Title 20, EDUCATION

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "public school endowment corporation" means a corporation that is: (1) organized under the Indiana Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1991 (IC 23-17); (2) organized exclusively for educational, charitable, and scientific purposes; and (3) formed to prov…

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "qualified foundation" means: (1) a nonprofit charitable community foundation; or (2) a public school endowment corporation. As added by P.L.11-2008, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "gaming revenue" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-14-1(b). (b) A political subdivision may donate gaming revenue to a public school endowment corporation under the following conditions: (1) The public school endowment corporation retains a…

Sec. 4. A public school endowment corporation may distribute both principal and income. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 20-26-5-21(e).] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.170.

Sec. 5. (a) The governing body of a school corporation may donate the proceeds of a grant, a gift, a donation, an endowment, a bequest, a trust, an agreement to share tax revenue received by a city or county under IC 4-33-12-6 or IC 4-33-13, or an agreement to share revenue recei…

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "improvement of real estate" includes: (1) construction, reconstruction, remodeling, alteration, or repair of buildings or additions to buildings; (2) equipment related to activities specified in subdivision (1); and (3) auxiliary facilities r…

Sec. 10. Temporary transfers of funds by a school corporation may be made as authorized under IC 36-1-8-4. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-21-9.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.171.

distributions to pay obligations Sec. 11. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section: (1) "Debt service obligations" refers to the principal and interest payable: (A) on a school corporation's general obligation bonds and lease rentals under IC 20-47-2 and IC 20-…

Sec. 12. Notwithstanding the repeal of IC 20-5-4-1.5, the following provisions apply to bonds issued under IC 20-5-4-1.5, before December 2, 2000: (1) The bonds remain valid and binding obligations of the school corporation that issued them, as if IC 20-5-4-1.5 had not been repea…

Sec. 13. A school corporation may: (1) issue bonds to refund bonds or other obligations that were issued or entered into by a school corporation before that school corporation completed a consolidation or merger under IC 20-23 or any other law; and (2) sell the bonds at a negotia…

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "retirement or severance liability" means the payments anticipated to be required to be made to employees of a school corporation upon or after termination of the employment of the employees by the school corporation under an existing or previ…

Sec. 2.5. Notwithstanding the repeal of IC 20-5-4-1.7, as added by P.L.253-2001, the following provisions apply to bonds issued under IC 20-5-4-1.7, as added by P.L.253-2001, before December 31, 2004: (1) The bonds remain valid and binding obligations of the school corporation th…

Sec. 3. (a) Bonds authorized by this article and IC 20-26-1 through IC 20-26-5 must be payable in the amounts and at the times and places determined by the governing body. (b) Bonds issued for the funding of judgments or for the purchase of school buses shall mature not more than…

Sec. 4. (a) Bonds issued by a school corporation shall be sold: (1) at a public sale; or (2) alternatively, at a negotiated sale. (b) If the bonds are sold at a public sale, the bonds must be sold at: (1) not less than par value; (2) a public sale as provided by IC 5-1-11; and (3…

Sec. 5. (a) Bonds shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the school corporation by the president and secretary of the governing body. One (1) of the signatures may be by facsimile imprinted on a bond instrument, but at least one (1) of the signatures shall be manually aff…

Sec. 6. (a) The governing body shall provide for the payment of principal and interest on bonds executed under section 5 of this chapter by levying annually a tax for its debt service fund that is sufficient to pay the principal and interest as the bonds become due. (b) The bodie…

Sec. 7. (a) This section applies if a governing body finds by written resolution that an emergency exists that requires the expenditure of money for a lawful corporate purpose that was not included in the school corporation's existing budget and tax levy. (b) If a governing body …

Sec. 8. The provisions of all general statutes and rules relating to: (1) filing petitions requesting the issuance of bonds and giving notice of the issuance of bonds; (2) giving notice of determination to issue bonds; (3) giving notice of a hearing on the appropriation of the pr…

Sec. 9. (a) If the governing body of a school corporation finds and declares that an emergency exists to borrow money with which to pay current expenses from a particular fund before the receipt of revenues from taxes levied or state tuition support distributions for the fund, th…

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.172.

Sec. 2. "Current ADM" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-43-1-10. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.172.

