Makes various changes to education provisions concerning the following: (1) Schools eligible for grants from the Indiana secured school fund, teacher appreciation grants, grants under the robotics competition program, and funding for certain advanced placement examinations. (2) Creating and updating a list of employers that have agreed to provide career support for or interview Indiana residents who graduate with an Indiana diploma with an employment honors plus seal. (3) Creating a teaching and learning framework for the implementation of mathematics academic standards. (4) Development of a data science math pathway. (5) Establishing a process and strategies to support academic and fiscally underperforming schools, development of a plan to intervene, and submission of the process and plan to the general assembly. (6) Evaluating, approving, and publishing high quality curricular materials time lines. (7) Local board membership for a local centralized school facilities board and local student transportation board. (8) Salary differentiation regarding teachers who possess a literacy endorsement. (9) Amounts expended in participating in an interlocal cooperative included in determining amounts school corporations expend on full-time teacher salaries for purposes of teacher salary minimum funding requirements. (10) Summer school program and reimbursement administration. (11) Criteria required for eligibility of a waiver for conducting four day school weeks. (12) Oversight of career and technical education program designation. (13) Uses of teacher appreciation grants. (14) The calculation of school safety referendum distributions to charter schools with regard to virtual instruction. (15) Petitions regarding reconsidering payments of choice scholarships. (16) Eligibility for teacher appreciation grants by the department of correction. (17) Membership of the board for proprietary education. (18) The effective date regarding the changes to the definition of "eligible choice scholarship student". Provides that an emergency permit may be granted up to two times to an individual enrolled in an alternative teacher certification program if the program provides documentation verifying the individual's good standing in the program to the department of education. Creates a new qualification option for a transition to teaching program participant who seeks to obtain a license to teach in grades 5 through 12. Joins the interstate teacher mobility compact. Provides that: (1) state accredited nonpublic schools; and (2) nonpublic schools that are accredited by a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board of education; are eligible to participate in the teacher residency grant pilot program. Removes a provision that provides that the department may not release less than 10 items per subject matter level per grade level regarding the statewide summative assessment. Removes a requirement that for a parent or student to use a career scholarship account (CSA) annual grant amount for costs related to transportation a CSA participating entity must pay a matching amount for the transportation costs. Repeals the chapter concerning the commission for higher education and postsecondary career and technical education.

Statutes affected:
Introduced House Bill (H): 10-21-1-1, 20-20-5.5-2, 20-20-5.5-3, 20-20-45.5-2, 20-20-52-6, 20-20-53-6, 20-28-4-5, 20-28-9-1.5, 20-28-9-27, 20-30-7-1, 20-31-4.1-4, 20-32-5.1-13, 20-36-3-5, 20-36-3-8, 20-36-3-9, 20-43-8-7.5, 20-43-8-10, 20-43-8-15, 20-43-8-16, 20-43-16-1, 20-43-16-3, 20-43-16-4, 20-43-16-5, 20-43-16-6, 20-43-16-7, 20-43-16-8, 20-43-16-10, 20-43-16-11, 20-46-9-22, 20-51-4-5.5, 20-51.4-4.5-6.5, 21-18-15.1-5, 21-18-15.1-6, 21-18-15.1-7, 21-18-15.1-8, 21-18-15.1-9, 21-18.5-5-2
House Bill (H): 10-21-1-1, 20-20-5.5-2, 20-20-5.5-3, 20-20-45.5-2, 20-20-52-6, 20-20-53-6, 20-28-4-5, 20-28-5-21, 20-28-9-1.5, 20-28-9-27, 20-30-7-1, 20-31-4.1-4, 20-32-5.1-13, 20-36-3-5, 20-36-3-8, 20-36-3-9, 20-43-8-7.5, 20-43-8-10, 20-43-8-15, 20-43-8-16, 20-43-16-1, 20-43-16-3, 20-43-16-4, 20-43-16-5, 20-43-16-6, 20-43-16-7, 20-43-16-8, 20-43-16-10, 20-43-16-11, 20-46-9-22, 20-51-4-5.5, 20-51.4-4.5-6.5, 21-18-15.1-5, 21-18-15.1-6, 21-18-15.1-7, 21-18-15.1-8, 21-18-15.1-9, 21-18.5-5-2