"Null" or "no letter grade" category request; posting of proficiency of growth scores
Ind. Code § 20-31-8-10
in effectSec. 10. (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.
As added by P.L.269-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.214-2025, SEC.173; P.L.231-2025, SEC.6.
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