IC 20-20-17
    Chapter 17. School Intervention and Career CounselingDevelopment Program and Fund

IC 20-20-17-1
"Fund"
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the schoolintervention and career counseling development fund established bysection 4 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.

IC 20-20-17-2
"Grant"
    Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "grant" refers to a grant from thefund.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.

IC 20-20-17-3
"School intervention and career counseling development program"
    Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "school intervention and careercounseling development program" refers to a program carried outunder this chapter:
        (1) for kindergarten through grade 6; and
        (2) by a licensed school counselor.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.

IC 20-20-17-4
Establishment and administration of fund
    Sec. 4. (a) As a result of a comprehensive study conducted by thedepartment on the role of school counselors, including the expandingrole of school counselors in career development under workforcedevelopment programs that affect public schools, the schoolintervention and career counseling development fund is established.The money in the fund shall be used to develop counseling modelsin a limited number of school corporations as determined by thedepartment under this chapter.
    (b) If a school corporation is awarded a grant under this chapter,the school corporation must:
        (1) agree to evaluate the impact and results of the schoolcorporation's program; and
        (2) submit the school corporation's findings to the department.
    (c) The department shall administer the fund.
    (d) The fund consists of:
        (1) gifts to the fund;
        (2) appropriations from the general assembly;
        (3) grants, including grants from private entities; and
        (4) a combination of the resources described in subdivisions (1),(2), and (3).
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-17-5
Application for grant
    Sec. 5. Subject to section 6 of this chapter, for a schoolcorporation to be eligible to receive a grant under this chapter, thefollowing must occur:
        (1) The superintendent of the school corporation must apply tothe department for a grant on forms provided by the department.
        (2) The application for a grant must include the followinginformation:
            (A) A detailed description of a proposal for initiating orexpanding a school intervention or career counselingprogram.
            (B) Evidence supporting the school corporation's need toimplement the school intervention or career counselingprogram.
            (C) The number of elementary school counselors employedby the school corporation.
            (D) The elementary school counselor/student ratio for theschool corporation.
            (E) Any other pertinent information required by thedepartment, including evidence guaranteeing that if theschool corporation receives a grant under this chapter, theschool corporation has developed a plan to evaluate theimpact and results of the school corporation's program.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.

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Priorities in awarding grants
    Sec. 6. The department may award grants to school corporations:
        (1) upon review of the applications received under section 5 ofthis chapter;
        (2) upon receipt of the recommendations from the advisorycommittee under section 10 of this chapter;
        (3) subject to available money; and
        (4) in accordance with the following priorities:
            (A) To the extent possible, to achieve geographic balancethroughout Indiana and to include urban, suburban, and ruralschool corporations.
            (B) To address a documented need for new or expandedschool intervention or career counseling programs, includingconsidering the percentage of students within the schoolcorporation who are designated as at risk students.
            (C) To promote innovative methods for initiating orexpanding school intervention or career counselingprograms.
            (D) To reward school corporations that propose schoolintervention or career counseling programs that demonstratethe greatest potential for replication and implementation inIndiana.
            (E) To lower school counselor/student ratios where the ratios

are excessively high.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.

IC 20-20-17-7
Determinations of grant awards; restrictions
    Sec. 7. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the department shalldetermine the amount of each grant that is awarded under thischapter.
    (b) A grant to a particular school corporation may not exceed:
        (1) fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for each full-timecounselor for each academic year, or seven thousand fivehundred dollars ($7,500) for each full-time counselor for eachsemester; and
        (2) the following total grant awards as each relates to the ADMof the school corporation at the time the school corporationapplies for the grant:
            (A) For a school corporation with an ADM of not more thanfive thousand (5,000), seventy-five thousand dollars($75,000).
            (B) For a school corporation with an ADM of at least fivethousand one (5,001) and not more than nine thousand ninehundred ninety-nine (9,999), one hundred twenty thousanddollars ($120,000).
            (C) For a school corporation with an ADM of at least tenthousand (10,000), one hundred eighty thousand dollars($180,000).
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.

IC 20-20-17-8
Term of grant
    Sec. 8. A grant received by a school corporation may be expendedby the school corporation for a twenty-four (24) month period.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.

IC 20-20-17-9
Guidelines for implementation
    Sec. 9. The department shall develop guidelines necessary toimplement this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.

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Establishment of advisory committee; members; powers and duties
    Sec. 10. (a) An advisory committee composed of five (5) membersis established.
    (b) The state superintendent shall appoint the members of theadvisory committee.
    (c) The state superintendent shall:
        (1) convene the advisory committee; and
        (2) act as chair of the advisory committee.
The state superintendent may not be a member of the advisory

committee.
    (d) An employee of:
        (1) the governor; or
        (2) the department of education;
is eligible for appointment to the advisory committee.
    (e) A member of the advisory committee serves at the pleasure ofthe appointing authority.
    (f) A member of the advisory committee is not entitled to thefollowing:
        (1) The minimum salary per diem provided inIC 4-10-11-2.1(b).
        (2) Reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expensesactually incurred in connection with the member's duties.
    (g) The advisory committee shall do the following:
        (1) Assist the department in developing the guidelines describedin section 9 of this chapter.
        (2) Establish standards for qualifying for a grant under thischapter.
        (3) Review grant applications and make recommendations tothe state superintendent concerning the awarding of grants.
        (4) Evaluate the impact and results of the various schoolintervention and career counseling programs receiving grantsunder this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.