Ind. Code § 20-23-18-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 18 / Section 20-23-18-6
Muncie Community School Corporation; governing body; Muncie Community School Corporation; advisory board; advisory board abolished; advisory board powers and duties; member compensation; Ball State University policies prohibiting nepotism and conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) If the Ball State University board of trustees adopts a resolution to take advantage of the relationship between Ball State University and the Muncie Community school corporation and be governed by this chapter, the following apply:

(1) Beginning July 1, 2018, the governing body of the Muncie Community school corporation consists of seven (7) members.

(2) The members of the governing body consist of the following:

(A) Five (5) members shall be appointed by the Ball State University board of trustees from individuals nominated by the President of Ball State University. At least two (2) of the individuals appointed under this clause must reside within the boundaries of the Muncie Community school corporation district.

(B) One (1) member shall be appointed by the President of Ball State University from a list of three (3) individuals nominated by the Muncie city council. These individuals must reside within the boundaries of the Muncie Community school corporation district.

(C) One (1) member shall be appointed by the President of Ball State University from a list of three (3) individuals nominated by the mayor of Muncie. These individuals must reside within the boundaries of the Muncie Community school corporation district.

(3) The governing body serving on June 30, 2018, shall become on July 1, 2018, an advisory board to the governing body described in subdivision (2). The members of the governing body serving on June 30, 2018, shall on July 1, 2018, become the members of the advisory board. Each member shall serve on the advisory board until the term for which the member was elected before July 1, 2018, expires. When the terms of all members of the advisory board have expired, the advisory board is abolished. The advisory board does not possess any of the powers and duties of the governing body. A member of the advisory board is not entitled to any compensation for serving on the advisory board.

(4) The terms for the initial members of the governing body are as follows:

(A) One (1) member appointed under subdivision (2)(A) shall serve an initial term of one (1) year.

(B) One (1) member appointed under subdivision (2)(A) shall serve an initial term of two (2) years.

(C) One (1) member appointed under subdivision (2)(A) shall serve an initial term of three (3) years.

(D) Two (2) members appointed under subdivision (2)(A) and each member appointed under subdivision (2)(B) and (2)(C) shall serve an initial term of four (4) years.

After these initial terms, each member's term is four (4) years. A member's term expires June 30 in the applicable year.

(b) A member of the governing body serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

(c) Before making appointments to the governing body under this section, the Ball State University board of trustees shall adopt a policy prohibiting nepotism and a policy prohibiting conflicts of interest with regard to the appointment of members of the governing body by the Ball State University board of trustees and the President of Ball State University.

As added by P.L.213-2018(ss), SEC.22.
Ind. Code § 20-49-10-11 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 49 / Chapter 10 / Section 20-49-10-11
Advance not a constitutional debt
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. An advance under this chapter to a school corporation or charter school is not an obligation of the school corporation or charter school within the meaning of a constitutional limitation on or prohibition against indebtedness.

As added by P.L.211-2018(ss), SEC.13.
Ind. Code § 20-28-9-1.5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 28 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-28-9-1.5
Increases or increments in teacher salaries; supplemental payments; differentiated amounts; duties of Indiana education employment relations board
Status: in_force

Note: This version of section amended by P.L.159-2026, SEC.11, effective 7-1-2026. See also following version of this section amended by P.L.150-2026, SEC.3, effective 7-1-2027.

Sec. 1.5. (a) This subsection governs salary increases for a teacher employed by a school corporation. Compensation attributable to additional degrees or graduate credits earned before the effective date of a local compensation plan created under this chapter before July 1, 2015, shall continue for school years beginning after June 30, 2015. Compensation attributable to additional degrees for which a teacher has started course work before July 1, 2011, and completed course work before September 2, 2014, shall also continue for school years beginning after June 30, 2015. For school years beginning after June 30, 2022, a school corporation may provide a supplemental payment to a teacher in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan when doing so is in the best interest of students. A supplement provided under this subsection is not subject to collective bargaining and, under IC 20-29-6-3(d), a school corporation may exclude, for this purpose, a portion of the revenue available for bargaining from education fund revenues included in IC 20-29-2-6. Such a supplement is in addition to any increase permitted under subsection (b).

(b) Subject to subsection (e), increases or increments in a local salary range must be based upon a combination of the following factors:

(1) A combination of the following factors taken together may account for not more than fifty percent (50%) of the calculation used to determine a teacher's increase or increment:

(A) The number of years of a teacher's experience.

(B) The possession of either:

(i) additional content area degrees beyond the requirements for employment; or

(ii) additional content area degrees and credit hours beyond the requirements for employment, if required under an agreement bargained under IC 20-29.

(2) The results of an evaluation conducted under IC 20-28-11.5.

(3) The assignment of instructional leadership roles, including the responsibility for conducting evaluations under IC 20-28-11.5.

(4) The academic needs of students in the school corporation, including employment in a high need area such as those identified under IC 20-29-3-15(b)(27). This factor may not account for less than ten percent (10%) of the calculation used to determine a teacher's increase or increment.

(c) To provide greater flexibility and options, a school corporation may further differentiate the amount of salary increases or increments determined for teachers. A school corporation shall base a differentiated amount under this subsection on reasons the school corporation determines are appropriate, which may include the:

(1) subject or subjects taught by a given teacher;

(2) importance of retaining a given teacher at the school corporation;

(3) need to attract an individual with specific qualifications to fill a teaching vacancy; and

(4) offering of a new program or class.

(d) A school corporation may provide differentiated increases or increments under subsection (b), and in excess of the percentage specified in subsection (b)(1), in order to:

(1) reduce the gap between the school corporation's minimum teacher salary and the average of the school corporation's minimum and maximum teacher salaries; or

(2) allow teachers currently employed by the school corporation to receive a salary adjusted in comparison to starting base salaries of new teachers.

(e) A school corporation shall differentiate the amount of salary for teachers who possess a literacy endorsement described in IC 20-28-5-19.7.

(f) The Indiana education employment relations board established in IC 20-29-3-1 shall publish a model compensation plan with a model salary range that a school corporation may adopt.

(g) Each school corporation shall submit its local compensation plan to the Indiana education employment relations board. A local compensation plan must specify the range for teacher salaries. The Indiana education employment relations board shall publish the local compensation plans on the Indiana education employment relations board's website.

(h) The Indiana education employment relations board shall review a compensation plan for compliance with this section as part of its review under IC 20-29-6-6.1. The Indiana education employment relations board has jurisdiction to determine compliance of a compensation plan submitted under this section.

(i) This chapter may not be construed to require or allow a school corporation to decrease the salary of any teacher below the salary the teacher was earning on or before July 1, 2015, if that decrease would be made solely to conform to the new compensation plan.

(j) After June 30, 2011, all rights, duties, or obligations established under IC 20-28-9-1 before its repeal are considered rights, duties, or obligations under this section.

(k) An employment agreement described in IC 20-28-6-7.3 between an adjunct teacher and a school corporation is not subject to this section.

As added by P.L.286-2013, SEC.90. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.179; P.L.106-2016, SEC.10; P.L.216-2017, SEC.2; P.L.228-2017, SEC.3; P.L.170-2018, SEC.4; P.L.191-2018, SEC.11; P.L.215-2018(ss), SEC.9; P.L.118-2019, SEC.1; P.L.143-2019, SEC.21; P.L.211-2019, SEC.23; P.L.216-2021, SEC.22; P.L.134-2022, SEC.2; P.L.168-2022, SEC.15; P.L.178-2022(ts), SEC.13; P.L.170-2023, SEC.17; P.L.200-2023, SEC.15; P.L.243-2023, SEC.14; P.L.75-2025, SEC.1; P.L.214-2025, SEC.123; P.L.159-2026, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 20-20.5-15-4 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 20.5 / Chapter 15 / Section 20-20.5-15-4
Grants from fund
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "literacy coach" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-20.5-20-4.

(b) A school corporation or charter school may receive a grant to implement the following:

(1) The System for Teacher and Student Advancement (TAP) teacher performance model program.

(2) The Opportunity Culture teacher performance model.

(3) A model teacher performance program approved by a national school employee organization.

(4) A teacher performance model program that includes the implementation of all the following elements:

(A) A comprehensive pay progression for teacher leaders based on demonstrated skill development, escalating levels of responsibility and duties, and demonstrated academic leadership.

(B) A quality teacher assessment system that measures the effectiveness of teachers' practice.

(C) A pay system that supports early career educators by incentivizing the following:

(i) Mentoring and coaching.

(ii) Reducing teaching loads or providing release time for teacher leaders to support professional learning.

(iii) Reviewing professional portfolios and student performance.

(D) Eligibility for all teachers rated effective and highly effective.

(E) Connection to high quality professional development, including release time for teacher leaders providing professional development and instructional coaching, that provides teachers with the knowledge and skills needed to advance student learning.

(F) A rigorous and transparent advancement criterion that is locally developed and implemented with teacher involvement.

(G) A pay system providing competitive base pay.

(H) Evidence of teacher support for the proposed teacher leadership and pay system, including support from the local school employee organization (if applicable).

(I) Plans for ongoing evaluation of the pay system.

(J) A sustainable pay system.

(K) A plan for how teacher leadership positions and ongoing training for teacher leaders will improve student achievement.

(5) A literacy coaching model program that includes and implements the following elements:

(A) A system that supports literacy coaches by incentivizing the following:

(i) Mentoring and training of literacy coaches.

(ii) Reducing literacy coaching loads or providing release time for literacy coaches to support professional learning.

(iii) Reviewing professional portfolios and student performance.

(B) Connection to high quality professional development, including release time for literacy coaches providing professional development and instructional coaching, that provides literacy coaches with the knowledge and skills needed to advance the learning of teachers, administrators, and students.

(c) To receive a grant, a:

(1) school corporation, in consultation with the school corporation's school employee organization; or

(2) charter school, in consultation with the charter school's school employee organization (if applicable);

shall apply for the grant in a manner prescribed by the department. The department shall establish eligibility requirements. However, the department may not award grants to more than thirty (30) school corporations or charter schools during any school year. When awarding grants under this chapter, the department shall select a geographically diverse set of school corporations and charter schools, including school corporations and charter schools located in urban, suburban, and rural areas.

(d) A school corporation or charter school that is awarded a grant under this chapter shall receive a grant for three (3) consecutive school years. The amount of the grant may not exceed the costs incurred by the school corporation or charter school to implement the program. A school corporation or charter school may receive a matching grant from a corporation, foundation, or any other entity in addition to a grant awarded under this chapter.

[Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-43-4.]

As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 20-29-2-17 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-29-2-17
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-12.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 20-24.2-2-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24.2 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-24.2-2-1
Establishment; purposes
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. Performance qualified school districts and high schools are established to provide flexibility in administration and instruction to school corporations and high schools that meet certain established performance criteria so that the school corporations and high schools may provide curriculum, instruction, programs, and educational innovations designed to engage students in achievement greater than the achievement required for the school corporations and high schools to be placed in the highest performance category or designation by the department under IC 20-31-8.

As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-43-4-4.6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 43 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-43-4-4.6
Count for career and technical education grants
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.6. IC 20-43-8-1 applies to a count of students for career and technical education grants.

As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.277.
Ind. Code § 20-36-1-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 36 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-36-1-1
Application
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article.

[2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: New.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.20.
Ind. Code § 20-51-4-11 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-51-4-11
Scholarship not treated as income
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. The amount of a choice scholarship provided to an eligible choice scholarship student shall not be treated as income or a resource for the purposes of qualifying for any other federal or state grant or program administered by the state or a political subdivision.

As added by P.L.92-2011, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.211-2013, SEC.18.
Ind. Code § 20-25.3-2-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 25.3 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-25.3-2-6
"Participating school"
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) "Participating school" means the following schools:

(1) A school maintained by the school city.

(2) The following that are located within the geographic boundaries of the school city:

(A) A participating innovation network school.

(B) A participating innovation network charter school.

(C) A charter school.

(b) The term does not include the following:

(1) An adult high school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-2.3).

(2) A virtual charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-10).

As added by P.L.101-2026, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 20-25-12-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 25 / Chapter 12 / Section 20-25-12-3
Provision for parental involvement
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. Each school's plan must include the development and maintenance of efforts to increase parental involvement in educational activities.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3.1-9-3.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 20-27-7-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 27 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-27-7-6
Inspection of buses older than 12 years
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. In addition to the inspection required under section 1 of this chapter, a school bus that was manufactured at least twelve (12) years before the year for which a certificate of inspection is being sought must be presented for inspection not less than five (5) months nor more than seven (7) months after the inspection required under section 1 of this chapter is completed. If the school bus meets the requirements specified in section 3 of this chapter, the state police department shall issue a new certificate of inspection for the school bus. A certificate of inspection issued for a school bus described in this section is valid for seven (7) months after the date the certificate is issued.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-4-5(f).]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 20-30-7-10 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 30 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-30-7-10
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.174. Repealed by P.L.214-2025, SEC.156.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-24-1-5
"Conversion charter school"
Status: reserved

Sec. 5. "Conversion charter school" means a charter school established under IC 20-24-11 by the conversion of an existing school into a charter school. The term includes a new school to which students from other schools in the school corporation are assigned or transferred.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-1-5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 20-24-6-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 6 / Section 20-24-6-1
Employees; accrual of and financial responsibility for benefits
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. (a) Individuals who work at a charter school are employees of the charter school or of an entity with which the charter school has contracted to provide services.

