Title 20, EDUCATION

Sec. 10. (a) An authorizer must notify the department of the: (1) acceptance of a proposal; and (2) length of time for which a charter is granted. (b) The authorizer shall annually do the following: (1) Compile the following information into a report: (A) Proposals received. (B) …

Sec. 11. If an authorizer rejects a charter school proposal, the organizer may: (1) amend the charter school proposal and resubmit the proposal to the same authorizer; or (2) submit a charter school proposal to another authorizer. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Reco…

Sec. 14. (a) This section applies to state educational institutions described in IC 20-24-1-2.5(2). (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the ultimate responsibility for choosing to authorize a charter school and responsibilities for maintaining authorization rest with the un…

Sec. 14.1. (a) This section applies to nonprofit colleges and universities described in IC 20-24-1-2.5(5). (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the ultimate responsibility for choosing to authorize and for maintaining authorization rests with the nonprofit college's or unive…

Sec. 16. An entity or multiple divisions of the same entity may not serve simultaneously as both the organizer and the authorizer of the same charter school. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-3-15.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended…

Sec. 17. (a) The department shall, with approval of the state board, assign a school corporation identification number for each organizer granted a charter. (b) If an organizer assigned a school corporation identification number under subsection (a) consists of more than one (1) …

Sec. 18.5. (a) Notwithstanding IC 20-24-1-2.5 and except as provided in subsection (b), an adult high school as defined in IC 20-24-1-2.3 may only be authorized by the charter board or the executive of a consolidated city. (b) This section does not prohibit an authorizer from ren…

Sec. 19. (a) This section applies to a charter school that receives property tax revenue under any statute referred to in IC 20-24-7-6.1 or IC 20-24-7-6.2. (b) As used in this section, "executive" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-5. (c) The county executive of the county in…

Sec. 2. (a) An authorizer may not grant a charter to a for-profit entity. (b) If an organizer has not received a determination by the Internal Revenue Service of its tax exempt status as of the date the organizer is scheduled to provide instruction to students attending the chart…

Sec. 2.5. If a proposed charter school intends to contract with an education service provider for substantial educational services, management services, or both educational services and management services, the request for proposals shall require the applicants to provide the fol…

Sec. 20. (a) Beginning April 1, 2026, a charter may not be granted or renewed by an authorizer for a charter school located within the geographic boundaries of the school city (as defined in IC 20-25-2-12) except by one (1) of the following: (1) The charter board. (2) The executi…

Sec. 4. (a) An organizer may submit to the authorizer a proposal to establish a charter school. (b) A proposal must contain at least the following information: (1) Identification of the organizer. (2) A description of the organizer's organizational structure and governance plan. …

Sec. 4.5. In reviewing and evaluating charter applications, an authorizer shall employ procedures, practices, and criteria consistent with nationally recognized principles and standards for quality charter authorizing. The application review process must include thorough evaluati…

Sec. 5.5. (a) This section applies to an authorizer that is not the executive of a consolidated city. (b) Before issuing a charter, the authorizer must conduct a public hearing concerning the establishment of the proposed charter school. The public hearing must be held within the…

Sec. 7. The authorizer may revoke the charter of a charter school that does not, by the date specified in the charter: (1) begin school operations; and (2) have students attending the charter school. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-3-6…

Sec. 9. (a) Subject to subsection (b), an authorizer must notify an organizer that submits a proposal under section 4 of this chapter of the: (1) acceptance of the proposal; or (2) rejection of the proposal; not later than seventy-five (75) days after the organizer submits the pr…

Sec. 0.5. The board of commissioners has all of the powers and duties established under this article except for the powers and duties granted to the Indianapolis public education corporation under IC 20-25.3. As added by P.L.101-2026, SEC.10.

Sec. 1. (a) The government, management, and control of all common schools and common school libraries in the school city are vested in a board of school commissioners that consists of seven (7) school commissioners. (b) The corporate name of the school city is "The Board of Schoo…

Sec. 10. (a) The superintendent shall act as general administrator of the school city and make recommendations to the board concerning: (1) the conduct of the schools; (2) the employment and dismissal of personnel; (3) the purchase of supplies; (4) the construction of buildings; …

Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a payment made from money of the board must be made in accordance with budget appropriations. (b) If a payment is from a fund of the board that is not subject to budgeting and appropriation but has been transferred to the board f…

Sec. 12. (a) An appointment or discharge of an employee of the school city must be: (1) made in conformity with the rules of the board; and (2) reported at the meeting of the board that follows the date of each appointment or discharge by the superintendent. (b) The superintenden…

Sec. 13. (a) Money may not be drawn from the treasury of the board except for appropriations made: (1) by the board; and (2) upon an aye and nay vote recorded in the board's minutes. (b) An appropriation may not be made for a period extending beyond December 31 of the current cal…

