Ind. Code ch. 20-30-2

Ind. Code ch. 20-30-2
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Ind. Code § 20-30-2-1 "Instructional time"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "instructional time" is time during which students are participating in: (1) an approved course; (2) a curriculum; or (3) an educationally related activity; under the direction of a teacher, including a reasonable amount of passing time between classes. Instructional time does not include lunch or recess. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-1.5 "Virtual instruction"

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "virtual instruction" means instruction that is provided in an interactive learning environment created through technology in which the student is separated from a teacher by time or space, or both. As added by P.L.216-2021, SEC.26.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-2 Student instructional day; school flex program instructional day

Sec. 2. (a) A student instructional day in grades 1 through 6 consists of at least five (5) hours of instructional time. Except as provided in subsection (b), (c), or (d), a student instructional day in grades 7 through 12 consists of at least six (6) hours of instructional time. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an instructional day for a school flex program under section 2.2 of this chapter consists of a minimum of three (3) hours of instructional time. (c) A student instructional day for a qualified high school (as defined in IC 20-24.2-1-3) consists of any amount of instructional time. (d) A high school student who is enrolled in at least twelve (12) credit hours of on-campus dual credit courses (as described in IC 21-43-1-2.5) is not required to comply with subsection (a) during the semester in which the student is enrolled in at least twelve (12) credit hours. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.242-2005, SEC.15; P.L.201-2013, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-2.2 School flex instructional program

Sec. 2.2. (a) As used in this section, "eligible student" means a student in grade 11 or 12 who: (1) is not on track to complete a postsecondary readiness competency; (2) has been determined to be chronically absent, by missing ten percent (10%) or more of a school year for any reason; (3) has been determined to be a habitual truant, as identified under IC 20-33-2-11; (4) has been significantly behind in credits for graduation, as identified by an individual's school principal; (5) has previously undergone at least a second suspension from school for the school year under IC 20-33-8-14 or IC 20-33-8-15; (6) has previously undergone an expulsion from school under IC 20-33-8-14, IC 20-33-8-15, or IC 20-33-8-16; or (7) has been determined by the individual's principal and the individual's parent or guardian to benefit by participating in the school flex program. (b) An eligible student who participates in a school flex program must: (1) attend school for at least three (3) hours of instructional time per school day; (2) pursue a timely graduation; (3) provide evidence of college or technical career education enrollment and attendance or proof of employment and labor that is aligned with the student's career academic sequence under rules established by the bureau of youth employment; (4) not be suspended or expelled while participating in a school flex program; (5) pursue course and credit requirements for an Indiana diploma with a general designation; and (6) maintain a ninety-five percent (95%) attendance rate. (c) A school may allow an eligible student in grade 11 or 12 to complete an instructional day that consists of three (3) hours of instructional time if the student participates in the school flex program. As added by P.L.242-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.246-2013, SEC.7; P.L.233-2015, SEC.222; P.L.242-2017, SEC.22; P.L.192-2018, SEC.14; P.L.147-2020, SEC.6; P.L.150-2024, SEC.27.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-2.5 Students enrolled to attend in-person instruction; virtual instruction or remote learning; requirements

Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies to the following: (1) A public school maintained by a school corporation. (2) A charter school that is not a virtual charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-10). (b) If a student is enrolled to attend in-person instruction at a school and the student participates in any virtual instruction or remote learning that is provided by the school, the school shall ensure that the virtual instruction or remote learning provided by the school meets the following requirements: (1) The virtual instruction or remote learning is of the same quality and rigor as the instruction that the student would have received if the student was attending in-person instruction at the school. (2) The curriculum and any other educational resources used in the virtual instruction or remote learning are aligned to Indiana's academic standards. (c) The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this section. As added by P.L.216-2021, SEC.27.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-2.7 Virtual student instructional day requirements; exceptions; waivers; rules

