Beginning in 2022, requires that the department of education (department) annually report to the general assembly the number of students who pass the naturalization exam by at least 60% on their first attempt. Requires that the department post the passage rate on its Internet web site.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Senator Randy Head upon his retirement from the Indiana Senate.
Establishes the high school equivalency pilot program (program) for Richmond Community Schools, MSD Washington Township Schools, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, and MSD Warren Township Schools. Allows a student who has completed less than 50% of the required number of credits necessary to graduate upon entering their fourth year of high school to participate in the program to earn a high school equivalency diploma as a new form of diploma. Requires that a student who successfully achieves a high school equivalency diploma and successfully completes certain career and college readiness requirements be reflected in the high school's graduation rate. Allows a school corporation to contract with an adult education provider for services if: (1) the provider is a WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Title II funded organization; (2) teachers provided by the adult education provider hold a current teaching license from any state, and teachers of core subjects are highly qualified in the subjects to which they are assigned; and (3) the adult education provider has provided one or more dropout recovery of high school equivalency programs and testing for at least two years prior to providing services pursuant to this section. Requires a school corporation to pay for the program from its budget or through gifts, donations, bequests, grants, and funds from any other source. Requires that an eligible student enrolled in a school corporation may not be a student in an adult education program or adult high school. Requires participating school corporations to report to the general assembly concerning the program.
Requires a teacher preparation program to include the following content in the program's curriculum: (1) Content that prepares a teacher candidate preparing to teach in: (A) pre-kindergarten; (B) kindergarten; (C) elementary school; or (D) applicable middle or secondary school content areas; to incorporate computer science into the teacher candidate's instructional planning and delivery. (2) Content that prepares a teacher candidate preparing to teach in any grade level from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 to incorporate project-based approaches to learning into the teacher candidate's instructional planning and delivery.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the legacy of the Hulman-George family and celebrating the incoming leadership of Roger Penske and the Penske Corporation at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and INDYCAR.
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Bill Hart upon his retirement from the Indiana Senate.