(b) Teachers in a conversion charter school may be employees of the charter school or of both the charter school and the school corporation that authorized the charter school, as determined by the provisions of the charter.

(c) All benefits accrued by teachers as employees of the conversion charter school are the financial responsibility of the conversion charter school.

(d) All benefits accrued by a teacher during the time the teacher was an employee only of the school corporation that authorized the charter school are the financial responsibility of the school corporation. The school corporation shall pay those benefits directly or reimburse the conversion charter school for the cost of the benefits.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-6-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.91-2011, SEC.16; P.L.280-2013, SEC.41.
Ind. Code § 20-26-5-37.3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-26-5-37.3
Expired
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.141-2016, SEC.4. Expired 7-1-2020 by P.L.141-2016, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 20-20.5-16-10 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 20.5 / Chapter 16 / Section 20-20.5-16-10
Contract for professional development services
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. Notwithstanding any other law or policy to the contrary, the secretary of education shall enter into and maintain a contract for professional development services with an organization that provides a nationally recognized training program for professional development in computer science education from early learning through postsecondary education.

[Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-45-10.]

As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 20-23-16-9 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 16 / Section 20-23-16-9
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-37.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.
Ind. Code § 20-28-5-21 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 28 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-28-5-21
Career specialist permit; eligibility requirements
Status: in_force

Sec. 21. To be eligible for a career specialist permit to teach in a secondary school, an applicant must meet one (1) of the following:

(1) The applicant:

(A) has a bachelor's degree with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent if another grading scale is used) in the content area in which the applicant intends to teach;

(B) has passed the approved content area examination in the content area in which the applicant intends to teach;

(C) demonstrates proficiency in the area of pedagogy under procedures prescribed by the department; and

(D) has, within the immediately preceding five (5) years, at least four thousand (4,000) clock hours of documented occupational experience in the content area in which the applicant intends to teach.

(2) The applicant:

(A) meets the requirements under subdivision (1)(A) or (1)(B);

(B) demonstrates proficiency in the area of pedagogy under procedures prescribed by the department; and

(C) has, within the immediately preceding seven (7) years, at least five thousand (5,000) clock hours of documented occupational experience in the content area in which the applicant intends to teach.

(3) The applicant:

(A) is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

(B) will teach aviation ground instruction; and

(C) meets at least one (1) of the following conditions:

(i) The applicant has passed the Federal Aviation Administration advanced ground instructor and fundamentals of instruction tests and been issued a valid Federal Aviation Administration advanced ground instructor certificate.

(ii) The applicant possesses a valid Federal Aviation Administration certified flight instructor or certified flight instructor instrument certificate.

(4) The applicant:

(A) is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

(B) will teach flight instruction; and

(C) possesses a valid Federal Aviation Administration:

(i) certified flight instructor; or

(ii) certified flight instructor instrument;

certificate with the appropriate Federal Aviation Administration aircraft ratings for the flight instruction being provided.

As added by P.L.170-2018, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.275-2019, SEC.4; P.L.159-2026, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 20-30-8-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 30 / Chapter 8 / Section 20-30-8-5
Election to establish program or to participate in joint program; site
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) The governing body may elect to:

(1) establish an alternative program on its own; or

(2) participate in an area alternative program through a joint program under IC 20-26-10.

(b) An alternative program is not required to be located at a site that is different than the site at which the traditional school instruction is offered.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.6-3.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 20-43-8-8 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 43 / Chapter 8 / Section 20-43-8-8
Expired
Status: repealed

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-3-12-9.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.222; P.L.230-2017, SEC.19. Expired 7-1-2018 by P.L.230-2017, SEC.19.
Ind. Code § 20-19-2-20 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 19 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-19-2-20
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.185-2006, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.1-2007, SEC.141; P.L.2-2007, SEC.199; P.L.3-2008, SEC.114; P.L.125-2013, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.192-2018, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 20-26-1-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-26-1-1
Applicability
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. Except as otherwise provided, IC 20-26-1 through IC 20-26-5, IC 20-26-7, and IC 20-26-7.1 apply to all school corporations.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-1-2.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.121-2009, SEC.6; P.L.115-2017, SEC.3; P.L.185-2017, SEC.1; P.L.270-2019, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 20-32-5.1-12 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 32 / Chapter 5.1 / Section 20-32-5.1-12
Scoring of statewide summative assessment by Indiana teachers; machine scoring
Status: in_force

Sec. 12. (a) The department shall establish policies and procedures that foster, to the extent possible, the scoring of student responses of an open ended writing assessment on a statewide summative assessment by Indiana teachers. The teacher may not grade student responses of students who are enrolled in the same school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) in which the teacher is currently employed.

(b) The scoring of student responses under a statewide summative assessment:

(1) must adhere to scoring rubrics and anchor papers;

(2) must measure student achievement relative to the academic standards established by the state board; and

(3) may not reflect the scorer's judgment of the values expressed by a student in the student's responses.

(c) The department, in consultation with the technical advisory committee established by the state board, shall conduct a study to analyze and determine the reliability of machine scoring student responses to items on the statewide summative assessment. After conducting the study, the department may, if recommended by the technical advisory committee, utilize machine scoring for purposes of scoring student responses to items on the statewide summative assessment.

As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.139-2022, SEC.15; P.L.150-2024, SEC.50.
Ind. Code § 20-51-2-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 51 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-51-2-1
List of certified scholarship programs
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. The department shall maintain a publicly available list of the school scholarship programs certified by the department. The list must contain names, addresses, and any other information that the department determines is necessary for the public to determine which scholarship granting organizations conduct school scholarship programs. A current list must be posted on a website used by the department to provide information to the public.

As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364. Amended by P.L.23-2026, SEC.216.
Ind. Code § 20-27-6-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 27 / Chapter 6 / Section 20-27-6-6
Parents supplemental transportation contract; substitute driver requirements
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. A substitute school bus driver may not operate a school bus unless the substitute school bus driver meets the standards required by IC 20-27-8-1 or any other committee requirements for substitute school bus drivers.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-2.5-5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 20-30-5-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 30 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-30-5-1
Constitutions
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. (a) In each of grades 6 through 12, every public and nonpublic school shall provide instruction on the constitutions of:

(1) Indiana; and

(2) the United States.

(b) In public elementary schools, instruction on the constitutions shall be included as a part of American history. In public high schools, instruction on the constitutions shall be included as a part of civics or another course, as the state board may require by rules. Failure of any public school teacher or principal to comply with this requirement constitutes misconduct in office under IC 20-28-5-7.

(c) Each nonpublic elementary school and high school shall provide instruction under this section as required by the state board.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 20-46-9-19 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-46-9-19
Rejection by voters; waiting period for new referendum
Status: in_force

Sec. 19. (a) If a majority of the persons who voted in the referendum did not vote "yes" on the referendum question:

(1) the school corporation may not make any levy for its school safety referendum tax levy fund; and

(2) another referendum under this chapter may not be held earlier than:

(A) except as provided in clause (B), seven hundred (700) days after the date of the referendum; or

(B) three hundred fifty (350) days after the date of the referendum, if a petition that meets the requirements of subsection (b) is submitted to the county auditor.

(b) If a majority of the persons who voted in the referendum did not vote "yes" on the referendum question, a petition may be submitted to the county auditor to request that the limit under subsection (a)(2)(B) applies to the holding of a subsequent referendum by the school corporation. If such a petition is submitted to the county auditor and is signed by the lesser of:

(1) five hundred (500) persons who are either owners of property within the school corporation or registered voters residing within the school corporation; or

(2) five percent (5%) of the registered voters residing within the school corporation;

the limit under subsection (a)(2)(B) applies to the holding of a second referendum by the school corporation, and the limit under subsection (a)(2)(A) does not apply to the holding of a second referendum by the school corporation.

As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 20-46-8-12 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 46 / Chapter 8 / Section 20-46-8-12
Distribution to eligible charter schools; calculation; charter school budget adoption and hearing requirements; distribution to public education corporation
Status: in_force

Sec. 12. (a) This section applies to revenue collected after December 31, 2027, from a tax levy imposed under this chapter only if the number of students who have legal settlement in a school corporation but attend a charter school, excluding virtual charter schools and adult high schools, and receive not more than fifty percent (50%) virtual instruction, is at least the greater of:

(1) one hundred (100) students; or

(2) two percent (2%) of the school corporation's spring ADM count, excluding students who receive more than fifty percent (50%) virtual instruction.

(b) As used in this section, "eligible charter school" means a charter school attended by a student who:

(1) has legal settlement in a school corporation that imposes a tax levy under this chapter; and

(2) receives not more than fifty percent (50%) virtual instruction.

However, the term does not include a virtual charter school or an adult high school.

(c) The following schools are not eligible to receive, and may not be considered in a calculation made for purposes of, a distribution under this section:

(1) A virtual charter school.

(2) An adult high school.

(d) Beginning in calendar year 2028, and in each calendar year thereafter, and subject to subsection (j), the county auditor shall distribute to each eligible charter school in the manner provided under this section an amount of revenue received from a tax levy imposed by a school corporation under this chapter.

(e) For the purposes of the calculations made in this section, each eligible charter school that has entered into an agreement with a school corporation to participate as a participating innovation network charter school under IC 20-25.7-5 is considered to have an ADM that is separate from the school corporation.

(f) Not later than January 1, 2028, and not later than January 1 of each year thereafter, the department, in consultation with the department of local government finance, shall determine, for each school corporation, the corresponding percentages of revenue received from the tax levy that must be distributed among the school corporation and each eligible charter school according to the following formula:

STEP ONE: Determine, for each eligible charter school, the number of students who:

(A) have legal settlement within the school corporation;

(B) are currently included in the fall ADM count for the charter school; and

(C) receive not more than fifty percent (50%) virtual instruction.

STEP TWO: Determine the sum of:

(A) the aggregate of the STEP ONE results for all eligible charter schools with respect to the school corporation; plus

(B) the fall ADM count for the school corporation for students receiving not more than fifty percent (50%) virtual instruction.

STEP THREE: For each eligible charter school, determine the result of:

(A) the applicable STEP ONE amount; divided by

(B) the STEP TWO amount;

expressed as a percentage.

STEP FOUR: Determine the sum of all the amounts computed under STEP THREE and subtract the result from one hundred percent (100%).

(g) The department shall provide to the county auditor, immediately after calculation under subsection (f):

(1) each eligible charter school and the eligible charter school's corresponding percentage calculated under STEP THREE of subsection (f); and

(2) the percentage calculated under STEP FOUR of subsection (f) for the school corporation.

(h) Except as provided in subsection (m), and subject to subsections (j) and (l), the county auditor shall distribute to the school corporation and each eligible charter school the amount determined in the last STEP of the following STEPS:

STEP ONE: Determine the amount collected in the most recent installment period by the school corporation from the school corporation's operations fund levy imposed under this chapter.

STEP TWO: To determine the distribution for the school corporation and each eligible charter school, determine the result of:

(A) the sum of:

(i) the STEP ONE result; plus

(ii) any amount withheld in the previous year under subsection (k); multiplied by

(B) the following percentage:

(i) In the case of an eligible charter school, the charter school's percentage under STEP THREE of subsection (f).

(ii) In the case of the school corporation, the school corporation's percentage under STEP FOUR of subsection (f).

(i) Not later than August 15, 2027, and not later than August 15 of each calendar year thereafter, the department shall provide to each school corporation and each eligible charter school an estimate of the amount of property tax levy revenue the school corporation and eligible charter school are expected to receive under this section in the subsequent calendar year based on the most recent fall ADM count.

(j) Beginning with distributions of property tax revenue under this section in 2028 and thereafter, in order to receive a distribution under this section, the governing body of an eligible charter school shall, not later than October 15, 2027, and not later than October 15 of each calendar year thereafter, adopt a budget for the current school year. Not later than ten (10) days before its adoption, the budget must be fixed and presented to the charter board in a public meeting in the county in which the eligible charter school is incorporated. Not later than November 1, 2027, and not later than November 1 of each calendar year thereafter, the governing body of the charter school shall submit:

(1) the budget that is adopted under this subsection;

(2) the dates on which each requirement under this subsection was met; and

(3) a statement from the governing body of the charter school attesting that the dates provided in subdivision (2) are true and accurate and that the budget was properly adopted under this subsection;

to the charter authorizer for review and to the department of local government finance to be posted publicly on the computer gateway under IC 6-1.1-17-3.

(k) If an eligible charter school does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (j) to receive distributions under this section during a calendar year, as determined by the department of local government finance, the eligible charter school may not receive a distribution of property tax revenue in that calendar year and the county auditor shall withhold the eligible charter school's distribution amount. The department of local government finance's determination of compliance consists only of a confirmation that the adopted budget and attestation statement are submitted not later than the applicable date under subsection (j). Any distribution amount withheld under this subsection shall be:

(1) added to the property tax revenue collections as described in STEP TWO of subsection (h); and

(2) distributed among the school corporation and remaining eligible charter schools according to subsection (h);

in the calendar year that immediately follows the calendar year in which the distribution amount was withheld.

