Title 20, TITLE 20. EDUCATION

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to the following: (1) A public school, including a charter school. (2) A state accredited nonpublic school. As added by P.L.246-2023, SEC.28.

schools and high schools; ranking; disaggregated data Sec. 2. (a) The department shall do the following: (1) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, provide for each school year the following information to each elementary school: (A) The pass rate for the following: (i) The re…

Sec. 3. Not later than October 15, 2023, and not later than October 15 of each year thereafter, each elementary school and high school shall post the information provided by the department under section 2 of this chapter on the respective school's website home page in a manner an…

Sec. 4. This chapter expires January 1, 2026. As added by P.L.246-2023, SEC.28.

Sec. 1. If a school trustee or board of school trustees of any school corporation in Indiana that is adjacent to a school corporation of another state believes the best interests of the public schools can be promoted by purchasing school grounds, repairing or erecting a schoolhou…

Sec. 2. The trustee or trustees of Indiana may perform duties in maintaining the joint school as are otherwise provided by law for maintaining the public schools in Indiana. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-56-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, …

Sec. 3. In carrying out this chapter, the school corporation shall pay the proportion of the cost of purchasing school grounds, repairing or erecting new building or buildings, and in maintaining the joint school, as the school trustees of the two (2) adjacent school corporations…

Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to an existing public elementary or secondary school that the governing body of the school corporation in which the school is located has scheduled for closure. (b) An existing public elementary or secondary school may be converted into a c…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-11-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.91-2011, SEC.31.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-11-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.91-2011, SEC.31.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-11-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.91-2011, SEC.31.

levels Sec. 1. The board shall establish annual student performance improvement levels for each school that are not less rigorous than the student performance improvement levels under IC 20-31-1, IC 20-31-6, IC 20-31-7, IC 20-31-8, and IC 20-31-10, including the following: (1) Fo…

Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 20-8.1-6.1-9 (before its repeal, now codified at section 14 of this chapter) by P.L.260-1997 apply only to school years beginning after June 30, 1996. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.330.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter with respect to legal settlement, transfers, and the payment of tuition, the words "residence", "resides", or other comparable language means a permanent and principal habitation that an individual uses for a home for a fixed or indefinite period, …

exchange students Sec. 10. (a) A student who is the child of a state employee who resides on state owned property, resides on state owned property, or is the child of a full-time employee of a state educational institution, who resides on property owned or operated by the state e…

disturbed students Sec. 11. (a) A school corporation may enter into an agreement with: (1) a nonprofit corporation that operates a federally approved education program; or (2) a nonprofit corporation that: (A) is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the …

education services to students Sec. 11.5. (a) The following definitions apply to this section: (1) "ADM" means average daily membership (as defined in IC 20-18-2-2). (2) "Facility" means a secure private facility described in IC 31-9-2-115(a)(1). (3) "School corporation" means th…

Sec. 12. (a) If a student is transferred under section 5 of this chapter from a school corporation in Indiana to a public school corporation in another state, the transferor corporation shall pay the transferee corporation the full tuition fee charged by the transferee corporatio…

Sec. 13. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Class of school" refers to a classification of each school or program in the transferee corporation by the grades or special programs taught at the school. Generally, these classifications…

method of payment Sec. 14. (a) Not later than March 1, a school corporation shall estimate the: (1) transfer tuition payments that the school corporation is required to pay for students transferring from the school corporation; and (2) transfer tuition payments that the school co…

Sec. 15. (a) The state board shall hear the following: (1) All appeals from an order expelling a child under IC 20-33-8-17. (2) All appeals provided in this chapter. (3) All disputes on the following: (A) Legal settlement. (B) Right to transfer. (C) Right to attend school in any …

school corporation Sec. 16. (a) The provisions to implement this chapter, including: (1) the calculation of transfer tuition; (2) the credits for state distribution; and (3) the time in the year when requests for transfer must be filed; shall be implemented by rules adopted by th…

Sec. 17. (a) Each year before the date specified in the rules adopted by the state board, a school corporation shall report the information specified in subsection (b) for each student: (1) for whom tuition support is paid by another school corporation; (2) for whom tuition suppo…

transfer tuition Sec. 18. (a) If a student: (1) has legal settlement in the attendance area of a school corporation in another state, when legal settlement is determined without regard to the appointment of a guardian in Indiana solely to facilitate the placement of the student i…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.140. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.140.

