§ 20-31-8-10 — "Null" or "no letter grade" category request; posting of proficiency of growth scores

Indiana § 20-31-8-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 31: ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PERFORMANCE AND
• Ch. 8: Assessing Improvement

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this
section, if requested by a school, the department may place the school
in a "null" or "no letter grade" category for purposes of this chapter for
the first three (3) consecutive years of operation of the school.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), an innovation network school that
reconfigures an existing school must apply to the state board, in a
manner prescribed by the state board, to request to receive a "null" or
"no letter grade" for the reconfigured school during the school's first
three (3) consecutive years of operation by an innovation network team.
(c) In order to qualify for a "null" or "no letter grade" under
subsection (b), an innovation network school must clearly demonstrate:
(1) a significant change in educational philosophy from the
existing school and that the reconfiguration of the school is not
being made to avoid accountability; or
(2) any other item that the state board finds appropriate.
The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish criteria
that the state board may consider in determining whether to grant an
innovation network school's request under subsection (b) and this
subsection.
(d) The department shall post the proficiency and growth scores of
an innovation network school, an innovation network charter school,
or a school described in subsection (a) on the department's website for
each year the innovation network school, innovation network charter
school, or school receives a "null" or "no letter grade" under this
section.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.269-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.214-2025, SEC.173; P.L.231-2025, SEC.6.