Members Rep. Robert Behning, Co-Chairperson Rep. Rhonda Rhoads Rep. Lloyd Arnold Rep. Woody Burton Rep. Edward Clere Rep. Dale DeVon Rep. Todd Huston Rep. James Lucas Rep. Jeffrey Thompson Rep. Vernon Smith Rep. Kreg Battles Rep. Sue Errington COMMISSION ON EDUCATION Rep. Shelli VanDenburgh Sen. Dennis Kruse, Co-Chairperson Legislative Services Agency Sen. Carlin Yoder 200 West Washington Street, Suite 301 Sen. James Banks Sen. James Buck Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2789 Sen. Luke Kenley Tel: (317) 233-0696 Fax: (317) 232-2554 Sen. Jean Leising Sen. Pete Miller Sen. Scott Schneider Sen. Earline Rogers Sen. John Broden Sen. Frank Mrvan Sen. Greg Taylor Irma Reinumagi, Attorney for the Commission Allen Morford, Attorney for the Commission Chuck Mayfield, Fiscal Analyst for the Commission David Lusan, Fiscal Analyst for the Commission Authority: IC 2-5-38.1-2 MEETING MINUTES1 Meeting Date: September 13, 2013 Meeting Time: 1:00 P,M. Meeting Place: State House, 200 W. Washington St., Senate Chambers Meeting City: Indianapolis, Indiana Meeting Number: 5 Members Present: Rep. Robert Behning, Co-Chairperson; Rep. Rhonda Rhoads; Rep. Lloyd Arnold; Rep. Edward Clere; Rep. Dale DeVon; Rep. James Lucas; Rep. Jeffrey Thompson; Rep. Vernon Smith;Rep. Sue Errington; Sen. Dennis Kruse, Co-Chairperson; Sen. Carlin Yoder; Sen. James Banks; Sen. James Buck; Sen. Luke Kenley; Sen. Jean Leising; Sen. Pete Miller; Sen. Frank Mrvan; Sen. Greg Taylor. Members Absent: Rep. Woody Burton; Rep. Todd Huston; Rep. Kreg Battles; Rep. Shelli VanDenburgh; Sen. Scott Schneider; Sen. Earline Rogers; Sen. John Broden. I These minutes, exhibits, and other materials referenced in the minutes can be viewed electronically at http://wVvw.in.gov/legislative Hard copies can be obtained in the Legislative Information Center in Room 230 ofthe State House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Requests for hard copies may be mailed to the Legislative Information Center, Legislative Services Agency, West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2789. A fee of $0.15 per page and mailing costs will be charged for hard copies. 2 Co-Chairperson Kruse called the meeting to order at 1:02 p.m., and called upon the members to introduce themselves, after which Senator Travis Holdman introduced the first topic, that of coaching education standards for football coaches concerning concussions. He pointed out that USA Football has developed a coach training program (Heads Up Football) under which, for five dollars, a youth coach can become certified concerning concussions. He distributed copies of SB 372-2013, concerning youth athletic concussions (Exhibit A). Scott Hallenbeck, USA Football, spoke briefly concerning the need for coaches to receive comprehensive training. Dick Dullaghan, a coach who has worked as a coach at levels from youth football through college, emphasized the value of the training program for coaches designed by USA Football, which is available on-line, as being quick, inexpensive, and effective. Roosevelt Coin, a former professional football player who is now a youth coach, spoke concerning the need to train coaches so that the children who are learning to play football can play safely and will learn proper techniques from coaches who are better prepared to teach. Bobby Cox, Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA), stated that the IHSAA supports the efforts to improve training for coaches and would support a bill for that training. Joe Goodman, Indiana Football Coaches Association, stated that his organization supports legislation concerning more training for football coaches concerning youth concussions. Jim Keszei, Ft. Wayne Police Athletic League youth football coach, stated that he supports the current statute concerning youth concussion management for high school players, but would like to see the statute expanded to cover middle school pilayers and private leagues. He distributed copies of information concerning concussion management strategies and guidelines (Exhibit B). Jon Zarich, Insurance Institute of Indiana, stated that the insurance industry supports additional training for coaches concerning youth concussion management. Brad Gerig, Indiana Athletic Trainers Association, stated that his organization supports legislation expanding training concerning youth concussion management and treatment. Michael Duerson, representing the Dave Duerson Athletic Safety Fund, Inc., spoke concerning the work of the Fund, which supports male and femaleathletes in all sports in 5th through 12th grade in the prevention and treatment of traumatic brain injuries (Exhibit C). John Barnes, Indiana Department of Education (DoE), introduced Jolene Bracale, student health coordinator, DoE, who spoke concerning the current state of