HB 1002 Securitization of tobacco settlement funds
Author/Co-Authors: Brown C., Murphy
(Public Health)
Establishes the tobacco settlement authority and provides for the sale of bonds payable from future tobacco settlement payments to the state. Makes related changes in the statute governing distributions from the tobacco master settlement agreement fund. Appropriates money from the tobacco master settlement agreement fund to the tobacco settlement authority.

1/16/03 Representative Becker added as coauthor
2/17/03 DPA 9-3
2/17/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

HB 1023 Full-day Kindergarten Grants
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V., Klinker
(Education)
Provides a $1,500 grant for each full day kindergarten pupil. Annually appropriates from the state general fund to the department of education the amounts necessary to make the grants.

HB 1035 Teacher Retirement Fund Administrative Issues
Author/Co-Authors: Pond
(Education)
Requires the teachers' retirement fund, before July 2, 2004, to institute a procedure that simplifies and streamlines the process for determining the benefits of a retiring fund member.

HB 1039 College Contribution Income Tax Credit
Author/Co-Authors: Ruppel
(Ways and Means)
Increases the maximum income tax credit for contributions by individuals to Indiana institutions of higher education from $100 to $200 for single returns and from $200 to $400 for joint returns.

HB 1056 State and American Flags
Author/Co-Authors: Goodin
(Public Policy and Ethics and Veterans Affairs)
Specifies that a worn out state flag should be disposed of in a dignified way. Authorizes a public school corporation to display the motto of the United States, "In God We Trust", in a conspicuous place in the main entrance of each building of the school corporation. Authorizes the display of a United States flag and a state flag in each classroom of a school corporation and allows a school corporation to provide a daily opportunity for students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance, with an exemption for those students who choose (or whose parents choose for them) not to participate. Allows a school corporation to establish the daily observance of a brief period of silence in each classroom. Provides that if the governing body of a school corporation has not established a policy concerning the Pledge of Allegiance or a period of silence, a principal or teacher may establish a policy. Requires the attorney general to defend all suits challenging the constitutionality of the display of the motto, recitation of the Pledge, and the moment of silence. Repeals a current law allowing an optional brief period of silent prayer or meditation.

1/27/03 Representative Ruppel added as coauthor
2/06/03 DPA 13-0
2/13/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2/13/03 Amendment 1 (Goodin), prevailed; Voice Vote
2/17/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 100: Yeas 89 and Nays 2
2/17/03 Referred to the Senate
2/24/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
3/12/03 DPA 8-2
3/18/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
3/20/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 247: Yeas 49 and Nays 1
3/20/03 Returned to the House with amendments
3/20/03 Senator Landske added as cosponsor
4/07/03 House dissented from Senate amendments
4/08/03 House conferees appointed: Goodin and Ruppel
4/08/03 House advisors appointed: Kuzman and Heim
4/08/03 Senate conferees appointed: Nugent and Sipes
4/08/03 Senate advisors appointed: M. Young and Skinner
4/22/03 Conference committee report 1 : filed in the House
4/24/03 S Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 511: Yeas 45 and Nays 4
4/24/03 Rules suspended

HB 1066 Prohibits School Records Disclosure to Abusive Parents
Author/Co-Authors: Pelath
(Education)
Prohibits a school from disclosing a student's school records to a noncustodial parent who has been convicted of a crime involving domestic or family violence. Requires the Department of Education to request the United States Department of Education to determine whether this statute conflicts with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and to report the determination to the legislative services agency.

HB 1069 Sexual Misconduct with a Minor
Author/Co-Authors: Pelath
(Courts and Criminal Code)
Adds references to the crime of sexual misconduct with a minor to various statutes concerning sex crimes. Amends references to the crime of sexual misconduct with a minor in various statutes concerning sex crimes to include the crime regardless of the level of felony committed.

HB 1080 Supervision of Minor Employees at Night
Author/Co-Authors: Cheney
(Labor and Employment)
Prohibits a private employer from permitting a child to work after 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m. in an establishment that is open to the public unless the child is accompanied during that time by an adult employee. Provides for a civil penalty and increased worker's compensation benefits for a violation.

1/13/03 Representatives Murphy and Liggett added as coauthors
1/14/03 Representative Ayres added as coauthor
1/16/03 DP 13-0
1/21/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
1/23/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 11: Yeas 93 and Nays 0
1/23/03 Referred to the Senate
1/23/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Harrison
1/23/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Antich
1/23/03 Cosponsors: Senators Dembowski and Landske
2/11/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor

HB 1084 Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silence
Author/Co-Authors: Goodin
(Education)
Requires the display of a United States flag in each classroom of a school corporation and allows a school corporation to provide a daily opportunity for students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance, with an exemption for those students who choose (or whose parents choose for them) not to participate in the pledge. Allows a school corporation to establish the daily observance of a 30 second period of silence in each classroom. Repeals a current law allowing an optional brief period of silent prayer or meditation.

1/13/03 Representative Denbo added as coauthor

HB 1086 Division of Interscholastic Athletes
Author/Co-Authors: Buell
(Education)
Creates a division of interscholastic athletics within the department of education to administer all interscholastic athletic programs. Allows the division to enter into agreements with nonpublic schools for participation in interscholastic athletic programs. Provides that a school corporation may participate only in interscholastic athletics that are governed by the division. Repeals the law concerning interscholastic athletic association case review panels.

HB 1109 Back to School Sales Tax Holiday
Author/Co-Authors: Hasler
(Ways and Means)
Provides a sales tax exemption each year for school supplies and articles of clothing priced at less than $100 each that are purchased during the ten day period beginning on the first Friday in August.

HB 1113 Age Requirement for School Board Members
Author/Co-Authors: Cheney
(Education)
Provides that a person who is at least 18 years of age may serve as a member of the governing body of a school corporation.

HB 1114 Funding for Adult Education
Author/Co-Authors: Cheney
(Education)
Provides that a school corporation that operates an adult education program at a cost greater than its state reimbursement may intercept the state distributions of another school corporation whose students attend the adult education program in an amount equal to the difference between the cost of the program and the reimbursement amount.

HB 1121 Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Education)
Establishes a teacher recruitment and retention grant program, administered by the State Student Assistance Commission, to: (1) attract qualified teachers to those geographical areas of the state where a critical shortage of teachers exists; and (2) retain qualified teachers in teacher shortage areas; by providing scholarships to persons working toward a master's degree in education or an educational specialist degree. Provides that as a condition of participating in the program and receiving a scholarship, a teacher must agree to employment as a licensed teacher in a school district located in a teacher shortage area for a period of at least three years.

2/18/03 DPA 12-0
2 /19/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

HB 1122 Credit Time for Literacy and Life Skills Programs
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Courts and Criminal Code)
Permits an inmate to earn a maximum of 12 months of credit time for completing a literacy and basic life skills program approved by the department of correction. Permits the department of correction to establish guidelines for awarding credit time for multiple degrees.

2/03/03 DP 14-0
2/04/03 Representatives D. Young, L. Lawson and Ulmer added as coauthors
2/06/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2/06/03 Amendment 1 (Foley), prevailed; Voice Vote
2/17/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 103: Yeas 65 and Nays 31
2/17/03 Referred to the Senate
2/17/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Kenley
2/17/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Howard
2/24/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Criminal and Civil and Public Policy

HB 1123 Commission for Superior Academic Achievement
Author/Co-Authors: Porter, Cheney, Hoffman, Kersey, Pond, Scholer
(Education)
Creates the commission for superior academic achievement by all students. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared for the interim study committee on education issues.)

2/04/03 DPA 12-0
2/17/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

HB 1124 Kindergarten Enrollment Date
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Ways and Means)
Provides that a child must be at least five years of age on the following dates to officially enroll for a school year in a school corporation's kindergarten program: (1) August 1 of the 2004-2005 school year. (2) September 1 of the 2005-2006 school year or any subsequent school year. (Current law provides that a child must be at least five years of age on July 1.) Allows, instead of requires, a school corporation to adopt an appeals procedure for a parent who wishes to enroll a child who is not at least five years of age on the statutory date in kindergarten.

