Title 20, TITLE 20. EDUCATION

metropolitan districts Sec. 7. (a) The transfer of: (1) powers; (2) duties; (3) property; (4) property rights; (5) other assets; (6) liabilities; (7) contracts, both as to rights and obligations; and (8) other issues connected with the transfer of authority from existing school c…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-8-18.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.179-2011, SEC.34.

members; tie votes; vacancies; term of office Sec. 8.1. (a) The registered voters of the metropolitan school district shall elect the members of the metropolitan board of education at general elections held biennially, beginning with the next general election that is held more th…

corporations Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to a metropolitan or consolidated school corporation located in a county containing a consolidated city. (b) The same method used to cast votes for other offices for which candidates have qualified to be on the election ballot shall b…

Sec. 1. (a) The organizer is the fiscal agent for the charter school. (b) The organizer has exclusive control of: (1) funds received by the charter school; and (2) financial matters of the charter school. (c) The organizer shall maintain accounts of all funds received and disburs…

Sec. 10. (a) The department shall carry out a program to identify all federal funds for which a charter school is eligible. (b) The department shall apply for all federal funds that are available for charter schools and for which Indiana is eligible. (c) Upon receiving notice und…

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 6-1.1-19-12.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.110. Repealed by P.L.146-2008, SEC.807.

Sec. 13. (a) After June 30, 2019, a virtual charter school may only apply for authorization with any statewide authorizer in accordance with the authorizer's guidelines. After June 30, 2019, a virtual charter school that has a charter on June 30, 2019, may renew a charter only wi…

limitations; reporting requirements Sec. 13.5. (a) This section applies to the following charter schools: (1) The Excel Centers for Adult Learners. (2) The Christel House DORS centers. (3) The Gary Middle College charter schools. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, for a state fis…

Sec. 14. Except as provided in section 13.5 of this chapter, notwithstanding any other law, for state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2014, an adult high school is not entitled to receive funding from the state, including any tuition support, unless the general assembly ena…

opportunities Sec. 15. A charter school is considered a school corporation for purposes of any state or federal funding opportunities administered by the department or any other state agency that are otherwise available to a school corporation as described in IC 20-18-2-16(a). As…

charter school Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to a conversion charter school. (b) The department shall distribute to the organizer: (1) tuition support and other state funding for any purpose for students enrolled in the conversion charter school; (2) a proportionate share of s…

administrative fees for authorizers Sec. 4. (a) Services that a school corporation provides to a charter school, including transportation, may be provided at not more than one hundred three percent (103%) of the actual cost of the services. (b) This subsection applies to an autho…

Sec. 5. (a) An organizer may apply for and accept for a charter school: (1) independent financial grants; and (2) funds from public or private sources other than the department. (b) An organizer shall make all applications, enter into all contracts, and sign all documents necessa…

school safety referendum tax funds Sec. 6. (a) With the approval of a majority of the members of the governing body, a school corporation may distribute a proportionate share of the school corporation's operations fund to a charter school. A charter school may elect to distribute…

Effective 7-1-2024. Sec. 6.1. (a) This section applies to revenue collected after June 30, 2024, from a tax levy imposed under IC 20-46-8 by the governing body of a school corporation described in IC 20-46-8-11.2(a). (b) Beginning in calendar year 2025, and each year thereafter, …

prohibitions; publication of information Sec. 6.2. (a) This section applies to a levy resulting from a resolution to place a referendum on the ballot adopted by the governing body under IC 20-46-1-8, IC 20-46-1-8.5, IC 20-46-9-6, or IC 20-46-9-7 after May 10, 2023, for counties d…

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.170. Repealed by P.L.205-2013, SEC.232.

determination laws Sec. 7. When a charter school uses public funds for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, or renovation of a public building, bidding and wage determination laws and all other statutes and rules apply. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodi…

Sec. 8. An authorizer may request and receive financial reports concerning a charter school from the organizer at any time. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-7-8.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.280-2013, SEC.43.

