Outline of the state of Indiana
State
Indiana
Monitoring and remediation required

Category
Equitable Discipline Practices

Category
Equitable Discipline Practices

State law requires districts to monitor and remediate disproportionality in discipline practices within general education populations.

Indiana Code 20-20-8-8 Compulsory attendance; parent's responsibility

(a) The report must include the following information:

  • (1) Student enrollment.
  • (2) Graduation rate (as defined in IC 20-26-13-6) and the graduation rate excluding students that receive a graduation waiver under IC 20-32-4-4 or IC 20-32-4-4.1.
  • (3) Attendance rate.
  • (4) The following test scores, including the number and percentage of students meeting academic Standard:
  • (A) All state standardized assessment scores.
  • (B) Scores for assessments under IC 20-32-5-21 (before its expiration on July 1, 2018), if appropriate.
  • (C) For a freeway school, scores on a locally adopted assessment program, if appropriate.
  • (5) Average class size.
  • (6) The school’s performance category or designation of school improvement assigned under IC 20-31-8.
  • (7) The number and percentage of students in the following groups or programs:
  • (A) Alternative education, if offered.
  • (B) Career and technical education.
  • (C) Special education.
  • (D) High ability.
  • (E) Limited English language proficiency.
  • (F) Students receiving free or reduced price lunch under the national school lunch program.
  • (G) Students in foster care.
  • (8) Advanced placement, including the following:
  • (A) For advanced placement tests, the percentage of students:
  • (i) scoring three (3), four (4), and five (5); and
  • (ii) taking the test.
  • (B) For the Scholastic Aptitude Test:
  • (i) the average test scores for all students taking the test;
  • (ii) the average test scores for students completing the Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic honors designation program; and
  • (iii) the percentage of students taking the test.
  • (9) Course completion, including the number and percentage of students completing the following programs:
  • (A) Academic honors curriculum.
  • (B) Core 40 curriculum.
  • (C) Career and technical programs.
  • (10) The percentage of graduates considered college and career ready in a manner prescribed by the state board.
  • (11) School safety, including:
  • (A) the number of students receiving suspension or expulsion for the possession of alcohol, drugs, or weapons; and
  • (B) the number of incidents reported under IC 20-33-9.
  • (12) Financial information and various school cost factors required to be provided to the office of management and budget under IC 20-42.5-3-5.
  • (13) The number and percentage of each of the following within the school corporation:
  • (A) Teachers who are certificated employees (as defined in IC 20-29-2-4).
  • (B) Teachers who teach the subject area for which the teacher is certified and holds a license.
  • (C) Teachers with national board certification.
  • (14) The percentage of grade 3 students reading at grade 3 level.
  • (15) The number of students expelled, including the percentage of students expelled disaggregated by race, grade, gender, free or reduced price lunch status, eligibility for special education, and students in foster care.
  • (16) Chronic absenteeism, which includes the number of students who have been absent from school for ten percent (10%) or more of a school year for any reason.
  • (17) Habitual truancy, which includes the number of students who have been absent ten (10) days or more from school within a school year without being excused or without being absent under a parental request that has been filed with the school.
  • (18) The number of students who have dropped out of school, including the:
  • (A) reasons for dropping out; and
  • (B) percentage of students who have dropped out, disaggregated by race, grade, gender, free or reduced price lunch status, eligibility for special education, and students in foster care.
  • (19) The number of out of school suspensions assigned, including the percentage of students suspended disaggregated by race, grade, gender, free or reduced price lunch status, eligibility for special education, and students in foster care.
  • (20) The number of in school suspensions assigned, including the percentage of students suspended disaggregated by race, grade, gender, free or reduced price lunch status, eligibility for special education, and students in foster care.
  • (21) The number of student work permits revoked.
  • (22) The number of students receiving an international baccalaureate diploma.

(b) Section 3(a) [IC 20-20-8-3(a)] of this chapter does not apply to the publication of information required under this subsection. This subsection applies to schools, including charter schools, located in a county having a consolidated city, including schools located in excluded cities (as defined in IC 36-3-1-7). A separate report including the information reported under subsection (a) must be:

  • (1) disaggregated by race, grade, gender, free or reduced price lunch status, eligibility for special education, and students in foster care; and
  • (2) made available on the Internet as provided in section 3(b) [IC 20-20-8-3(b)] of this chapter.
Policy Type
Statute

Indiana Code 20-26-5-32 Plans for improving student behavior and discipline

(a) The governing body of each school corporation shall work with parents to:

  • (1) develop; and
  • (2) review periodically; an evidence based plan for improving student behavior and discipline in the school corporation after receiving a model plan developed by the department. (b) The model plan developed by the department under subsection (a) must:
  • (1) reduce out-of-school suspension and disproportionality in discipline and expulsion;
  • (2) limit referrals to law enforcement and arrests on school property to cases in which referral to law enforcement or arrest is necessary to protect the health and safety of students or school employees; and
  • (3) include policies to address instances of bullying and cyberbullying on school property of a school corporation. (c) Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the department, in collaboration with parent organizations, teacher organizations, educational support professional organizations, and state educational institutions, shall, upon a school corporation’s request, provide information and assistance to the school corporation regarding the implementation of the school corporation’s evidence based plan developed under subsection (a) to ensure that teachers and administrators receive appropriate professional development and other resources in preparation for carrying out the plan.
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