1/15/03 Representative Scholer added as coauthor

HB 1126 Teacher Employment and Compensation
Author/Co-Authors: Pelath
(Appointments and Claims)
Provides an optional arbitration procedure for state employee grievances. Specifies a grievance procedure for teachers who are employed by the state. Requires the state to provide a group health insurance program to retired state employees who were employed as teachers if the person was employed and participated in the employee's retirement fund for 15 years of which at least ten years were immediately preceding retirement.

2/13/03 DPA 7-2
2/13/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/27/03 DPA 20-5
2/27/03 Representative Budak added as coauthor
3/03/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 388: Yeas 75 and Nays 20
3/04/03 Referred to the Senate
3/04/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Nugent
3/04/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Bowser
3/10/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor

HB 1152 High School Diplomas for Certain Veterans
Author/Co-Authors: Frizzell, Ayres, Behning
(Education)
Provides that veterans of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts who, because of military service, left a public or nonpublic high school without graduating may receive a diploma.

HB 1157 Graduation Rate
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Education)
Adds a definition of "graduation rate" to the statute concerning accountability for school performance and improvement.

HB 1159 Teacher Certification Incentives
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Education)
Specifies a goal that by the year 2020 there will be at least one teacher who is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (national board) in every public school in Indiana. Establishes the teachers' national board certification incentive fund for purposes of: (1) funding stipends of $200 per day for two days for teachers preparing for national board certification; (2) reimbursing 75% of the national board certification fee; (3) funding stipends for national board certified teachers who serve as mentors to other teachers; (4) reimbursing school corporations for the cost of paying teachers who have attained national board certification as of July 1, 2003, or thereafter an annual salary supplement of $2,000 for the life of the certificate; and (5) reimbursing school corporations for the cost of persons who serve as substitute teachers for national board certification candidates. Requires a school corporation to allow a teacher pursuing national board certification at least five days of released time during the school year.

2/18/03 DP 10-0
2/24/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/24/03 Representative Austin added as coauthor
2/24/03 Representative Austin added as coauthor

HB 1160 Teacher Certification Fees and Incentives
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Education)
Provides that the Department of Education shall each year pay the certification fees for up to 2,000 teachers who participate in the certification process offered by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Provides a national board certification incentive grant to school corporations of $5,000 for each teacher employed by a school corporation who holds a valid certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and who is a classroom teacher.

HB 1164 Review of Privatization Savings
Author/Co-Authors: Dickinson
(Labor and Employment)
Provides that a contract or the solicitation for a contract to privatize any of the functions currently performed by a governmental body's employees must: (1) require an offeror to provide verifiable evidence that the cost of the contract will be less than the cost of having the functions performed by the governmental body's employees; (2) specify that the governmental body may not pay the contractor more than the cost the contractor determined the governmental body would incur to perform the functions using its own employees; (3) require the governmental body to provide to an offeror an estimate of the cost of having the functions performed by the governmental body's employees; and (4) contain a statement that the governmental body may pursue certain remedies if the contractor fails to comply with the contract. Excludes from these requirements purchases from qualified nonprofit agencies for persons with severe disabilities.

1/29/03 DPA 9-3
2/03/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/04/03 Third reading: call withdrawn
2/06/03 Representative Murphy added as coauthor
2/06/03 Reread third time: passed; Roll Call 58: Yeas 55 and Nays 36
2/06/03 Referred to the Senate
2/06/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator R. Meeks
2/06/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Simpson
2/11/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Governmental Affairs and Interstate Cooperation

HB 1170 Criminal Confinement and Kidnapping
Author/Co-Authors: Herrell
(Courts and Criminal Code)
Provides that a person commits kidnapping, a Class A felony, if the person: (1) confines another person while carjacking a vehicle; or (2) removes another person from one place to another with a vehicle. Makes criminal confinement a Class C felony instead of a Class D felony. Increases the offense to a Class B felony if the person confined or removed is less than 14 years of age.

1/16/03 Representative Austin added as coauthor
1/21/03 Representatives Alderman, Duncan and T. Adams added as coauthors

HB 1181 Juvenile Court Jurisdiction for School Suspension
Author/Co-Authors: Buck
(Education)
Permits the prosecuting attorney or county office of family and children to file a petition alleging that a child suspended or expelled from school is a child in need of services (CHINS) if the: (1) school corporation; (2) prosecuting attorney; (3) county office of family and children; and (4) judge of the court with juvenile jurisdiction; have agreed to the referral of suspended or expelled children to the juvenile court for a CHINS determination. Requires the school corporation to pay the costs of services ordered by the juvenile court if: (1) the child is found to be a CHINS; and (2) there is an agreement to refer suspended or expelled children to the juvenile court for a CHINS determination.

HB 1182 Reduction of Accrued Pension Liability
Author/Co-Authors: Buck
(Ways and Means)
Annually appropriates 1% of all general fund revenues to the teachers' retirement fund until the fund is actuarially sound.

HB 1188 ISTEP Waiver for Children with Disabilities
Author/Co-Authors: Stilwell
(Education)
Changes certain requirements for a student with a disability to receive a waiver to graduate from high school without passing the graduation examination. Requires a student who seeks a waiver to: (1) attain the goals established by the student's individual educational program rather than to attain the academic standard in a subject area; and (2) maintain a passing grade rather than a "C" average.

1/15/03 Representative Kruse added as coauthor

HB 1191 ISTEP+ Diploma Seal
Author/Co-Authors: Stilwell
(Education)
Provides that a student is not required to pass the grade 10 ISTEP examination in order to graduate from high school. Provides for the placement of an ISTEP+ diploma seal on the high school diploma of a graduate who passes the grade 10 ISTEP examination. Provides that a student who does not pass the grade 10 ISTEP examination may be retested in any school year with the consent of the student's parent. Repeals references to the graduation examination and the obsolete grade 12 examination.

1/15/03 Representative Kruse added as coauthor

HB 1199 Abstinence Instruction
Author/Co-Authors: Koch
(Human Affairs)
Requires instruction on maintaining self-control, resisting peer pressure, and establishing positive relationships in preparation for marriage throughout school instruction on human sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases.

1/13/03 Representative Welch added as coauthor

HB 1203 Tuition Exemption for EMT and Paramedic Survivors
Author/Co-Authors: Buell, Bischoff, Frizzell
(Education)
Provides that the child or surviving spouse of a paramedic, an emergency medical technician (EMT), or an advanced emergency medical technician is eligible for a tuition exemption at a state supported college, university, or technical school if the paramedic, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency medical technician is killed in the line of duty.

1/30/03 Representative Ruppel added as coauthor

HB 1208 Removal of Teachers for Felony Offenses
Author/Co-Authors: Lutz, J.
(Education)
Requires the revocation of the license of a teacher who is convicted after June 30, 2003, of a Class A, Class B, or Class C felony. Requires the denial of a teacher's license or certificate to an applicant who is convicted after June 30, 2003, of a Class A, Class B, or Class C felony. Authorizes the cancellation of the contract of a teacher who is convicted after June 30, 2003, of a Class A, Class B, or Class C felony.

HB 1223 Textbook Reimbursement
Author/Co-Authors: Smith, V.
(Ways and Means)
Provides that a school corporation: (1) receives 100% textbook reimbursement if at least 50% of the students receive free or reduced lunches; and (2) receives prorated textbook reimbursement if less than 50% of the students receive free or reduced lunches.

HB 1227 ISTEP Test Dates
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V.
(Education)
Provides that the ISTEP assessments must be administered during the spring semester. Allows a student who did not pass the graduation examination to take the examination during the summer following grade 12, in addition to during each semester following the year in which the student was initially tested, until the student achieves a passing grade.

HB 1238 Elective Study of Bible In Public Schools
Author/Co-Authors: Denbo
(Education)
Provides that a school corporation may include in its curriculum as an elective a study of world literature, including the Bible and other similar great works of literature. Requires the Indiana State Board of Education and the Professional Standards Board to jointly develop and report to the legislative council by January 1, 2004, a plan to implement the "academic study of religion in secondary schools".

