2015 Indiana Code TITLE 20. EDUCATION ARTICLE 20. PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE CHAPTER 17. SCHOOL INTERVENTION AND CAREER COUNSELING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND FUND
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IC 20-20-17
Chapter 17. School Intervention and Career Counseling
Development Program and Fund
IC 20-20-17-1
"Fund"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the school
intervention and career counseling development fund established by
section 4 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
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"Grant"
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "grant" refers to a grant from the
fund.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
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"School intervention and career counseling development program"
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "school intervention and career
counseling development program" refers to a program carried out
under this chapter:
(1) for kindergarten through grade 6; and
(2) by a licensed school counselor.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
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Establishment and administration of fund
Sec. 4. (a) As a result of a comprehensive study conducted by the
department on the role of school counselors, including the expanding
role of school counselors in career development under workforce
development programs that affect public schools, the school
intervention and career counseling development fund is established.
The money in the fund shall be used to develop counseling models in
a limited number of school corporations as determined by the
department 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 school
corporation'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).
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As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
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Application for grant
Sec. 5. Subject to section 6 of this chapter, for a school
corporation to be eligible to receive a grant under this chapter, the
following must occur:
(1) The superintendent of the school corporation must apply to
the department for a grant on forms provided by the department.
(2) The application for a grant must include the following
information:
(A) A detailed description of a proposal for initiating or
expanding a school intervention or career counseling
program.
(B) Evidence supporting the school corporation's need to
implement the school intervention or career counseling
program.
(C) The number of elementary school counselors employed
by the school corporation.
(D) The elementary school counselor/student ratio for the
school corporation.
(E) Any other pertinent information required by the
department, including evidence guaranteeing that if the
school corporation receives a grant under this chapter, the
school corporation has developed a plan to evaluate the
impact 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 of
this chapter;
(2) subject to available money; and
(3) in accordance with the following priorities:
(A) To the extent possible, to achieve geographic balance
throughout Indiana and to include urban, suburban, and rural
school corporations.
(B) To address a documented need for new or expanded
school intervention or career counseling programs, including
considering the percentage of students within the school
corporation who are designated as at risk students.
(C) To promote innovative methods for initiating or
expanding school intervention or career counseling
programs.
(D) To reward school corporations that propose school
intervention or career counseling programs that demonstrate
the greatest potential for replication and implementation in
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(E) To lower school counselor/student ratios where the ratios
are excessively high.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.36.
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Determinations of grant awards; restrictions
Sec. 7. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the department shall
determine the amount of each grant that is awarded under this
chapter.
(b) A grant to a particular school corporation may not exceed:
(1) fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for each full-time
counselor for each academic year, or seven thousand five
hundred dollars ($7,500) for each full-time counselor for each
semester; and
(2) the following total grant awards as each relates to the ADM
of the school corporation at the time the school corporation
applies for the grant:
(A) For a school corporation with an ADM of not more than
five thousand (5,000), seventy-five thousand dollars
($75,000).
(B) For a school corporation with an ADM of at least five
thousand one (5,001) and not more than nine thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine (9,999), one hundred twenty thousand
dollars ($120,000).
(C) For a school corporation with an ADM of at least ten
thousand (10,000), one hundred eighty thousand dollars
($180,000).
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
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Term of grant
Sec. 8. A grant received by a school corporation may be expended
by the school corporation for a twenty-four (24) month period.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
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Guidelines for implementation
Sec. 9. The department shall develop guidelines necessary to
implement this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
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Repealed
(As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.286-2013,
SEC.37.)
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