Sec. 2.7. (a) This section applies to the following: (1) Except as provided in subsection (b), a public school maintained by a school corporation. (2) A charter school that is not a virtual charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-10). (b) This section does not apply to a dedicated virtual education school. (c) As used in this section, "virtual student instructional day" means a student instructional day to which the following apply: (1) A school provides virtual instruction or remote learning to at least fifty percent (50%) of the students enrolled to attend in-person instruction at the school. (2) A school counts the student instructional day toward meeting the one hundred eighty (180) day requirement established by section 3 of this chapter. (d) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (g), a school shall deliver: (1) teacher directed synchronous instruction; or (2) a hybrid of: (A) teacher directed synchronous instruction for at least fifty percent (50%) of the particular instructional day; and (B) asynchronous learning; during the instructional time of a virtual student instructional day. (e) Except as provided in subsection (g), a school may conduct not more than three (3) virtual student instructional days each school year that do not meet the requirements under subsection (d). (f) Except as provided in subsection (g), if a school conducts a student instructional day described in subsection (c)(1) that does not meet the requirements of this section, the school may not count the student instructional day toward meeting the one hundred eighty (180) day requirement established by section 3 of this chapter. (g) A school may submit to the department a request to waive the requirements set forth in this section to include a virtual student instructional day otherwise excluded under subsection (f) to meet the one hundred eighty (180) day requirement established by section 3 of this chapter if the virtual student instructional day was conducted because of extraordinary circumstances. The department may waive the requirements for the school after consideration of the request. (h) The state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this section. However, the state board shall, in consultation with the department, adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that define teacher directed synchronous instruction and asynchronous learning and provide that the instruction or learning must be of the same quality and rigor as required under section 2.5(b) of this chapter. As added by P.L.139-2022, SEC.13.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-3 School year

Sec. 3. For each school year, a school corporation shall conduct at least one hundred eighty (180) student instructional days. Not later than June 15 of each school year, the superintendent of each school corporation shall certify to the department the number of student instructional days conducted during that school year. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-4 Reduction of tuition support; consideration of schools and grades

Sec. 4. (a) Subject to subsection (c), if a school corporation fails to conduct the minimum number of student instructional days during a school year as required under section 3 of this chapter, the department shall reduce the August tuition support distribution to that school corporation for a school year by an amount determined as follows: STEP ONE: Determine the remainder of: (A) the amount of the total tuition support allocated to the school corporation for the particular school year; minus (B) that part of the total tuition support allocated to the school corporation for that school year with respect to student instructional days one hundred seventy-six (176) through one hundred eighty (180). STEP TWO: Subtract the number of student instructional days that the school corporation conducted from one hundred eighty (180). STEP THREE: Determine the lesser of five (5) or the remainder determined under STEP TWO. STEP FOUR: Divide the amount subtracted under STEP ONE (B) by five (5). STEP FIVE: Multiply the quotient determined under STEP FOUR by the number determined under STEP THREE. STEP SIX: Subtract the number determined under STEP THREE from the remainder determined under STEP TWO. STEP SEVEN: Divide the remainder determined under STEP ONE by one hundred seventy-five (175). STEP EIGHT: Multiply the quotient determined under STEP SEVEN by the remainder determined under STEP SIX. STEP NINE: Add the product determined under STEP FIVE to the product determined under STEP EIGHT. (b) If the total amount of state tuition support that a school corporation receives or will receive during a school year decreases under this section by an amount that is equal to or more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the amount the school corporation would otherwise be eligible to receive during the school year as determined under IC 20-43, the budget committee shall review the amount of and the reason for the decrease before implementation of the decrease. (c) If fewer than all of the schools in a school corporation fail to conduct the minimum number of student instructional days during a school year as required under section 3 of this chapter, the reduction in August tuition support required by this section shall take into account only the schools in the school corporation that failed to conduct the minimum number of student instructional days and only the grades for which the required number of student instructional days was not conducted. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.130-2022, SEC.3; P.L.139-2022, SEC.14; P.L.178-2022(ts), SEC.14.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-5 Waiver

Sec. 5. The department may grant a waiver of the penalty imposed under section 4 of this chapter for a particular number of canceled student instructional days if: (1) the school corporation applies to the department for a waiver of the penalty imposed under section 4 of this chapter for a specific number of canceled student instructional days; and (2) each of the particular number of student instructional days requested to be waived under this section was canceled due to extraordinary circumstances. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-6 Guidelines

Sec. 6. The department shall develop guidelines for school corporations to apply for a waiver under section 5 of this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-7 Minimum school term

Sec. 7. The minimum length for a school term is nine (9) months. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-2-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.

Ind. Code § 20-30-2-8 Development of innovative school calendars

Sec. 8. The secretary of education may encourage the development and establishment of innovative or exemplary school calendars. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-62.5 part.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.140. Amended by P.L.43-2021, SEC.96.
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