1/27/03 Representative Burton added as coauthor

HB 1247 Obsolete Statutes and Other School Matters
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V., Becker
(Education)
Requires a governing body of a school corporation to make the school corporation's annual performance report available by either or both of the following methods: (1) on the Internet and by mail or distribution to the parents or guardians of students attending schools operated by the school corporation; or (2) by publication. Allows a school corporation to adopt textbooks that do not appear on the state adoption list without seeking a waiver from the Indiana State Board of Education. Repeals provisions for the following programs that have expired, have not been funded, or do not comply with federal law: (1) Inclusion school pilot program. (2) Teacher quality and professional improvement program. (3) Compulsory attendance exception for children found mentally or physically unfit for school attendance. (4) Governor's scholars academy. (5) Innovative education grant program. (6) Art education grant program. (7) Committee on educational attitudes, motivation, and parental involvement. (8) Readiness testing. (9) Team pilot program student services. (10) Early childhood, preschool, and latch key pilot programs. (11) Anti-gang counseling pilot program and fund.

HB 1248 Teacher Loan Forgiveness
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V., Ayres, Klinker
(Ways and Means)
Provides up to $15,000 educational loan forgiveness for a public elementary or high school teacher who teaches at least five years in a geographic or subject area with a teacher shortage.

HB 1249 Restrictions on Viewing Materials Harmful to Minors
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V., Becker
(Human Affairs)
Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally displays matter that is harmful to minors in an area to which minors have access commits a Class D felony irrespective of whether a minor with access to the area is accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian.

HB 1250 Testing Information for Teachers
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V., Ayres, Klinker
(Education)
Requires the scorer of an examination required for licensure as a teacher or school administrator to provide certain information to an individual who did not pass all or part of the examination.

2/11/03 DPA 12-1
2/24/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/24/03 Representative LaPlante added as coauthor
2/25/03 Referred to the Senate
2/25/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 194: Yeas 86 and Nays 12
2/25/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Kenley
2/25/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Rogers
2/25/03 Cosponsor: Senator Breaux
2/27/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

HB 1253 Criminal Record of Juveniles
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V., Brown C.
(Courts and Criminal Code)
Provides for the sealing of criminal history data concerning an act committed by a person before the person became 18 years of age ten years after the person was last adjudicated a delinquent child. Specifies that this provision does not apply to a person who: (1) commits a sex offense, certain violent offenses, or murder; (2) is in a penal facility when the person is at least 22 years of age; (3) is arrested for a felony after the person becomes 18 years of age; or (4) has been convicted of a felony within ten years of the person being adjudicated a delinquent child.

2/10/03 DP 10-1
2/19/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/20/03 Third reading: failed for lack of constitutional majority; Roll Call 154: Yeas 49 and Nays 46

HB 1274 Working Conditions and Hours for Minors
Author/Co-Authors: Weinzapfel
(Labor and Employment)
Authorizes an employer to employ a child less than 18 years of age beginning at 6 a.m. on school days and until midnight on certain nights. Deletes certain provisions pertaining to the hours and conditions of employment of employees less than 18 years of age. Changes the requirements for rest breaks for children who are employees. Provides that a child less than 18 years of age working between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. must be accompanied during those hours by another employee at least 18 years of age if the establishment is open to the public, and that a violation is a hazardous occupation violation by the employer.

2/04/03 Representative Burton added as coauthor
2/10/03 DP 12-0
2/18/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/20/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 155: Yeas 95 and Nays 0
2/20/03 Referred to the Senate
2/20/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Harrison
2/24/03 Representative Klinker added as coauthor
2/27/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor

HB 1289 Public Computers Accessible to Minors
Author/Co-Authors: Kruse
(Human Affairs)
Requires a school corporation or a public library that provides computer access to minors with the ability to connect to a computer communication system to: (1) equip the computer with software that will limit the ability of a minor to gain access to materials inappropriate for minors; or (2) purchase Internet connectivity from an Internet service provider that provides filter services to limit access to materials inappropriate for minors. Requires a library board or the governing body of a school corporation to hold an annual public meeting to determine how the public library or school corporation will comply with the requirements and to determine what materials are considered inappropriate for minors. Requires the governing body or library board to determine what materials are inappropriate for minors to reflect the community's standards as evidenced during the meeting. Provides that a school corporation or a public library may request a grant from the Indiana technology fund to pay for the costs of purchasing software or purchase Internet connectivity to comply with the requirements of the statute. Requires the request to be approved and the grant to be paid.

HB 1290 Renting Materials Harmful to Minors
Author/Co-Authors: Kruse
(Human Affairs)
Makes it a Class D felony to rent or display for rent matter that is harmful to minors within 500 feet of a school or church.

HB 1291 "In God We Trust" Motto in Public Schools
Author/Co-Authors: Kruse
(Education)
Requires a school corporation to display the motto of the United States worded "In God We Trust".

HB 1322 Education Funding
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Education)
Provides that the annual appropriation of state and local funds for the operation of nonconversion charter schools may not exceed six million dollars during each state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004.

1/15/03 Representative Scholer added as coauthor
2/25/03 DPA 8-6
3/03/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
3/03/03 Amendment 2 (Stine), failed; Roll Call 282: Yeas 37, Nays 61
3/03/03 Amendment 1 (Behning), failed; Roll Call 283: Yeas 35, Nays 61
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 379: Yeas 54 and Nays 45
3/04/03 Referred to the Senate
3/04/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Lubbers
3/04/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Breaux
3/04/03 Cosponsor: Senator Rogers
3/13/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

HB 1324 Extracurricular Activities During ISTEP Test
Author/Co-Authors: Goodin
(Education)
Prohibits a school from holding an interscholastic or extracurricular event or practice, including travel to and from the event or practice that extends beyond 8:30 p.m. on the day before or a day that falls within the period during which an ISTEP test may be administered. Provides that an interscholastic or extracurricular event may be held after school on a Friday or on a Saturday that falls during the period the fall semester ISTEP and graduation examination test may be administered.

2/05/03 DPA 12-0
2/10/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/11/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 82: Yeas 76 and Nays 22
2/11/03 Representative Robertson added as coauthor
2/11/03 Referred to the Senate
2/11/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Kenley
2/11/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Lewis
2/24/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

HB 1326 Eligibility for PERF and TRF Benefits
Author/Co-Authors: Goodin
(Labor and Employment)
Eliminates the requirement that members of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) and the state teachers' retirement fund (TRF) who retire under the "rule of 85" must be at least 55 years of age.

2/17/03 DP 10-1
2/17/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

HB 1332 Budgets and Levies of Appointed Bodies
Author/Co-Authors: Adams T., Young D.
(Ways and Means)
Requires an elected fiscal body to review and approve the proposed budget and tax levy of an appointed governing body of a taxing unit, including school corporations and public library districts, upon a petition by real property owners. Permits review of a proposed budget and tax levy that is less than 5% greater than the prior year's levy. Permits the reduction of a proposed tax levy to an amount that is less than the maximum permissible levy.

HB 1337 Collective Bargaining for Public Employees
Author/Co-Authors: Adams T., Liggett
(Labor and Employment)
Permits certain governmental employees and noncertificated employees of school corporations to form and join unions. Establishes a five member public employees relations board. Establishes a procedure for the selection and decertification of an exclusive bargaining representative. Establishes employer and employee rights. Specifies prohibited practices. Requires the employer to bargain collectively when an exclusive representative has been certified. Establishes negotiation, mediation, factfinding, and binding arbitration procedures. Establishes mandatory subjects of negotiation. Provides that all decisions, opinions, or awards made by an arbitrator are subject to public inspection and copying. Provides that a proposed bargaining agreement subject to ratification by the parties is confidential. Requires a grievance procedure to be included in each collective bargaining agreement. Makes strikes by certain public employees unlawful and establishes penalties for strikes.

2/17/03 DP 7-5
2/17/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

HB 1349 Prepaid College Tuition
Author/Co-Authors: Goodin
(Education)
Establishes the Indiana prepaid college program. Requires the Indiana education savings authority to administer the program. Provides for the advance payment of tuition (including registration fees) or room and board, or both, at a community college or university.

