Title 20, EDUCATION

Sec. 5. If: (1) a complaint is filed that alleges that a school employer or an exclusive representative has engaged in an unfair practice described in section 1(a)(1) or 2(1)(A) of this chapter; and (2) the board determines that the school employer or exclusive representative eng…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the department shall prescribe a program of summer school education for public schools. Subject to subsection (b), the department shall provide for: (1) summer school programs guidelines; and (2) the state distribution formula for…

Sec. 13. (a) This section applies to: (1) a public school, including a charter school; (2) a state accredited nonpublic school; and (3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7). (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a school shall offer summer school courses desi…

Sec. 1. A decision requiring a student who is a student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8) to undergo a student diagnostic assessment under this chapter or be retained at a particular grade level shall be made in accordance with the student's individualized education …

Sec. 2. Each school may authorize the school's teachers to administer student diagnostic assessments to allow the teachers to make detailed individual assessments of the educational progress of students in grade levels designated by the state board. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secon…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "education records" means information that: (1) is recorded by a nonpublic or public school; and (2) concerns a student who is or was enrolled in the school. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-22.4-1.] As…

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a nonpublic or public school must allow a custodial parent and a noncustodial parent of a child the same access to their child's education records. (b) A nonpublic or public school may not allow a noncustodial parent access to the…

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "juvenile justice agency" has the meaning set forth in IC 10-13-4-5. (b) A school corporation or other entity to which the education records privacy provisions of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) apply ma…

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "appropriate officials" include local or state law enforcement officials, department of child services officials, trained medical personnel, and school administrators whose knowledge of information described in subsection (b) or (d) is necessa…

Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, "student property" refers to property belonging to a student that the student has stored in a locker, desk, or personal cubby that is located on school property and has been assigned to the student for the student's use. (b) If a student enrol…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "association" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-14-1. As added by P.L.144-2011, SEC.1.

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "organizing entity" means any person that: (1) operates: (A) a recreational; (B) an intramural; or (C) an extracurricular; athletic or sports program for individuals who are less than twenty (20) years of age; and (2) uses a facility, field, par…

Sec. 1.6. As used in this chapter, "school" refers to a public school and a state accredited nonpublic school. As added by P.L.135-2016, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.86.

Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, "student athlete" means any student who: (1) attends a school; (2) is in grade 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12; and (3) participates in any: (A) interscholastic sport, including cheerleading; or (B) intramural sport, including cheerleading, in whic…

Sec. 2. (a) Before July 1, 2012, the department shall disseminate guidelines, information sheets, and forms to each school corporation for distribution to a school to inform and educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of student athletes of the nature and risk of concussio…

Sec. 3. Each year, before beginning practice for an interscholastic sport or an intramural sport in which a head coach or assistant coach elects to or is required to comply with this chapter, a student athlete and the student athlete's parent: (1) must be given the information sh…

Sec. 4. A student athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury in a practice or game: (1) shall be removed from play at the time of the injury; and (2) may not return to play until the student athlete has received a written clearance under section 5(a) of th…

Sec. 5. (a) A student athlete who has been removed from play under section 4 of this chapter may not return to play until: (1) the student athlete: (A) is evaluated by a licensed health care provider trained in the evaluation and management of concussions and head injuries; and (…

Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "football" does not include flag football. (b) Prior to coaching football to individuals who are less than twenty (20) years of age and are in grades 1 through 12, each head football coach and assistant football coach shall complete a certifie…

Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c)(2), this section applies after June 30, 2017. (b) This section applies to a head coach or assistant coach who: (1) coaches any: (A) interscholastic sport; or (B) intramural sport and elects to comply or as part of the head coach's …

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "International Baccalaureate course" refers to a course from the International Baccalaureate diploma program. As added by P.L.150-2024, SEC.66.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "International Baccalaureate examination" refers to an International Baccalaureate diploma program examination. As added by P.L.150-2024, SEC.66.

Sec. 3. (a) Successful completion of an International Baccalaureate course shall count as high school credit toward completing Indiana graduation requirements. (b) Any rule adopted by the state board or the department concerning an Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic hon…

Sec. 0.5. This chapter applies to a virtual charter school. As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.213.