Sec. 9. (a) This section applies if: (1) an authorizer: (A) revokes a charter before the end of the term for which the charter is granted; or (B) does not renew a charter; or (2) a charter school otherwise terminates its charter before the end of the term for which the charter is…

Sec. 1. The school city shall offer a parental choice program that allows a parent the opportunity to choose the school in the school city that the parent's child will attend. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3.1-4-1.] As added by P.L.1-200…

Sec. 2. (a) The board shall establish appropriate criteria to: (1) set priorities for parental choices; and (2) assign students to schools. (b) Criteria established under this section must provide that if the parent of a student chooses to enroll the student in a neighborhood sch…

property under deed with reverter clause; school corporation rights in case of reversion Sec. 0.3. (a) The actions of a school corporation taken before January 1, 1989, in acquiring any interest in real estate or a real estate improvement, under a deed that contains a reverter cl…

May 1, 1995 Sec. 0.4. Notwithstanding P.L.25-1995, if a school corporation has conducted the hearing described in IC 20-5-52 (before its repeal, now codified in this chapter) before May 1, 1995, the school corporation may issue bonds or execute a lease for the school building con…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in IC 20-26-7.1, if a governing body of a school corporation determines that any real or personal property: (1) is no longer needed for school purposes; or (2) should, in the interests of the school corporation, be exchanged for other prop…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-21-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.110.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-21-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.111.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-21-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.112.

Sec. 13. If: (1) the trustees of school corporations of a city or town believe; or (2) the township trustee of a township believes; it is necessary to purchase any real estate on which to build a schoolhouse, or for any other purpose connected with the real estate, the township t…

Sec. 14. Ten (10) days after a petition is filed under section 13 of this chapter, the court shall appoint: (1) one (1) disinterested freeholder residing in the school corporation or township where the real estate is located; and (2) two (2) disinterested appraisers licensed unde…

trial; appeal Sec. 15. (a) Before making the appraisement and assessment, the appraisers shall take an oath before the clerk of the court to make a fair, true, and honest appraisement of the real estate. (b) After taking the oath under subsection (a), the appraisers shall examine…

petition; costs of subsequent action Sec. 16. Before the filing of the petition, the township trustee or school trustees, or a majority of them, may offer or tender to the owner or owners of the real estate an amount considered a reasonable value for the real estate. If the amoun…

purposes; notice to taxpayers; right to appeal Sec. 17. (a) A school corporation may: (1) purchase buildings or lands, or both, for school purposes; and (2) improve the buildings or lands, or both. (b) Notwithstanding this section through section 18 of this chapter limiting the p…

property and buildings; issuance conditions and procedure Sec. 18. Subject to IC 5-1-11.5, a school corporation may issue and sell bonds under the general statutes governing the issuance of bonds to purchase and improve buildings or lands, or both. All laws relating to approval (…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-28-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.116.

Sec. 2. A governing body of a school corporation shall deposit insurance proceeds received as a result of damage to real or personal property in the school corporation's operations fund. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-5-6.] As added by …

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citations: 20-5-32-1; 20-5-32-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.117.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-32-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.118.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-32-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.119.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-32-5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.327. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.120.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-32-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.328. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.121.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-32-7.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.122. IC 20-26-7-26 Duties and liabilities of school corporations with respect to municipal assessments for public improvements Sec. 26. …

purposes Sec. 27. The superintendent of a school corporation shall cause an annual inspection to be conducted of all heating systems and supporting gas, oil, propane, or any other fuel lines used for school purposes. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Cit…

Sec. 27.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if: (1) as a result of an inspection of a school building under IC 22-14-2-11 that is not an inspection to determine compliance with a legal standard for accreditation, the department of homeland security determines that there is a vi…

Sec. 28. A report of the inspection described in section 27 of this chapter shall be made to the department of homeland security before September 1 of each year. The report shall be made on forms prescribed and approved by the department of homeland security. [Pre-2005 Elementary…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-18-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.106.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-44-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.124.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-44-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.125.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-44-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.126.