District updates board on recent Indiana education laws affecting curriculum, math screening and diploma incentives

Dr. Hall, superintendent of South Madison School Corporation, told the board the Indiana Department of Education has issued guidance to districts reflecting a set of recent state laws that will change screening, enrollment and incentive rules. The superintendent said the state will require a K–2 math screener beginning in the 2627 school year and that districts must provide “specific math interventions based on the results of that screener.” He also said the state will “auto enroll any middle school student in the advanced math class” (at South Madison, that is algebra I) if the student has a C average in math and a proficient iLearn score; parents will be permitted to withdraw students from the advanced class. The update covered…