to the following:
(1) Public schools.
(2) State accredited nonpublic schools.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-1-0.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.70.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance › Chapter 2. Definitions › 20-32-2-2. "Academic Standards"

Sec. 2. "Academic standards" refers to the statewide academic standards developed under IC 20-31-3 indicating the skills and knowledge base expected of a student at a particular grade level for a particular subject area.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-16-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance › Chapter 2. Definitions › 20-32-2-2.3. "Statewide Assessment Program Test"

Sec. 2.3. "Statewide assessment program test" includes any statewide, national, or international assessment that a student is required to complete.
As added by P.L.219-2015, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.242-2017, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance › Chapter 2. Definitions › 20-32-2-2.5. "Satisfactory Score"

Sec. 2.5. "Satisfactory score" means a score of 3, 4, or 5 on an advanced placement examination sponsored by the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.
As added by P.L.91-2010, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance › Chapter 2. Definitions › 20-32-2-3. "Student"

Sec. 3. "Student" means an individual who is enrolled in:
(1) a public school;
(2) a state accredited nonpublic school; or
(3) another nonpublic school that has requested and received from the state board specific approval of the school's educational program.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-16-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.71.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance › Chapter 3. Secondary Certificates of Achievement › 20-32-3-1. "Requisite Proficiency"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "requisite proficiency" refers to the satisfaction by a student of the standards approved by the state board under section 4(a)(3) of this chapter to receive a secondary level certificate of achievement in an academic field.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.4-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.140-2007, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance › Chapter 3. Secondary Certificates of Achievement › 20-32-3-2. "Student"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "student" refers to a student who meets the following conditions:
(1) Is enrolled in a public school, a state accredited nonpublic school, or a nonpublic school that has requested and received from the state board specific approval for the school's education program.
(2) Is in at least grade 9.
(3) If the student is a student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8), would benefit from the participation under this chapter as determined by the individualized education program for the student.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.4-2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.238; P.L.92-2020, SEC.72.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance › Chapter 3. Secondary Certificates of Achievement › 20-32-3-3. "Subject or Skill Areas"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "subject or skill areas" refers to specific and identifiable technically related and academically related subjects or skills.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.4-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance › Chapter 3. Secondary Certificates of Achievement › 20-32-3-4. Secondary Level Certificates of Achievement and Proficiency Demonstrations; Standards; Implementation; Advanced Placement Programs; Rules

Sec. 4. (a) For academic fields of study, the state board shall adopt for statewide implementation the following:
(1) Different subject or skill areas in which students may be given the opportunity to do the following:
(A) Demonstrate the requisite proficiency.
(B) Be awarded a secondary level certificate of achievement.
(2) The instrument or assessment by which a student is given the opportunity to demonstrate the requisite proficiency.
(3) The standards required for each subject or skill area necessary to acquire a particular secondary level certificate of achievement.
(b) Regarding the academic field of study, a student may elect to earn academic certificates of achievement in areas designated by the state board through the advanced placement program (as defined in IC 20-36-3-3) or another appropriate assessment designated by the state board.
(c) The state board may adopt rules to implement this chapter relating to the certificates of achievement for academic fields of study.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.4-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.140-2007, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 32. Student Standards, Assessments, and Performance › Chapter 3. Secondary Certificates of Achievement › 20-32-3-5. State Board; Factors Considered

Sec. 5. In making adoptions under section 4 of this chapter, the state board shall consider the following factors:
(1) The overall value of the particular subject or skill area to a broad range of students and the workforce.
(2) The transferability of the particular subject or skill area to other subject or skill areas.
(3) Any other factor that the state board considers significant.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.4-5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.140-2007, SEC.3.