youth concussion training and management under the existing statute, and suggested amendments to the statute (Exhibit D). Representative Ron Bacon presented information concerning training in sudden cardiac arrest awareness for schools, and introduced Darren Sudman, whose son died from sudden cardiac arrest. He distributed information concerning Simon's Fund and the warning signs for sudden cardiac arrest (Exhibit E) and urged the passage of a sudden cardiac arrest awareness statute. Doug Meyer, president, Giving Hearts a Hand, spoke about his unexpected diagnosis at 3 fifteen years of age with a cardiac condition. His organization works with schools to promote cardiac screenings and sudden cardiac arrest awareness, and endorses legislation concerning awareness. Senator James Banks introduced issues related to teacher preparation programs assigned to the Commission in SEA 409-2013 (Exhibit F). Caitlin Hannon, representing TeachPlus and a member of the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners, spoke of the importance of highly trained and effective teachers for student performance. She feels the information gathered under SEA 409-2013 will assist school boards in hiring effective teachers (Exhibit G). Marg Mast, Campus College Chair, College of Education, University of Phoenix, spoke concerning recent changes to national accreditation criteria that will significantly increase expectations of performance and accountability for teacher training programs and data reporting for those programs (Exhibit H). Rae Shih, StudentsFirst, spoke about need for data about the effectiveness of teacher preparation programs for the public, schools, and students. She provided information concerning the components of rating systems for teacher preparation programs (Exhibit I). Risa Regnier, Assistant Superintendent, School Support Services, DoE, explained the work DoE has been doing to comply with SEA 409-2013. DoE has established two task forces with teacher preparation programs around the state to begin the process of preparing rules for later adoption. DoE is also assisting teacher preparation programs in tracking graduates' employment, and is moving to new licensure tests next spring. She explained that there is alignment between Indiana's K-12 standards, teacher content preparation, and teacher assessments. Maryann Santos de Barona, Dean, College of Education, Purdue University, commented upon elements of SEA 409-2013, including the requirement for information on what graduates of the teaching program are doing after graduation, whether all pathways to teacher licensure are included, whether the data reported will be accurate due to poor definition of terms, and whether the requirement of reporting average raw scores for programs rather than standard scores will be accurate (Exhibit J). John O'Neal, Indiana State Teachers Association, stated that the public image of teachers must be elevated if top candidates are to be recruited and retained as teachers. Teacher preparation programs must move beyond content mastery and focus on preparation for the classroom and instruction. Greater flexibility in state to state license reciprocity would be helpful as well, so that good candidates from other states can easily be recruited to Indiana. Gerardo Gonzalez, Dean, Indiana University College of Education, stated that the teacher preparation evaluation process must be collaborative, thorough, and transparent. Many of the data required under SEA 409-2013 are already available to the public; however, teacher employment data would be difficult to gather. Time will be necessary to ensure that teacher preparation program accountability systems are done correctly (Exhibit K). John Jacobson, Dean, Ball State Teachers College, provided information concerning Ball State's teacher preparation program. He also pointed out that additional information, including the performance data of the K-12 students of graduates, is necessary for program improvement, as is funding to use the data correctly (Exhibit L). 4 Jill Shedd, Executive Secretary of the Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, pointed out that teacher preparation programs already provide annual information to both the United States and the Indiana Departments of Education, but are happy to provide additional data as requested by the state. In addition, programs that are undergoing accreditation provide outcome based data that goes beyond what is required for the state, and she would encourage the state to work with these existing standards so that effort is not duplicated (Exhibit M). The meeting was adjourned at 5:12 p.m. The next meeting will be held on October 8 at 1:00 p.m. Senate Bill 0372 Page 1 of 5 Reprinted February 19,2013 SENATE BILL No. 372 DIGEST OF SB 372 (Updated February 18,20132:40