CHAPTER 12. SCHOOL PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT
IC 20-25-12
Chapter 12. School Plans for Improvement
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Contents of board's plan
Sec. 1. (a) IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-2, IC 20-31-5, IC 20-31-6,IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, IC 20-31-9, and IC 20-31-10 apply to theschool city. The composition of a local school improvementcommittee is determined under IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-2, IC 20-31-5,IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, IC 20-31-9, and IC 20-31-10.
(b) The plan developed and implemented by the board underIC 20-25-10 must contain general guidelines for decisions by theeducators in each school to improve student achievement in theschool.
(c) The board's plan shall provide for the publication to otherschools in the school city and to the general community those:
(1) processes;
(2) innovations; and
(3) approaches;
that have led individual schools to significant improvement instudent achievement.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
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Educators' plan; use of traditional or innovative techniques
Sec. 2. (a) Educators in each school are responsible for improvingstudent achievement in the school and may develop the educators'own school plan to achieve improvement that:
(1) conforms to the guidelines issued by the board; and
(2) has a cost that does not exceed the amount allocated to theschool under section 5 of this chapter.
(b) Educators may use traditional or innovative techniques that theeducators believe will:
(1) best maintain a secure and supportive educationalenvironment; and
(2) improve student achievement.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
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Provision for parental involvement
Sec. 3. Each school's plan must include the development andmaintenance of efforts to increase parental involvement ineducational activities.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
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Promotion of student achievement
Sec. 4. School plans must promote:
(1) increased options for; and
(2) innovative and successful approaches to;improving student achievement.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
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General fund budgets for schools
Sec. 5. The approved general fund budget for each school for aschool year must be, as nearly as is reasonable and practicable,proportionate to the total general fund budget for the school city inthe same ratio as the school's estimated ADM compares to the schoolcity's estimated ADM for that school year.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
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Educators' determination of needed educational resources;purchases and acquisitions
Sec. 6. (a) Each school's educators may:
(1) determine the educational resources, goods, and servicesthat are necessary and appropriate for improving studentperformance in the school; and
(2) obtain or purchase the educational resources, goods, andservices.
(b) Purchases and acquisitions under this section are subject to:
(1) the general guidelines developed by the board; and
(2) the school's budget.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
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School budget allocations for noneducational goods and services
Sec. 7. Subject to the general guidelines developed by the boardand after consulting with the school's teachers, each school'sadministrators may determine the:
(1) sources of; and
(2) part of;
the school's available budget allocated for noneducational goods andservices.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
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Excess general fund money; permissible uses
Sec. 8. (a) If, as a result of a school's efforts to incur less expensethan was budgeted in a fiscal year, the school has excess general fundmoney after the school's expenses for the fiscal year are paid in full,the school retains control of the excess.
(b) The school shall use excess general fund money retainedunder this section during the following school year for:
(1) professional development of the school's educators; and
(2) other classroom instructional purposes;
under the general guidelines developed by the board.
(c) The board may not consider a school's excess general fundmoney retained under this section when setting or approving the
school's budget for subsequent years.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.