Sec. 10. (a) The department shall carry out a program to identify all federal funds for which a charter school is eligible. (b) The department shall apply for all federal funds that are available for charter schools and for which Indiana is eligible. (c) Upon receiving notice under IC 20-24-3-10 from an authorizer that a charter has been approved, the department shall immediately inform the organizer of the organizer's potential eligibility for federal charter school start-up grants. (d) The department shall distribute federal charter school start-up grants to eligible organizers in a timely manner according to the department's published guidelines for distributing the grants. (e) The department shall compile a biannual report and submit the report to the state office of federal grants and procurement and to charter school organizers and authorizers. The report submitted under this subsection must contain the following information for grants distributed under this section: (1) Beginning and end dates for each grant cycle. (2) The dates on which: (A) grant applications and requests for renewal were received; and (B) grants were awarded. (3) The amount of each grant awarded. As added by P.L.169-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.280-2013, SEC.44.
IC 20-24-7-11 Matching funds for federal grants to charter schools Sec. 11. (a) If the United States Department of Education approves a new competition for states to receive matching funds for charter school facilities, the department shall pursue this federal funding. (b) To increase the state's opportunity to receive matching funds from the United States Department of Education, the department shall develop a facilities incentive grants program before January 1, 2010. (c) The department shall use the priority criteria set forth in 21 U.S.C. 7221d(b) and 34 CFR 226.12 through 34 CFR 226.14 to develop the facilities incentive grants program. As added by P.L.169-2005, SEC.15 and P.L.246-2005, SEC.129. Amended by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.314; P.L.91-2011, SEC.19.