Title 20, EDUCATION

recertification of districts; amendments of plan filed with board of elections and registration; time for filing Sec. 4.5. (a) Until the first redistricting required under this section, the school districts for the election of the members of the governing body under section 3(b) …

Sec. 5. (a) To be eligible to be a candidate for the governing body under this chapter, the following apply: (1) Each prospective candidate must file a petition of nomination with the board of elections and registration not earlier than one hundred four (104) days and not later t…

Sec. 6. (a) With regard to a district position referred to in section 3(b) of this chapter, the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes of all candidates for that position is elected. (b) With regard to the at-large positions referred to in section 3(c) of this chapte…

Sec. 7. The state board, with assistance from the county election board, shall establish: (1) balloting procedures under IC 3 for the election; and (2) all other procedures required to implement this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 2…

Sec. 8. (a) The term of each person elected to serve on the governing body is four (4) years. (b) The term of each person elected to serve on the governing body begins on the date set in the school corporation's organization plan. The date set in the organization plan for an elec…

Sec. 9. The members are elected as follows: (1) Three (3) of the members are elected at the general election to be held in 2024 and every four (4) years thereafter. (2) Two (2) of the members are elected at the general election to be held in 2022 and every four (4) years thereaft…

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a virtual charter school or an adult high school. As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "grant" refers to a grant awarded to a charter school under this chapter. As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the charter school facility grant program established by section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 4. (a) The charter school facility grant program is established to provide grants to charter schools that may be used for the following: (1) The purposes listed in IC 20-40-9-6 for which a school corporation may use money in the school corporation's debt service fund. (2) Th…

Sec. 5. (a) The state board may award grants under this chapter, subject to appropriations by the general assembly for this purpose, to a charter school that: (1) applies on a form and in a manner established by the state board; (2) submits with the application a budget plan to t…

Sec. 6. Money appropriated by the general assembly to the program may not be considered as a stream of revenue against which any bond, lease, or other obligation may be pledged. As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 1. (a) The school city must provide summer remediation services to each student in a designated grade level who does not meet state achievement standards. (b) The school city may provide summer remediation services to students of any other grade level who are determined by t…

Sec. 2. The board may: (1) request and receive competitive proposals from: (A) a school of the school city; (B) another public educational institution; or (C) a group of educators from the school city; to provide summer remediation services under guidelines and specified performa…

Sec. 3. The school city: (1) shall pay the cost of summer remediation services; and (2) may use all available funding from the state for the payment. The purchase of remediation services is eligible for state reimbursement in the same manner as other state funding, including summ…

Sec. 4. (a) Summer remediation services provided by contractors under section 2 of this chapter shall be provided at no tuition cost to the student. (b) Upon the request of the parent of a student described in section 1 of this chapter, the school city shall provide the parent wi…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "association" means an organization that conducts, organizes, sanctions, or sponsors interscholastic high school athletic events as the organization's primary purpose. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-63-1…

Sec. 10. An association is subject to IC 20-33-13. As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "case" refers to a decision of the association: (1) that concerns the application or interpretation of a rule of the association to an individual student; and (2) with which the student's parent disagrees. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Educat…

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "coach" refers to a coach of grades 9 through 12 in all association recognized sports, including nonteaching and volunteer coaches. As added by P.L.169-2019, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "panel" refers to the case review panel established under section 6 of this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-63-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.

Sec. 5. A school corporation may participate in: (1) an association; or (2) an athletic event conducted, organized, sanctioned, or sponsored by an association; if the association complies with this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-…

Sec. 5.5. (a) Not later than three (3) business days after the association makes a decision concerning the application or interpretation of a rule of the association to an individual student, the association shall notify by registered or certified mail the following of the associ…

Sec. 6. (a) The association must establish a case review panel that meets the following requirements: (1) The panel has nine (9) members. (2) The secretary of education or the secretary's designee is a member of the panel and is the chairperson of the panel. (3) The secretary of …

Sec. 7. (a) If the association or the parent who referred a case to the panel under section 6(b)(2) of this chapter disagrees with the decision of the panel, the association or the parent may file a legal action to review the panel's decision. (b) An action must be filed under su…

Sec. 8. (a) The department shall notify the association of any license revocation or suspension involving a licensed teacher (as defined in IC 20-18-2-22) under IC 20-28-5-8 who: (1) has: (A) been convicted of an offense described in IC 20-28-5-8(b); or (B) committed misconduct d…

Sec. 9. (a) Before a school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school with at least one (1) employee hires or allows an individual to coach an association recognized sport, the school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school shall: (1) ask the i…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "IDEA" refers to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. As added by P.L.162-2024, SEC.23.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "office" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-15-10.5-6. As added by P.L.162-2024, SEC.23.

Sec. 3. (a) The office has jurisdiction over hearing officers authorized to conduct hearings required by the IDEA. (b) The office is granted jurisdiction to conduct hearings described in subsection (a) as permitted under IC 4-15-10.5-12. As added by P.L.162-2024, SEC.23.

Sec. 4. Not later than August 1, 2024, the department and the office shall enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding the transition to hearing officers employed by the office as full-time, salaried, state employees to act as and satisfy the requirements regarding indepen…

Sec. 5. The director of special education appointed under IC 20-35-2-1 shall: (1) oversee the training of hearing officers; and (2) establish guidelines for hearing officers who conduct hearings under this chapter, including guidelines to ensure compliance with state and federal …

Sec. 6. The office shall: (1) determine the cost of conducting hearings under this chapter; and (2) after July 1, 2025, assess each school corporation and charter school in the state, based on the weighted ADM count, a fee that is sufficient to cover the costs determined under su…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in this section, money received by a school corporation for a specific purpose or purposes, by gift, endowment, or under a federal statute, may be accounted for by establishing separate funds apart from any other school corporation fund. (b) Subsect…

Sec. 2. Both: (1) money received for specific purposes, by gift, endowment, or under a federal statute; and (2) any earnings on money received for specific purposes, by gift, endowment, or under a federal statute; may be disbursed without appropriation. [Pre-2006 Recodification C…

Sec. 3. A school corporation shall maintain money received by gift, endowment, or under a federal statute in a special fund as required by law, including IC 20-35-4-7. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.163.

Sec. 1. The department, with the approval of the state board, shall establish and maintain a dual language immersion program to provide grants, in an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), to school corporations and charter schools that establish dual language imm…

Sec. 2. A school corporation or charter school may be eligible to receive a grant under this chapter if: (1) the school corporation or charter school uses an instructional model that provides at least fifty percent (50%) of its instruction in English and fifty percent (50%) of it…

Sec. 3. A school corporation or charter school desiring to receive a grant under this chapter shall apply to the department for a grant in the manner and on a form prescribed by the department. [Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-41-3.] As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 4. (a) The dual language immersion program fund is established to be used to provide grants under this chapter. (b) The fund consists of: (1) appropriations made by the general assembly; and (2) gifts and donations to the fund. (c) The fund shall be administered by the depar…

Sec. 5. The state board may establish rules necessary to administer this chapter. [Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-41-5.] As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.