Title 20, TITLE 20. EDUCATION

Sec. 6. (a) With regard to a district position referred to in section 3(b) of this chapter, the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes of all candidates for that position is elected. (b) With regard to the at-large positions referred to in section 3(c) of this chapte…

Sec. 7. The state board, with assistance from the county election board, shall establish: (1) balloting procedures under IC 3 for the election; and (2) all other procedures required to implement this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 2…

Sec. 8. (a) The term of each person elected to serve on the governing body is four (4) years. (b) The term of each person elected to serve on the governing body begins on the date set in the school corporation's organization plan. The date set in the organization plan for an elec…

Sec. 9. The members are elected as follows: (1) Three (3) of the members are elected at the general election to be held in 2024 and every four (4) years thereafter. (2) Two (2) of the members are elected at the general election to be held in 2022 and every four (4) years thereaft…

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a virtual charter school or an adult high school. As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "grant" refers to a grant awarded to a charter school under this chapter. As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the charter school facility grant program established by section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.

administration Sec. 4. (a) The charter school facility grant program is established to provide grants to charter schools that may be used for the following: (1) The purposes listed in IC 20-40-9-6 for which a school corporation may use money in the school corporation's debt servi…

Sec. 5. (a) The state board may award grants under this chapter, subject to appropriations by the general assembly for this purpose, to a charter school that: (1) applies on a form and in a manner established by the state board; (2) submits with the application a budget plan to t…

Sec. 6. Money appropriated by the general assembly to the program may not be considered as a stream of revenue against which any bond, lease, or other obligation may be pledged. As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.

Sec. 1. (a) The school city must provide summer remediation services to each student in a designated grade level who does not meet state achievement standards. (b) The school city may provide summer remediation services to students of any other grade level who are determined by t…

providers Sec. 2. The board may: (1) request and receive competitive proposals from: (A) a school of the school city; (B) another public educational institution; or (C) a group of educators from the school city; to provide summer remediation services under guidelines and specifie…

Sec. 3. The school city: (1) shall pay the cost of summer remediation services; and (2) may use all available funding from the state for the payment. The purchase of remediation services is eligible for state reimbursement in the same manner as other state funding, including summ…

Sec. 4. (a) Summer remediation services provided by contractors under section 2 of this chapter shall be provided at no tuition cost to the student. (b) Upon the request of the parent of a student described in section 1 of this chapter, the school city shall provide the parent wi…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "association" means an organization that conducts, organizes, sanctions, or sponsors interscholastic high school athletic events as the organization's primary purpose. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-63-1…

Sec. 10. An association is subject to IC 20-33-13. As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "case" refers to a decision of the association: (1) that concerns the application or interpretation of a rule of the association to an individual student; and (2) with which the student's parent disagrees. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Educat…

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "coach" refers to a coach of grades 9 through 12 in all association recognized sports, including nonteaching and volunteer coaches. As added by P.L.169-2019, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "panel" refers to the case review panel established under section 6 of this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-63-3.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-63-5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.43-2021, SEC.77.

Sec. 5. A school corporation may participate in: (1) an association; or (2) an athletic event conducted, organized, sanctioned, or sponsored by an association; if the association complies with this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-…

Sec. 6. (a) The association must establish a case review panel that meets the following requirements: (1) The panel has nine (9) members. (2) The secretary of education or the secretary's designee is a member of the panel and is the chairperson of the panel. (3) The secretary of …

Sec. 7. (a) If the association or the parent who referred a case to the panel under section 6(b)(2) of this chapter disagrees with the decision of the panel, the association or the parent may file a legal action to review the panel's decision. (b) An action must be filed under su…

suspension; reporting to association for misconduct of nonteaching or volunteer coaches; revocation of coaching accreditation; immunity Sec. 8. (a) The department shall notify the association of any license revocation or suspension involving a licensed teacher (as defined in IC 2…

history check; disclosures Sec. 9. (a) Before a school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school with at least one (1) employee hires or allows an individual to coach an association recognized sport, the school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high …

Sec. 1. Each school corporation may encourage the development of a community service ethic among high school students in grades 9 through 12 in the school corporation by offering each student in grades 9 through 12: (1) as part of the corporation's elective curriculum; (2) in com…

service Sec. 2. For each student who wishes to earn academic credit for community service or volunteer service under this chapter, the student, a teacher of the student, or a community or volunteer service organization must submit an application that includes the following inform…

