Title 20, EDUCATION

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…

Sec. 12. Distributions made to an ESA account under section 2 of this chapter or money in the ESA account may not be treated as income or a resource for purposes of qualifying for any other federal or state grant or program administered by the state or a political subdivision. As…

Sec. 2. (a) An eligible student who currently maintains an ESA account is entitled to an ESA annual grant amount for each school year until the student graduates or obtains a certificate of completion under the student's individualized education program. An eligible student may n…

Sec. 3. (a) The Indiana education scholarship account program fund is established for the purpose of providing grants to eligible students under the ESA program. Money appropriated to the fund may be used to provide grants under this chapter in the manner prescribed in section 2 …

Sec. 3.5. (a) The Indiana education scholarship account administration fund is established for the purpose of accepting money for the Indiana education scholarship account program to support administration of the ESA program. (b) The department shall administer the fund. (c) The …

Sec. 3.6. (a) The Indiana education scholarship account donation fund is established for the purpose of accepting donations for the Indiana education scholarship account program to support administration of the program. (b) The department shall administer the fund. (c) The fund c…

Sec. 4. (a) Subject to sections 5 and 10 of this chapter, the annual grant amount under section 2 of this chapter for an eligible student equals, subject to subsection (b), ninety percent (90%) of the amount determined in the last STEP of the following formula: STEP ONE: Determin…

Sec. 5. If an eligible student's agreement under section 1 of this chapter is in effect for less than an entire school year, the ESA annual grant amount provided under section 2 of this chapter for that school year shall be reduced on a prorated basis in a manner prescribed by th…

Sec. 6. Upon entering into or renewing an agreement under this chapter, the department shall provide to the parent of an eligible student or an emancipated eligible student a written explanation of the authorized uses of the money in the ESA account and the responsibilities of th…

Sec. 7. A parent of an eligible student may use not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) of the ESA annual grant amount received under this chapter each school year for fees for transportation paid to a fee-for-service transportation provider for the eligible student to t…

Sec. 8. This chapter does not prohibit a parent of an eligible student or an emancipated eligible student from making a payment for any ESA qualified expense from a source other than the eligible student's ESA account. The parent of an eligible student or an emancipated eligible …

Sec. 9. An ESA participating entity or CSA participating entity that receives a payment for an ESA qualified expense may not refund any part of the payment directly to the parent of the eligible student or the emancipated eligible student. Any refund provided by: (1) an ESA parti…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter,"acquiring school corporation" means the school corporation that acquires territory as a result of annexation. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-1(c).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 10. (a) A remonstrance under section 8 of this chapter must be in the following or a substantially similar form: "The undersigned hereby remonstrate against the annexation of the following described territory situated in ______ County, Indiana, whereby it would be transferre…