Title 20, EDUCATION

Sec. 10. (a) The board shall do the following: (1) Establish policies and accountability measures for the school. (2) Implement this article. (3) Perform the duties required by IC 5-22-4-8. (4) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish criteria for the admission of children with a…

Sec. 11. The board may do any of the following to implement this article: (1) Adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws in compliance with this article to govern the business of the board. (2) Appoint committees the board considers necessary to advise the board. (3) Accept gifts, devises, …

Sec. 12. Subject to the approval of the board, the school may partner with an existing nonprofit corporation that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to benefit the purposes of the school, which may include, but is not limit…

Sec. 2. (a) The board consists of the following members: (1) Seven (7) individuals appointed by the governor. The individuals appointed under this subdivision are voting members of the board. (2) The director of the division of special education of the department. The individual …

Sec. 3. (a) Each voting member of the board who is not an employee of the state or a political subdivision is entitled to the following: (1) The minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1 for each board meeting attended by the member. (2) Mileage and reimbursement for tra…

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies only to a board member serving under section 2(a)(1) of this chapter. (b) The term of a board member is four (4) years and expires June 30, 2025, and each fourth year thereafter. (c) The term of a member begins upon appointment by the governor. (d…

Sec. 4.5. (a) This section applies only to a board member serving under section 2(a)(4) of this chapter. (b) The member serves at the pleasure of the speaker of the house of representatives. The term of the board member is two (2) years and expires June 30 of an odd-numbered year…

Sec. 5. Whenever there is a vacancy on the board, the appropriate appointing authority shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-16-3-5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.4…

Sec. 6. (a) At the board's last meeting before July 1 of each year, the board shall elect one (1) member to be chair of the board. (b) The member elected chair of the board serves as chair beginning July 1 after elected by the board. (c) The board may reelect a member as chair of…

Sec. 7. Four (4) voting members of the board constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of at least four (4) members of the board is necessary for the board to take official action other than to do the following: (1) Adjourn. (2) Hear reports or testimony. [Pre-2005 Elementary and…

Sec. 8. The school shall provide staff and administrative support to the board. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-16-3-8.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.6.

Sec. 9. Subject to IC 20-35-2 and IC 20-22-4, the board has complete policy and administrative control and responsibility for the school. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-16-3-9.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.6.

Sec. 1. An authorizer may grant a charter to an organizer to operate a charter school under this article. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-3-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.280-2013, SEC.20.

Sec. 10. (a) An authorizer must notify the department of the: (1) acceptance of a proposal; and (2) length of time for which a charter is granted. (b) The authorizer shall annually do the following: (1) Compile the following information into a report: (A) Proposals received. (B) …

Sec. 11. If an authorizer rejects a charter school proposal, the organizer may: (1) amend the charter school proposal and resubmit the proposal to the same authorizer; or (2) submit a charter school proposal to another authorizer. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Reco…

Sec. 14. (a) This section applies to state educational institutions described in IC 20-24-1-2.5(2). (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the ultimate responsibility for choosing to authorize a charter school and responsibilities for maintaining authorization rest with the un…

Sec. 14.1. (a) This section applies to nonprofit colleges and universities described in IC 20-24-1-2.5(5). (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the ultimate responsibility for choosing to authorize and for maintaining authorization rests with the nonprofit college's or unive…

Sec. 16. An entity or multiple divisions of the same entity may not serve simultaneously as both the organizer and the authorizer of the same charter school. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-3-15.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended…

Sec. 17. (a) The department shall, with approval of the state board, assign a school corporation identification number for each organizer granted a charter. (b) If an organizer assigned a school corporation identification number under subsection (a) consists of more than one (1) …

Sec. 18.5. (a) Notwithstanding IC 20-24-1-2.5 and except as provided in subsection (b), an adult high school as defined in IC 20-24-1-2.3 may only be authorized by the charter board or the executive of a consolidated city. (b) This section does not prohibit an authorizer from ren…

Sec. 19. (a) This section applies to a charter school that receives property tax revenue under any statute referred to in IC 20-24-7-6.1 or IC 20-24-7-6.2. (b) As used in this section, "executive" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-5. (c) The county executive of the county in…

Sec. 2. (a) An authorizer may not grant a charter to a for-profit entity. (b) If an organizer has not received a determination by the Internal Revenue Service of its tax exempt status as of the date the organizer is scheduled to provide instruction to students attending the chart…

Sec. 2.5. If a proposed charter school intends to contract with an education service provider for substantial educational services, management services, or both educational services and management services, the request for proposals shall require the applicants to provide the fol…

