CHAPTER 9. PRIMETIME PROGRAM
IC 20-43-9
Chapter 9. Primetime Program
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Purpose
Sec. 1. The primetime program is established to provide money to
encourage school corporations to lower the pupil/teacher ratio in
kindergarten through grade 3.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166.
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Restriction of use of grant
Sec. 2. The amount received under this chapter shall be devoted
to reducing class size in kindergarten through grade 3.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166.
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Administration
Sec. 3. The primetime program shall be administered by the state
board.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166.
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Staff cost; guaranteed primetime amount; count; licensed teachers;
instructional aides
Sec. 4. For purposes of computation under this chapter, the
following shall be used:
(1) The staff cost amount for a school corporation is
seventy-four thousand five hundred dollars ($74,500).
(2) The guaranteed primetime amount for a school corporation
is the primetime allocation, before any penalty is assessed under
this chapter, that the school corporation would have received
under this chapter for the 1999 calendar year or the first year of
participation in the program, whichever is later.
(3) The following apply to determine whether amounts received
under this chapter have been devoted to reducing class size in
kindergarten through grade 3 as required by section 2 of this
chapter:
(A) Except as permitted under section 8 of this chapter, only
a licensed teacher who is an actual classroom teacher in a
regular instructional program is counted as a teacher.
(B) If a school corporation is granted approval under section
8 of this chapter, the school corporation may include as
one-third (1/3) of a teacher each classroom instructional aide
who meets qualifications and performs duties prescribed by
the state board.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166. Amended by P.L.234-2007,
SEC.253; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.341.
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Eligibility; implementation of primetime program
Sec. 5. In order to receive a distribution under this chapter, a
school corporation must implement the primetime program in the
following order:
(1) Grade 1.
(2) Grade 2.
(3) Grade 3 or kindergarten.
(4) The grade not chosen under subdivision (3).
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166.
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Calculation; grant amount
Sec. 6. A school corporation's primetime distribution for a
calendar year under this chapter is the amount determined by the
following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the applicable target pupil/teacher ratio
for the school corporation as follows:
(A) If the school corporation's complexity index is less than
one and one-tenth (1.1), the school corporation's target
pupil/teacher ratio is eighteen to one (18:1).
(B) If the school corporation's complexity index is at least
one and one-tenth (1.1) but less than one and two-tenths
(1.2), the school corporation's target pupil/teacher ratio is
fifteen (15) plus the result determined in item (iii) to one (1):
(i) Determine the result of one and two-tenths (1.2) minus
the school corporation's complexity index.
(ii) Determine the item (i) result divided by one-tenth
(0.1).
(iii) Determine the item (ii) result multiplied by three (3).
(C) If the school corporation's complexity index is at least
one and two-tenths (1.2), the school corporation's target
pupil/teacher ratio is fifteen to one (15:1).
STEP TWO: Determine the result of:
(A) the ADM of the school corporation in kindergarten
through grade 3 for the current school year; divided by
(B) the school corporation's applicable target pupil/teacher
ratio, as determined in STEP ONE.
STEP THREE: Determine the result of:
(A) the basic tuition support for the year multiplied by
seventy-five hundredths (0.75); divided by
(B) the school corporation's total ADM.
STEP FOUR: Determine the result of:
(A) the STEP THREE result; multiplied by
(B) the ADM of the school corporation in kindergarten
through grade 3 for the current school year.
STEP FIVE: Determine the result of:
(A) the STEP FOUR result; divided by
(B) the staff cost amount.
STEP SIX: Determine the greater of zero (0) or the result of:
(A) the STEP TWO amount; minus
(B) the STEP FIVE amount.
STEP SEVEN: Determine the result of:
(A) the STEP SIX amount; multiplied by
(B) the staff cost amount.
STEP EIGHT: Determine the greater of the STEP SEVEN
amount or the school corporation's guaranteed primetime
amount.
STEP NINE: A school corporation's amount under this STEP is
the following:
(A) If the amount the school corporation received under this
chapter in the previous calendar year is greater than zero (0),
the amount under this STEP is the lesser of:
(i) the STEP EIGHT amount; or
(ii) the amount the school corporation received under this
chapter for the previous calendar year multiplied by one
hundred seven and one-half percent (107.5%).
(B) If the amount the school corporation received under this
chapter in the previous calendar year is not greater than zero
(0), the amount under this STEP is the STEP EIGHT
amount.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166. Amended by P.L.234-2007,
SEC.254; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.342.
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Report; class size
Sec. 7. A school corporation shall compile class size data for
kindergarten through grade 3 and report the data to the department
for purposes of maintaining compliance with this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166.
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Conditions; counting instructional aides
Sec. 8. (a) The state board shall approve the counting of
classroom instructional aides as teachers under this chapter if the
school corporation can substantiate each year that providing adequate
classroom space for the attainment of the school corporation's target
pupil/teacher ratio creates an unreasonable hardship for that school
corporation.
(b) If a school corporation qualifies under subsection (a) for
classroom instructional aides, the school corporation shall present to
the state board a plan concerning that school corporation's
instructional aides program.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166.
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Application
Sec. 9. School corporations shall apply for money under this
chapter:
(1) on a form prescribed; and
(2) on or before the date designated;
by the state board.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166.
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Evaluation of program
Sec. 10. The state board shall evaluate the effectiveness of the
primetime program and shall monitor compliance by school
corporations with this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166.
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Rules
Sec. 11. The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
implement this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166.