Title 20, TITLE 20. EDUCATION

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…

qualified high schools 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 qu…

schools 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 20-20-1 (educational service centers). IC 20-23 (organization of school corporations). I…

Sec. 5. (a) A qualified district may display the words "Indiana Performance Qualified School District" on the qualified district's correspondence, Internet web site, and any other communications representing the qualified district. (b) A qualified high school may display the word…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to Indiana University. [2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.209.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "school for the arts" refers to the Indiana school for the arts established under this chapter. [2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.209.

Sec. 3. Indiana University may establish the Indiana school for the arts as a laboratory school under IC 20-24.5-2. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-14.6-1.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.209.

program Sec. 4. The school for the arts shall operate: (1) a public, residential school for high school students in Indiana; and (2) a program for public and nonpublic school educators. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-14.6-2.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC…

Sec. 5. A student who applies for admission to the school for the arts must: (1) be eligible to attend a public school in Indiana; (2) demonstrate exceptional ability; (3) demonstrate a commitment to scholarship; and (4) demonstrate a commitment to the arts. [Pre-2007 Higher Educ…

program; agreements Sec. 6. The school for the arts shall: (1) establish an advisory committee that represents the education and the arts communities in Indiana; (2) determine the standards for admissions and the curricula and courses of study to be offered; (3) develop curriculu…

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.

innovation network school 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 …

appeal to state board; limit on administrative fee 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 chap…

facility; contracts for goods and services; terms 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 …

bargaining; participation in retirement funds 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 I…

network schools 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 …

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 school corporation shall take the actions necessary and desirable to preserve and protect instructional programs, including class sizes, curriculum, or program offerings. As added by P.L.109-2010, SEC.5.

Note: This version of section amended by P.L.202-2023, SEC.49, effective 7-1-2023. See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.220, effective 6-29-2023. Sec. 1. (a) After June 30, 2022, a parent of an eligible student or an emancipated eligible student…

Sec. 10. (a) The treasurer of state 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 chapte…

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…

administration Note: This version of section amended by P.L.202-2023, SEC.51, effective 7-1-2023. See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.221, effective 5-4-2023. Sec. 3. (a) The Indiana education scholarship account program fund is established for…

uses; administration of the program; permitted transfer of funds Note: This version of section amended by P.L.202-2023, SEC.52, effective 7-1-2023. See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.222, effective 5-4-2023. Sec. 3.5. (a) The Indiana education…

purpose; administration 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 treasurer of state shall adm…

Note: This version of section amended by P.L.202-2023, SEC.53, effective 7-1-2023. See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.224, effective 6-29-2023. Sec. 4. (a) Subject to sections 5 and 10 of this chapter, the annual grant amount under section 2 o…

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 treasurer of state 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 responsibiliti…

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. The department of education, in cooperation with the department of child services, the department of correction, and the division of mental health and addiction, shall: (1) develop and coordinate the children's social, emotional, and behavioral health plan that is to prov…

Sec. 2. The children's social, emotional, and behavioral health plan shall recommend: (1) procedures for the identification and assessment of social, emotional, and mental health issues; (2) procedures to assist a child and the child's family in obtaining necessary services to tr…

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…

Sec. 11. (a) Within sixty (60) days after the annexation takes place, the governing body of the acquiring school corporation and losing school corporation shall adopt a plan determining the manner in which the governing body shall be constituted. The plan shall be adopted in acco…

allocation of school tax receipts and amount to be paid by acquiring school corporation; standards Sec. 12. (a) With respect to whether the disposition of the assets and liabilities of the losing school corporation, allocation of school tax receipts, and the amount to be paid by …

limitations on new annexation proceeding following adverse judgment Sec. 13. (a) If a remonstrance is filed on grounds other than the grounds in section 10(a)(4) of this chapter, annexation does not become effective until final judgment in the remonstrance suit. Judgment may not …

Sec. 14. (a) Laws or parts of laws in conflict with this chapter are repealed. This chapter may not be construed to repeal any part of IC 20-23-4 or any statute concerning the consolidation of two (2) or more school corporations, to which this chapter is supplementary, except to …

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "annex", "annexing", "annexation", and "school annexation" mean any action whereby the boundaries of a school corporation are changed so that additional territory, constituting all or a part of any one (1) or more other school corporations, is tra…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "annexed territory" means the territory acquired by an acquiring school corporation as a result of annexation from a losing school corporation. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-1(e).] As added by P.L.1-2…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "losing school corporation" means a school corporation that loses territory to an acquiring school corporation by annexation. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-1(d).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "resolution" of a school corporation means a resolution adopted by the school corporation's governing body. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-1(f).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "school corporation" means: (1) a school corporation created under IC 20-23-4; and (2) any other school corporation established under any other statute of the state of Indiana, which has common boundaries with any school corporation or corporation…