Signed by Governor Eric Holcomb

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with house amendments and final pass a bill that requires third graders who fail to read at certain standards to be held back in the state of Indiana.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the state to prescribe summer school education for public school students (Sec. 5). 

• Establishes that if the student does not receive at least a 90% attendance rate they will be required to participate in an individual reading plan (Sec. 5). 

• Requires the state board to approve two or more benchmark assessments to students, in Kindergarten to grade 2, to ensure students that require remediation may receive a grant (Sec. 11). 

• Requires additional evaluations to be administered in the 2024-2025 school year if the retention of a student in grade 3 has been provided remediation and has not achieved a passing score (Sec. 12). 

• Authorizes the parents of a student who has been retained in the third grade to appeal to the students retention, barring these following conditions: (Sec. 14). 

• The student has already been retained in grade 3; 

• The student has an intellectual disability; or

• The student is an English learner and has received services for fewer than 2 years. 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that requires third graders who fail to read at certain standards to be held back in the state of Indiana.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the state to prescribe summer school education for public school students (Sec. 5). 

• Establishes that if the student does not receive at least a 90% attendance rate they will be required to participate in an individual reading plan (Sec. 5). 

• Requires the state board to approve two or more benchmark assessments to students, in Kindergarten to grade 2, to ensure students that require remediation may receive a grant (Sec. 11). 

• Requires additional evaluations to be administered in the 2024-2025 school year if the retention of a student in grade 3 has been provided remediation and has not achieved a passing score (Sec. 12). 

• Authorizes the parents of a student who has been retained in the third grade to appeal to the students retention, barring these following conditions: (Sec. 14). 

• The student has already been retained in grade 3; 

• The student has an intellectual disability; or

• The student is an English learner and has received services for fewer than 2 years. 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass and amend a bill requiring schools to administer assessments and provide additional assistance to Kindergarten through grade 3 students.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the state to prescribe summer school education for public school students (Sec. 5). 

• Establishes that if the student does not receive at least a 90% attendance rate they will be required to participate in an individual reading plan (Sec. 5). 

• Requires the state board to approve two or more benchmark assessments to students, in Kindergarten to grade 2, to ensure students that require remediation may receive a grant (Sec. 11). 

• Requires additional evaluations to be administered in the 2024-2025 school year if the retention of a student in grade 3 has been provided remediation and has not achieved a passing score (Sec. 12). 

• Authorizes the parents of a student who has been retained in the third grade to appeal to the students retention, barring these following conditions: (Sec. 14). 

• The student has already been retained in grade 3; 

• The student has an intellectual disability; or

• The student is an English learner and has received services for fewer than 2 years. 

Full Bill Text