Title 20, TITLE 20. EDUCATION

Note: This version of section effective 1-1-2024. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 1-1-2024. Sec. 5. (a) A governing body in operating a curricular materials program under IC 20-26-5-4(a)(12) must supervise and control the program through the school cor…

Sec. 6. If a school lunch fund is established under section 4 of this chapter and the school corporation's education fund is used under section 5 of this chapter, the receipts and expenditures from a fund for the program to which the fund relates shall be made to and from the app…

Sec. 7. IC 20-25-4-19 applies to a lunch program established by a school city (as defined in IC 20-25-2-12). [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.164.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a county that has money in a fund and has not surrendered custody of the fund to the treasurer of state under section 4.5 of this chapter, or a predecessor law. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.165. Amended by P.L.39…

Sec. 10. The: (1) principal belonging to the fund; and (2) accumulations to the principal of a fund held by a county; must be loaned at four percent (4%) per annum. Loans made before June 1, 1943, with a rate of interest higher than four percent (4%) per annum must have an intere…

Sec. 11. In a county where the total amount in the: (1) common school fund; or (2) fund; accumulates to the amount of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000), a county may borrow and use the funds, or any part of the funds, for any lawful purpose for a period not exceeding five (5…

Sec. 12. (a) If a county council borrows funds under this chapter, the county council shall adopt an ordinance specifying the amount of the funds to be borrowed and specify the time when the loan will be made. The board of county commissioners shall execute to the state of Indian…

Sec. 13. After the obligation is deposited with the county auditor under section 12 of this chapter, the county auditor shall issue a warrant to the county treasurer to be paid to the county for the amount of money specified in the ordinance and obligation. When the warrant is pr…

Sec. 14. (a) If the funds remain in the county treasury of the county for four (4) months without having been loaned under this chapter, upon the request of the county auditor, the board of county commissioners may, by an order entered of record, direct the county treasurer to in…

Sec. 15. All payments of principal or interest must be paid to the county treasurer. The: (1) treasurer shall file a receipt with the county auditor; and (2) auditor shall give the payor a receipt and record the payment. The county auditor may accept payment of principal or inter…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to a congressional township school fund administered by a county. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.165.

Sec. 3. The fund derived from the sale of congressional township school lands constitutes the congressional township school fund. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.165.

Sec. 4. The fund shall never be diminished in amount. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.165.

Sec. 4.5. (a) A county council may adopt a resolution to: (1) elect to surrender the custody of the fund or any part of the fund; and (2) order the board of county commissioners, the county auditor, and the county treasurer to take all steps necessary to surrender the custody of …

Sec. 5. A county shall be held liable for the: (1) preservation of the part of the fund as is entrusted or has been entrusted to the county; and (2) payment of the annual interest on the fund, at the rate established by law. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-2 part.] As a…

Sec. 6. The payment of annual interest must be full and complete every year. The payment must appear in the county auditor's or treasurer of state's report to the secretary of education. The secretary of education shall, at any time when the secretary of education discovers that …

Sec. 7. The county auditor of each county or the treasurer of state shall, semiannually, on the second Monday of July and on the last Monday in January make apportionment of the amount of the congressional township school revenue belonging to each school corporation. The apportio…

Sec. 8. The county auditor or treasurer of state shall report the amount apportioned to the secretary of education, verified by affidavit. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-54 part.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.165. Amended by P.L.39-2008, SEC.5; P.L.43-2021, SEC.129.

township Sec. 9. The income of the fund belonging to any congressional township or part of a congressional township may not be: (1) diminished by an apportionment; or (2) diverted or distributed to another township. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-54 part.] As added by …

Sec. 1. The department shall distribute the amount appropriated by the general assembly for distribution as state tuition support in accordance with this article. If the appropriations for distribution as state tuition support are more than required under this article, any excess…

Sec. 2. (a) The maximum state distribution for a state fiscal year for all school corporations for the purposes described in section 3 of this chapter is the amount appropriated by the general assembly for those purposes for that state fiscal year. (b) If the budget director, aft…

Sec. 3. In determining the total amount to be distributed for purposes of section 2 of this chapter, distributions: (1) as basic tuition support; (2) for academic performance grants; (3) for special education grants; (4) for career and technical education grants; (5) for choice s…

Sec. 4. The amount of the reduction for a particular school corporation under section 2 of this chapter is equal to the total amount of the excess determined under section 2 of this chapter multiplied by a fraction. The numerator of the fraction is the amount of the distribution …

Sec. 5. If a school corporation operates on a twelve (12) month school year program, as approved by the secretary of education, the distribution of state support for the program shall be made under an adjusted formula to be approved by the secretary of education. The adjustment f…

Sec. 6. (a) If money appropriated in a fiscal year by the general assembly for adult education is insufficient to fund the state adult education distribution formula provided in the rules adopted by the state board, the budget agency may transfer a sufficient amount of money from…

general fund; distributions for choice scholarships; limit on transfer Sec. 7.5. (a) Before July 1 of each year, the budget agency, with the assistance of the department, shall estimate the amount of the distributions that will be made for choice scholarships for the following st…

As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.272. Repealed by P.L.213-2015, SEC.210.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each school corporation. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 20-23-16-4(a).] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.167.

