Citations Affected: IC 20-10.1; IC 20-12; IC 20-32; noncode.
Synopsis: Core 40 curriculum. Beginning with the 2010-2011 school
year, requires, with certain exceptions, a student to complete the Core
40 curriculum in order to graduate from high school. Beginning with
the 2011-2012 academic year, requires, with certain exceptions, a
student to have completed the Core 40 curriculum to be admitted to a
four-year degree program in a state educational institution. Requires
the department of education to conduct a study to determine whether
a shortage of math, science, and special education teachers exists.
Makes transitional provisions maintaining the current standards until
the new standards take effect.
Effective: July 1, 2005.
January 4, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
February 24, 2005, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
February 28, 2005, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed; pursuant to Senate Rule
33(c) Technical Corrections.
March 1, 2005, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 33, nays 14.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
requirements.
(6) Either:
(A) completes:
(i) the course and credit requirements for a general
diploma, including the career academic sequence;
(ii) a workforce readiness assessment; and
(iii) at least one (1) career exploration internship,
cooperative education, or workforce credential
recommended by the student's school; or
(B) obtains a written recommendation from a teacher of
the student in each subject area in which the student has
not achieved a passing score on the graduation
examination. The written recommendation must be
concurred in by the principal of the student's school and be
supported by documentation that the student has attained
the academic standard in the subject area based upon:
(i) tests other than the graduation examination; or
(ii) classroom work.
(e) This subsection applies to a student who is a child with a
disability (as defined in IC 20-1-6-1). If the student does not achieve a
passing score on the graduation examination, the student's case
conference committee may determine that the student is eligible to
graduate if the case conference committee finds the following:
(1) The student's teacher of record, in consultation with a teacher
of the student in each subject area in which the student has not
achieved a passing score, makes a written recommendation to the
case conference committee. The recommendation must:
(A) be concurred in by the principal of the student's school;
and
(B) be supported by documentation that the student has
attained the academic standard in the subject area based upon:
(i) tests other than the graduation examination; or
(ii) classroom work.
(2) The student meets all of the following requirements:
(A) Retakes the graduation examination in each subject area
in which the student did not achieve a passing score as often
as required by the student's individualized education program.
(B) Completes remediation opportunities provided to the
student by the student's school to the extent required by the
student's individualized education program.
(C) Maintains a school attendance rate of at least ninety-five
percent (95%) to the extent required by the student's
individualized education program with excused absences not
counting against the student's attendance.
(D) Maintains at least a "C" average or the equivalent in the
courses comprising the credits specifically required for
graduation by rule of the board.
(E) Otherwise satisfies all state and local graduation
requirements.
(f) Upon the request of a student's parent, the student may be
exempted from the Core 40 curriculum requirement set forth in
subsection (b) and required to complete the general curriculum to
be eligible to graduate. Except as provided in subsection (j), the
student's parent and the student's counselor (or another staff
member who assists students in course selection) shall meet to
discuss the student's progress. Following the meeting, the student's
parent shall determine whether the student will achieve greater
educational benefits by:
(1) continuing the general curriculum; or
(2) completing the Core 40 curriculum.
(g) This subsection applies to a student who does not pass at
least three (3) courses required under the Core 40 curriculum.
Except as provided in subsection (j), the student's parent and the
student's counselor (or another staff member who assists students
in course selection) shall meet to discuss the student's progress.
Following the meeting, the student's parent shall determine
whether the student will achieve greater educational benefits by:
(1) continuing in the Core 40 curriculum; or
(2) completing the general curriculum.
(h) This subsection applies to a student who receives a score on
the graduation examination that is in the twenty-fifth percentile or
lower when the student takes the graduation examination for the
first time. Except as provided in subsection (j), the student's parent
and the student's counselor (or another staff member who assists
students in course selection) shall meet to discuss the student's
progress. Following the meeting, the student's parent shall
determine whether the student will achieve greater educational
benefits by:
(1) continuing in the Core 40 curriculum; or
(2) completing the general curriculum.
(i) A decision with regard to whether a student who is a child
with a disability (as defined in IC 20-1-6-1) is subject to the
requirements of subsection (b)(2) shall be made in accordance with
the student's individualized education program and federal law.
(j) This subsection applies if the parent of a student to whom
subsection (g) or (h) applies does not attend a meeting with the
student and the student's counselor after receiving two (2) written
requests to attend a meeting. If the student's parent does not attend
a meeting described in subsection (g) or (h), the student and the
student's counselor shall meet and:
(1) the student's counselor shall make a recommendation to
the student as to whether the student will achieve greater
educational benefits by:
(A) continuing in the Core 40 curriculum; or
(B) completing the general curriculum; and
(2) the student shall determine which curriculum the student
will complete.
programs.