(l) This subsection applies only to distributions under subsection (h) in calendar years 2028, 2029, and 2030 to an eligible charter school. Except as provided in subsection (m), instead of the amount determined under subsection (h) for a distribution to a particular eligible charter school from the revenue collected from the tax levy imposed under this chapter by a particular school corporation, the county auditor shall make distributions according to the following:

(1) For a distribution in 2028, the county auditor shall distribute an amount for a particular eligible charter school equal to:

(A) the applicable result of STEP TWO of subsection (h) for the eligible charter school; multiplied by

(B) twenty-five hundredths (0.25).

(2) For a distribution in 2029, the county auditor shall distribute an amount for a particular eligible charter school equal to:

(A) the applicable result of STEP TWO of subsection (h) for the eligible charter school; multiplied by

(B) five-tenths (0.5).

(3) For a distribution in 2030, the county auditor shall distribute an amount for a particular eligible charter school equal to:

(A) the applicable result of STEP TWO of subsection (h) for the eligible charter school; multiplied by

(B) seventy-five hundredths (0.75).

Any amount of property tax revenue collected from the tax levy imposed under this chapter by a particular school corporation that remains after making the distributions according to this subsection shall be distributed to the school corporation and are in addition to the amount distributed to the school corporation under subsection (h) for the applicable year. This subsection expires July 1, 2032.

(m) This subsection applies only to distributions of revenue to:

(1) a school city (as defined in IC 20-25-2-12); and

(2) a charter school that:

(A) is located in the territory of a school city (as defined in IC 20-25-2-12); and

(B) would otherwise receive a share of property tax revenue from the school city under this section.

Before making any distribution under subsection (h) or (l), the county auditor shall first distribute to the public education corporation for deposit in the public education corporation operations fund created under IC 20-25.3-6-1 an amount equal to the percentage determined by the Indianapolis public corporation board under IC 20-25.3-4-2(b).

As added by P.L.68-2025, SEC.226. Amended by P.L.101-2026, SEC.21.
Ind. Code § 20-44-3-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 44 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-44-3-6
Expenditure after appropriation; reduction of maximum levy
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. Except as provided in section 7 of this chapter, a school corporation may not spend money in its fund until the expenditure of the money has been included in a budget that has been approved by the department of local government finance under IC 6-1.1-17. For purposes of fixing its budget and for purposes of the property tax levy limits fixed by law, a school corporation shall treat the money in its fund that the department of local government finance permits the school corporation to spend during a particular calendar year as part of the school corporation's property tax levy for that same calendar year.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 6-1.1-19-1.7(e).]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.167.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-6.1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-24-1-6.1
"Education service provider"
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.1. "Education service provider" means a for profit education management organization, nonprofit charter management organization, school design provider, or any other partner entity with which a charter school intends to contract for educational design, implementation, or comprehensive management.

As added by P.L.280-2013, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 20-24-7-8 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-24-7-8
Sponsor's right to receive financial reports from organizer
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. An authorizer may request and receive financial reports concerning a charter school from the organizer at any time.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-7-8.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.280-2013, SEC.43.
Ind. Code § 20-24-2.2-8 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 2.2 / Section 20-24-2.2-8
State board evaluation of state of charter schools in Indiana
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. Beginning in 2016, the state board shall provide a formal evaluation of the overall state of charter school outcomes in Indiana every five (5) years. The evaluation shall be posted on the state board's website.

As added by P.L.221-2015, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.23-2026, SEC.171.
Ind. Code § 20-26-5-7 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-26-5-7
Representation of governing body on public boards or commissions
Status: in_force

Sec. 7. Notwithstanding any other statute, the governing body of a school corporation may, by resolution, appoint:

(1) the school corporation's superintendent of schools; or

(2) a person residing within the school corporation's boundaries;

to serve on a public board, commission, or public body, including park boards, library boards, tax adjustment boards, or city or county plan commissions, if legislation requires or allows representation on the public board, commission, or body by a member of the governing body, the school corporation's superintendent, or a designated educator.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-2-4.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.
Ind. Code § 20-50-2-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 50 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-50-2-2
"Homeless children and youths"
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "homeless children and youths" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-50-1-1.

As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.155-2019, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-9 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 29 / Chapter 8 / Section 20-29-8-9
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(c).]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.48-2011, SEC.39.
Ind. Code § 20-20.5-23-10 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 20.5 / Chapter 23 / Section 20-20.5-23-10
Contracts
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. Each local board may contract with outside entities to create and implement the pilot program plan described in section 8(a) of this chapter.

[Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-53-10.]

As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 20-35-6-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 35 / Chapter 6 / Section 20-35-6-3
Resource list; identification of and communication of resource list to eligible individuals; report to general assembly
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "eligible individual" means a:

(1) former student who attended a school and who received a certificate of completion or another nondiploma certificate of recognition after December 31, 2003; or

(2) former student who:

(A) had:

(i) an individualized education program;

(ii) a service plan developed under 511 IAC 7-34;

(iii) a choice scholarship education plan developed under 511 IAC 7-49; or

(iv) a plan developed under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794; and

(B) withdrew from school after December 31, 2003, and who was at least sixteen (16) years of age on the date of withdrawal.

(b) The Indiana management performance hub established by IC 4-3-26-8 shall use its data resources and technology to cross-reference with data bases maintained by:

(1) the department;

(2) all divisions, offices, and institutions under the authority of the office of the secretary of family and social services;

(3) the department of correction;

(4) the department of workforce development;

(5) the department of child services;

(6) the bureau of motor vehicles; and

(7) the department of natural resources;

to identify eligible individuals.

(c) The Indiana management performance hub shall:

(1) establish a list of eligible individuals identified under subsection (b); and

(2) coordinate with the Indiana department of health to determine whether eligible individuals identified under subsection (b) are deceased.

This subsection expires January 1, 2023.

(d) The Indiana department of health shall, not later than November 1, 2021, coordinate with the Indiana management performance hub to determine whether individuals identified under subsection (b) are deceased. This subsection expires January 1, 2023.

(e) The Indiana management performance hub shall, not later than January 1, 2022, provide the information described in subsections (b) and (c) concerning eligible individuals to the department of workforce development in order for the department of workforce development to provide eligible individuals the communication and resource list as required under subsection (h). This subsection expires January 1, 2023.

(f) Beginning in the 2021 calendar year and each calendar year thereafter, the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities appointed under IC 20-35-3-1 shall annually update the resource list developed before January 1, 2021, by the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities in accordance with P.L.128-2020 that includes the following information:

(1) A description of the opportunities that eligible individuals have to earn a diploma, including an alternate diploma described in IC 20-32-4-14 or an Indiana high school equivalency diploma.

(2) A list of the following:

(A) Resources available to eligible individuals regarding employment services.

(B) Vocational training opportunities for eligible individuals.

(g) Not later than December 31, 2021, and not later than December 31 each year thereafter, the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities established under IC 20-35-3-1 shall submit the most recently updated resource list described in subsection (f) to the:

(1) department; and

(2) department of workforce development.

The department and the department of workforce development shall post a copy of the most recently updated resource list on the department's and department of workforce development's websites.

(h) The department of workforce development shall do the following:

(1) Not later than March 1, 2022, communicate via mail or electronic mail with and provide a copy of the resource list described in subsection (f) to eligible individuals described in subsection (e).

(2) Provide at least four (4) follow-up communications via mail or electronic mail to an eligible individual described in subdivision (1) as follows:

(A) Provide the first follow-up communication not later than thirty (30) days after the date that the department of workforce development initially communicates with the eligible individual under subdivision (1).

(B) Provide the second follow-up communication not earlier than thirty (30) days and not later than sixty (60) days after the date that the department of workforce development initially communicates with the eligible individual under subdivision (1).

(C) Provide the third follow-up communication not earlier than sixty (60) days and not later than ninety (90) days after the date that the department of workforce development initially communicates with the eligible individual under subdivision (1).

(D) Provide the fourth follow-up communication not earlier than ninety (90) days and not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date that the department of workforce development initially communicates with the eligible individual under subdivision (1).

(3) Develop, in consultation with the department and The Arc of Indiana, the content and form of the communications described in subdivisions (1) and (2).

(4) Include in the communications described in subdivisions (1) and (2) information regarding how to contact the department of workforce development if an eligible individual is interested in additional information.

However, the department of workforce development is not required to communicate with or provide a resource list to an eligible individual if the eligible individual requests that the department of workforce development not contact the eligible individual. This subsection expires January 1, 2023.

(i) The department, in consultation with the:

(1) Indiana management performance hub established by IC 4-3-26-8;

(2) office of the secretary of family and social services;

(3) department of correction;

(4) department of workforce development;

(5) department of child services;

(6) bureau of motor vehicles;

(7) department of natural resources; and

(8) Indiana department of health;

shall ensure that the requirements under this section comply with the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g et seq.) and any other federal or state privacy legal requirements. This subsection expires January 1, 2023.

(j) Not later than November 1, 2022, the department of workforce development, in consultation with the department, shall prepare and submit a report to the general assembly, in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6, and the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities appointed under IC 20-35-3-1, containing the following:

(1) The number of eligible individuals contacted by the department of workforce development under subsection (h).

(2) The number of eligible individuals who contacted the department of workforce development under subsection (h).

(3) The number of individuals unable to be contacted by the department of workforce development under subsection (h).

(4) The number for each of the following:

(A) Eligible individuals identified under subsection (b) who are deceased.

(B) Eligible individuals identified under subsection (b) who are incarcerated.

(C) Eligible individuals identified under subsection (b) who reside outside of Indiana.

(D) Eligible individuals identified under subsection (b) who meet any other relevant criteria, as determined by the department of workforce development.

(5) The number of eligible individuals that the department of workforce development referred to vocational rehabilitation services.

(6) Any recommendations for improving the implementation of this section.

This subsection expires January 1, 2023.

As added by P.L.113-2021, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.196; P.L.9-2024, SEC.398.
Ind. Code § 20-28-5-20 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 28 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-28-5-20
Pass rate of content area examination for each postsecondary educational institution posted on Internet
Status: in_force

Sec. 20. The department shall post for each calendar year on the department's website the pass rate of the content area examination for each postsecondary educational institution regarding individuals who:

(1) graduated from the teacher preparation program of the postsecondary educational institution; and

(2) took the content area examination.

As added by P.L.170-2018, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.23-2026, SEC.186.
Ind. Code § 20-42-4-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 42 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-42-4-1
Application
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a school corporation that:

(1) after June 30, 2001, establishes a retirement or severance plan that will require the school corporation to pay postretirement or severance benefits to employees of the school corporation; or

(2) includes in a collective bargaining agreement or other contract entered into after June 30, 2001, a provision to increase:

(A) the benefit; or

(B) the unfunded liability;

under a retirement or severance provision that will require the school corporation to pay postretirement or severance benefits to employees of the school corporation.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-20-1.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.165.
Ind. Code § 20-27-4-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 27 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-27-4-5
Loans
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) If a school corporation requires funds to purchase a school bus for cash, the school corporation may, instead of issuing general obligation bonds, negotiate for and borrow funds or purchase the school bus on an installment conditional sales contract or a promissory note secured by the school bus.

(b) To effect a loan, the school corporation shall execute a negotiable note or notes to the lender. The notes may not extend for more than six (6) years.

(c) Before a note described in this section is executed, an appropriation for the amount of the purchase price of the school bus and any incidental expenses connected with the purchase or the loan, must be made in the same manner as other appropriations are made, except that the amount of the appropriation is not limited by the amount of funds available at the time of the loan or purchase or by the amount of funds to be raised by a tax levy effective at the time of the loan.

(d) A petition to borrow, a notice to taxpayers, or other formality is not necessary to borrow funds under this section except as specifically provided in this chapter.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-6-5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.181.
Ind. Code § 20-26-11-27 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 11 / Section 20-26-11-27
Expired
Status: repealed

[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.
Ind. Code § 20-45-7-19 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 45 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-45-7-19
Certification; information needed to set tax rate
Status: in_force

Sec. 19. Before July 11 of each year, the secretary of education shall certify to the county auditor:

(1) the consolidated ADA ratio of the qualified school corporations;

(2) the number of pupils in the fall count under IC 20-43-4 of each qualified school corporation for the school year ending in the calendar year; and

(3) an estimate of these statistics for the succeeding school year.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-12-4.1(b) part.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.168. Amended by P.L.205-2013, SEC.303; P.L.217-2017, SEC.135; P.L.43-2021, SEC.132.
Ind. Code § 20-19-3-34 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-19-3-34
Secondary education program reporting
Status: in_force

Sec. 34. (a) As used in this section, "MPH" refers to the management performance hub established by IC 4-3-26-8.

(b) The department, in collaboration with the commission for higher education, the department of workforce development, the governor's workforce cabinet, and the MPH, shall publish on the department's website timely and relevant information about secondary education programs, including:

(1) career and technical education;

(2) the Indiana high school equivalency diploma program under IC 22-4.1-18; and

(3) adult high schools (as defined under IC 20-24-1-2.3).

(c) The information under subsection (b) shall:

(1) include, to the extent possible, information concerning participation, cost, completion, and employment outcomes for the secondary education programs listed in subsection (b)(1) through (b)(3);

(2) use and incorporate existing analyses, dashboards, and other resources of the department, the commission for higher education, the department of workforce development, the governor's workforce cabinet, and the MPH; and

(3) be updated annually.

As added by P.L.134-2025, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 20-33-2-40 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 33 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-33-2-40
Attendance officers; special powers
Status: in_force

Sec. 40. (a) Each attendance officer may serve original and other process in cases arising under this chapter.