1/14/03 Representative Pflum added as coauthor

HB 1357 Regulation of Violent Video Games
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V.,Klinker
(Human Affairs)
Imposes certain requirements on an establishment that has violent or sexually explicit video games. Creates penalties for a person who: (1) presents false information in order to operate a restricted video game; or (2) misrepresents that the person is a parent, guardian, or custodian of a minor for the purpose of allowing a minor to operate a restricted video game Makes it a Class B infraction for an establishment to violate the requirements of this law. Imposes civil penalties for repeat offenses that occur within 90 days. Specifies that certain licensed areas, private industrial or office locations, private clubs, and riverboats are not subject to the requirements of this law.

HB 1359 Faculty Member on University Boards
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V., Adams T., Ayers, Orentlicher
(Education)
Adds a nonvoting faculty member to the board of trustees of state supported colleges and universities. Establishes a procedure for the election every three years of the board members by the faculty.

1/21/03 House Rule 106.1 suspended
1/21/03 Representatives Pierce and Welch added as coauthors
1/28/03 DPA 9-4
2/03/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 50: Yeas 51 and Nays 45
2/04/03 Referred to the Senate
2/04/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Drozda
2/04/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Craycraft
2/11/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure

HB 1364 PERF Board
Author/Co-Authors: Dobis
(Appointments and Claims)
Provides that the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives, the president pro tempore and the minority floor leader of the senate, and the governor each shall appoint one trustee to the board of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF). Requires the governor's appointment to be: (1) a member of a collective bargaining unit of state employees represented by a labor organization; or (2) an officer of a local, a national, or an international labor union that represents state employees.

2/04/03 DPA 12-0

HB 1373 TRF Military Service Credit
Author/Co-Authors: GiaQuinta
(Labor and Employment)
Provides that a member of the teachers' retirement fund (TRF) who serves on active duty in the United States armed services is entitled to service credit for the time served on active duty up to a maximum of two years, to the extent that service credit is not granted for that time under existing TRF service credit provisions. Requires a member to have at least 10 years of creditable service in TRF before the member may claim the military service credit.

HB 1375 High School Diploma
Author/Co-Authors: GiaQuinta
(Education)
Provides that a veteran of the Korean Conflict or the Vietnam Conflict who left a public or nonpublic high school without graduating in order to perform military service may receive a high school diploma.

2/25/03 DP 14-0
3/03/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 313: Yeas 97 and Nays 0
3/04/03 Referred to the Senate
3/04/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator C. Meeks
3/04/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Lewis
3/13/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure

HB 1379 Smoking in School Buses
Author/Co-Authors: Bischoff
(Environmental Affairs)
Prohibits smoking in a school bus.

2/04/03 Representative Neese added as coauthor
2/10/03 Representative Day added as coauthor
2/13/03 DPA 7-3
2/20/03 Representative C. Brown added as coauthor
2/24/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2/24/03 Amendment 3 (Bischoff), prevailed; Voice Vote
2/25/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: Yeas 92 and Nays 4
2/25/03 Referred to the Senate
2/25/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Lawson
2/25/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Dillon
2/27/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

HB 1386 Delinquent Acts
Author/Co-Authors: Bischoff
(Judiciary)
Provides that a child commits a delinquent act if the child habitually disobeys the commands of the child's principal or assistant principal. Provides that the juvenile court may suspend a child's driving privileges if the child has a prior, unrelated finding for habitually disobeying a principal or assistant principal.

HB 1388 High School Diploma for Veterans
Author/Co-Authors: Bischoff
(Education)
Provides that a veteran of the Korean Conflict who left a public or nonpublic high school without graduating in order to perform military service may receive a high school diploma.

1/27/03 Representative Ruppel added as coauthor

HB 1396 School Employees and Children
Author/Co-Authors: Torr, Scholer
(Education)
Enables school corporations to obtain limited and national criminal history checks for all employees rather than only for new employees. Enables the professional standards board to suspend a teacher's license for certain types of noncriminal behavior. Requires certain officials to report when a teacher is arrested for or convicted of a crime or is dismissed or resigns because of certain types of behavior. Provides civil immunity for making these reports. Makes uniform the grounds for which licenses may be revoked and for which the contracts of teachers may be canceled because of sexual misconduct with a minor. Authorizes suspension without salary for teachers charged with certain crimes. Requires certain persons to report to authorities when they believe that a child is the victim of certain crimes. Changes the law concerning seduction of a child at least 16 years of age to specify certain additional types of behavior that constitute the offense and to expand coverage to all employees of a child's school.

HB 1412 Child Work Hours
Author/Co-Authors: Burton
(Labor and Employment)
Increases the number of hours that a child who is at least 16 years of age may work during a nonschool day and week without a parent's permission.

HB 1415 Preschool Registration
Author/Co-Authors: Budak, Crawford, Brown C.
(Human Affairs)
Amends the definition of "preschool". Revises the licensure exemption for preschools. Requires a preschool to register with the division of family and children. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the board for the coordination of child care regulation.)

2/17/03 DPA 13-0
2/24/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/25/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 201: Yeas 58 and Nays 40
2/25/03 Referred to the Senate
2/25/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Lawson
2/25/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Antich
2/27/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
3/03/03 Senator Mrvan added as cosponsor

HB 1424 School Instructional Days
Author/Co-Authors: Pflum, Porter
(Education)
Provides that a public school having a longer school day than the statute requires may conduct specified activities other than student instruction during up to five full days of the 180 day school year until June 30, 2005.

1/28/03 DP 8-5
2/06/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/10/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 69: Yeas 65 and Nays 31
2/10/03 Referred to the Senate
2/10/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Alting
2/11/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2/25/03 Senator Alting removed as first sponsor
2/25/03 Senator Kenley added as first sponsor

HB 1432 Tort and Civil Rights Claims
Author/Co-Authors: Lawson L., Alderman, Adams T.
(Judiciary)
Makes a governmental entity liable for punitive damages under the law concerning tort claims against governmental entities and public employees. Requires a governmental entity to pay any judgment, compromise, or settlement of a civil rights claim if a public employee is or could be subject to personal civil liability for a loss occurring because of a noncriminal act or omission within the scope of the public employee's employment that violates the civil rights laws of the United States.

HB 1461 School Facilities Standardized Plans
Author/Co-Authors: Whetstone, Liggett
(Education)
Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to school corporations standardized plans for new school facilities that are ready to be bid for construction. Requires a school corporation that proposes to build a new facility to determine whether a standardized plan meets the needs of the school corporation and, if it determines a nonstandardized facility is necessary, to give notice of the determination and, upon petition by registered voters, submit the question of the construction of the facility to a referendum.

HB 1463 Charity Gaming
Author/Co-Authors: Whetstone, Adams T., Saunders, Lawson L.
(Public Policy and Ethics and Veterans Affairs)
Allows a school to obtain an annual license to conduct not more than 25 allowable events in a calendar year. Provides that the fee to obtain or renew an annual school license is $200. Authorizes a school to conduct an unlimited number of single day raffles. Authorizes a separate charity gaming license for card tournaments. Increases the maximum amount of total prizes awarded in a pull tab, punchboard, or tip board game from $2,000 to $5,000. Increases the maximum single prize for one winning ticket in a pull tab, punchboard, or tip board game from $300 to $599. Sets forth the method to determine a qualified organization's net proceeds from an allowable event. Describes the permitted and impermissible uses of the net proceeds. Provides that certain additional entities are eligible to receive mandated donations of charity gaming proceeds when the donor organization's charity gaming receipts exceed 90% of the donor organizations gross receipts. Limits door prizes to $25,000 annually except for a one time door prize event where total prizes of up to $20,000 are permitted. Makes other changes concerning charity gaming operations and the regulation of charity gaming.