(b) A student who enters a state educational institution to which
this section applies to obtain a two-year degree is not required to
have completed either:
(1) the Core 40 curriculum established under IC 20-30-10; or
(2) a curriculum that is equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum;
to be admitted to the state educational institution.
Sec. 4. The commission for higher education created under
IC 20-12-0.5-2 shall encourage accredited private institutions of
higher education to adopt general regular admissions requirements
and exceptions to the regular admissions requirements that are
similar to the requirements set forth in section 2 of this chapter.
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a student who has not
completed:
(1) the Core 40 curriculum established under IC 20-30-10; or
(2) a curriculum that is equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum.
(b) A student to whom this section applies may apply for
acceptance as a transfer student at a state educational institution
to which section 2 of this chapter applies if the student has
successfully completed at least twelve (12) credit hours of college
level courses with at least a "C" average or the equivalent in each
course.
Sec. 6. The requirement set forth in section 2(b) of this chapter
that a student must complete the Core 40 curriculum or a
curriculum equivalent to the Core 40 curriculum for regular
admission does not apply to a student who will be at least
twenty-one (21) years of age during the semester for which the
student seeks admission.
examination;
(2) the Core 40 course and credit requirements adopted by the
state board under IC 20-30-10; and
(3) any additional requirements established by the governing
body;
to be eligible to graduate.
recommended by the student's school; or
(B) obtains a written recommendation from a teacher of
the student in each subject area in which the student has
not achieved a passing score on the graduation
examination. The written recommendation must be
concurred in by the principal of the student's school and be
supported by documentation that the student has attained
the academic standard in the subject area based on:
(i) tests other than the graduation examination; or
(ii) classroom work.
opportunity to be tested during each semester of each grade
following the grade in which the student is initially tested until
the student achieves a passing score.
(3) A student who does not achieve a passing score on the
graduation examination may be eligible to graduate if all the
following occur:
(A) The principal of the school the student attends certifies
that the student will within one (1) month of the student's
scheduled graduation date successfully complete all
components of the Core 40 curriculum as established by
the Indiana state board of education under IC 20-30-10.
(B) The student otherwise satisfies all state and local
graduation requirements.
(4) A student who does not achieve a passing score on the
graduation examination and who does not meet the
requirements of subdivision (3) may be eligible to graduate if
the student does all the following:
(A) Takes the graduation examination in each subject area
in which the student did not achieve a passing score at least
one (1) time every school year after the school year in
which the student first takes the graduation examination.
(B) Completes remediation opportunities provided to the
student by the student's school.
(C) Maintains a school attendance rate of at least
ninety-five percent (95%) with excused absences not
counting against the student's attendance.
(D) Maintains at least a "C" average or the equivalent in
the courses comprising the credits specifically required for
graduation by rule of the board.
(E) Obtains a written recommendation from a teacher of
the student in each subject area in which the student has
not achieved a passing score. The recommendation must:
(i) be concurred in by the principal of the student's
school; and
(ii) be supported by documentation that the student has
attained the academic standard in the subject area based
upon tests other than the graduation examination or
classroom work.
(F) Otherwise satisfies all state and local graduation
requirements.
(5) This subdivision applies to a student who is a child with a
disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-2). If the student does not
achieve a passing score on the graduation examination, the
student's case conference committee may determine that the
student is eligible to graduate if the case conference
committee finds the following:
(A) The student's teacher of record, in consultation with a
teacher of the student in each subject area in which the
student has not achieved a passing score, makes a written
recommendation to the case conference committee. The
recommendation must:
(i) be concurred in by the principal of the student's
school; and
(ii) be supported by documentation that the student has
attained the academic standard in the subject area based
upon tests other than the graduation examination or
classroom work.
(B) The student meets all the following requirements:
(i) Retakes the graduation examination in each subject
area in which the student did not achieve a passing score
as often as required by the student's individualized
education program.
(ii) Completes remediation opportunities provided to the
student by the student's school to the extent required by
the student's individualized education program.
(iii) Maintains a school attendance rate of at least
ninety-five percent (95%) to the extent required by the
student's individualized education program with excused
absences not counting against the student's attendance.
(iv) Maintains at least a "C" average or the equivalent in
the courses comprising the credits specifically required
for graduation by rule of the board.
(v) Otherwise satisfies all state and local graduation
requirements.