Sec. 1. (a) In addition to the amount a school corporation is entitled to receive in basic tuition support, each school corporation is entitled to receive a grant for special education programs for the state fiscal year. Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the amount of the speci…

Sec. 2. (a) In a school corporation's nonduplicated count of pupils in programs for severe disabilities, the school corporation shall count each pupil served in any one (1) of the following programs: (1) Autism. (2) Dual sensory impairment. (3) Emotional handicap, full time. (4) …

Sec. 3. (a) In a school corporation's nonduplicated count of pupils in programs for mild and moderate disabilities, the school corporation shall count each pupil served in any one (1) of the following programs: (1) Emotional handicap, all other. (2) Learning disability. (3) Mild …

Sec. 4. In a school corporation's duplicated count of pupils in programs for communication disorders, the school corporation shall count each pupil served, even if the pupil is served in another special education program. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-3-2.1-5.] As added b…

Sec. 5. (a) In a school corporation's cumulative count of pupils in homebound programs, a school corporation shall count each pupil who received homebound instruction on or after July 1 and up to and including June 30 of the preceding school year. (b) A school corporation may inc…

Sec. 6. A school corporation's special education grant for a state fiscal year is equal to the sum of the following: (1) The nonduplicated count of pupils in programs for severe disabilities level one (1), including multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, emotional disabili…

Sec. 7. Participation in a program is not required to the extent of full-time equivalency. The state board shall adopt rules that define the: (1) nature and extent of participation; and (2) type of program qualifying for approval. A count may not be made on any program that has n…

Sec. 8. If a new special education program is created by rule of the state board or by the United States Department of Education, the state board shall determine whether the program shall be included in the list of programs for: (1) severe disabilities; or (2) mild and moderate d…

Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to a charter school. (b) Each calendar year, a school corporation shall expend part of the school corporation's state special education grant on the provision of special education and related services to parentally placed nonpublic school s…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to Lake County. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-12-3(a).] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.168.

Sec. 10. As used in this chapter,"eligible pupil" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-43-1-11. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-12-3(j).] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.168.

Sec. 11. As used in this chapter, "entitlement" of a qualified school corporation is that part of the fund: (1) to which any qualified school corporation is entitled for any calendar year; and (2) on the basis of which the tax is set under this chapter. [Pre-2006 Recodification C…

Sec. 12. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the county school distribution fund: (1) into which the receipts from the tax must be credited; and (2) from which distributions to qualified school corporations must be charged. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-12-3(e).] …

Sec. 13. As used in this chapter, "qualified county" means Lake County. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-12-3(a).] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.168.

Sec. 14. As used in this chapter, "qualified school corporation" means any school corporation that has under its jurisdiction any territory located in the qualified county. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-12-3(c).] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.168.

Sec. 15. As used in this chapter, "tax" refers to the county supplemental school financing property tax to be levied by the county council under this chapter. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-12-3(d).] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.168.

Sec. 16. Each calendar year, the county council shall impose a tax on the real and personal property subject to taxation by the county under this chapter. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-12-4.1(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.168.

Sec. 17. The tax shall be imposed at the same time the county council adopts the qualified county's budget, tax levy, and tax rate for the next calendar year under IC 6-1.1-17. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-12-4.1(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.168.

Sec. 18. The county council shall set a rate for the tax that will produce the total amount of the entitlements of the qualified school corporations for the next calendar year. However, the amount of the tax levy may not be greater than the amount determined under STEP TWO of the…

Sec. 19. Before July 11 of each year, the secretary of education shall certify to the county auditor: (1) the consolidated ADA ratio of the qualified school corporations; (2) the number of pupils in the fall count under IC 20-43-4 of each qualified school corporation for the scho…

Sec. 2. The following is declared to be the policy of this chapter: (1) That in certain areas in Indiana there exists a condition created by the shift in population from urban centers to outlying areas that has created administrative and financial problems in the maintenance and …

Sec. 20. (a) The county auditor shall compute the amount of the tax to be levied each year. Before August 2, the county auditor shall certify the amount to the county council. (b) The tax rate shall be advertised and fixed by the county council in the same manner as other propert…