(b) An attendance officer may enter any place where a child is employed to determine whether violations of this chapter have occurred. When an attendance officer or a school official is exercising the power granted under this subsection, any officer, manager, director, employee or other person who refuses to permit the attendance officer's or the school official's entry into a place of business or interferes with the officer's or official's investigation in any way commits a violation of this chapter.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-3-12.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.258.
Ind. Code § 20-26-9-9 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-26-9-9
Sponsoring agencies for school lunch program; appointment
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. A governing body may:

(1) operate or, by the appointment of a sponsoring agency, provide for the operation of school lunch programs in schools under the governing body's jurisdiction;

(2) contract with respect to food, services, supplies, equipment, and facilities for the operation of the programs; and

(3) use funds disbursed under this chapter and gifts and other funds received from the sale of school lunches under the programs.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-13-4.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.
Ind. Code § 20-40-12-9 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 40 / Chapter 12 / Section 20-40-12-9
Appeals
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. (a) A self-insurance program must provide for appeals to a review panel to:

(1) hear complaints; and

(2) resolve concerns;

regarding issues related to coverage, coverage discrimination, and access under the self-insurance program.

(b) The composition of the review panel under subsection (a):

(1) must reflect the populations covered under the self-insurance program;

(2) may include a member representative of each covered population; and

(3) must maintain a balance of administration and nonadministration members.

(c) Self-insurance program documents provided to individuals covered under the self-insurance program must specify the appeal process, including the name, address, and telephone number of the individual with whom an appeal may be filed.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-19-4.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.163.
Ind. Code § 20-28-11.5-4 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 28 / Chapter 11.5 / Section 20-28-11.5-4
Annual performance evaluation plans; posting of plan
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. (a) Each school corporation shall develop or adopt a plan for annual performance evaluations for each certificated employee. A plan must include performance evaluations for all certificated employees, conducted at least annually.

(b) A school corporation shall post the plan developed or adopted by the school corporation on the school corporation's website.

(c) A plan is not subject to collective bargaining.

As added by P.L.90-2011, SEC.39. Amended by P.L.239-2015, SEC.7; P.L.275-2019, SEC.7; P.L.150-2020, SEC.1; P.L.200-2023, SEC.18; P.L.135-2025, SEC.12; P.L.214-2025, SEC.130.
Ind. Code § 20-24.5-3-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-24.5-3-6
Advisory committee; standards; curriculum; educator program; agreements
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. The academy shall:

(1) establish an advisory committee that represents the education and business communities in Indiana;

(2) determine the standards for admissions and the curricula and courses of study to be offered;

(3) develop curriculum material for distribution and use throughout the public school system;

(4) develop programs to encourage interaction with public school educators;

(5) make curriculum material available to students in public schools throughout Indiana by the use of telecommunications technology; and

(6) establish cooperative arrangements with private and public entities in order to effectively operate the academy.

[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-14.5-4.]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.209.
Ind. Code § 20-24-14-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 14 / Section 20-24-14-3
"Program"
Status: in_force

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.
Ind. Code § 20-43-4-6.7 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 43 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-43-4-6.7
Expired
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.148-2022, SEC.4. Expired 12-31-2022 by P.L.148-2022, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 20-35-11-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 35 / Chapter 11 / Section 20-35-11-6
Purpose of family navigators; services
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) The purpose of a family navigator is to provide the following:

(1) Unbiased and comprehensive information to assist families in navigating all available statewide resources that support children from birth through three (3) years of age who are deaf and hard of hearing, including information necessary for families to make decisions concerning modes of communication for the child through family outcomes identified on the individual family service plan, as described in IC 12-12.7-2-20(4).

(2) Family training to assist the family in understanding the unique needs of the child and enhance the child's development through family outcomes identified on the individual family service plan. This subdivision may not be construed to include providing direct therapy related to hearing technology, child development, language, or listening milestones.

(3) Part B special education transition support in accordance with state law and the federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

(b) A child and the child's family eligible for the infants and toddlers with disabilities program under IC 12-12.7-2 may receive family navigator services in accordance with IC 12-12.7-2-3.

As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.41.
Ind. Code § 20-51.4-4-8 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 51.4 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-51.4-4-8
Payment of ESA qualified expenses from other sources
Status: in_force

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 student is responsible for the payment of any tuition required by a qualified school that is not paid from the eligible student's ESA account.

As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.180. Amended by P.L.202-2023, SEC.57.
Ind. Code § 20-25-14-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 20-25-14-3
Costs; state reimbursement
Status: in_force

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 summer school funding.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3.1-13-3.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 20-23-16-11 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 16 / Section 20-23-16-11
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-39.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.119-2012, SEC.152. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.75.
Ind. Code § 20-49-2-4 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 49 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-49-2-4
Powers; advancements to school corporations; purposes
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. Subject to this chapter, the state board may order the state comptroller to periodically make an advancement from the state general fund for the construction, remodeling, or repair of school buildings to any school corporation.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-11-2(a) part.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.172. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.404.
Ind. Code § 20-23-13-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 13 / Section 20-23-13-1
Composition of governing body; election of members; term of office
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. (a) In a community school corporation established under IC 20-23-4 that has a population of more than seventy-five thousand (75,000) and less than seventy-nine thousand (79,000), the governing body consists of a board of trustees of five (5) members elected in the manner provided in this chapter.

(b) The governing body members shall be elected at the times provided and shall succeed the retiring members in the order and manner as set forth in this chapter.

(c) 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 elected member of the governing body to take office may not be more than fourteen (14) months after the date of the member's election. If the school corporation's organization plan does not set a date for an elected member of the governing body to take office, the member takes office January 1 that immediately follows the person's election.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-3-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.230-2005, SEC.80; P.L.179-2011, SEC.24; P.L.119-2012, SEC.149; P.L.219-2013, SEC.83; P.L.104-2022, SEC.124.
Ind. Code § 20-51.4-3-4 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 51.4 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-51.4-3-4
Annual survey
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. (a) After June 30, 2023, the department shall administer an annual survey of parents of eligible students and emancipated eligible students who maintain an ESA account under IC 20-51.4-4-1. The survey must request information:

(1) regarding when the ESA account was established and the number of grants received;

(2) relating to relative satisfaction with the ESA program and the CSA program, if applicable; and

(3) regarding opinions on any topics, items, or issues that the department determines may improve the effectiveness of the ESA program or the education experience of the eligible student or the eligible student's family.

(b) After June 30, 2024, the department shall administer an annual survey of parents of career scholarship students and emancipated career scholarship students who maintain a CSA account under IC 20-51.4-4.5-1. The survey must request information:

(1) regarding when the CSA account was established and the number of grants received;

(2) relating to relative satisfaction with the CSA program; and

(3) regarding opinions on any topics, items, or issues that the department determines may improve the effectiveness of the CSA program or the education experience of the career scholarship student or the career scholarship student's family.

(c) Not later than November 1, 2023, and each November 1 thereafter, the department shall annually provide a summary of the surveys administered under subsections (a) and (b) to the governor and, in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6, the legislative council.

As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.180. Amended by P.L.202-2023, SEC.45; P.L.213-2025, SEC.207.
Ind. Code § 20-35.5-5-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 35.5 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-35.5-5-2
Report on school corporation's or charter school's website
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. Before July 15, 2019, and before July 15 of each year thereafter, each school corporation and charter school shall report on the school corporation's or charter school's website the following information:

(1) The dyslexia intervention programs that were used during the previous school year to assist students with dyslexia.

(2) The number of students during the previous school year who received dyslexia intervention under this article.

(3) The total number of students identified with dyslexia during the previous school year.

As added by P.L.95-2018, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.23-2026, SEC.204.
Ind. Code § 20-28-12-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 28 / Chapter 12 / Section 20-28-12-1
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a psychologist who is licensed under IC 25-33.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-1.9-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 20-35-12-9 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 35 / Chapter 12 / Section 20-35-12-9
"Office of the secretary"
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "office of the secretary" refers to the office of the secretary of family and social services established by IC 12-8-1.5-1, its offices, or divisions.

As added by P.L.260-2019, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-51.4-3-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 51.4 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-51.4-3-3
Annual audit
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. (a) The ESA program and the CSA program are subject to annual audit by an independent public accounting firm retained by the department.

(b) The department shall promptly transmit copies of each annual audit to the governor and, in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6, the general assembly. Upon request, the department shall make copies of the audit available to the public.

As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.180. Amended by P.L.202-2023, SEC.44; P.L.213-2025, SEC.206.
Ind. Code § 20-26-7.1-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 7.1 / Section 20-26-7.1-5
Sale or transfer of covered school building; responsibility to maintain covered school building
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) If:

(1) a covered school building is sold to a charter school or state educational institution under section 4 of this chapter; and

(2) the charter school or state educational institution described in subdivision (1) no longer intends to use the covered school building for the purposes described in section 4(n) of this chapter;

the charter school or state educational institution shall offer to transfer the covered school building back to the school corporation that initially sold the covered school building to the charter school or state educational institution.

(b) If a school corporation described in subsection (a) declines the offer to transfer a covered school building back to the school corporation, the charter school or state educational institution may sell or transfer the covered school building to a third party. If a charter school or state educational institution sells or transfers a covered school building to a third party under this subsection, the charter school or state educational institution must transfer an amount equal to the gain in the property minus the adjusted basis (including costs of improvements to the covered school building) to the school corporation that initially sold the covered school building to the charter school or state educational institution. Gain and adjusted basis shall be determined in the manner prescribed by the Internal Revenue Code and the applicable Internal Revenue Service regulations and guidelines.

(c) A charter school or state educational institution that purchases a covered school building assumes total control of the covered school building and must maintain the covered school building, including utilities, insurance, maintenance, and repairs. Except as provided in subsection (d), in the event a:

(1) charter school does not use the covered school building for classroom instruction; or

(2) state educational institution does not use the covered school building for an academic purpose;

within three (3) years after acquiring the covered school building, the covered school building shall revert to the school corporation, which may sell or otherwise dispose of the covered school building under IC 36-1-11.

(d) In the event a:

(1) charter school does not use the covered school building for classroom instruction; or

(2) state educational institution does not use the covered school building for an academic purpose;

as a result of being engaged in ongoing renovations for an acquired covered school building, within three (3) years after acquiring an occupancy permit for the covered school building, the covered school building shall revert to the school corporation, which may sell or otherwise dispose of the covered school building under IC 36-1-11.

As added by P.L.270-2019, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.155-2021, SEC.5; P.L.189-2023, SEC.18; P.L.36-2024, SEC.6; P.L.135-2025, SEC.7; P.L.151-2026, SEC.14.
Ind. Code § 20-23-6-5.5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 6 / Section 20-23-6-5.5
Petition to consolidate; notice of election
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.5. (a) If twenty percent (20%) of the legal voters residing in any school corporation jointly with twenty percent (20%) of the legal voters in each of one (1) or more other school corporations:

(1) prepare a resolution for a proposed consolidation that sets forth:

(A) subject to section 3(b) of this chapter, the information required in section 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(4) of this chapter; and

(B) if applicable, the declarations in section 12.5 of this chapter; and

(2) petition the trustees of their respective school corporations to consolidate the school corporations, as set forth in the resolution;

each governing body petitioned shall hold, not later than sixty (60) days after the date the governing body receives the resolution and petition, a public meeting for discussion on the proposed consolidation.

(b) If any of the petitioned governing bodies agrees to the proposed consolidation as set forth in the resolution, the governing body shall give notice by publication of its intention to adopt the resolution on the proposed consolidation once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks:

(1) with each notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, if any, in each of the school corporations, or, if a newspaper is not published in the school corporation, publication shall be made in the nearest newspaper published in the county in which the school corporation is located; or

(2) with the first publication of notice in the newspaper or newspapers as provided in subdivision (1) and the second publication of notice:

(A) in accordance with IC 5-3-5; and

(B) on the official web sites of each of the school corporations.

(c) On or before the sixth day following the last publication of the notice of intention to consolidate required under subsection (b), twenty percent (20%) of the legal voters residing in any school corporation proposed to be consolidated may petition the governing body of the school corporation for an election to determine whether or not the majority of the voters of the school corporation is in favor of consolidation.

(d) If a protest has not been filed under subsection (c), the governing bodies may declare by joint resolution the consolidation of the school corporations to be accomplished, to take effect as provided in section 8 of this chapter.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (b), if:

(1) a resolution and petition for consolidation has not been withdrawn thirty (30) days after the date of the public meeting under subsection (a); or

(2) a protest petition described in subsection (c) has been filed;

each governing body shall call an election in each school corporation included in the proposed consolidation in the same manner as described in sections 5 and 6 of this chapter.

(f) The governing body of each school corporation in which an election is held is bound by the majority vote of those voting. If a majority of those voting in any one (1) school corporation votes against the plan of consolidation, the plan fails. If a majority of the votes cast at each of the elections is in favor of the consolidation of two (2) or more school corporations, the trustees of the school corporations shall proceed to consolidate the schools and provide the necessary buildings and equipment. However, the failure does not prevent any or all the school corporations from taking further initial action for the consolidation of school corporations under this chapter.