2/17/03 DPA 10-1
2/17/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/27/03 DPA 23-2
3/03/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
3/03/03 Amendment 1 (Whetstone), prevailed; Voice Vote
3/03/03 Amendment 2 (Saunders), ruled out of order
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 348: Yeas 86 and Nays 11
3/04/03 Referred to the Senate
3/04/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Waterman
3/04/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Craycraft
3/13/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure

HB 1472 Textbook Funding
Author/Co-Authors: Kersey
(Ways and Means)
Provides an annual state textbook grant to school corporations of $85 per ADM for providing textbooks to students. Abolishes the textbook rental program and the school textbook library program. Redefines "textbook" to include instructional materials currently eligible for state reimbursement under the textbook assistance program for students from low income families. Requires a school corporation to establish and appropriate money from a textbook fund to acquire textbooks to loan to all students without charge. Makes conforming changes and includes transitional provisions.

HB 1476 Confidentiality of Personnel Records
Author/Co-Authors: Kersey
(Technology and Research and Development)
Provides that information in a personnel file of a public employee or an applicant for public employment concerning findings of fact and decisions: (1) upon which a final action has been taken; and (2) that result in the employee being disciplined or discharged by vote of the governing body of the public agency; must be made available for public inspection and copying. Allows the governing body of a public agency to give notice of a meeting to news media by facsimile transmission (fax) or electronic mail.

2/18/03 DPA 12-1
2/19/03 Representative Thomas added as coauthor
2/24/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2/24/03 Amendment 1 (Murphy), prevailed; Voice Vote
2/25/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 202: Yeas 69 and Nays 29
2/25/03 Referred to the Senate
2/25/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator C. Meeks
2/25/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Skinner
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Governmental Affairs and Interstate Cooperation

HB 1478 School Performance
Author/Co-Authors: Kersey
(Education)
Provides that a school may not be placed in the lowest performance category or be sanctioned for poor performance until the school has received adequate funding to fully carry out the school's improvement and achievement plan for at least three consecutive years.

HB 1486 Faculty Member on University Boards
Author/Co-Authors: Welch, Pierce, Adams T., Orentlicher
(Education)
Adds a nonvoting faculty member to the board of trustees of state assisted colleges and universities. Establishes a procedure for the election every three years of the board members by the faculty.

HB 1487 Kindergarten Enrollment Date
Author/Co-Authors: Welch
(Ways and Means)
Provides that a child must be at least five years of age on the following dates to officially enroll for a school year in a school corporation's kindergarten program: (1) August 1 of the 2004-2005 school year. (2) September 1 of the 2005-2006 school year or any subsequent school year. (Current law provides that a child must be at least five years of age on July 1.) Instead of requiring an appeals procedure, allows a school corporation to adopt an appeals procedure for a parent who wishes to enroll a child who is not at least five years of age on the statutory date in kindergarten.

HB 1491 School Corporation Borrowing Costs Paid by State
Author/Co-Authors: Heim, Koch, Austin, Reske
(Ways and Means)
Requires the state to pay the costs incurred by a school corporation if a delay in the payment of tuition support causes the school corporation to borrow money.

1/27/03 Representative Stine added as coauthor

HB 1497 Tax Exemption for Scholarship Income
Author/Co-Authors: Avery
(Ways and Means)
Allows an individual taxpayer, in calculating the individual's Indiana adjusted gross income, to subtract the part of the individual's federal gross income that is received as a scholarship and designated to pay for room and board at a qualified educational organization located in Indiana.

HB 1501 Higher Education Construction Projects
Author/Co-Authors: Cochran
(Ways and Means)
Provides appropriations to fund university capital projects from securitized payments received under the tobacco master settlement agreement.

HB 1502 Indiana Growth Scholars Program
Author/Co-Authors: Klinker
(Ways and Means)
Establishes the growth scholars fund and program. Provides appropriations to the growth scholars program and the related certified degree program from securitized payments received under the tobacco master settlement agreement. Provides a tax credit against state tax liability for employers that provide employment in targeted employment areas for students and graduates participating in the growth scholars program. Provides for certification of degree programs related to the growth scholars program.

HB 1503 Energize Indiana K-12 Education Initiative
Author/Co-Authors: Kersey
(Ways and Means)
Provides appropriations to K-12 education from securitized payments received under the tobacco master settlement agreement.

HB 1509 School Corporation Surplus Bond Proceeds
Author/Co-Authors: Frizzell
(Ways and Means)
Requires a school corporation to use surplus bond proceeds for future projects if the fiscal officer of the school corporation certifies that the surplus was not anticipated when the bonds were issued.

HB 1518 Joint Commission on Technology Issues
Author/Co-Authors: Welch, Hasler, Murphy, Ripley
(Technology and Research and Development)
Establishes the joint legislative technology and science commission made up of the members of the senate and house of representatives standing committees that exercise jurisdiction over technology matters. The commission expires on November 1, 2006.

2/17/03 DPA 12-0
2/24/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/25/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: Yeas 87 and Nays 10
2/25/03 Referred to the Senate
2/25/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Ford
2/25/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Broden
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure

HB 1522 Student Loan Tax Credit
Author/Co-Authors: Kuzman
(Ways and Means)
Creates an income tax credit for employees of the state of Indiana or a political subdivision who pay interest on educational loans. Provides that the tax credit may equal up to 50% of the loan interest paid by the employee in a taxable year. Allows that the employee to carry over excess credit to succeeding taxable years.

HB 1537 Stopped School Buses
Author/Co-Authors: Welch, Reske, Becker
(Roads and Transportation)
Specifies that the prohibition on passing a stopped school bus with an extended arm signal device does not apply to the operator of a vehicle that is on the side of a divided highway opposite the side that the bus is on. Applies the prohibition on passing a stopped school bus with an extended arm signal device to situations when the bus is stopped at a location off the roadway.

HB 1544 School Corporation Collective Bargaining
Author/Co-Authors: Fry, Liggett
(Labor and Employment)
Beginning July 1, 2005, specifies additional subjects of and sets conditions for collective bargaining between the exclusive representative for certificated educational employees and the school employer. Adds final offer mediation-arbitration as an alternative method of collective bargaining for education personnel.

2/06/03 Committee report: do pass, adopted
2/06/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/27/03 DPA 17-9
3/03/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
3/03/03 Amendment 2 (Fry), prevailed; Voice Vote
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 324: Yeas 54 and Nays 44
3/04/03 Referred to the Senate
3/04/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Server
3/04/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Landske
3/10/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor

HB 1549 School Health Benefits
Author/Co-Authors: Oxley, Fry
(Education)
Requires the teachers' retirement fund board to establish a school health benefit plan. Provides for funding of the plan through biennial appropriations and school corporation and employee contributions.

1/27/03 Representatives Ayres and Ruppel added as coauthors

HB 1559 Licensure of Manicurist Instructors
Author/Co-Authors: Liggett
(Labor and Employment)
Authorizes the state board of cosmetology examiners to license manicurist instructors, and to charge a fee of $40 for issuing or renewing a manicurist instructor license. Establishes qualifications for a person to be licensed as a manicurist instructor.

2/18/03 Representative Liggett removed as author
2/18/03 Representative Dickinson added as author
2/18/03 Representatives Liggett, Austin and Budak added as coauthors
2/18/03 DPA 12-2
2/24/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/25/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 208: Yeas 60 and Nays 35
2/25/03 Referred to the Senate
2/25/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Miller
2/25/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Bowser
2/25/03 Cosponsors: Senators Simpson and Rogers
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

HB 1568 Collective Bargaining for School Employees
Author/Co-Authors: Kersey
(Labor and Employment)
Allows noncertificated school employees to engage in collective bargaining. Provides for disciplinary procedures for noncertificated employees of a school corporation. Provides certain procedural requirements before a noncertificated employee of a school corporation may be discharged.

1/30/03 DP 7-6
2/04/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

HB 1575 Canceled School Day Waiver
Author/Co-Authors: Denbo
(Education)
Requires the Department of Education to grant a waiver for a number of school days canceled by a school superintendent for inclement weather or extraordinary circumstances. Provides a formula to determine the number of days eligible for mandatory waiver that: (1) is based on the number of actual instructional minutes provided to students; and (2) maintains the equivalent in hours of the 180 student instructional days required by law. (This mandatory waiver is in addition to a waiver that the department currently has the option to grant.)

