CHAPTER 6. CULTURAL COMPETENCY IN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS

IC 20-31-6
    Chapter 6. Cultural Competency in Educational Environments

IC 20-31-6-1
Cultural competency materials
    Sec. 1. The department shall develop and make available to schoolcorporations and nonpublic schools materials that assist teachers,administrators, and staff in a school in developing culturalcompetency for use in providing professional and staff developmentprograms.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.246-2005,SEC.175.

IC 20-31-6-2
Cultural competency component of school plan
    Sec. 2. (a) In developing a school's plan, the committee shallconsider methods to improve the cultural competency of the school'steachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students.
    (b) The committee shall:
        (1) identify the racial, ethnic, language-minority, cultural,exceptional learning, and socioeconomic groups that areincluded in the school's student population;
        (2) incorporate culturally appropriate strategies for increasingeducational opportunities and educational performance for eachgroup in the school's plan; and
        (3) recommend areas in which additional professionaldevelopment is necessary to increase cultural competency in theschool's educational environment.
    (c) The committee shall update annually the informationidentified under subsection (b)(1).
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15.