As added by P.L.169-2017, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.152-2021, SEC.29.
Ind. Code § 20-33-2.5-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 33 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 20-33-2.5-5
Attendance conference
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) A school shall hold an attendance conference described in section 4(2) of this chapter not more than ten (10) instructional days after the student's fifth absence described in section 1(2) of this chapter regardless of whether:

(1) the parent of the student; or

(2) a representative described under section 4(2)(D) of this chapter;

is able to attend the conference.

(b) A school shall make all reasonable efforts to hold an attendance conference as required under subsection (a) on a date and at a time that works with the schedule of the student's parent.

As added by P.L.125-2024, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.208-2025, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 20-20.5-21-4 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 20.5 / Chapter 21 / Section 20-20.5-21-4
Expiration
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. This chapter expires June 30, 2027.

[Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-51-4.]

As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 20-23-19-7 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 19 / Section 20-23-19-7
Plans for annexed territory of the dissolving school corporation to be adopted not later than May 15, 2027
Status: in_force

Sec. 7. (a) With the addition of the annexed territory under this chapter, the governing body of the Blue River Valley Schools School Corporation shall, not later than July 1, 2025, begin the process of adopting a plan, as needed, to determine the manner in which the governing body shall be constituted.

(b) With the addition of the annexed territory under this chapter, the governing body of the Monroe Central School Corporation shall, not later than July 1, 2025, begin the process of adopting a plan, as needed, to determine the manner in which the governing body shall be constituted.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the plan shall be adopted in accordance with the requirements and procedures of IC 20-23-8.

(d) The adoption of a plan under IC 20-23-8-10 and the submission of the plan to the state board under IC 20-23-8-15 are the only procedures required when an existing plan is changed as described in IC 20-23-5-11(b).

(e) A plan described in subsection (a) or (b) must be adopted and effective not later than May 15, 2027.

As added by P.L.68-2025, SEC.200.
Ind. Code § 20-26-5.5-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 20-26-5.5-1
Procedure to prepare catalogue of materials; procedure to submit request for removal of materials obscene or harmful to minors; response; appeal; public meeting
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. (a) The governing body of a school corporation or charter school shall establish a:

(1) procedure for each school to prepare a catalogue of materials available in the school library;

(2) procedure for each school to allow a:

(A) parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school; or

(B) community member:

(i) within the school district; or

(ii) within the school district in which the charter school is located;

to submit a request to remove material from the school library that is obscene (as described in IC 35-49-2-1) or harmful to minors (as described in IC 35-49-2-2); and

(3) response and appeal procedure for each school to respond to a removal request submitted by a parent, guardian, or community member described in subdivision (2).

(b) The response and appeal procedure established under subsection (a)(3) must require the governing body to review the request at the next public meeting.

As added by P.L.234-2023, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 20-32-8.5-0.5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 32 / Chapter 8.5 / Section 20-32-8.5-0.5
Applicability
Status: in_force

Sec. 0.5. This chapter applies to:

(1) a public school, including a charter school;

(2) a state accredited nonpublic school; and

(3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7).

As added by P.L.5-2024, SEC.15.
Ind. Code § 20-28-2-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 28 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-28-2-2
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-1.4-3.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.138; P.L.2-2007, SEC.213; P.L.234-2007, SEC.107; P.L.3-2008, SEC.117. Repealed by P.L.90-2011, SEC.50.
Ind. Code § 20-20.5-16-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 20.5 / Chapter 16 / Section 20-20.5-16-2
"Fund"
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the next level computer science fund established by section 7 of this chapter.

[Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-45-2.]

As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 20-20.5-7-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 20.5 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-20.5-7-5
Application for grant
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. Subject to section 6 of this chapter, for a school corporation to be eligible to receive a grant under this chapter, the following must occur:

(1) The superintendent of the school corporation must apply to the department for a grant on forms provided by the department.

(2) The application for a grant must include the following information:

(A) A detailed description of a proposal for initiating or expanding a school intervention or career counseling program.

(B) Evidence supporting the school corporation's need to implement the school intervention or career counseling program.

(C) The number of elementary school counselors employed by the school corporation.

(D) The elementary school counselor/student ratio for the school corporation.

(E) Any other pertinent information required by the department, including evidence guaranteeing that if the school corporation receives a grant under this chapter, the school corporation has developed a plan to evaluate the impact and results of the school corporation's program.

[Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-17-5.]

As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 20-49-9-11 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 49 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-49-9-11
Withholding power
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. To ensure timely payment of an advance according to the terms of the advance, the state board may withhold from funds due to the charter school to which the advance is made in the amount necessary to pay the advance.

As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.232.
Ind. Code § 20-42-1-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 42 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-42-1-6
Transfer of custody of fund balance to state
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) A county council may adopt a resolution to:

(1) elect to surrender the custody of the fund; and

(2) order the board of county commissioners, the county auditor, and the county treasurer to take any and all steps necessary to surrender the custody of a fund held in trust by the county.

If the county council adopts a resolution under this section, the amount of money distributed to and held in trust by the county is due and payable to the treasurer of state. A county council may elect whether the county shall surrender all or any part of the fund. If the county retains custody of any money in the fund, the county shall loan the money as otherwise provided by law. Any part of the money in the fund surrendered by the county shall be paid to the treasurer of state immediately after the election by the county council.

(b) Within ten (10) days after the passage of the resolution by a county council of a county electing to surrender the custody of the fund, the county auditor shall prepare and file with the board of commissioners of the county a report showing the following:

(1) The total amount of the fund that has been entrusted to and is held in trust by the county.

(2) The total amount of the funds that is loaned as provided by law.

(3) The total amount of the fund, if any, loaned to the county and which loans are unpaid.

(4) The total amount of the fund held in cash in the possession and custody of the county and that is not loaned.

(5) A separate schedule of past due loans. The schedule must show the unpaid balance of principal and the amount of delinquent interest due and unpaid on each delinquent loan.

(c) The board of county commissioners shall examine the reports, and, if found correct, the board of county commissioners shall order:

(1) that the report be entered on its records; and

(2) the county auditor to draw the county auditor's warrant, payable to the treasurer of state, for the amount of the fund that is not loaned and is held in cash in the custody and possession of the county as shown by the report.

The county auditor shall forward the warrants to the state comptroller together with a certified copy of the report. The county auditor shall also forward with the payment a certified copy of the resolution of the county council electing to surrender the custody of the fund or any part of the fund.

(d) After passage by the county council of a resolution electing to surrender the custody of the funds, no part of the fund that is in the custody of the county may be loaned by the county or by any official of the county. Except as provided in this subsection, all outstanding loans of the fund at the time of the passage of the resolution shall be collected when due. Any loan that comes due and payable after the passage of the resolution may be renewed for one (1) additional five (5) year period, on the application of the person owing the loan as provided by law. However, a loan that is more than one (1) year delinquent in payment of principal or interest at the time of the passage of the resolution of the county council may not be renewed.

(e) On:

(1) May 1 or November 1 immediately after the passage of the resolution electing to surrender the fund; and

(2) each May 1 and November 1 thereafter;

all the money collected and on hand that belongs to the fund shall be paid to the treasurer of state. If at the time for a semiannual payment the amount collected and paid to the treasurer of state when added to the amounts previously paid to the treasurer of state is less than the result determined by multiplying one-fortieth (1/40) of the amount of the fund held in trust at the time of the passage of the resolution by the number of semiannual payments that have occurred after the passage of the resolution, the county auditor shall draw the county auditor's warrant on the general fund of the county for an amount sufficient to pay to the treasurer of state the difference between the amount paid and the amount equal to the result of multiplying one-fortieth (1/40) of the amount of the fund held in trust at the time of the passage of the resolution by the number of semiannual payments that have occurred after the passage of the resolution.

(f) At the same time and in the same manner, there shall be paid to the treasurer of state interest to the date of the semiannual payment on the balance of the funds held in trust by the county from the immediately preceding October 31 or April 30 at the rate fixed by law. Whenever within the preceding six (6) months any payment of the fund has been made by the county to the treasurer of state, the county shall also pay interest at the rate fixed by law on the amount of the payment to the date of receipt of the payment by the treasurer of state. If the amount collected as interest on the fund is not sufficient to make payment of interest to the treasurer of state, the county auditor shall draw the county auditor's warrant on the general fund of the county for an amount sufficient when added to the amount collected as interest on the fund to pay the interest due to the state.

(g) The board of county commissioners shall, in its annual budget estimate, include an estimate of the amount necessary to make the payments from the county general fund as required by this section, and the county council shall appropriate the amount of the estimate.

(h) A county is subrogated to all the rights and remedies of the state with respect to loans made from a fund held in trust by the county to the extent of any and all payments made from the county general fund under this chapter.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citations: 21-1-3-1 part; 21-1-3-3; 21-1-3-4; 21-1-3-5; 21-1-3-6.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.165. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.400.
Ind. Code § 20-28-5-29 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 28 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-28-5-29
Licensure pathway; high school level course, or grades 5 through 9
Status: in_force

Sec. 29. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may grant a license to teach:

(1) a high school level course; or

(2) in grades 5 through 9;

to an individual who completes a licensure pathway established by the department.

(b) A licensure pathway established by the department under subsection (a)(1) must be aligned to a course content area that is part of student diploma requirements established by the state board under IC 20-19-2-21.

As added by P.L.194-2025, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 20-26-5-34 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-26-5-34
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.23-2013, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.104.
Ind. Code § 20-35.5-2-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 35.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-35.5-2-3
Administration of level I dyslexia screening
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. Subject to section 8 of this chapter, if a student is determined to be at risk, or at some risk, for dyslexia after a screening under section 1 of this chapter, the school corporation or charter school shall administer a level I dyslexia screening of the student within ninety (90) days of date the student's school year commences.

As added by P.L.95-2018, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.211-2021, SEC.34.
Ind. Code § 20-32-3-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-32-3-1
"Requisite proficiency"
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "requisite proficiency" refers to the satisfaction by a student of the standards approved by the state board under section 4(a)(3) of this chapter to receive a secondary level certificate of achievement in an academic field.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.4-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.140-2007, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-35-5-15 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 35 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-35-5-15
Meetings
Status: in_force

Sec. 15. Meetings of the board of managers shall be held in accordance with IC 20-26-4-3.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-6-20(g).]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.231-2005, SEC.47; P.L.1-2006, SEC.336.
Ind. Code § 20-23-4-15 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-23-4-15
Submission of reorganization plans to state board prior to completion of comprehensive plan
Status: in_force

Sec. 15. The county committee may submit to the state board for approval, in accordance with section 18 of this chapter, a plan for the reorganization of one (1) or more school corporations without awaiting the completion of a comprehensive plan. The plan becomes an integral part of the comprehensive plan the county committee is required to prepare.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-11.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 20-48-2-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 48 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-48-2-3
Requirements; resolution
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. (a) A temporary loan made under section 2 of this chapter must be authorized by a resolution of the board of school trustees or other proper authority:

(1) designating the:

(A) nature of the consideration;

(B) date, time, and place payable;

(C) rate of interest, not to exceed six percent (6%) per annum; and

(D) revenues in anticipation of which the temporary loan is made and out of which the temporary loan is payable; and

(2) appropriating and pledging a sufficient amount of current revenues of the school town or school city:

(A) in anticipation of which the temporary loan is made; and

(B) out of which the temporary loan is payable;

to the payment of the temporary loan.

A temporary loan must be evidenced by the time warrants of the school town or school city in terms designating the nature of the consideration, the date, time, and place payable, and the revenues in anticipation of which the temporary loan is issued and out of which the temporary loan is payable. Interest accruing on the warrants to date of maturity must be added to and included in the face value of the warrants.

(b) A school town or school city may issue the time warrants of the school corporation, in anticipation of current revenues of the school town or school city, directly to persons, firms, limited liability companies, and corporations in payment of approved services, materials, and supplies contracted for, purchased, performed, and delivered.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-4-20-2.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.171.
Ind. Code § 20-26-21-8 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 21 / Section 20-26-21-8
Administering state or federally required assessments
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. Nothing in this section prohibits qualified schools from administering state or federally required assessments.

As added by P.L.234-2023, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 20-23-4-38 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-23-4-38
Dissolution of county committees upon completion of reorganization
Status: in_force

Sec. 38. (a) Whenever an entire county has been reorganized under this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5, by the creation of a community school corporation or corporations for the entire county, the county committee shall be dissolved. Where the term of any member of a county committee expires before the time of dissolution of the county committee, the judge shall fill a vacancy by replacement or reappointment for a term of four (4) years in accordance with sections 11 through 15 of this chapter. In the event the membership of an entire county committee shall at any time be vacant by resignation or otherwise, the judge shall appoint a new county committee in accordance with sections 11 through 15 of this chapter.

(b) After a county committee has been dissolved, if the local governing body or the secretary of education considers further reorganization necessary to improve educational opportunities for the students in the county, the local school trustees or the secretary of education shall submit proposed changes to the state board. If the changes proposed by the local governing body or the secretary of education are approved by the state board, the proposal becomes effective under the procedure specified in sections 20 through 24 of this chapter so far as the same are applicable.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-30.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.1-2007, SEC.142; P.L.233-2015, SEC.60; P.L.43-2021, SEC.60.
Ind. Code § 20-33-2-25 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 33 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-33-2-25
Habitually truant from school; report to intake officer of juvenile court or department of child services
Status: in_force

Sec. 25. The superintendent or an attendance officer having jurisdiction shall report a child who is habitually truant from school in violation of this chapter to an intake officer of the juvenile court or the department of child services. The intake officer or the department of child services shall proceed in accord with IC 31-30 through IC 31-40.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-3-31.1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.90-2011, SEC.43; P.L.214-2025, SEC.179.
Ind. Code § 20-24-12-9 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 12 / Section 20-24-12-9
Grant or loan on per student basis
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. The department may make grants or loans under this chapter on a per student basis.

