Section 20-32-5.1-18.5 - Accommodations; approval of guidance or recommendations(a) The department shall, to the extent permitted under federal law, provide the same text-to-speech, screen reader, or human reader and calculator accommodations to a student in grades 6 through 12 on every section of the statewide summative assessment program if that accommodation is provided as part of the student's: (1) individualized education program;(2) service plan developed under 511 IAC 7-34;(3) choice special education plan developed under 511 IAC 7-49; or(4) plan developed under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794.(b) The department must submit any guidance or recommendations the department plans to distribute to a school corporation or school that attempts to affect in any manner based on statewide summative assessment accommodations which instructional methods are included or excluded from a program or plan described in subsection (a) to the state board for approval.Amended by P.L. 150-2024,SEC. 58, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.L. 11-2023,SEC. 68, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.L. 82-2020,SEC. 5, eff. 7/1/2020.Added by P.L. 287-2019,SEC. 10, eff. 7/1/2019.