Sec. 20. (a) Beginning April 1, 2026, a charter may not be granted or renewed by an authorizer for a charter school located within the geographic boundaries of the school city (as defined in IC 20-25-2-12) except by one (1) of the following: (1) The charter board. (2) The executi…

Sec. 4. (a) An organizer may submit to the authorizer a proposal to establish a charter school. (b) A proposal must contain at least the following information: (1) Identification of the organizer. (2) A description of the organizer's organizational structure and governance plan. …

Sec. 4.5. In reviewing and evaluating charter applications, an authorizer shall employ procedures, practices, and criteria consistent with nationally recognized principles and standards for quality charter authorizing. The application review process must include thorough evaluati…

Sec. 5.5. (a) This section applies to an authorizer that is not the executive of a consolidated city. (b) Before issuing a charter, the authorizer must conduct a public hearing concerning the establishment of the proposed charter school. The public hearing must be held within the…

Sec. 7. The authorizer may revoke the charter of a charter school that does not, by the date specified in the charter: (1) begin school operations; and (2) have students attending the charter school. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-3-6…

Sec. 9. (a) Subject to subsection (b), an authorizer must notify an organizer that submits a proposal under section 4 of this chapter of the: (1) acceptance of the proposal; or (2) rejection of the proposal; not later than seventy-five (75) days after the organizer submits the pr…

Sec. 0.5. The board of commissioners has all of the powers and duties established under this article except for the powers and duties granted to the Indianapolis public education corporation under IC 20-25.3. As added by P.L.101-2026, SEC.10.

Sec. 1. (a) The government, management, and control of all common schools and common school libraries in the school city are vested in a board of school commissioners that consists of seven (7) school commissioners. (b) The corporate name of the school city is "The Board of Schoo…

Sec. 10. (a) The superintendent shall act as general administrator of the school city and make recommendations to the board concerning: (1) the conduct of the schools; (2) the employment and dismissal of personnel; (3) the purchase of supplies; (4) the construction of buildings; …

Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a payment made from money of the board must be made in accordance with budget appropriations. (b) If a payment is from a fund of the board that is not subject to budgeting and appropriation but has been transferred to the board f…

Sec. 12. (a) An appointment or discharge of an employee of the school city must be: (1) made in conformity with the rules of the board; and (2) reported at the meeting of the board that follows the date of each appointment or discharge by the superintendent. (b) The superintenden…

Sec. 13. (a) Money may not be drawn from the treasury of the board except for appropriations made: (1) by the board; and (2) upon an aye and nay vote recorded in the board's minutes. (b) An appropriation may not be made for a period extending beyond December 31 of the current cal…

Sec. 14. (a) The books, accounts, and vouchers of the board and of all the board's officers and employees may be examined by the state board of accounts at a time selected by the state board of accounts. (b) An officer or employee of the board shall, on request of the state board…

Sec. 15. (a) Money payable to the board must be paid to the board's treasurer. The treasurer's receipt for the money must be filed with the business manager of the board. (b) The business manager, after receiving the treasurer's receipt, shall issue a quietus. The business manage…

Sec. 2. (a) The school city board has the following powers: (1) The powers conferred upon school cities by Acts 1871, c.15. (2) The powers conferred by law as of March 9, 1931, on boards of school commissioners in cities having a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or mo…

Sec. 3. (a) A member of the board must: (1) be a resident voter of the school city; and (2) have been a resident of the school city for at least one (1) year immediately preceding the member's election. (b) A board member may not: (1) serve in an elective or appointive office und…

Sec. 4. (a) The board consists of seven (7) members. A member: (1) must be elected in general elections held in the county as specified in this section; and (2) serves a four (4) year term. (b) Five (5) members shall be elected from the school board districts in which the members…

Sec. 5. The board in a school city shall organize in the manner set forth in IC 20-26-4-1. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.

Sec. 6. (a) A member of a standing committee of the board provided for by the board's rules shall be appointed by the president within three (3) weeks after the president's election to the office of president. (b) Subject to the limitations in this chapter, the board may fix the …

Sec. 7. Each legislative act of the board must be by written resolution. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.

Sec. 8. (a) The board may: (1) determine the number of employees of the board; (2) prescribe the employees' duties; and (3) fix the employees' compensation. (b) The board shall adopt rules for obtaining, by open competition and without regard to religious or political belief, lis…

Sec. 9. (a) The board shall appoint a general superintendent if a vacancy occurs or will imminently occur in the office of the superintendent due to the: (1) expiration of the term; or (2) death, resignation, or removal from office; of the incumbent superintendent. (b) The board'…

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other law and subject to section 7 of this chapter, the policy of the state is to grant to each school corporation all the powers needed for the effective operation of the school corporation. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification …