Sen. Andrea Hunley

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Indiana's women veterans.

Requires an eligible school corporation to elect to participate in the federal community eligibility provision to provide universal free school breakfast and lunch to all students.

Provides a refundable tax credit for a person who rents a dwelling based on specified levels of household income and percentage of rent constituting property taxes. Provides for the maximum refund amounts based on specified factors. Requires the department of state revenue to annually adjust the amounts that determine a person's maximum refund.

Requires a school employer to bargain collectively class size, health and safety matters, and teacher preparation time with an exclusive representative.

Requires the department of education, in consultation with the Indiana department of health, to establish a program to provide technical assistance to public schools, including charter schools, that are interested in establishing a school based health center.

Adds students who attend public schools for purposes of eligibility for the unreimbursed education expenditure tax deduction. Provides that the amount of the deduction is the lesser of: (1) $1,000 multiplied by the number of the taxpayer's dependent children for whom the taxpayer made education expenditures in the taxable year; or (2) the total amount of actual unreimbursed education expenditures that the taxpayer incurs for each of the taxpayer's dependent children in the taxable year. (Under current law the amount is $1,000 multiplied by the number of the taxpayer's dependent children for whom the taxpayer made education expenditures in the taxable year.) Defines "public school".

Provides that a political action committee (PAC) may not make total annual contributions in excess of an aggregate of $2,000 apportioned in any manner among all candidates for school board offices. Specifies a civil and criminal penalty for a PAC that violates this limitation.

Provides that provisions regarding the following apply to charter schools: (1) Access to financial data for local schools. (2) Bullying prevention training for employees and volunteers. (3) Child suicide awareness and prevention policy requirements. (4) Training on human trafficking. (5) Staff performance evaluation plan requirements. (6) Curriculum. (7) Student discipline. (8) Criminal organization activity. (9) Student safety reporting. (10) Government funds and accounts. (11) Certain notice requirements regarding convictions of licensed employees.