Sec. 2. Each governing body may annually levy the amount of taxes that: (1) in the judgment of the governing body; and (2) after being made a matter of record in the minutes; should be levied to produce income sufficient to conduct and carry on the public schools committed to the…

Sec. 3. The governing body shall annually levy a rate that will produce a sum sufficient to meet all payments of principal and interest as they mature in the year for which the levy is made on the: (1) bonds; (2) notes; or (3) other obligations; of the school corporation. [Pre-20…

Sec. 4. A school corporation may impose a levy for a fund (before January 1, 2019) or its operations fund (after December 31, 2018), as permitted in IC 20-48-1-7, to repay an emergency loan to the fund (before January 1, 2019) or operations fund (after December 31, 2018). [2006 R…

Sec. 5. The school trustee or board of school trustees of Indiana may levy taxes in maintaining a joint school established with a school corporation in an adjacent state under IC 20-23-11 as are otherwise provided by law for maintaining the public schools in Indiana. [Pre-2006 Re…

Sec. 6. The power of the governing body in making tax levies shall be exercised within existing statutory limits. The levies are subject to the review required by law. As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.167.

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a: (1) school corporation; (2) joint school corporation; or (3) consolidated school corporation; the schools of which do not have a total enrollment of at least two hundred fifty (250) pupils. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-5-11-15 pa…

Sec. 10. A school corporation or corporations may, in anticipation of the acquisition of a site and the construction and erection of a school building or buildings, enter into a lease with a lessor corporation before the actual acquisition of the site and the construction and ere…

Sec. 11. (a) After the lessor corporation and the school corporation or corporations have agreed upon the terms and conditions of a lease proposed to be entered into under this chapter, and before the final execution of the lease, a notice shall be given by publication to all per…

Sec. 12. (a) At the hearing, all interested persons have a right to be heard upon the necessity for the execution of the proposed lease and whether the rental to be paid to the lessor corporation under the proposed lease is a fair and reasonable rental for the proposed building. …

Sec. 13. (a) If the execution of the lease as originally agreed upon or as modified by agreement is authorized by the governing body or bodies of the school corporation or corporations, the governing body shall give notice of the signing of the lease by publication one (1) time i…

Sec. 14. An action to contest the validity of the lease or to enjoin the performance of any of the terms and conditions of the lease may not be instituted at any time later than: (1) thirty (30) days after publication of notice of the execution of the lease by the governing body …

Sec. 15. The lessor corporation shall acquire, own, and hold in fee simple the land on which a school building or buildings are to be erected under this chapter. A school corporation that proposes to lease such a school building, either alone or jointly with another school corpor…

bonds Sec. 16. (a) A corporation qualifying as a lessor corporation under this chapter may, in furtherance of its corporate purposes, issue and sell stock, bonds, and other securities. Mortgage bonds issued by a lessor corporation that are a first lien on the leased property are …

Sec. 17. (a) As used in this section, "bonds" includes bonds, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness. (b) A lessor corporation having outstanding bonds that by their terms are redeemable before their maturities may issue bonds in the manner provided by section 16 of this …

and make improvements; appeal Sec. 18. (a) As used in this section, "bonds" means bonds, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness. (b) As used in this section, "improvement" or "improvements" means one (1) or more of the following: (1) Construction of a school building. (2)…

Sec. 19. A school corporation that decides to exercise an option to purchase a school building under this chapter may issue general obligation bonds to procure funds to pay the cost of acquisition. General obligation bonds issued under this section must be authorized, issued, and…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "capital actually invested" includes the following amounts expended by a lessor corporation: (1) Organization and incorporation expenses. (2) Financing costs. (3) Carrying charges. (4) Legal fees. (5) Architects' fees. (6) Contractors' fees. (7) R…

Sec. 20. A school corporation that executes a lease under this chapter shall annually appropriate from its debt service fund or general fund (before January 1, 2019) or operations fund (after December 31, 2018) an amount sufficient to pay the lease rental required under the lease…

Sec. 21. Property owned by a lessor corporation entering into a lease with a school corporation or corporations under this chapter, and all stock and other securities (including the interest or dividends) issued by a lessor corporation, are exempt from all state, county, and othe…

application of other laws Sec. 22. This chapter shall be construed as being supplemental to all other laws covering the acquisition, use, and maintenance of school buildings by school corporations. However, as to school buildings constructed, acquired, leased, or purchased under …

Sec. 23. (a) Upon the termination of a lease entered into under this chapter, the lessor corporation shall return to the school corporation any money held by the lessor corporation that exceeds the amount needed to retire bonds issued under this chapter and to dissolve the lessor…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "lessor corporation" means a corporation described in section 6 of this chapter. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.170. IC 20-47-2-4 "School building" Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "school building" means a buildi…