As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.25.
Ind. Code § 20-35-4-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 35 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-35-4-2
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-6-5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.278.
Ind. Code § 20-25-4-18 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 25 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-25-4-18
Authority of school cities to accept property in trust
Status: in_force

Sec. 18. (a) A school city may accept property in trust to be used for common school or career and technical, trade, or industrial school purposes. The school city, whether made trustee by appointment of a court or by the founder of the trust, may carry out the terms of the trust in conducting common schools or career and technical, trade, or industrial schools.

(b) If a school city by:

(1) resolution of; or

(2) other formal corporate action of;

the board accepts real estate or other property in trust under subsection (a), the school city shall perform all requirements made conditions of the trust performable by the trustee.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-29.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.103.
Ind. Code § 20-24-2.3-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 2.3 / Section 20-24-2.3-3
Establishment of board
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. (a) The Indianapolis charter school board is established.

(b) The Indianapolis charter school board is composed of the following nine (9) members appointed to four (4) year terms:

(1) Six (6) members are appointed by the executive.

(2) Three (3) members are appointed by the president of the city-county council for the consolidated city.

(c) The executive shall appoint the chairperson of the Indianapolis charter school board.

(d) A majority of the members appointed to the Indianapolis charter school board constitutes a quorum. The affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members appointed to the Indianapolis charter school board are required for the Indianapolis charter school board to take action.

As added by P.L.280-2013, SEC.19.
Ind. Code § 20-26-14-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 14 / Section 20-26-14-6
Case review panel; membership; meetings; decisions of panel
Status: in_force

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 education appoints as members of the panel persons having the following qualifications:

(A) Four (4) parents of high school students.

(B) Four (4) school administrators.

(4) The secretary of education shall administer the functions of the panel.

(5) A member of the panel serves for a four (4) year term, subject to the following:

(A) An appointee who ceases to meet the member's qualification under subdivision (3) ceases to be a member of the panel.

(B) The secretary of education shall appoint fifty percent (50%) of the initial appointees under each clause in subdivision (3) for terms of two (2) years, so that terms of the panel are staggered.

(6) The panel must meet monthly, unless there are no cases before the panel. The panel may meet more frequently at the call of the chairperson. However, the chairperson must call a meeting within five (5) business days, or as soon thereafter as a quorum can be assembled, after the panel receives a case in which time is a factor in relation to the scheduling of an athletic competition.

(7) A quorum of the panel is five (5) members. The affirmative vote of the greater of the majority present or four (4) members of the panel is required for the panel to take action.

(b) A student's parent who disagrees with a decision of the association concerning the application or interpretation of a rule of the association to the student shall have the right to do one (1) of the following:

(1) Accept the decision.

(2) Refer the case to the panel. The parent must refer the case to the panel not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the association's decision.

(c) After a case is referred under subsection (b)(2), the panel must do the following:

(1) Collect testimony and information on the case, including testimony and information from both the association and the parent.

(2) Place the case on the panel's agenda and consider the case at a meeting of the panel.

(3) Not later than ten (10) business days after the meeting at which the panel considers the case, issue a written decision that does one (1) of the following:

(A) Upholds the association's decision on the case.

(B) Modifies the association's decision on the case.

(C) Nullifies the association's decision on the case.

(d) Subject to section 7 of this chapter, the association must implement the decision of the panel on each case. However, a decision of the panel:

(1) applies only to the case before the panel; and

(2) does not affect any rule of the association or decision under any rule concerning any student other than the student whose parent referred the case to the panel.

(e) The association shall pay all costs attributable to the operation of the panel, including travel and a stipend of at least fifty dollars ($50) for each meeting for panel members.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-63-7.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.92-2010, SEC.2; P.L.43-2021, SEC.78; P.L.120-2026, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-46-9-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-46-9-5
Power; levy
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. A school corporation may impose a school safety referendum tax levy for the school corporation's fund in the amount allowed under sections 6 through 19 of this chapter, but the amount may not exceed ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation.

As added by P.L.272-2019, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 20-19-12-9 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 19 / Chapter 12 / Section 20-19-12-9
Provision of employment information
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. An eligible entity described in section 2(a)(4) or 2(a)(5) of this chapter shall provide a student with information on high demand and high wage employment opportunities that are available within the economic growth region established by the department of workforce development in which the student resides.

As added by P.L.134-2025, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 20-26-14-10 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 14 / Section 20-26-14-10
Association requirement
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. An association is subject to IC 20-33-13.

As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-51.4-2-11 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 51.4 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-51.4-2-11
"Skill competency"
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. "Skill competency" means a skill that is recognized by a CSA participating entity as an essential knowledge area learned during:

(1) a course sequence;

(2) a career course;

(3) a modern youth apprenticeship;

(4) an apprenticeship or apprenticeship program (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.3); or

(5) a program of study leading to an industry recognized credential;

that has been approved under IC 20-51.4-4.5-6.

As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.41.
Ind. Code § 20-24-5.5-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 20-24-5.5-1
Establishment of discipline rules
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. A charter school shall:

(1) establish written discipline rules, which must include a graduated system of discipline and may include:

(A) appropriate dress codes; and

(B) if applicable, an agreement for court assisted resolution of school suspension and expulsion cases;

for the charter school; and

(2) publicize the discipline rules within the charter school where the discipline rules apply, which may include:

(A) making a copy of the discipline rules available to students or parents, guardians, or custodians of students; or

(B) delivering a copy of the discipline rules to students or parents, guardians, or custodians of students.

The publicity requirement is satisfied if the charter school makes a good faith effort to disseminate the text or substance of the discipline rules to students or parents, guardians, or custodians of students generally.

As added by P.L.179-2016, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 20-23-4-24 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-23-4-24
Failure of public official to perform duty within time prescribed; effect
Status: in_force

Sec. 24. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a public official fails to perform a duty required under this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5 within the time prescribed in this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5, the omission does not invalidate any proceedings taken by the official.

(b) This section:

(1) does not apply to the time within which a county committee must accept jurisdiction of all or part of a school corporation from another county committee following a petition under IC 20-23-16-1; and

(2) may not be construed to extend the time within which petitions may be filed by registered voters under this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-24.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.57.
Ind. Code § 20-23-9-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-23-9-1
"Annexing corporation"
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "annexing corporation" refers to a school corporation that has annexed all or part of any territory of a township school.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-57-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 20-45-8-17 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 45 / Chapter 8 / Section 20-45-8-17
Levy in contiguous area of adjacent county
Status: in_force

Sec. 17. If the area of a qualified school corporation extends into an adjoining county, the tax rate fixed by the board of county commissioners shall control for the levying and assessment of the tax in the area extending into the adjoining county. The board of county commissioners and other county officials of the adjoining county shall take all appropriate and necessary action as otherwise required by law for:

(1) the levying, collecting, and receiving of the county supplemental school financing taxes; and

(2) the payment of the taxes into the fund;

for distribution under this chapter.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-13-5(b).]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.168.
Ind. Code § 20-34-3-27 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 34 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-34-3-27
Armed intruder drill; sensory component or activity; prohibition
Status: in_force

Sec. 27. (a) As used in this section, "sensory components or activities" refers to aspects of an armed intruder drill intended to simulate a real armed intruder scenario that include:

(1) simulations of gunfire;

(2) simulations of gunshot wounds or other injuries;

(3) the use of a prop firearm;

(4) the use of a pellet gun; or

(5) participation in the drill by law enforcement personnel with drawn firearms.

(b) An armed intruder drill conducted under section 20 of this chapter that includes sensory components or activities may not:

(1) require student participation; or

(2) take place during regular school hours if a majority of the student body is present on school property.

As added by P.L.135-2024, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 20-24-7-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-24-7-1
Organizer; distribution of state tuition support; consolidated audit
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. (a) The organizer is the fiscal agent for the charter school.

(b) The organizer has exclusive control of:

(1) funds received by the charter school; and

(2) financial matters of the charter school.

(c) The organizer shall maintain accounts of all funds received and disbursed by the organizer. The organizer shall maintain separate accountings of all funds received and disbursed by each charter school it holds.

(d) Notwithstanding IC 20-43, an organizer that operates more than one (1) charter school may file, before July 1 of each year, a notice with the department that the organizer desires to receive the tuition support distributions, and in the case of an adult high school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-2.3), funding provided in the state biennial budget for adult high schools, for all the charter schools the organizer operates. After the organizer's authorizer or authorizers verify to the department that the organizer operates the charter schools, the department shall distribute the tuition support, and in the case of an adult high school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-2.3), funding provided in the state biennial budget for adult high schools, for the verified charter schools to the organizer. The organizer may distribute the tuition support distribution it receives to each charter school it operates in the amounts determined by the organizer. However, an organizer that receives money from the state under this subsection may not use any of the money received for expenses incurred outside Indiana that are not directly related to the charter school the organizer operates in Indiana.

(e) Organizers receiving tuition support under this section may submit a consolidated audit in accordance with guidelines established by the state examiner and submit any required financial reporting to the department in a manner prescribed by the state examiner. The state examiner shall establish guidelines and prescribe reporting requirements for organizers under this section that are consistent with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and the needs of the department. A consolidated audit must include a breakdown of the activities, financial position, and functional expenses for each charter school.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-7-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.35-2014, SEC.3; P.L.218-2015, SEC.2; P.L.214-2025, SEC.58.
Ind. Code § 20-43-13-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 43 / Chapter 13 / Section 20-43-13-1
Applicability
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all school corporations, including virtual charter schools.

As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.301.
Ind. Code § 20-27-9-10 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 27 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-27-9-10
Agricultural workers
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. (a) The governing body of a school corporation may allow the use of a school bus for the transportation of agricultural workers engaged in cultivating, producing, or harvesting crops.

(b) A school bus used under this section may transport only the school bus driver, a supervisor or foreman, students, and enrolled college or university students.

(c) When a school bus is used to transport agricultural workers, a sign shall be displayed on the front and on the rear of the school bus. The sign must carry the words "Agricultural Workers" in letters at least four (4) inches in height. These signs may be removed or covered whenever the school bus is not being used to transport agricultural workers.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or IC 9, if a school bus:

(1) is:

(A) registered as a school bus; and

(B) in compliance with all safety and equipment related requirements for a school bus;

in a state other than Indiana;

(2) while in Indiana is used solely to transport agricultural workers employed to detassel corn; and

(3) is operated in accordance with subsection (e);

the out-of-state school bus may be operated for not more than sixty (60) days in a calendar year in Indiana without meeting the inspection and safety requirements of this article.

(e) Before operating a school bus described in subsection (d), an individual must:

(1) be licensed to operate a school bus in:

(A) the state in which the school bus is registered; or

(B) Indiana; and

(2) annually give written notice to the committee at least ten (10) days before the school bus is operated in Indiana of the:

(A) jurisdiction in which the school bus has been registered and inspected for safety and equipment related requirements;

(B) approximate dates that the school bus will be operated in Indiana; and

(C) license plate number of the school bus.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-6.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 20-34-4.5-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 34 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 20-34-4.5-3
Prescribing of emergency medication; standing order; dispensing
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. (a) A health care provider who is licensed in Indiana and whose scope of practice includes the prescribing of medication may:

(1) write; or

(2) transmit in an electronic format for an electronically transmitted prescription;

a prescription, drug order, or protocol for an emergency medication for a school or school corporation.

(b) The state health commissioner or the state health commissioner's designee who is a licensed prescriber may issue a statewide standing order, prescription, or protocol for emergency stock medication for schools or school corporations.

(c) A pharmacist licensed under IC 25-26 may dispense a valid prescription, drug order, standing order, or protocol for an emergency medication issued in the name of a school or school corporation.

As added by P.L.92-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.117-2017, SEC.10; P.L.28-2019, SEC.5; P.L.164-2023, SEC.56.
Ind. Code § 20-19-7-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 19 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-19-7-1
"DUAB"
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "DUAB" means the distressed unit appeal board.

As added by P.L.213-2018(ss), SEC.15.
Ind. Code § 20-23-7-11 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-23-7-11
Metropolitan school district in more than one county; special duties
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. If a metropolitan school district formed under this chapter includes territory in more than one (1) county, the respective counties, boards, commissions, and officers of each of the counties shall perform duties required to form a metropolitan school district jointly and severally, including:

(1) dividing the territory into board member districts;

(2) levying and collecting taxes;

(3) allocating receipts;

(4) filing petitions for nomination;

(5) printing and distributing ballots,

(6) tabulating and certifying election results; and

(7) filling vacancies.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-8-22.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 20-43-16-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 20-43-16-2
"Program"
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the teacher appreciation grant program established by section 3 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.213-2025, SEC.198.
Ind. Code § 20-28-9-24 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 28 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-28-9-24
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-3-12.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.74-2026, SEC.105.
Ind. Code § 20-27-5-8 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 27 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-27-5-8
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-2-5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.188.
Ind. Code § 20-34-3-21 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 34 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-34-3-21
Memorandum of understanding between school corporation or charter school and community mental health center or provider; referrals; diagnosis
Status: in_force

Sec. 21. (a) Each school corporation and charter school shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with a community mental health center established under IC 12-29-2 or a provider certified or licensed by the state to provide appropriate and necessary mental or behavioral health services to students. The division of mental health and addiction shall develop a memorandum of understanding for referral and assist school corporations and charter schools in obtaining a memorandum of understanding with a community mental health center or an appropriate provider.

