HB 1514 Indiana House · 2021 Regular Session

Various education matters.

Summary
Requires the state board of education (state board) to: (1) establish a compilation of longitudinal data indicating school performance success in various selected and enumerated program areas; and (2) present the data for each school in a manner that is commonly known as an Internet dashboard. Requires each school to post on a web page maintained on the school's Internet web site the exact same data and in a similar format as the data presented for the school on the state board's Internet web site. Allows a school to include custom indicators on the school's web page. Provides that 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 (department) and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement. (Current law provides that the performance of a school's students on the statewide assessment program test and other assessments recommended by the department and approved by the state board are the primary and majority means of assessing a school's improvement.) Provides that the state board may assign each domain, indicator, or measure used to assess school performance a separate and distinct category or designation. Provides that the state board shall assign to a school or school corporation (including adult high schools) a "null" or "no letter grade" for the 2020-2021 school year. Requires each governing body of a school corporation and the equivalent for each charter school to submit to the department a report that includes certain information regarding instruction during the 2020-2021 school year and the 2021-2022 school year. Requires the department to do the following: (1) Conduct, in collaboration with the state board, a learning loss study regarding students in kindergarten through grade 10. (2) Prepare a report regarding the 2020-2021 school year and a report regarding the 2021-2022 school year that includes the submitted information and the study by the department. (3) Not later than December 1, 2021, and not later than December 1, 2022, submit the applicable reports to the governor, state board, and legislative council. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee for the 2022 interim and the 2023 interim the task of studying the information in the reports. Amends requirements that a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment must meet for approval by the state board. Provides that before the state board may approve a benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessment, the assessment vendor must enter into a data share agreement with the department. Repeals provisions that: (1) provide consequences for failing schools; (2) provide consequences for failing charter schools or choice scholarship schools; and (3) authorize the establishment of turnaround academies.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Apr 14, 2021 Signed Apr 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2021

How they voted

440
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 47
Apr 8, 2021
D Democratic11
11 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican36
33 Yea 3
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
38
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Apr 29, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Apr 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 478: yeas 47, nays 2
upper
Apr 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 475: yeas 90, nays 0
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
upper
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the House
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Amended
House dissented from Senate amendments
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Introduced
Motion to dissent filed
lower
Apr 9, 2021
Amended
Returned to the House with amendments
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 370: yeas 47, nays 0
upper
Apr 6, 2021
Amended
Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 113: yeas 94, nays 0
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
4 primary · 6 co-sponsors

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