Synopsis: Full-day kindergarten. Requires school corporations and
charter schools that offer kindergarten programs to offer full-day
kindergarten programs for all students by the 2009-2010 school year
after a phase-in beginning with programs for students who are eligible
for free and reduced price lunches, if the general assembly makes
specific appropriations for the full-day programs. Provides that a
kindergarten program must meet state academic standards.
Effective: July 1, 2007.
January 23, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
February 8, 2007, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
February 15, 2007, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
February 16, 2007, engrossed.
February 19, 2007, returned to second reading.
February 20, 2007, reread second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
distribution under this subsection at the same time and in the same
manner as the department makes a distribution to the governing body
of the school corporation in which the conversion charter school is
located. A distribution to the governing body of the school corporation
in which the conversion charter school is located is reduced by the
amount distributed to the conversion charter school. This subsection
does not apply to a conversion charter school after December 31 of the
calendar year in which the conversion charter school is established.
(d) This subsection applies beginning with the first property tax
distribution described in IC 6-1.1-27-1 to the governing body of the
school corporation in which a conversion charter school is located after
the governing body receives the information reported under subsection
(b). Not more than ten (10) days after the governing body receives a
property tax distribution described in IC 6-1.1-27-1, the governing
body shall distribute to the conversion charter school the amount
determined under STEP THREE of the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the quotient of:
(A) the number of students who:
(i)
are enrolled in the conversion charter school; and
(ii)
were counted in the ADM of the previous year for the
school corporation in which the conversion charter school is
located;
divided by
(B)
the current ADM of the school corporation in which the
conversion charter school is located.
In determining the number of students enrolled under clause
(A)(i), each kindergarten student who does not qualify as a
covered kindergarten child (as defined in IC 20-43-1-9.5) shall
be counted as one-half (1/2) student, and each kindergarten
student who qualifies as a covered kindergarten child (as
defined in IC 20-43-1-9.5) shall be counted as one (1) student.
STEP TWO: Determine the total amount of the following
revenues to which the school corporation in which the conversion
charter school is located is entitled for the second six (6) months
of the calendar year in which the conversion charter school is
established:
(A) Revenues obtained by the school corporation's:
(i)
general fund property tax levy; and
(ii)
excise tax revenue (as defined in IC 20-43-1-12).
(B)
The school corporation's certified distribution of county
adjusted gross income tax revenue under IC 6-3.5-1.1 that is
to be used as property tax replacement credits.
training, or career education.
(2) "Special equipment" means equipment that during a school
year:
(A)
is used only when a child with disabilities is attending
school;
(B)
is not used to transport a child to or from a place where the
child is attending school;
(C) is necessary for the education of each child with
disabilities that uses the equipment, as determined under the
individualized education program for the child; and
(D)
is not used for or by any child who is not a child with
disabilities.
(3) "Student enrollment" means the following:
(A) The total number of students in kindergarten through
grade 12 who are enrolled in a transferee school corporation
on a date determined by the state board.
(B)
The total number of students enrolled in a class of school
in a transferee school corporation on a date determined by the
state board.
However, A kindergarten student who does not qualify as a
covered kindergarten child (as defined in IC 20-43-1-9.5) shall
be counted under clauses (A) and (B) as one-half (1/2) student,
and a kindergarten student who qualifies as a covered
kindergarten child (as defined in IC 20-43-1-9.5) shall be
counted as one (1) student. The state board may select a
different date for counts under this subdivision. However, the
same date shall be used for all school corporations making a count
for the same class of school.
(b) Each transferee corporation is entitled to receive for each school
year on account of each transferred student, except a student
transferred under section 6 of this chapter, transfer tuition from the
transferor corporation or the state as provided in this chapter. Transfer
tuition equals the amount determined under STEP THREE of the
following formula:
STEP ONE: Allocate to each transfer student the capital
expenditures for any special equipment used by the transfer
student and a proportionate share of the operating costs incurred
by the transferee school for the class of school where the transfer
student is enrolled.
STEP TWO: If the transferee school included the transfer student
in the transferee school's ADM for a school year, allocate to the
transfer student a proportionate share of the following general
fund revenues of the transferee school for, except as provided in
clause (C), the calendar year in which the school year ends:
(A) State tuition support distributions.
(B) Property tax levies.
(C)
Excise tax revenue (as defined in IC 20-43-1-12) received
for deposit in the calendar year in which the school year
begins.
(D)
Allocations to the transferee school under IC 6-3.5.
STEP THREE: Determine the greater of:
(A) zero (0); or
(B)
the result of subtracting the STEP TWO amount from the
STEP ONE amount.
If a child is placed in an institution or facility in Indiana under a court
order, the institution or facility shall charge the county office of the
county of the student's legal settlement under IC 12-19-7 for the use of
the space within the institution or facility (commonly called capital
costs) that is used to provide educational services to the child based
upon a prorated per student cost.
(c) Operating costs shall be determined for each class of school
where a transfer student is enrolled. The operating cost for each class
of school is based on the total expenditures of the transferee
corporation for the class of school from its general fund expenditures
as specified in the classified budget forms prescribed by the state board
of accounts. This calculation excludes:
(1) capital outlay;
(2) debt service;
(3) costs of transportation;
(4) salaries of board members;
(5) contracted service for legal expenses; and
(6) any expenditure that is made out of the general fund from
extracurricular account receipts;
for the school year.