2/26/03 DP 7-6
2/27/03 Representative Denbo removed as author
2/27/03 Representative Bischoff added as author
2/27/03 Representative Denbo added as coauthor
3/03/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
3/03/03 Amendment 1 (Scholer), failed; Roll Call 280: Yeas 46, Nays 48
3/03/03 Representative Becker added as coauthor
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 325: Yeas 55 and Nays 43
3/04/03 Referred to the Senate
3/04/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Nugent
3/04/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Lewis
3/10/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

HB 1582 Review of School Expulsions
Author/Co-Authors: Noe
(Judiciary)
Provides that a juvenile court may not order a school to readmit a child who was expelled from school unless the juvenile court finds that the expulsion was not justified.

HB 1601 Lottery Funded Tuition Scholarships
Author/Co-Authors: Reske
(Ways and Means)
Creates a tuition scholarship program for students who enroll in Ivy Tech or the community college program. Appropriates $200,000 from the build Indiana fund for each of three years.

HB 1603 Tax Deduction for Classroom Supplies
Author/Co-Authors: Reske, Austin
(Ways and Means)
Provides a deduction from adjusted gross income for amounts paid by a teacher for classroom supplies and materials.

1/23/03 Representative Koch added as coauthor

HB 1635 School Corporation Annual Performance Report
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Education)
Changes the required publication date of school corporation annual performance reports. Provides for the transition in publication dates by moving the September 2003 publication date to January 2004.

HB 1636 University Contracting Procedures
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Appointments and Claims)
Requires state educational institutions to analyze their purchasing, construction, and contracting practices relating to minority business enterprises, small business enterprises, and women's business enterprises. Requires each state educational institution to file a written report of the analysis with the legislative council.

2/13/03 DP 9-0
2/18/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

HB 1637 Funding for Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Ways and Means)
Establishes a teacher recruitment and retention grant program, administered by the state student assistance commission, to: (1) attract qualified teachers to those geographical areas of the state where a critical shortage of teachers exists; and (2) retain qualified teachers in teacher shortage areas; by providing scholarships to persons working toward a master's degree in education or an educational specialist degree. Provides that as a condition of participating in the program and receiving a scholarship, a teacher must agree to employment as a licensed teacher in a school district located in a teacher shortage area for at least three years.

HB 1639 Lottery Funds for Education
Author/Co-Authors: Becker, Welch, Budak, Klinker
(Ways and Means)
Provides that $50,000,000 from lottery proceeds must be spent for kindergarten through twelfth grade education.

1/21/03 Representative Ayres added as coauthor
1/27/03 Representative Weinzapfel added as coauthor

HB 1648 Tax Credit for Educational Donations
Author/Co-Authors: Hoffman
(Ways and Means)
Increases the maximum income tax credit for contributions by individuals to Indiana colleges from $100 to $300 for single returns and from $200 to $600 for joint returns.

HB 1649 School Board Recall Elections
Author/Co-Authors: Hoffman
(Elections and Apportionment)
Provides for the recall of an elected or appointed school board member.

1/30/03 Representative Frenz added as coauthor

HB 1678 University Policies Against Pornographic Films
Author/Co-Authors: Burton
(Human Affairs)
Requires each state educational institution to develop a policy that prohibits the making of sexually explicit films on its campuses. The penalty for violation of the policy must include the expulsion of any student involved in the making of the film. Specifies that the university must send a copy of the policy and any subsequent changes to the policy to the legislative council.

HB 1706 Education Income Tax Credits
Author/Co-Authors: Kruse
(Ways and Means)
Provides income tax credits related to elementary and secondary education for the following expenditures: (1) Charitable contributions to foundations that provide tuition scholarships for nonpublic schools and home school students. (2) Donations to public schools for certain academic purposes. (3) Expenditures for dependents who attend nonpublic schools. (4) Expenditures for the home schooling of dependents. (5) Expenditures for out of school education of dependents who attend public schools. Phases in the amount of each type of credit over a three year period.

HB 1707 Title I Paraprofessionals; Waivers from Federal Law
Author/Co-Authors: Klinker, Scholer, Austin
(Education)
Specifies that the Department of Education is the agency that: (1) identifies and disseminates to school corporations the criteria that Title I paraprofessionals must meet under federal statutes; and (2) determines the assessment that is required of certain paraprofessionals under federal statutes. Authorizes the department to seek waivers from provisions of the federal "No Child Left Behind" statutes that conflict with Indiana school accountability provisions if the U.S. Department of Education allows states to seek waivers.

2/04/03 DPA 13-0
2/10/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/27/03 Referral to Committee on Ways and Means withdrawn
3/03/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 367: Yeas 96 and Nays 0
3/04/03 Referred to the Senate
3/04/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Alting
3/04/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Sipes
3/04/03 Cosponsors: Senators Lubbers and Rogers
3/04/03 Representative Porter added as coauthor
3/13/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
4/02/03 DPA 6-3
4/09/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
4/10/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 403: Yeas 50 and Nays 0
4/10/03 Returned to the House with amendments
4/16/03 House dissented from Senate amendments
4/17/03 House conferees appointed: Klinker and Scholer
4/17/03 House advisors appointed: Austin and Porter and Hoffman
4/21/03 Senate conferee appointed: Alting and Sipes
4/21/03 Senate advisors appointed: Kenley and Rogers
4/23/03 Conference committee report 1 : filed in the House
4/24/03 Rules suspended
4/24/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 519: Yeas 48 and Nays 0

HB 1711 Public Officers Compensation Commission
Author/Co-Authors: Klinker, Ulmer, Cochran, Dvorak, Ayres
(Ways and Means)
Establishes the public officers compensation commission to make recommendations to the general assembly for suitable salaries for public officials. Makes an appropriation for operation of the commission.

1/23/03 Representative Dvorak removed as coauthor

HB 1720 Retired Teachers' Reemployment Income
Author/Co-Authors: Klinker, Hinkle, Scholer, Oxley
(Labor and Employment)
Increases from $25,000 to $45,000 the exempt amount that a retired teachers' retirement fund (TRF) member who is reemployed in a covered position may earn each year before the member's retirement benefits stop.

2/17/03 DPA 12-0
2/17/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

HB 1722 Beginning Teacher Assessment Program
Author/Co-Authors: Klinker, Ayres, Scholer
(Education)
Establishes the beginning teacher assessment program. Provides that a teacher who holds an initial standard license must complete a performance assessment before receiving a proficient practitioner license.

HB 1732 School Improvement Plans
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V., Klinker
(Education)
Provides that a school may not be placed in the lowest category of school improvement unless the principal of the school has been: (1) given a plan of action for improvement that was developed by the department of education and approved by the school's governing body; and (2) allowed at least one school year to carry out the plan of action.

HB 1733 Cell Phone Use in Schools
Author/Co-Authors: Smith V.
(Education)
Provides that a student is subject to suspension or other disciplinary action for using an electronic paging device or a handheld portable telephone on school grounds during school hours that interferes with instruction. Authorizes a school to seize and retain an electronic paging device or a handheld portable telephone: (1) pending a determination of whether the device or telephone was used in violation of school policy; and (2) during the term of the student's suspension, if the student is suspended for using the device or telephone in violation of school policy.

2/26/03 DPA 9-3
3/03/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
3/04/03 Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 365: Yeas 48 and Nays 51

HB 1737 Tutoring for Junior High Students
Author/Co-Authors: Harris, Porter
(Education)
Allows flexibility in the time when a school corporation must hold a conference on the nonrenewal of the contract of a nonpermanent teacher so that both the open door law and the nonpermanent teacher's contract rights law are not violated.

HB 1739 School Accreditation
Author/Co-Authors: Scholer, Pond
(Education)
Allows the State Board of Education to withdraw the accreditation of a school that fails to comply with a legal standard.

HB 1746 Tax Anticipation Warrants
Author/Co-Authors: Scholer
(Ways and Means)
Eliminates a cross reference to a repealed provision. Allows a school corporation to issue tax anticipation warrants that exceed 80% of the anticipated tax and tuition support distributions receivable from the June settlement from the county auditor if the amount of the warrants does not exceed the total receivable for the entire year. Repeals a provision that grants substantially similar anticipation loan authority specifically to school towns and school cities.