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "homeless children and youths" has the meaning set forth in 42 U.S.C. 11434a. (b) As used in this chapter, "McKinney-Vento Act" refers to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.). (c) As used …

Sec. 2. (a) The department shall establish an office of coordinator for education of homeless children as required by 42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq. (b) The primary responsibilities of the office of coordinator for education of homeless children include the following: (1) Gather and mak…

Sec. 4. Each school corporation shall report to the department, by August 1 of each year, the name and contact information of the school corporation's liaison for homeless children. The department shall post a list of local liaisons on its website, updated annually. As added by P…

Sec. 5. (a) Each school corporation that has a website shall post the contact information of the school corporation's liaison for homeless children on the school corporation's website. (b) Each local educational agency shall post certain information concerning the McKinney-Vento …

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.

Sec. 2. "Agreement" refers to an agreement between the department and an applicant that applies for certification of a school scholarship program. As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.

Sec. 3. "Contribution" refers to a contribution to a scholarship granting organization for use in a school scholarship program. As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.

Sec. 4. "Cost of education" means the tuition and fees that would otherwise be charged by a participating school to: (1) an eligible student; or (2) a parent of an eligible student. As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364. Amended by P.L.214-2025, SEC.207.

Revisor's Note: P.L.159-2026, SEC.31 changed the effective date of IC 20-51-1-4.3, as amended by P.L.213-2025, SEC.199, to May 1, 2026. Sec. 4.3. "Eligible choice scholarship student" refers to an individual who: (1) has legal settlement in Indiana; and (2) is at least five (5) y…

Sec. 4.7. "Eligible school" refers to a public or nonpublic elementary school or high school that: (1) is located in Indiana; (2) requires an eligible choice scholarship student to pay tuition to attend; (3) voluntarily agrees to enroll an eligible choice scholarship student; (4)…

Sec. 5. "Eligible student" refers to an individual who: (1) has legal settlement in Indiana; (2) is at least four (4) years of age and less than twenty-two (22) years of age on October 1 of the applicable school year; (3) either has been or is currently enrolled in a participatin…

Sec. 5.5. "Parent", for purposes of IC 20-51-4, includes the foster parent of an eligible choice scholarship student. As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.173.

Sec. 6. (a) "Participating school" refers to a nonpublic school that: (1) an eligible student is required to pay tuition to attend; (2) voluntarily agrees to enroll an eligible student; (3) is accredited by either the state board or a national or regional accreditation agency tha…

Sec. 7. "Scholarship granting organization" refers to an organization that: (1) is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (2) is organized at least in part to grant school scholarships without limiting the availability of sch…

Sec. 8. "School scholarship" refers to a grant to pay only the cost of education or prekindergarten tuition or expenses for an eligible student as determined for the school year (as defined in IC 20-18-2-17) for which the scholarship will be granted. As added by P.L.182-2009(ss),…

Sec. 1. The department is authorized to and shall as early as practicable elect to participate as a covered state in the federal tax credit scholarship program for elementary and secondary education under Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code. As added by P.L.159-2026, SEC.26.

Sec. 2. (a) The department shall identify qualified scholarship granting organizations located in Indiana that meet the requirements set forth in section 4 of this chapter. (b) The department shall accept applications throughout the year from scholarship granting organizations wi…

Sec. 3. (a) Not later than the first day of January each year, the department shall submit to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States the list of qualified scholarship granting organizations identified under section 2(a) of this chapter that are located in Indiana and …

Sec. 4. (a) A scholarship granting organization shall be included on the list of qualified scholarship granting organizations submitted by the department to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States under this chapter, if the organization: (1) is a nonprofit organization…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "applicable nonpublic school" refers to a nonpublic school that has one (1) or more employees. [Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-1-0.5.] As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 10. A board may employ the following: (1) An executive director for the educational service center. (2) Other personnel the board considers necessary to: (A) carry out the functions of the educational service center; and (B) do and perform all things the board considers prop…

Sec. 11. (a) Any funds, including donated funds and funds from federal or other local sources, shall be used to pay for the costs of establishing or operating an educational service center. (b) An educational service center may administer programs and funds from any of the source…

Sec. 12. This chapter does not prohibit an educational service center from receiving and using matching funds from federal sources in any amount for which the educational service center may be eligible. [Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-1-12.] As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to the board of an educational service center described in section 8 of this chapter. [Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-1-1.] As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "educational service center" means an extended agency of school corporations, charter schools, and applicable nonpublic schools that: (1) operates under rules established by the state board; (2) is the administrative and operational unit that …