(b) A school corporation and a charter school may not refer a student to a mental health care provider or a community mental health center for services unless the school corporation or charter school has received the written consent of the student's parent or guardian.

(c) If a school corporation or charter school refers a student to a mental health care provider, the school corporation or charter school may note the referral in the student's cumulative record but may not include any possible diagnosis or information concerning the student's mental health other than any medication that the student takes for the student's mental health. A student record that contains medical information must be kept confidential.

(d) A school counselor or other employee of a school corporation or a charter school may not diagnose a student as having a mental health condition unless the individual's scope of practice includes diagnosing a mental health condition.

(e) Before providing a referral under a memorandum of understanding, each school corporation and charter school shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) Develop a process for a teacher or school employee to notify a school official to contact a student's parent if the student demonstrates a repeated pattern of aberrant or abnormal behavior. The parental notification process described in this subdivision must also include that the school will hold a conference with the student and the student's parent.

(2) Require that the conference described in subdivision (1) must address the student's potential need for and benefit from:

(A) mental or behavioral health services; or

(B) mental or behavioral health services provided by the community mental health center or appropriate provider that is contracted and paid for by the school corporation or charter school.

(3) Establish a procedure for a parent who chooses to seek services for the student to follow that includes granting written parental consent for the student to receive mental or behavioral health services by a community mental health center or appropriate provider described under subdivision (2).

(4) Ensure that a school maintains the confidentiality of any medical records that result from a student's participation in any treatment described in subdivision (2). The school must adopt a policy that prohibits the school from:

(A) sharing any reports or notes resulting from the provision of mental or behavioral health services described in subdivision (2)(A) with other school officials; and

(B) maintaining any reports, notes, diagnosis, or appointments that result from a student's participation in any treatment described in subdivision (2)(A) through (2)(B) in the student's permanent educational file.

As added by P.L.185-2015, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.69-2020, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 20-23-7-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-23-7-6
First metropolitan board of education; composition; meetings; organization; compensation
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) The first metropolitan board of education shall be composed of the:

(1) trustees; and

(2) members of school boards;

of the school corporations forming the metropolitan board of education.

(b) The members of the metropolitan board of education shall serve ex officio as members subject to the laws concerning length of terms, powers of election, or appointment and filling vacancies applicable to their respective offices.

(c) If a metropolitan school district is comprised of only two (2) board members, the two (2) members shall appoint a third board member not more than ten (10) days after the creation of the metropolitan school district. If the two (2) members are unable to agree on or do not make the appointment of a third board member within the ten (10) day period after the creation of the metropolitan school district, the third member shall be appointed not more than twenty (20) days after the creation of the metropolitan school district by the judge of the circuit court of the county in which the metropolitan school district is located. If the metropolitan school district is located in two (2) or more counties, the judge of the circuit court of the county containing that part of the metropolitan school district having more students than the part or parts located in another county or counties shall appoint the third member. The members of the metropolitan board of education serve until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified.

(d) The first meeting of the first metropolitan board of education shall be held not more than one (1) month after the creation of the metropolitan school district. The first meeting shall be called by the superintendent of schools of the school corporation in the district having the largest number of students. At the first meeting, the board shall organize, and each year during the first ten (10) days after the board members that are elected or appointed to a new term take office, the board shall reorganize, by electing a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer.

(e) The secretary of the board shall keep an accurate record of the minutes of the metropolitan board of education, and the minutes shall be kept in the superintendent's office. When a metropolitan school district is formed, the metropolitan superintendent shall act as administrator of the board and shall carry out the acts and duties as designated by the board. A quorum consists of a majority of the members of the board. A quorum is required for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of those present is required for a:

(1) motion;

(2) ordinance; or

(3) resolution;

to pass.

(f) The board shall conduct its affairs in the manner described in this section. Except in unusual cases, the board shall hold its meetings at the office of the metropolitan superintendent or at a place mutually designated by the board and the superintendent. Board records are to be maintained and board business is to be conducted from the office of the metropolitan superintendent or a place designated by the board and the superintendent.

(g) The metropolitan board of education shall have the power to pay to a member of the board:

(1) a reasonable per diem for service on the board not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per year; and

(2) for travel to and from a member's home to the place of the meeting within the district, a sum for mileage equal to the amount per mile paid to state officers and employees. The rate per mile shall change when the state government changes its rate per mile.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-8-16.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.179-2011, SEC.13; P.L.233-2015, SEC.67.
Ind. Code § 20-33-2-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 33 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-33-2-2
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-3-17(k).]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.
Ind. Code § 20-34-8-3.5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 34 / Chapter 8 / Section 20-34-8-3.5
"Venue specific emergency action plan for sudden cardiac arrest"
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.5. As used in this chapter, "venue specific emergency action plan for sudden cardiac arrest" means a plan developed by a school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school that:

(1) includes detailed instructions regarding how to respond to sudden cardiac arrest; and

(2) indicates the location of the nearest automated external defibrillator (AED) at the venue.

As added by P.L.187-2023, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-18-2-18.7 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 18 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-18-2-18.7
"State accredited nonpublic school"
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.7. "State accredited nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school that has voluntarily become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1.

As added by P.L.92-2020, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 20-29-8-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 29 / Chapter 8 / Section 20-29-8-5
Purpose of factfinding
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. The purpose of factfinding is to provide a final solution on the items permitted to be bargained under IC 20-29-6-4 whenever the parties are unable by themselves, or through a mediator, to resolve a dispute.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-13(b).]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.27.
Ind. Code § 20-30-16-9.5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 30 / Chapter 16 / Section 20-30-16-9.5
School corporation posting of course information
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.5. (a) If a school corporation is an authorized course provider and offers an approved online course access program course, the school corporation shall provide to the department and post on the school corporation's website the following information:

(1) The name and description of any online course access program course provided by the school corporation that has open slots available for student enrollment.

(2) The number of open slots in the online course access program course.

(b) The department shall post the information described in subsection (a) for each school corporation on the department's website.

As added by P.L.200-2021, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.23-2026, SEC.194.
Ind. Code § 20-25.3-7-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 25.3 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-25.3-7-3
Debt service fund created
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. The corporation shall establish a debt service fund for purposes of paying the obligations of the corporation.

As added by P.L.101-2026, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 20-26.5-2-4 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26.5 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-26.5-2-4
Revocation of coalition membership
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. The state board may revoke a coalition member's membership in the coalition if the state board determines that the coalition member has not met the specific goals or measurable student outcomes set forth under section 1(c)(3) of this chapter.

As added by P.L.190-2018, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 20-19-3-14 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-19-3-14
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.36-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.150-2023, SEC.18. Repealed by P.L.238-2025, SEC.53.
Ind. Code § 20-26-5-9 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-26-5-9
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-2-6.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.214-2025, SEC.81.
Ind. Code § 20-27-5-12 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 27 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-27-5-12
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-2-9.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.192.
Ind. Code § 20-32-5.1-14 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 32 / Chapter 5.1 / Section 20-32-5.1-14
Discussion of statewide summative assessment results at parent/teacher conference; notice offering to meet to discuss results; provision of enrichment resources
Status: in_force

Sec. 14. (a) After a school receives statewide summative assessment score reports, a teacher who currently teaches a student shall discuss with a parent of the student the student's statewide summative assessment results at the next parent/teacher conference if the parent participates in the parent/teacher conference. If a school does not hold parent/teacher conferences, a teacher who currently teaches a student shall send a notice to a parent of the student offering to meet with the parent to discuss the student's statewide summative assessment results and, upon the parent's request, meet with the parent.

(b) The department shall provide enrichment resources to parents and students to provide assistance to students in subject matter included in the student's most recently completed statewide summative assessment.

As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.139-2022, SEC.17; P.L.150-2024, SEC.52.
Ind. Code § 20-23-19-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 19 / Section 20-23-19-1
"Annex"
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "annex" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-23-5-2.

As added by P.L.68-2025, SEC.200.
Ind. Code § 20-23-6-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 6 / Section 20-23-6-3
Joint resolutions; contents; notice requirements; petition for election
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. (a) If the governing bodies of at least two (2) school corporations desire to consolidate school corporations, the governing bodies may meet together and adopt a joint resolution declaring intention to consolidate school corporations. The resolution must set out the following information concerning the proposed consolidation:

(1) The name of the proposed new school corporation.

(2) The number of members on the governing body and the manner in which they shall be elected or appointed.

(A) If members are to be elected, the resolution must provide for:

(i) the manner of the nomination of members;

(ii) who shall constitute the board of election commissioners;

(iii) who shall appoint inspectors, judges, clerks, and sheriffs; and

(iv) any other provisions desirable in facilitating the election.

(B) Where applicable and not in conflict with the resolution, the election is governed by the general election laws of Indiana, including the registration laws.

(3) Limitations on residences, term of office, and other qualifications required of the members of the governing body. A resolution may not provide for an appointive or elective term of more than four (4) years. A member may succeed himself or herself in office.

(4) Names of present school corporations that are to be merged together as a consolidated school corporation.

In addition, the resolution may specify the time when the consolidated school corporation comes into existence.

(b) The number of members on the governing body as provided in the resolution may not be less than three (3) or more than seven (7). However, the joint resolution may provide for a board of nine (9) members if the proposed consolidated school corporation is formed out of two (2) or more school corporations that:

(1) have entered into an interlocal agreement to construct and operate a joint high school; or

(2) are operating a joint high school that has an enrollment of at least six hundred (600) in grades 9 through 12 at the time the joint resolution is adopted.

(c) The members of the governing body shall, after adopting a joint resolution, give notice by publication once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks:

(1) with each notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, if any, in each of the school corporations, or, if a newspaper is not published in the school corporation, publication shall be made in the nearest newspaper published in the county in which the school corporation is located; or

(2) with the first publication of notice in the newspaper or newspapers as provided in subdivision (1) and the second publication of notice:

(A) in accordance with IC 5-3-5; and

(B) on the official web sites of each of the school corporations.

(d) The governing bodies of school corporations shall hold a public meeting one (1) week after the date of the appearance of the last publication of notice of intention to consolidate.

(e) If a protest has not been filed, as provided in this chapter, the governing bodies shall declare by joint resolution the consolidation of the school corporations to be accomplished, to take effect as provided in section 8 of this chapter. However, on or before the sixth day following the last publication of the notice of intention to consolidate, twenty percent (20%) of the legal voters residing in any school corporation may petition the governing body of the school corporations for an election to determine whether or not the majority of the voters of the school corporation is in favor of consolidation.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-5-2.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.169-2017, SEC.3; P.L.152-2021, SEC.27.
Ind. Code § 20-43-1-29.3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-43-1-29.3
Repealed
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.234-2007, SEC.234. Repealed by P.L.217-2017, SEC.117.
Ind. Code § 20-33-8-20 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 33 / Chapter 8 / Section 20-33-8-20
Maximum term of expulsion; reenrollment in alternative program after expulsion or exclusion; reinstatement review
Status: in_force

Sec. 20. (a) Except as provided in section 16 of this chapter, a student may not be expelled for a longer period than the remainder of the school year in which the expulsion took effect if the misconduct occurs during the first semester. If a student is expelled during the second semester, the expulsion remains in effect for summer school and may remain in effect for the first semester of the following school year, unless otherwise modified or terminated by order of the governing body. The appropriate authorities may require that a student who is at least sixteen (16) years of age and who wishes to reenroll after an expulsion or an exclusion attend an alternative program.

(b) An expulsion that takes effect more than three (3) weeks before the beginning of the second semester of a school year must be reviewed before the beginning of the second semester. The review:

(1) shall be conducted by the superintendent or an individual designated under section 19(a) of this chapter after notice of the review has been given to the student and the student's parent;

(2) is limited to newly discovered evidence or evidence of changes in the student's circumstances occurring since the original meeting; and

(3) may lead to a recommendation by the person conducting the review that the student be reinstated for the second semester.

(c) An expulsion that will remain in effect during the first semester of the following school year must be reviewed before the beginning of the school year. The review:

(1) shall be conducted by the superintendent or an individual designated under section 19(a) of this chapter after notice of the review has been given to the student and the student's parent;

(2) is limited to newly discovered evidence or evidence of changes in the student's circumstances occurring since the original meeting; and

(3) may lead to a recommendation by the individual conducting the review that the student be reinstated for the upcoming school year.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-14.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17.
Ind. Code § 20-23-4-20 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-23-4-20
Approval of reorganization plan by state board; notice; creation of community school corporation by petition or elections; contents of petition and petitioning procedure
Status: in_force

Sec. 20. (a) After the state board approves a comprehensive plan or partial plan for reorganization of school corporations as submitted to the state board by a county committee, the state board shall promptly, by certified mail with return receipt requested, give written notice of the approval to:

(1) the chairperson of the county committee submitting the plan; and

(2) the judge of the circuit court of the county from which the county committee was appointed.