HB 1751 Employee Review of Personnel Records
Author/Co-Authors: Mays
(Labor and Employment)
Provides that, upon written request from an employee, an employer shall provide the employee with an opportunity to review the employee's personnel records under certain circumstances. Provides a procedure to follow if the employee disagrees with the information contained in the personnel record. Provides that a court shall award damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs to the employee if the employer violates any of these provisions.

2/18/03 DP 12-2
2/26/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2/26/03 Amendment 1 (Mays), prevailed; Voice Vote
2/27/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 253: Yeas 69 and Nays 25
2/27/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Bray
2/27/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Broden
3/03/03 Representative D. Young added as coauthor
3/10/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor

HB 1759 Indiana Education Savings Authority
Author/Co-Authors: Klinker, Buell, Porter, Scholer
(Ways and Means)
Provides that contributions to an Indiana family college savings account up to $2,000 may be deducted from Indiana adjusted gross income. Reduces the number of appointed directors of the Indiana education savings authority from five to three. Codifies an expired noncode provision that requires the treasurer of state and the board for depositories to provide clerical support, office support, and financial support to the Indiana education savings authority.

HB 1764 Restrictions on Social Promotion
Author/Co-Authors: Espich
(Education)
Provides that a school corporation may not allow a student to be placed in a grade level in which the curriculum is more than one grade level higher than the grade level for which the student has met the academic standards.

HB 1781 Administration of ISTEP by Computer
Author/Co-Authors: Heim, Stine, Chowning
(Technology, Research and Development)
Requires the department of education to establish a pilot program of administering the ISTEP test by computer.

HB 1786 School Discipline
Author/Co-Authors: Moses, Kruse
(Education)
Provides that a student may not withdraw from a school corporation while legal action for truancy is pending: (1) until the legal action is resolved; and (2) the student demonstrates compliance with the terms and conditions of enrollment established by the school corporation unless: (1) the school corporation, the legal authority, and the parent agree that withdrawal is in the best interest of the student; and (2) a verifiable educational experience is provided that is acceptable to all parties.

2/04/03 Representative Welch added as coauthor
2/12/03 DPA 12-0
2/20/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/26/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 225: Yeas 87 and Nays 6
2/26/03 Referred to the Senate
2/26/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Long
2/26/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Kenley
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

HB 1789 Indiana Technology Talent Fund
Author/Co-Authors: Hasler
(Technology, Research and Development)
Creates the state technology advancement and retention (STAR) account to advance technology and retain graduates in Indiana. Provides for a tax on the sale of tangible personal property by vending machine operators and uses the proceeds of the tax to fund STAR beginning in 2004. Requires a vending machine owner to place an identification sticker on the face of a vending machine. Provides that, if an owner intentionally fails to display an identification sticker on a vending machine, the department of state revenue ("department") may: (1) seize and confiscate the vending machine; and (2) fine the owner not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,000. Requires vending machine operators and owners to register with the department. Programs involved include school to work tax credit, internship tax credit, funding for the statewide partnership fund, technology grants, minority training grants, apprenticeship grants, back home in Indiana grants, scientific instrument project, clean manufacturing income tax credit, clean coal technology research center, grants for the smart Indiana school smart partnership; and funding for the operations of the minority epidemiology resource center within the Indiana minority health coalition.

2/13/03 Representatives Austin, Murphy and Dvorak added as coauthors
2/17/03 DPA 13-0
2/17/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/26/03 DPA 17-6
3/03/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 297: Yeas 67 and Nays 27
3/04/03 Referred to the Senate
3/04/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Ford
3/04/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Weatherwax
3/04/03 Cosponsors: Senators Broden and Mrvan
3/10/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Economic Development and Technology
3/17/03 DP 6-0
3/17/03 Reassigned to the Committee on Finance
3/18/03 Senator Simpson added as cosponsor
3/31/03 Senator Clark added as cosponsor

HB 1818 Selection of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Author/Co-Authors: Behning, Cherry
(Appointments and Claims)
Provides for the superintendent of public instruction to be appointed by the governor. Repeals a superseded statute relating to the residency of candidates for election for superintendent of public instruction.

HB 1821 Open Enrollment for Public Schools
Author/Co-Authors: Behning
(Education)
Establishes a public elementary and secondary school scholarship program. Allows the parent of a public school student to request a scholarship for the student to enroll in a different public school. Allocates public funds for scholarship students between the base school corporation and the receiving school corporation. Requires a parent to provide student transportation. Provides that the laws concerning transfer students, including court ordered transfer students, do not apply to a student who attends a public school outside the student's base school corporation under the scholarship program.

1/28/03 Representative Frizzell added as coauthor

HB 1824 ISTEP Testing
Author/Co-Authors: Heim, Bosma, Koch, Gutwein
(Education)
Provides that the date on which the ISTEP statewide testing is administered must be during the spring semester.

HB 1830 Core 40 Curriculum
Author/Co-Authors: Bosma, Scholer, Pond
(Education)
Provides that a student is required to complete the Core 40 curriculum in order to graduate from high school, unless the individualized education program of a child with a disability does not require the Core 40 curriculum.

HB 1831 Public Computer Access by Children
Author/Co-Authors: Bosma, Denbo
(Technology, Research and Development)
Requires a school corporation or a public library that provides Internet or similar computer access to minors to use software to limit the ability of minors to gain access to inappropriate materials or to purchase Internet service that filters access to these materials. Requires school corporations and public libraries to hold an annual public meeting to determine: (1) how to comply with these requirements; and (2) what materials are considered inappropriate for minors. Provides for grants from the Indiana technology fund to pay for the costs of purchasing software or Internet connectivity to comply with the statute.

HB 1846 Education Tax Credit Pilot Program
Author/Co-Authors: Behning
(Ways and Means)
Provides an adjusted gross income tax refundable credit for the 2004 and 2005 taxable years for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses for dependents who have legal settlement in the Indianapolis public school corporation. Requires participation in the ISTEP or another approved program for tax credit eligibility. Provides that a taxpayer having dependents in both public and nonpublic schools may claim only one credit. For taxpayers having dependents enrolled in a school, establishes the maximum credit for household incomes under $35,000 at $2,000 and for household incomes over $35,000 at $1,000. For taxpayers having dependents who are excused from school attendance, establishes the maximum credit at $1,000 per dependent or household. Requires the Department of Education to develop a list of programs approved for tax credit purposes and to administer the ISTEP program requirement to certain dependents.

1/28/03 Representative Frizzell added as coauthor

HB 1847 Third Grade Reading Proficiency
Author/Co-Authors: Behning
(Education)
Requires the State Board of Education to establish minimum reading scores to ensure functional literacy for grade 3 students. Provides that a student who does not achieve the minimum score must be retained in grade 3 and receive additional reading instruction.

1/28/03 Representative Frizzell added as coauthor

HB 1851 Service Learning
Author/Co-Authors: Freind, Klinker, Becker, Budak
(Education)
Allows a high school to establish a service learning program under uniform guidelines established by the department of education. Provides that if a high school establishes a service learning program, a student must complete 40 hours of public service to be eligible for a high school diploma.

HB 1852 Fund Member Investment Selection
Author/Co-Authors: Hinkle, Frenz
(Labor and Employment)
Permits members of the legislators' defined contribution fund, teachers' retirement fund (TRF), and public employees' retirement fund (PERF) to change investment selections once every 30 days, with the change being effective on the first day of the next month that begins at least 30 days after the member's retirement fund receives the change notice. Requires the PERF or TRF board to accept the notice electronically, by fax, or by United States mail.

HB 1854 School Speed Zones
Author/Co-Authors: Hinkle
(Roads and Transportation)
Defines school speed zone and sets provisions for establishment of a zone. Makes exceeding the speed limit in a zone a Class C infraction with a fine of up to $250 for the first violation, a fine of up to $500 for the second violation, and a Class B infraction with a fine of $1,000 for the third and subsequent offenses committed by a person in the same jurisdiction.