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the legal settlement of a student is governed by the following provisions: (1) If the student: (A) is less than eighteen (18) years of age; or (B) is at least eighteen (18) years of age but is not emancipated; the legal settlement…

Sec. 2.5. (a) In the case of a student described in section 2(a)(3) of this chapter, the: (1) parent granted physical custody by a court; or (2) student, if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age; may elect for the student to have legal settlement in the school corpor…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.131; P.L.234-2007, SEC.106; P.L.233-2015, SEC.141. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.141.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-2.5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.142. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.142.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.205-2013, SEC.243; P.L.286-2013, SEC.59; P.L.2-2014, SEC.84; P.L.233-2015, SEC.143. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.143.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.132; P.L.146-2008, SEC.473; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.317; P.L.205-2013, SEC.244; P.L.233-2015, SEC.144. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, S…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.145. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.145.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.133; P.L.233-2015, SEC.146. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.146.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-7.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.147. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.147.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-8.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.134; P.L.233-2015, SEC.148. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.148.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-9.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199. IC 20-26-11-29 Expired [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-10.] As added by P.L.1-200…

Sec. 3. The secretary of education shall prepare the form of agreement to be used under section 2(a)(2) of this chapter and a form to be executed by any individual with whom the student is living under section 2(a)(2), 2(a)(3), 2(a)(4), or 2(a)(6) of this chapter. The execution o…

Sec. 30. (a) This section applies to a student who resided in a school corporation where the student had legal settlement for at least two (2) consecutive school years immediately before moving to an adjacent school corporation. (b) A school corporation in which a student had leg…

Sec. 31. (a) This section applies to a school corporation and to a charter school that enrolls a student who has legal settlement in another school corporation for the purpose of the student receiving services from a state accredited nonpublic alternative high school described in…

grounds for denial of transfer request Sec. 32. (a) This section does not apply to a school corporation if the governing body has adopted a policy of not accepting the transfer of any student who does not have legal settlement within the school corporation. (b) The governing body…

programs Sec. 33. (a) Notwithstanding a policy adopted under section 32(a) of this chapter, a school corporation may accept a student who does not have legal settlement in the school corporation into an alternative education program (as defined in IC 20-30-8-1). (b) A school corp…

Sec. 4. A student is emancipated when the student: (1) furnishes the student's support from the student's own resources; (2) is not dependent in any material way on the student's parents for support; (3) files or is required by applicable law to file a separate tax return; and (4…

Sec. 5. (a) The parents of any student, regardless of the student's age, or the student after the student has become eighteen (18) years of age may request a transfer from a school corporation in which the student has a legal settlement to a transferee school corporation in India…

Sec. 6. (a) A school corporation may accept a transferring student without approval of the transferor corporation under section 5 of this chapter. (b) A transfer may be accepted regardless of whether, as a condition of the transfer, the transferee school requires the requesting p…

Sec. 6.5. (a) Notwithstanding this chapter, a school corporation shall accept a transferring student who does not have legal settlement in the school corporation if: (1) the student's parent is a current employee of the transferee school corporation with an annual salary of at le…

Sec. 6.7. (a) This section: (1) applies to a school corporation that does not have a policy of accepting transfer students having legal settlement outside the attendance area of the transferee school corporation; and (2) does not apply to a school corporation that has more than o…

Sec. 7. (a) A school corporation may transfer a student with a physical, emotional, or mental disability to a transferee corporation that maintains special programs or facilities for children with the disability of the transferred student. (b) A transferee corporation may refuse …

institutions or in foster homes Sec. 8. (a) A student who is placed in a state licensed private or public health care facility or child care facility: (1) by or with the consent of the department of child services; (2) by a court order; or (3) by a child placing agency licensed b…

proceedings before July 1, 1995, relating to paying transfer tuition Sec. 8.5. With regard to the transfer of responsibility for paying transfer tuition for certain students from the county to the school corporation of the student's legal settlement as described in IC 20-8.1-6.1-…

Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to each student: (1) described in section 8(a) of this chapter; (2) who is placed in a home or facility in Indiana that is outside the school corporation where the student has legal settlement; and (3) for which the state is not obligated to pay t…