Title 20, TITLE 20. EDUCATION

method of payment Sec. 14. (a) Not later than March 1, a school corporation shall estimate the: (1) transfer tuition payments that the school corporation is required to pay for students transferring from the school corporation; and (2) transfer tuition payments that the school co…

Sec. 15. (a) The state board shall hear the following: (1) All appeals from an order expelling a child under IC 20-33-8-17. (2) All appeals provided in this chapter. (3) All disputes on the following: (A) Legal settlement. (B) Right to transfer. (C) Right to attend school in any …

school corporation Sec. 16. (a) The provisions to implement this chapter, including: (1) the calculation of transfer tuition; (2) the credits for state distribution; and (3) the time in the year when requests for transfer must be filed; shall be implemented by rules adopted by th…

Sec. 17. (a) Each year before the date specified in the rules adopted by the state board, a school corporation shall report the information specified in subsection (b) for each student: (1) for whom tuition support is paid by another school corporation; (2) for whom tuition suppo…

transfer tuition Sec. 18. (a) If a student: (1) has legal settlement in the attendance area of a school corporation in another state, when legal settlement is determined without regard to the appointment of a guardian in Indiana solely to facilitate the placement of the student i…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.140. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.140.

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the legal settlement of a student is governed by the following provisions: (1) If the student: (A) is less than eighteen (18) years of age; or (B) is at least eighteen (18) years of age but is not emancipated; the legal settlement…

Sec. 2.5. (a) In the case of a student described in section 2(a)(3) of this chapter, the: (1) parent granted physical custody by a court; or (2) student, if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age; may elect for the student to have legal settlement in the school corpor…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.131; P.L.234-2007, SEC.106; P.L.233-2015, SEC.141. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.141.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-2.5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.142. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.142.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.205-2013, SEC.243; P.L.286-2013, SEC.59; P.L.2-2014, SEC.84; P.L.233-2015, SEC.143. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.143.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.132; P.L.146-2008, SEC.473; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.317; P.L.205-2013, SEC.244; P.L.233-2015, SEC.144. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, S…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.145. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.145.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.133; P.L.233-2015, SEC.146. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.146.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-7.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.147. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.147.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-8.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.134; P.L.233-2015, SEC.148. Expired 1-1-2017 by P.L.233-2015, SEC.148.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-9.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199. IC 20-26-11-29 Expired [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.5-10.] As added by P.L.1-200…

Sec. 3. The secretary of education shall prepare the form of agreement to be used under section 2(a)(2) of this chapter and a form to be executed by any individual with whom the student is living under section 2(a)(2), 2(a)(3), 2(a)(4), or 2(a)(6) of this chapter. The execution o…

Sec. 30. (a) This section applies to a student who resided in a school corporation where the student had legal settlement for at least two (2) consecutive school years immediately before moving to an adjacent school corporation. (b) A school corporation in which a student had leg…

Sec. 31. (a) This section applies to a school corporation and to a charter school that enrolls a student who has legal settlement in another school corporation for the purpose of the student receiving services from a state accredited nonpublic alternative high school described in…

grounds for denial of transfer request Sec. 32. (a) This section does not apply to a school corporation if the governing body has adopted a policy of not accepting the transfer of any student who does not have legal settlement within the school corporation. (b) The governing body…

programs Sec. 33. (a) Notwithstanding a policy adopted under section 32(a) of this chapter, a school corporation may accept a student who does not have legal settlement in the school corporation into an alternative education program (as defined in IC 20-30-8-1). (b) A school corp…

Sec. 4. A student is emancipated when the student: (1) furnishes the student's support from the student's own resources; (2) is not dependent in any material way on the student's parents for support; (3) files or is required by applicable law to file a separate tax return; and (4…

Sec. 5. (a) The parents of any student, regardless of the student's age, or the student after the student has become eighteen (18) years of age may request a transfer from a school corporation in which the student has a legal settlement to a transferee school corporation in India…

Sec. 6. (a) A school corporation may accept a transferring student without approval of the transferor corporation under section 5 of this chapter. (b) A transfer may be accepted regardless of whether, as a condition of the transfer, the transferee school requires the requesting p…

Sec. 6.5. (a) Notwithstanding this chapter, a school corporation shall accept a transferring student who does not have legal settlement in the school corporation if: (1) the student's parent is a current employee of the transferee school corporation with an annual salary of at le…