HB 1861 Academic Achievement
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Ways and Means)
Makes various provisions to improve academic achievement and set forth education responsibilities for students in prekindergarten through grade 12. Permits a school corporation to impose a local option income tax for education of up to 1% on the adjusted gross income of resident taxpayers. Provides that students whose family income level is up to 300% of the eligibility level for free or reduced price lunch program may be eligible to receive partial scholarships under the twenty-first century scholars program.

HB 1862 Medically Accurate Information
Author/Co-Authors: Porter
(Human Affairs)
Requires the provision of medically accurate information at the various times that health, AIDS, HIV, or abstinence education is required by statute.

HB 1864 School Students and Employees
Author/Co-Authors: Robertson, Goodin, Torr, Welch
(Education)
Enables a school corporation to obtain limited and national criminal history checks for all employees rather than only for new employees. Makes conforming changes relating to the policies a school may adopt concerning criminal history checks. Requires a prosecuting attorney to notify the state superintendent of public instruction and the employer when a licensed school employee is convicted of certain offenses. Makes changes in the grounds for which teachers' licenses may be revoked and contracts may be canceled. Requires a governmental entity to pay a judgment (except for punitive damages) of a claim or suit against an employee when the act or omission causing the loss is within the scope of the employee's employment and the governmental entity has the opportunity to defend the employee. Requires a governmental entity to pay a judgment for punitive damages, compromise, or settlement against an employee when: (1) the act or omission causing the loss is within the scope of the employee's employment; (2) the governmental entity has the opportunity to defend the employee; and (3) the compromise or settlement is in the best interest of the governmental entity. Provides that a governmental entity or employee acting in the scope of employment is not liable if a loss results from an injury to a person assigned to a pretrial conditional release program. Provides civil immunity for making certain reports concerning a teacher. Changes the law concerning seduction of a child at least 16 years of age to add certain actions that constitute the offense and to expand coverage to all employees of a child's school.

2/04/03 DP 13-0
2/06/03 Committee report: do pass, adopted
2/06/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2/17/03 Referral to the Committee on Ways and Means withdrawn
2/25/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2/25/03 Amendment 1 (Robertson), prevailed; Voice Vote
2/25/03 Amendment 4 (Torr), prevailed; Voice Vote
2/26/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 221: Yeas 96 and Nays 1
2/26/03 Referred to the Senate
2/26/03 First Senate Sponsor: Senator Bray
2/26/03 Second Senate Sponsor: Senator Sipes
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Criminal and Civil and Public Policy

HB 1867 Third Grade Reading Proficiency
Author/Co-Authors: Koch, Austin, Mays, Klinker, Heim
(Education)
Requires the State Board of Education to establish minimum reading scores to ensure functional literacy for grade 3 students. Provides that a student who does not achieve the minimum score must receive additional phonics based reading instruction.

HB 1883 Textbook Funding
Author/Co-Authors: Pelath, Oxley
(Education)
Provides textbooks to students in public schools and in accredited nonpublic schools at no charge to the student's family. Establishes a parental reimbursement program as the mechanism to provide textbooks for students in accredited nonpublic schools. Abolishes the public school textbook rental program and the public school textbook library program. Abolishes the program that provides state reimbursement for textbook assistance to certain public and private school students. Redefines "textbook" to include the various kinds of instructional materials that are currently eligible for state reimbursement under the textbook assistance program. Requires a school corporation to establish a textbook fund and to appropriate money from the fund to purchase and distribute textbooks. Provides an annual state textbook grant to school corporations of $85 per average daily membership for deposit in the textbook account. Provides an annual appropriation of $85 per student enrolled in an accredited nonpublic school for whom textbook reimbursement is sought. Makes conforming changes and adds transitional provisions.

HB 1887 Smart Start Program
Author/Co-Authors: Austin
(Ways and Means)
Requires the state board of education to adopt rules and develop a plan to establish a state smart start program. Establishes a smart start commission and a smart start fund. Requires the commission, in accordance with the rules adopted by the board, to decide upon applications from community programs, schools, and school corporations for approval and funding of local school readiness programs. Annually appropriates $10,000,000 to the commission from the state gaming fund for its use in operating the smart start program and awarding grants to local school readiness programs.

HB 1910 Funding Public and NonPublic School Textbooks
Author/Co-Authors: Welch
(Ways and Means)
Abolishes the public school textbook rental program and the public school textbook library program. Provides textbooks for students in accredited nonpublic schools through a parental reimbursement program. Redefines "textbook" to include the various kinds of instructional materials that are currently eligible for state reimbursement under the textbook assistance program. Requires a school corporation to establish a textbook fund and to appropriate money from the fund to purchase and distribute textbooks. Provides an annual state textbook grant and appropriation to school corporations of $85 per ADM for deposit in the textbook fund. Appropriates money for an $85 per student textbook reimbursement to parents of students in accredited nonpublic schools. Makes conforming changes and transitional provisions.

HB 1919 Graduation Rate
Author/Co-Authors: Scholer, Pond
(Education)
Adds a definition of "graduation rate" to the statute concerning accountability for school performance and improvement.

HB 1920 Sanctions for ISTEP Cheating
Author/Co-Authors: Scholer, Pond
(Education)
Allows the State Board of Education to withdraw the accreditation of a school that fails to comply with a legal standard relating to accreditation. Provides that a school is responsible for any costs associated with rescoring or invalidating ISTEP scores due to the actions of a school employee.

HB 1922 Retired Teacher Pensions and Health Insurance
Author/Co-Authors: Adams, T.
(Labor and Employment)
Removes the two year limitation on a surviving spouse's participation in a retired local unit employee's group health insurance program and reinstates surviving spouses who are eligible for coverage. Permits a retired TRF member to assign benefits for paying dues for a retired membership to any association that proves to the TRF board's satisfaction that the association has as members at least fifty percent (50%) of the number of active members of the fund.

2/18/03 DPA 10-4
2/18/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

HB 1925 East Chicago School Board Elections
Author/Co-Authors: Aguilera
(Elections and Apportionment)
Provides for the submission of a local public question to the voters of East Chicago concerning whether the governing body of the East Chicago public schools should be changed. Provides that if the voters approve the public question, the governing body will consist of six members elected by all the voters of the city and three members appointed by the mayor. Provides other details of the organization of the governing body.

HB 1940 Unemployment Benefits for Educational Employees
Author/Co-Authors: Thompson, LaPlante
(Labor and Employment)
Provides that an employee of an educational institution who does not continue in service with the educational institution after the end of an academic year or term is not eligible for unemployment benefits until after the date the employee would have returned to service for the next academic year or term if the employee were still providing services to the educational institution.

HB 1941 School Lease Petition and Remonstrance Process
Author/Co-Authors: Thompson
(Ways and Means)
Provides that the decision of the department of local government finance concerning the proposed leasing of a school building by a school corporation may be contested through a petition and remonstrance process if the lease involves a bond with principal that exceeds $1,000,000.

HB 1942 Accelerated Licensing for School Administrators
Author/Co-Authors: Thompson, LaPlante, Stutzman
(Education)
Establishes an accelerated licensing program to allow a teacher with at least 15 years experience to receive a license in school administration.

HB 1943 Statistical Standards for Program Evaluation
Author/Co-Authors: Thompson
(Education)
Allows the Department of Education to use target ISTEP scores or improvement rates as criteria in evaluating the performance of school corporations and schools for programs that provide funding. Provides that a school corporation or school may not be denied funding based on the failure of the school corporation or school to meet a target unless the department can demonstrate that the margin by which the school corporation or school failed to meet the target falls outside the margin of normal random statistical variation from the target.

HB 1947 Review of School Expulsions
Author/Co-Authors: Thompson, Goodin
(Judiciary)
Provides that a juvenile court may not order a school to readmit an expelled student unless the court finds that the expulsion was not justified.

HB 1957 Sharing of Confidential Records of Child
Author/Co-Authors: Thompson
(Judiciary)
Requires a school corporation or other entity to which the Federal Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act applies to release education records to a juvenile jus