Title 20, EDUCATION

Sec. 8. The state board may advance money to school corporations and charter schools to be used for: (1) school building construction programs; and (2) educational technology programs; as provided in this chapter. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-5-3(a).] As added by P.L.2…

Sec. 9. Priority of advances for school building construction programs shall be made to school corporations that have the least amount of assessed valuation per current ADM. If a program involves a school corporation career and technical education school described in IC 20-37-1-1…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided under subsections (b) through (h), it is the intent of the general assembly to honor the autonomy of nonpublic schools that choose to become eligible schools under this chapter. A nonpublic eligible school is not an agent of the state or federal gov…

Sec. 10. The department shall distribute choice scholarships at least twice each semester, or at equivalent intervals. The department may distribute the choice scholarship to the eligible choice scholarship student (or the parent of the eligible choice scholarship student) for th…

Sec. 11. The amount of a choice scholarship provided to an eligible choice scholarship student shall not be treated as income or a resource for the purposes of qualifying for any other federal or state grant or program administered by the state or a political subdivision. As adde…

Sec. 12. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the department shall distribute to each school corporation, for each spring semester and each fall semester, the following information: (1) The name of each eligible school in which an eligible choice scholarship student who has legal settl…

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an eligible choice scholarship student is entitled to a choice scholarship under this chapter for each school year that the eligible choice scholarship student enrolls in an eligible school. (b) An eligible choice scholarship stud…

Sec. 3. (a) An eligible school may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin. (b) An eligible school shall abide by the school's written admission policy fairly and without discrimination with regard to students who: (1) apply for; or (2) are awarded; schol…

Sec. 4. (a) The amount an eligible choice scholarship student is entitled to receive under this chapter for a school year is equal to the following: (1) The lesser of the following: (A) The sum of the tuition and fees required for enrollment or attendance of the eligible choice s…

Sec. 4.5. (a) If an eligible choice scholarship student: (1) who attends school at a choice scholarship school; and (2) who is eligible to receive special education funds under IC 20-43-7; chooses to receive special education services at a school corporation required to provide s…

Sec. 4.6. The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for the provision of special education or related services to an eligible choice scholarship student who receives an amount under section 4(a)(2) of this chapter. The rules adopted under this section shall include annual…

Sec. 5. The state tuition support amount to be used in section 4(a)(1)(B) of this chapter for an eligible choice scholarship student is the amount determined under the last STEP of the following formula: STEP ONE: Determine the school corporation in which the eligible choice scho…

Sec. 5.5. (a) A parent of an eligible choice scholarship student or an eligible school on behalf of a parent of an eligible choice scholarship student may petition the department to reconsider the payment of a choice scholarship for a student enrolled in the eligible school if th…

Sec. 6. If an eligible choice scholarship student enrolls in an eligible school for less than an entire school year, the choice scholarship provided under this chapter for that school year shall be reduced on a prorated basis to reflect the shorter school term. As added by P.L.92…

Sec. 7. (a) The department shall administer this chapter. (b) The department shall approve an application for an eligible school within fifteen (15) days after the date the school requests to participate in the choice scholarship program. (c) The department shall approve an appli…

Sec. 8. The department may prescribe forms and methods for demonstrating eligibility for a choice scholarship under this chapter. As added by P.L.92-2011, SEC.10.

Sec. 1. (a) Not later than July 1, 2027, and each July 1 thereafter, the department shall evaluate, approve, and publish a list of high quality curricular materials for use in the following subjects: (1) Science. (2) Technology. (3) Engineering. (4) Math. (5) English/language art…

Sec. 2. (a) The secretary of education shall notify the governing bodies of each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school immediately of: (1) the initial publication and annual update on the department's website of the report described in section …

Sec. 1. (a) A qualified district or qualified high school shall ensure continued compliance with: (1) applicable federal and state laws; and (2) the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Indiana. (b) A qualified district or qualified high school i…

Sec. 2. (a) During each school year, a qualified district or qualified high school shall provide at least sixty-four thousand eight hundred (64,800) minutes of instruction and learning for grades 9 through 12. (b) A qualified district or qualified high school is not required to p…

Sec. 3. (a) Except as specifically provided in this article and section 4 of this chapter, the following provisions of this title and a rule or guideline adopted by the state board under one (1) of the following provisions of this title do not apply to a qualified district or qua…

Sec. 4. The following provisions of this title and rules and guidelines adopted under the following provisions of this title apply to a qualified district or qualified high school: IC 20-20.5-1 (educational service centers). IC 20-23 (organization of school corporations). IC 20-2…