Sec. 3. For each school year in which a student wishes to earn academic credit under this chapter, the student must submit the application to participate under this chapter before November 1 of the school year. The principal may waive this application deadline if the principal de…

Sec. 4. Upon receipt of the application, the principal or the principal's designee shall determine whether the student is eligible to receive academic credit under this section based on the guidelines established by the department under section 8 of this chapter and rules adopted…

reports Sec. 5. The principal or the principal's designee shall notify the student and the director or the sponsor of the community service organization or the volunteer service organization of the determination made under section 4 of this chapter. If the student's application i…

Sec. 6. Upon the completion of the school year, the principal or the principal's designee shall request the director or the sponsor of the community service organization or the volunteer service organization to submit a report on the student's service during the school year that …

Sec. 8. The department shall develop guidelines necessary to implement this section, including guidelines to assist principals or designees in determining whether a particular community service organization or volunteer service organization qualifies as an entity in which a stude…

Sec. 9. The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement this section, including rules stipulating the following: (1) The types of community service organizations or volunteer service organizations that qualify as entities described in section 8 of this ch…

loans Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in this section, money received by a school corporation for a specific purpose or purposes, by gift, endowment, or under a federal statute, may be accounted for by establishing separate funds apart from any other school corporation fund. (b) S…

Sec. 2. Both: (1) money received for specific purposes, by gift, endowment, or under a federal statute; and (2) any earnings on money received for specific purposes, by gift, endowment, or under a federal statute; may be disbursed without appropriation. [Pre-2006 Recodification C…

Sec. 3. A school corporation shall maintain money received by gift, endowment, or under a federal statute in a special fund as required by law, including IC 20-35-4-7. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.163.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "county" means the county in which the school corporation is located. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-20-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 10. The state board shall establish: (1) balloting procedures for the election under the statutes governing elections; and (2) all other procedures required to implement this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-20-10.] As added…

Sec. 11. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person elected to serve on the governing body serves as follows: (1) The person's term begins on the date set in the school corporation's organization plan. The date set in the organization plan for an elected member of…

Sec. 12. (a) A vacancy on the governing body must be filled temporarily by the governing body as soon as practicable after the vacancy occurs. (b) A member chosen by the governing body to fill a vacancy holds office for the remainder of the unexpired term and shall be chosen from…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "school corporation" means a school corporation that: (1) is located in a county having a population of: (A) more than three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) and less than four hundred thousand (400,000); or (B) more than two hundred fifty thousan…

Sec. 3. (a) A school corporation shall hold a referendum at the first primary election after this chapter becomes applicable to the school corporation in which the registered voters who reside within the boundaries of the school corporation are entitled to vote as to whether the …

Sec. 4. (a) The circuit court clerk of the county shall provide notice of the referendum to the registered voters who reside within the boundaries of the school corporation: (1) at least one (1) time; (2) in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation that is published in t…

Sec. 5. (a) Each precinct election board shall count the affirmative votes and the negative votes cast in the referendum and shall certify those two (2) totals to the county election board. (b) The clerk of the circuit court of the county shall, immediately after the votes cast i…

at-large elections Sec. 6. (a) The governing body of the school corporation consists of seven (7) members who shall be elected: (1) on a nonpartisan basis; and (2) in the general election held in the county. (b) Five (5) of the members shall be elected from the school districts i…

Sec. 7. The state board shall, before July 1 immediately following the referendum, establish the school districts for the election of the members of the governing body under section 6(b) of this chapter as follows: (1) The districts shall be drawn on the basis of precinct lines. …

certification of election districts; redistricting; recertification of districts; amendments of plan filed with circuit court clerk; time for filing Sec. 7.5. (a) Not later than December 31, 2013, the governing body shall do the following: (1) Send a copy of the school corporatio…

voters Sec. 8. If a candidate runs for one (1) of the district positions on the governing body, as provided under section 6(b) of this chapter, the following apply: (1) An individual who runs for one (1) of the district positions on the governing body must reside within that dist…

Sec. 1. The board shall place a school in the school city in academic receivership if the school fails for any two (2) consecutive school years to meet student performance improvement levels. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3.1-14-2.] As a…

Sec. 2. Before August 1 of a school year for which a school is placed in academic receivership, the superintendent and the board shall require the following: (1) Evaluation of each administrator at the school. (2) Evaluation of each teacher at the school. (3) Evaluation of the sc…