Sec. 6.7. (a) This section: (1) applies to a school corporation that does not have a policy of accepting transfer students having legal settlement outside the attendance area of the transferee school corporation; and (2) does not apply to a school corporation that has more than o…

Sec. 7. (a) A school corporation may transfer a student with a physical, emotional, or mental disability to a transferee corporation that maintains special programs or facilities for children with the disability of the transferred student. (b) A transferee corporation may refuse …

institutions or in foster homes Sec. 8. (a) A student who is placed in a state licensed private or public health care facility or child care facility: (1) by or with the consent of the department of child services; (2) by a court order; or (3) by a child placing agency licensed b…

proceedings before July 1, 1995, relating to paying transfer tuition Sec. 8.5. With regard to the transfer of responsibility for paying transfer tuition for certain students from the county to the school corporation of the student's legal settlement as described in IC 20-8.1-6.1-…

Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to each student: (1) described in section 8(a) of this chapter; (2) who is placed in a home or facility in Indiana that is outside the school corporation where the student has legal settlement; and (3) for which the state is not obligated to pay t…

Sec. 1. (a) If a student who attends: (1) a nonpublic school located in a school corporation; or (2) a charter school located in a rural school corporation; resides on or along the highway constituting the regular route of a public school bus, the governing body of the school cor…

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a student who resides on state owned property and attends a public school away from the student's residence shall be furnished transportation in a public school bus to and from the student's residence and the public school the stu…

Sec. 3. (a) If a school corporation does not maintain or operate a high school and a high school student who resides in the school corporation is transferred to attend a high school in a contiguous school corporation, the governing bodies of the school corporations may enter into…

Sec. 4. The governing body of a school corporation that transfers a student to another school corporation may contract with the receiving corporation for the provision of transportation costs for the transferred student. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies after June 30, 2013. As added by P.L.109-2012, SEC.16.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "center" refers to the center for deaf and hard of hearing education established under section 3 of this chapter. As added by P.L.109-2012, SEC.16.

purpose Sec. 3. (a) The center for deaf and hard of hearing education is established. (b) The purpose of this article is to support parental choice, including the full continuum of communication options (including American sign language, other forms of sign language, cued speech,…

Sec. 4. The center shall carry out the following duties in an unbiased manner to ensure that children who are deaf and children who are hard of hearing acquire optimal language skills and academic abilities, regardless of the mode of communication used: (1) Monitoring and trackin…

Sec. 1. The department shall administer the advanced placement program established by IC 20-36-3-4. [2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.165-2021, SEC.149.

Sec. 1. IC 20-23-8 does not apply to: (1) a school corporation; or (2) the governing body of a school corporation; covered by this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-21-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-21-10.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.213-2018(ss), SEC.20. Repealed by P.L.184-2023, SEC.40.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-21-11.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.213-2018(ss), SEC.21; P.L.43-2021, SEC.64. Repealed by P.L.184-2023, SEC.41.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "school corporation" means a school corporation that was designated as a distressed political subdivision in 2017 under IC 6-1.1-20.3-6.8(d). [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-21-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005,…

Sec. 3. The emergency manager appointed by the distressed unit appeal board under IC 6-1.1-20.3 shall act as the governing body of the school corporation and has the powers set forth in IC 6-1.1-20.3-8.5, including the powers and duties of the governing body of the school corpora…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-21-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.184-2023, SEC.34.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-21-5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.230-2005, SEC.79; P.L.1-2006, SEC.318; P.L.213-2018(ss), SEC.17. Repealed by P.L.184-2023, SEC.35.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-21-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.213-2018(ss), SEC.18. Repealed by P.L.184-2023, SEC.36. IC 20-23-12-7 Repealed [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-…

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-21-8.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.179-2011, SEC.22; P.L.219-2013, SEC.82; P.L.213-2018(ss), SEC.19. Repealed by P.L.184-2023, SEC.38.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-21-9.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.179-2011, SEC.23; P.L.216-2015, SEC.36; P.L.74-2017, SEC.70; P.L.278-2019, SEC.171; P.L.193-2021, SEC.103; P.L.141-2023, SEC.18. Repealed by P.L.170-202…