Title 20, EDUCATION

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "school building" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-47-2-4 or IC 20-47-3-2. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.170.

Sec. 5. A lessor corporation qualified or formed to acquire a site, erect a school building on the site, and lease the school building to a school corporation or the public education corporation under IC 20-47-2 or IC 20-47-3 may: (1) be qualified or formed to acquire, improve, o…

Sec. 6. (a) A lessor corporation may acquire and finance an existing school building, other than as provided in section 5 of this chapter, and lease the existing school building to a school corporation or the public education corporation. A school corporation or the public educat…

Sec. 7. A school corporation or the public education corporation may not pay a legal or other professional fee as the result of an exchange or a substitution under section 5 or 6 of this chapter. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-5-9-2(b) part.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.17…

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the lease or contract of lease of an existing school building or improved school building to a school corporation or the public education corporation as authorized by this chapter must comply with all applicable terms of IC 20-47-…

Sec. 9. The sale price of an existing school building must be determined under the provisions of IC 20-47-2 or IC 20-47-3 relating to the sale of land to a lessor corporation. Except as provided in this section, IC 20-26-7 and any other law relating to the sale of the property of…

Sec. 1. Sections 2 through 4 of this chapter apply if a township board finds at an annual or special meeting of the board, that: (1) it is necessary to provide for the construction of a school building; and (2) the cost of the building, or the proportional cost if it is a joint g…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 2. (a) The board may authorize the trustee to issue township warrants or bonds to pay for the building or the proportional cost of it. The warrants or bond…

Sec. 3. (a) If a trustee finds it necessary to erect a new school, the trustee shall procure suitable specifications for the school to be used by the bidders in bidding and in the construction of the school. If the trustee desires to purchase school furniture, fixtures, maps, cha…

Sec. 4. A contract made in violation of sections 2 through 3 of this chapter is void. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-3.1-4.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.171.

Sec. 5. Sections 6 through 9 of this chapter apply to a township in which there is not a city or town that operates public schools within the city or town. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-3.2-1.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.171.

Sec. 6. If: (1) a petition signed by at least one hundred (100) freeholders of the township is filed with the township trustee asking for the alteration or construction of a building or for an addition to a building to be used for teaching the children of the township the arts of…

Sec. 7. (a) After June 30, 2008, this section applies only if the alteration or construction is a controlled project (as defined in IC 6-1.1-20-1.1) for which a preliminary determination under IC 6-1.1-20-3.1 was made before July 1, 2008. (b) Before altering or constructing a bui…

Sec. 8. (a) Upon approval by the department of local government finance (if required under section 6 of this chapter), the township trustee may, with the consent of the township board, issue and sell the bonds of the civil township in an amount sufficient to pay for the alteratio…

Sec. 9. In carrying out sections 6 through 8 of this chapter, the township trustee may join with the district in the alteration, construction, or addition, contracting together and joining in the employment of an engineer or architect. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-3.2-…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to: (1) school corporations organized and formed through reorganization under IC 20-23-4, IC 20-23-6, or IC 20-23-7; (2) school corporation career and technical education schools described in IC 20-37-1-1; and (3) charter schools. Unless the context c…

Sec. 10. Priority of advances for educational technology programs shall be on whatever basis the state board, after consulting with the department and the budget agency, periodically determines. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-5-9(b).] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.172.

Sec. 11. A school corporation or charter school desiring to obtain an advance must submit an application to the state board in the form established by the state board, after consulting with the department and the budget agency. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-5-6.] As add…

Sec. 12. (a) For a school corporation or charter school to qualify for an advance under this chapter, a: (1) school corporation must establish an operations fund under IC 20-40-18; and (2) charter school must establish an operations fund. (b) The state board, after consulting wit…

Sec. 13. An advance to a school corporation or charter school for any school building construction program may not exceed the greater of the following: (1) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000). (2) The product of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) multiplied by the number of stu…

Sec. 14. An advance for an educational technology program is without limitation in amount other than the availability of funds in the fund for this purpose and the ability of the school corporation or charter school desiring an advance to pay the advance according to the terms of…

Sec. 15. (a) Money advanced to a school corporation or charter school for a school building construction program may be advanced for a period not exceeding twenty-five (25) years. The school corporation or charter school to which money is advanced must pay interest on the advance…

Sec. 16. (a) Money advanced to a school corporation or charter school for an educational technology program may be for a period not exceeding five (5) years. The school corporation or charter school to which an advance is made shall pay interest on the advance. Advances for educa…

Sec. 17. (a) An advance is not an obligation of the school corporation within the meaning of the limitation on or prohibition against indebtedness under the Constitution of the State of Indiana. Nothing in this chapter relieves the governing body of a school corporation or charte…

Sec. 18. (a) To ensure timely payment of advances according to the terms, the state may in its sole discretion withhold from funds due to school corporations or charter schools to which advances are made amounts necessary to pay the advances and the interest on the advances in ac…

Sec. 19. Each school corporation or charter school receiving an advance shall agree to have the money advanced, together with the interest on the advance, deducted from the distribution of state tuition support until all the money advanced, together with the interest on the advan…

Sec. 2. Sections 9, 12, and 13 of this chapter do not apply if a school corporation or charter school sustains loss from a disaster. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-5-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.172. Amended by P.L.189-2023, SEC.41.

Sec. 20. An agreement with the state board or state board of finance under section 23 of this chapter to collect and pay over amounts deducted from state tuition support for the benefit of another party is not a debt of the state within the meaning of the limitation on or prohibi…

Sec. 21. A school corporation to which an advance is made for a school building construction program may annually levy a property tax in the debt service fund to replace the amount deducted under this chapter in the current year from the distribution of state tuition support. The…

Sec. 22. A school corporation to which an advance is made for an educational technology program may annually levy a property tax in the capital projects fund (before January 1, 2019), the operations fund (after December 31, 2019), or the debt service fund to replace the amount de…

Sec. 23. (a) Upon request of the treasurer of state, the state board of finance may periodically sell, transfer, or liquidate agreements, in whole or in part, including without limitation the sale, transfer, or liquidation of all or any part of the principal or interest to be rec…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "advance" means an advance under this chapter from the fund. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.172.

Sec. 3.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "charter school" refers to a school established under IC 20-24. (b) The term does not include the following: (1) A virtual charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-10). (2) An adult high school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-2.3). As added by P.L…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "disaster" refers to loss by: (1) fire; (2) wind; (3) cyclone; or (4) other disaster; of all or a major part of a school building or school buildings. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.172.…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "educational technology program" means the: (1) purchase, lease, or financing of educational technology equipment; (2) operation of the educational technology equipment; and (3) training of teachers in the use of the educational technology equipme…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the common school fund in the custody of the treasurer of state. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.172.

Sec. 7. (a) As used in this chapter, "school building construction program" means the following: (1) The purchase, lease, or financing of land, the construction and equipping of school buildings, and the remodeling, repairing, or improving of school buildings by a school corporat…

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…