Sec. 14. (a) The books, accounts, and vouchers of the board and of all the board's officers and employees may be examined by the state board of accounts at a time selected by the state board of accounts. (b) An officer or employee of the board shall, on request of the state board…

Sec. 15. (a) Money payable to the board must be paid to the board's treasurer. The treasurer's receipt for the money must be filed with the business manager of the board. (b) The business manager, after receiving the treasurer's receipt, shall issue a quietus. The business manage…

Sec. 2. (a) The school city board has the following powers: (1) The powers conferred upon school cities by Acts 1871, c.15. (2) The powers conferred by law as of March 9, 1931, on boards of school commissioners in cities having a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or mo…

Sec. 3. (a) A member of the board must: (1) be a resident voter of the school city; and (2) have been a resident of the school city for at least one (1) year immediately preceding the member's election. (b) A board member may not: (1) serve in an elective or appointive office und…

Sec. 4. (a) The board consists of seven (7) members. A member: (1) must be elected in general elections held in the county as specified in this section; and (2) serves a four (4) year term. (b) Five (5) members shall be elected from the school board districts in which the members…

Sec. 5. The board in a school city shall organize in the manner set forth in IC 20-26-4-1. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.

Sec. 6. (a) A member of a standing committee of the board provided for by the board's rules shall be appointed by the president within three (3) weeks after the president's election to the office of president. (b) Subject to the limitations in this chapter, the board may fix the …

Sec. 7. Each legislative act of the board must be by written resolution. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.

Sec. 8. (a) The board may: (1) determine the number of employees of the board; (2) prescribe the employees' duties; and (3) fix the employees' compensation. (b) The board shall adopt rules for obtaining, by open competition and without regard to religious or political belief, lis…

Sec. 9. (a) The board shall appoint a general superintendent if a vacancy occurs or will imminently occur in the office of the superintendent due to the: (1) expiration of the term; or (2) death, resignation, or removal from office; of the incumbent superintendent. (b) The board'…

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other law and subject to section 7 of this chapter, the policy of the state is to grant to each school corporation all the powers needed for the effective operation of the school corporation. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification …

Sec. 2. (a) The rule of law that any doubt as to the existence of a power of a school corporation must be resolved against the existence of the power is abrogated. (b) Any doubt as to the existence of a power of a school corporation must be resolved in favor of the existence of t…

Sec. 3. (a) The rule of law that a school corporation has only: (1) powers expressly granted by statute; (2) powers necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to powers expressly granted through rules adopted by the state board under IC 4-22-2 or otherwise; and (3) powers indis…

Sec. 4. A school corporation may exercise any power the school corporation possesses to the extent that the power: (1) is not expressly denied by the Constitution of the State of Indiana, by statute, or by rule of the state board; and (2) is not expressly granted to another entit…

Sec. 5. (a) If there is a constitutional or statutory provision requiring a specific manner for exercising a power, a school corporation that exercises the power shall exercise the power in the specified manner as a minimum requirement. (b) If there is not a constitutional or sta…

Sec. 6. A state agency and other agencies may review or regulate the exercise of powers by a school corporation only to the extent prescribed by statute. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-1.5-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.

Sec. 7. A school corporation does not have any of the following powers: (1) Powers expressly prohibited of a unit under IC 36-1-3-8. (2) Power for eminent domain, unless specifically authorized by statute. (3) Power to prescribe a civil penalty or a fine. (4) Power to adopt ordin…

Sec. 1. (a) The state school bus committee is established. The committee has the following voting members: (1) The secretary of education or the secretary's authorized representative, who serves as chairperson of the committee. (2) The commissioner of the bureau of motor vehicles…

Sec. 2. (a) The following nonvoting members shall advise the voting members of the committee: (1) A member of the Indiana Association of School Bus Distributors selected by the executive committee of that association. (2) A member of the state police department selected by the st…

Sec. 3. (a) The committee: (1) shall hold one (1) regular meeting each quarter; and (2) may hold special meetings as the chairperson considers necessary. (b) Four (4) voting members of the committee constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business. [Pre-2005 Elementar…

Sec. 4. (a) The committee has the following powers: (1) The committee may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing standards for the construction of school buses and special purpose buses, including minimum standards for the construction of school buses and special purpose buses …

Sec. 5. (a) The committee shall adopt and enforce rules under IC 4-22-2 to require that each new school bus operated by or on behalf of a school corporation bear the name of the school district on the back of the school bus in black letters. (b) The committee shall adopt and enfo…

Sec. 6. The committee shall adopt and enforce rules under IC 4-22-2 that allow the display of the United States flag on a school bus operated by or on behalf of a school corporation. The rules must provide that a flag displayed on a school bus may not be placed in a manner that: …

Sec. 6.5. The committee shall adopt and enforce rules under IC 4-22-2 to require that a school bus driver operating a school bus do the following at least one (1) time each semester: (1) If the school bus is equipped with safety belts meeting the standards set forth in IC 9-19-10…