(d) The capital cost of special equipment for a school year is equal
to:
(1) the cost of the special equipment; divided by
(2) the product of:
(A)
the useful life of the special equipment, as determined
under the rules adopted by the state board; multiplied by
(B)
the number of students using the special equipment during
at least part of the school year.
(e) When an item of expense or cost described in subsection (c)
cannot be allocated to a class of school, it shall be prorated to all
classes of schools on the basis of the student enrollment of each class
in the transferee corporation compared with the total student
enrollment in the school corporation.
(f) Operating costs shall be allocated to a transfer student for each
school year by dividing:
(1) the transferee school corporation's operating costs for the class
of school in which the transfer student is enrolled; by
(2) the student enrollment of the class of school in which the
transfer student is enrolled.
When a transferred student is enrolled in a transferee corporation for
less than the full school year of student attendance, the transfer tuition
shall be calculated by the part of the school year for which the
transferred student is enrolled. A school year of student attendance
consists of the number of days school is in session for student
attendance. A student, regardless of the student's attendance, is enrolled
in a transferee school unless the student is no longer entitled to be
transferred because of a change of residence, the student has been
excluded or expelled from school for the balance of the school year or
for an indefinite period, or the student has been confirmed to have
withdrawn from school. The transferor and the transferee corporation
may enter into written agreements concerning the amount of transfer
tuition due in any school year. If an agreement cannot be reached, the
amount shall be determined by the state board, and costs may be
established, when in dispute, by the state board of accounts.
(g) A transferee school shall allocate revenues described in
subsection (b) STEP TWO to a transfer student by dividing:
(1) the total amount of revenues received; by
(2) the ADM of the transferee school for the school year that ends
in the calendar year in which the revenues are received.
However, for state tuition support distributions or any other state
distribution computed using less than the total ADM of the transferee
school, the transferee school shall allocate the revenues to the transfer
student by dividing the revenues that the transferee school is eligible
to receive in a calendar year by the student count used to compute the
state distribution.
(h) Instead of the payments provided in subsection (b), the
transferor corporation or state owing transfer tuition may enter into a
long term contract with the transferee corporation governing the
transfer of students. The contract may:
(1) be entered into for a period of not more than five (5) years
with an option to renew;
(2) specify a maximum number of students to be transferred; and
AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2007]:
Chapter 16. Kindergarten Program
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to a full-day
kindergarten program.
Sec. 2. If there is a specific appropriation from the general
assembly to implement the program, each school corporation and
charter school that offers kindergarten classes shall offer a full-day
kindergarten program under this chapter.
Sec. 3. A parent may elect:
(1) not to place a child in a kindergarten program;
(2) to place a child in a half-day kindergarten program; or
(3) to place a child in a full-day kindergarten program.
Sec. 4. If there is a specific appropriation from the general
assembly to implement the program, beginning with the 2007-2008
school year, each school corporation and charter school shall offer
a full-day kindergarten program for each kindergarten student
who is eligible to receive a free or reduced price lunch under the
national school lunch program.
Sec. 5. If there is a specific appropriation from the general
assembly to implement the program, beginning with the 2008-2009
school year, each school corporation and charter school with a
percentage of students eligible to receive free or reduced price
lunches that is higher than the statewide median percentage of
students eligible to receive free or reduced price lunches, as
determined by the department based upon the number of students
in each school corporation and charter school who are eligible to
receive free or reduced price lunches under the national school
lunch program during the 2006-2007 school year, shall offer a
program for all kindergarten students.
Sec. 6. If there is a specific appropriation from the general
assembly to implement the program, beginning with the 2009-2010
school year, each school corporation and charter school shall offer
a program to all kindergarten students.
Sec. 7. A school corporation or charter school that determines
there is inadequate space to offer a program in the school
corporation's or charter school's existing facilities may offer the
program in any suitable space located within the geographic
boundaries of the school corporation or, in the case of a charter
school, a location that is in the general vicinity of the charter
school's existing facilities.
Sec. 8. A program offered by a school corporation or charter
school must meet the academic standards and other requirements
of this title.
Sec. 9. The state board and department shall provide support to
school corporations and charter schools in the development and
implementation of child centered and learning focused programs
using the following methods:
(1) Targeting professional development funds to provide
teachers in kindergarten through grade 3 education in:
(A) scientifically proven methods of teaching reading;
(B) the use of data to guide instruction; and
(C) the use of age appropriate literacy and mathematics
assessments.
(2) Making uniform, predictively valid, observational
assessments that:
(A)
provide frequent information concerning the student's
progress to the student's teacher; and
(B) measure the student's progress in literacy;
available to teachers in kindergarten through grade 3.
Teachers shall monitor students participating in a program,
and the school corporation or charter school shall report the
results of the assessments to the parents of a child completing
an assessment and to the department.
(3) Undertaking a longitudinal study of students in programs
in Indiana to determine the achievement levels of the students
in kindergarten and later grades.
reduced price lunches under the national school lunch
program that is higher than the statewide median
percentage of students eligible to receive free or reduced
priced lunches under the national school lunch program,
as determined by the department; or
(C)
the initial fall ADM count date that occurs in a year
after 2008, is enrolled in any school corporation or charter
school.
year 2006-2007 only after the department's funding for the
program is replaced by funding in the school funding formula.
(e) This SECTION expires July 1, 2010.