§ 20-36-2-2 — School corporation high ability programs; criteria

A governing body shall develop and
periodically update a local plan to provide appropriate educational
experiences to high ability students in the school corporation in
kindergarten through grade 12. The plan must include the following
components:
(1) The establishment of a broad based planning committee that
meets periodically to review the local education authority's plan
for high ability students. The committee must have
representatives from diverse groups representing the school and
community.
(2) Student assessments that identify high ability students using
multifaceted assessments to ensure that students not identified by
traditional assessments because of economic disadvantage,
cultural background, underachievement, or disabilities are
included. The assessments must identify students with high
abilities in the general intellectual domain and specific academic
domains. The results of an assessment under this subdivision
must be recorded with the student test number assigned to a
student.
(3) Professional development.
(4) Development and implementation of local services for high
ability students, including appropriately differentiated curriculum
and instruction in the core academic areas designated by the state
board for each grade consistent with federal, state, local, and
private funding sources.
(5) Evaluation of the local program for high ability students.
(6) Best practices to increase the number of participants in high
ability student programs who are from racial and ethnic groups
that have been underrepresented in those programs.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-5.1-4.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.84-2007, SEC.3; P.L.173-2009, SEC.2.