Sec. 1. The corporation, in its corporate name, may do the following: (1) Sue and be sued in a court of competent jurisdiction. (2) Enter into contracts. (3) Acquire and dispose of real, personal, and mixed property by deed, purchase, gift, grant, devise, lease, condemnation, or …

Sec. 2. (a) In carrying out the purpose of the corporation, the corporation board is granted all powers necessary or appropriate to do the following: (1) Beginning with the 2028-2029 school year and subject to section 6(b) of this chapter, control the management and operation of …

Sec. 3. (a) The corporation board shall, in collaboration with the school city and authorizers of charter schools described in IC 20-25.3-2-6, create a single school performance framework that applies beginning with the 2028-2029 school year to all participating schools. (b) The …

Sec. 4. The corporation board may establish an advisory committee to assist the corporation board in creating and implementing the school performance framework described in section 3 of this chapter. As added by P.L.101-2026, SEC.12.

Sec. 5. (a) The corporation board shall do the following: (1) Establish a unified transportation plan regarding the provision of transportation of all students to and from participating schools within the geographic boundaries of the school city. (2) Include in the unified transp…

Sec. 6. (a) The school city and all participating schools: (1) are required to participate in the unified transportation plan implemented by the corporation board; (2) shall enter into contracts with the corporation board; and (3) shall comply with any applicable regulations, ord…

Sec. 7. The corporation is subject to required audits by the state board of accounts under IC 5-11-1-9. As added by P.L.101-2026, SEC.12.

Sec. 8. All powers delegated to the corporation under this chapter are subject to all applicable laws subjecting a school corporation to regulation by a state agency, including the secretary of education, state board of accounts, state police department, fire prevention and build…

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) and subject to subsection (b), nothing in this article may be construed to impair a contract that was entered into before the effective date of this article. However, after the effective date of this article, the school city or a p…

Sec. 1. An innovation network school is subject to all applicable federal and state laws and constitutional provisions that prohibit discrimination. As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2.

Sec. 10. An innovation network team and the board shall hold a joint public meeting at least two (2) times each year to discuss issues and progress concerning the innovation network school. As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2.

Sec. 11. The board shall develop a program to provide support to teachers and administrators who wish to establish an innovation network school. As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2.

Sec. 2. An innovation network school may be established in the manner provided by: (1) section 3 of this chapter; or (2) section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2.

Sec. 3. (a) Two (2) or more teachers and: (1) a principal; (2) a superintendent; or (3) any combination of individuals described in either subdivision (1) or (2); who are currently employed by a school corporation may submit a plan to a board for the establishment of an innovatio…

Sec. 4. (a) A board may: (1) establish an innovation network school; or (2) reconstitute an eligible school as an innovation network school; as determined by the board. (b) A board that establishes an innovation network school or reconstitutes an eligible school as an innovation …

Sec. 5. (a) The board shall enter into an agreement with an innovation network team to establish an innovation network school or to reconstitute an eligible school as an innovation network school under section 3 or 4 of this chapter. An innovation network team may consist of or i…

Sec. 6. (a) For as long as an innovation network team operates an innovation network school: (1) the innovation network team may use the school building, the accompanying real property, and the building's contents, equipment, and supplies, as provided in the agreement established…

Sec. 7. (a) The innovation network team shall have full operational autonomy to run the innovation network school as provided in the agreement described in section 5 of this chapter. (b) For any collective bargaining agreement under IC 20-29 entered into after July 1, 2015, a gov…

Sec. 8. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the following do not apply to an innovation network school: (1) An Indiana statute applicable to a governing body or school corporation. (2) A rule or guideline adopted by the state board, except for those rules that assis…

Sec. 9. (a) Any student who lives in the attendance area served by a school that is operated as an innovation network school under this chapter may attend the innovation network school. The innovation network school may not refuse enrollment to a student who lives in the attendan…

Sec. 1. If a student's level I dyslexia screening or level II dyslexia screening indicates the need for dyslexia intervention services for the student, the dyslexia intervention may include: (1) explicit, direct instruction that is systematic, sequential, and cumulative and follo…

Sec. 1. (a) After June 30, 2022, a parent of an eligible student or an emancipated eligible student may establish an Indiana education scholarship account for the eligible student by entering into a written agreement with the department on a form prepared by the department. The d…

Sec. 10. (a) The department shall freeze the ESA account established under section 1 of this chapter of any parent of an eligible student or an emancipated eligible student who: (1) fails to comply with the terms of the agreement established under section 1 of this chapter; (2) f…

Sec. 11. Notwithstanding 511 IAC 7-34-1(d)(4), a public school is not required to make available special education and related services to an eligible student if the eligible student receives funds under section 2 of this chapter and the special education services are provided to…