(b) After notice is given under subsection (a), a community school corporation proposed by a plan referred to in subsection (a) may be created:

(1) by petition as provided in this section;

(2) by election as provided in section 21 of this chapter; or

(3) under section 22 of this chapter.

(c) After receipt of the plan referred to in subsection (a) by the county committee and before or after the election described in section 21 of this chapter, a community school corporation proposed by a plan referred to in subsection (a) may be created by a petition. The petition must be signed by at least fifty-five percent (55%) of the registered voters residing in the community school corporation, determined in the manner set out in this section, and filed by any signer or by the county committee with the clerk or clerks of the circuit court or courts of the county or counties where the voters reside. The petition must state that the signers request the establishment of a community school corporation and must contain the following information:

(1) The name of the proposed community school corporation.

(2) A general description of the boundaries as set out in the plan.

(3) The number of members of the board of school trustees.

(4) The manner in which:

(A) the permanent board of school trustees; and

(B) if covered in the plan, the interim board of school trustees;

will be elected or appointed.

(5) The compensation, if any, of the members of:

(A) the permanent board of school trustees; and

(B) if covered in the plan, the interim board of school trustees.

(6) The disposition, if any, of assets and liabilities of each existing school corporation that:

(A) is included in the proposed community school corporation; and

(B) has been divided.

(7) The disposition of school aid bonds, if any.

(d) The petition referred to in subsection (c) must show:

(1) the date on which each person signed the petition; and

(2) the person's residence address on that date.

The petition may be executed in several counterparts, the total of which constitutes the petition described in this section. An affidavit of the person circulating a counterpart must be attached to the counterpart. The affidavit must state that each signature appearing on the counterpart was affixed in the person's presence and is the true and lawful signature of the signer. Each signer on the petition may withdraw the signer's signature from the petition before the petition is filed with the clerk of the circuit court. Names may not be added to the petition after the petition is filed with the clerk of the circuit court.

(e) After receipt of the petition referred to in subsection (c), the clerk of the circuit court shall make a certification under the clerk's hand and seal of the clerk's office as to:

(1) the number of signers of the petition;

(2) the number of signers of the petition who are registered voters residing in:

(A) the proposed community school corporation; or

(B) the part of the school corporation located in the clerk's county;

as disclosed by the voter registration records of the county;

(3) the number of registered voters residing in:

(A) the proposed community school corporation; or

(B) the part of the school corporation located in the clerk's county;

as disclosed by the voter registration records of the county; and

(4) the date of the filing of the petition with the clerk.

If a proposed community school corporation includes only part of a voting precinct, the clerk of the circuit court shall ascertain from any means, including assistance from the county committee, the number of registered voters residing in the part of the voting precinct.

(f) The clerk of the circuit court shall make the certification referred to in subsection (e):

(1) not later than thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition under subsection (c), excluding from the calculation of that period the time during which the registration records are unavailable to the clerk; or

(2) within any additional time as is reasonably necessary to permit the clerk to make the certification.

In certifying the number of registered voters, the clerk shall disregard any signature on the petition not made in the ninety (90) days that immediately precede the filing of the petition with the clerk as shown by the dates set out in the petition. The clerk shall establish a record of the certification in the clerk's office and shall return the certification to the county committee.

(g) If the certification or combined certifications received from the clerk or clerks disclose that the petition was signed by at least fifty-five percent (55%) of the registered voters residing in the community school corporation, the county committee shall publish a notice in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the community school corporation. The notice must:

(1) state that the steps necessary for the creation and establishment of the community school corporation have been completed; and

(2) set forth:

(A) the number of registered voters residing in the community school corporation who signed the petition; and

(B) the number of registered voters residing in the community school corporation.

(h) A community school corporation created by a petition under this section takes effect on the earlier of:

(1) July 1; or

(2) January 1;

that next follows the date of publication of the notice referred to in subsection (g).

(i) If a public official fails to perform a duty required of the official under this chapter within the time prescribed in this section and sections 21 through 24 of this chapter, the omission does not invalidate the proceedings taken under this chapter.

(j) An action:

(1) to contest the validity of the formation or creation of a community school corporation under this section;

(2) to declare that a community school corporation:

(A) has not been validly formed or created; or

(B) is not validly existing; or

(3) to enjoin the operation of a community school corporation;

may not be instituted later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of the notice referred to in subsection (g).

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-20.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 20-24.5-1-9 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24.5 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-24.5-1-9
Payments under contract
Status: in_force

Sec. 9. Payments under a contract must be made during a school year in the amount fixed by the terms of the contract.

[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-13-5.]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.209.
Ind. Code § 20-20.5-10-14 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 20.5 / Chapter 10 / Section 20-20.5-10-14
Staffing; department assistance
Status: in_force

Sec. 14. (a) The state board may employ any staff necessary to perform the duties imposed by this chapter and fix the compensation and terms of that employment, subject to approval by the budget agency.

(b) The state board may authorize the department, whenever practical or necessary, to assist the state board in carrying out the duties prescribed by this chapter.

[Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-38-14.]

As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 20-34-4.5-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 34 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 20-34-4.5-6
Report on the administration of emergency stock medication
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. A school employee described in section 2(b)(1) of this chapter or a school nurse shall:

(1) make a report when an emergency stock medication is administered; and

(2) submit the report to the department in an electronic format not later than ten (10) school days after the emergency stock medication is administered.

As added by P.L.117-2017, SEC.13.
Ind. Code § 20-43-16-7 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 43 / Chapter 16 / Section 20-43-16-7
Creation of a rubric
Status: in_force

Sec. 7. (a) The department shall create a rubric for use by school corporations and charter schools under this chapter.

(b) The rubric must include:

(1) student assessment data if student assessment data is available for the applicable grade level or class; and

(2) expectations for the roles, responsibilities, and duties of a mentor teacher, which include providing professional development and guidance to new teachers.

As added by P.L.213-2025, SEC.198.
Ind. Code § 20-25-14-4 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 25 / Chapter 14 / Section 20-25-14-4
Services provided by contractors; summer remediation subsidy
Status: in_force

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 with a summer remediation subsidy in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the lowest per student cost of summer remediation services provided by a contractor under section 2 of this chapter.

(c) A parent to whom a summer remediation subsidy is provided may use the subsidy to purchase summer remediation services from a provider located in Marion County. The parent may choose to use the remediation subsidy at an accredited public school. If the amount of tuition for the remediation services is greater than the amount of the remediation subsidy provided to the parent, the parent is responsible for the additional amount.

(d) The allocated remediation subsidy is payable to a provider of remediation services upon the provider's enrollment of the student in the remediation program.

(e) Payment of a remediation subsidy fulfills the obligation under this chapter of the school city to provide remediation services to a student.

(f) If a student who has received a remediation subsidy does not complete a remediation program, the provider of remediation services shall refund the remediation subsidy on a pro rata basis to the school city.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3.1-13-4.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 20-48-3-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 48 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-48-3-6
Temporary transfers; proceeds of bonds
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) A school city wishing to make a temporary loan for its operations fund under this section may temporarily borrow money, without payment of interest, from the school city's treasury if the school city has in its treasury money derived from the sale of bonds that cannot or will not in the due course of the business of the school city be expended in the near future. A school city shall, by its board, take the following steps required by law to obtain a temporary loan under this section:

(1) Present to the department of local government finance and the state board of accounts:

(A) a copy of the corporate action of the school city concerning the school city's desire to make a temporary loan;

(B) a petition showing the particular need for a temporary loan;

(C) the amount and the date or dates when the operations fund will need the temporary loan or the installments of the loan;

(D) the date on which the loan and each installment of the loan will be needed;

(E) the estimated amounts from taxes to come into the operations fund;

(F) the dates when it is expected the proceeds of taxes will be received by the school city for the operations fund;

(G) the amount of money the school city has deposited in the operations fund that is derived from the proceeds of the sale of bonds that cannot or will not be expended in the near future; and

(H) a showing of when, to what extent, and why money deposited in the operations fund under clause (G) will not be expended in the near future.

(2) Request the department of local government finance and the state board of accounts to authorize a temporary loan for the operations fund.

(b) If:

(1) the department of local government finance finds and orders that there is need for a temporary loan and that it should be made;

(2) the state board of accounts finds that the money proposed to be borrowed will not be needed during the period of the temporary loan by the fund from which it is to be borrowed; and

(3) the state board of accounts and the department of local government finance approve the loan;

the business manager and treasurer of the school city shall, upon the approval of the state board of accounts and the department of local government finance, take all steps necessary to transfer the amount of the loans as a temporary loan from the fund to be borrowed from to the operations fund of the school city. The loan is a debt of the school city chargeable against its constitutional debt limit.

(c) The state board of accounts and the department of local government finance:

(1) may fix the total amount that may be borrowed on a petition; and

(2) shall determine:

(A) at what time or times;

(B) in what installments; and

(C) for what periods;

the money may be borrowed.

The treasurer and business manager of the school city, as money is collected from taxes levied on behalf of the operations fund, shall credit the amount of money collected from taxes levied to the loan until the amount borrowed is fully repaid to the fund from which the loan was made. The treasurer and business manager of the school city shall at the end of each calendar month report to the board the amounts applied from taxes to the payment of the loan.

(d) The school city shall, as often as once a month, report to both the state board of accounts and the department of local government finance:

(1) the amount of money borrowed and unpaid;

(2) any anticipated similar borrowings for the current month;

(3) the amount left in the operations fund; and

(4) the anticipated drafts on the operations fund for the purposes for which the fund was created.

(e) The state board of accounts and the department of local government finance, or either acting independently:

(1) if it appears that the fund from which the loan was made requires the repayment of all or part of the loan before maturity; or

(2) if the operations fund no longer requires all or part of the proceeds of the loan;

may require the school city to repay all or part of the loan. A school city shall, if necessary to repay all or part of a loan under this subsection, exercise its power to obtain a temporary loan from others under section 5 of this chapter to raise the money needed to repay the amount ordered repaid.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 20-25-4-8.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.171. Amended by P.L.244-2017, SEC.118.
Ind. Code § 20-19-3-22 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 19 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-19-3-22
Expired
Status: repealed

As added by P.L.155-2020, SEC.2. Expired 7-1-2021 by P.L.155-2020, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 20-23-10-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 10 / Section 20-23-10-1
"Concurrent resolutions"
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "concurrent resolutions" means substantially identical resolutions adopted by the governing bodies of the school corporations in a county.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-19-1(d).]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 20-30-2-2.2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 30 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-30-2-2.2
School flex instructional program
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.2. (a) As used in this section, "eligible student" means a student in grade 11 or 12 who:

(1) is not on track to complete a postsecondary readiness competency;

(2) has been determined to be chronically absent, by missing ten percent (10%) or more of a school year for any reason;

(3) has been determined to be a habitual truant, as identified under IC 20-33-2-11;

(4) has been significantly behind in credits for graduation, as identified by an individual's school principal;

(5) has previously undergone at least a second suspension from school for the school year under IC 20-33-8-14 or IC 20-33-8-15;

(6) has previously undergone an expulsion from school under IC 20-33-8-14, IC 20-33-8-15, or IC 20-33-8-16; or

(7) has been determined by the individual's principal and the individual's parent or guardian to benefit by participating in the school flex program.

(b) An eligible student who participates in a school flex program must:

(1) attend school for at least three (3) hours of instructional time per school day;

(2) pursue a timely graduation;

(3) provide evidence of college or technical career education enrollment and attendance or proof of employment and labor that is aligned with the student's career academic sequence under rules established by the bureau of youth employment;

(4) not be suspended or expelled while participating in a school flex program;

(5) pursue course and credit requirements for an Indiana diploma with a general designation; and

(6) maintain a ninety-five percent (95%) attendance rate.

(c) A school may allow an eligible student in grade 11 or 12 to complete an instructional day that consists of three (3) hours of instructional time if the student participates in the school flex program.

As added by P.L.242-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.246-2013, SEC.7; P.L.233-2015, SEC.222; P.L.242-2017, SEC.22; P.L.192-2018, SEC.14; P.L.147-2020, SEC.6; P.L.150-2024, SEC.27.
Ind. Code § 20-28-5-12.3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 28 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-28-5-12.3
Training required for initial practitioner license
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.3. The department may not grant an initial practitioner license unless an individual completes the following:

(1) Child abuse and neglect training.

(2) Youth suicide awareness and prevention training.

(3) Identification and reporting of human trafficking training.

(4) Training described in IC 20-28-5.5-1(a).

As added by P.L.214-2025, SEC.113.
Ind. Code § 20-26-2-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-26-2-1
Applicability
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding IC 20-18-2, the definitions in this chapter apply in IC 20-26-1 through IC 20-26-5, IC 20-26-7, and IC 20-26-7.1.

[2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: New.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.270-2019, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 20-24.2-4-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24.2 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-24.2-4-1
Compliance with applicable laws and Constitutions
Status: in_force

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 is subject to all federal and state laws and constitutional provisions that prohibit discrimination.

As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-47-1-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-47-1-1
"Proceeds from riverboat gaming"
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "proceeds from riverboat gaming" means tax revenue received by a political subdivision under IC 4-33-12-6, IC 4-33-13, or an agreement to share a city's or county's part of the tax revenue.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 20-26-5-21(b).]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.170.
Ind. Code § 20-26-7-46 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 7 / Section 20-26-7-46
Requirements for contracts as a design professional for a controlled project
Status: in_force

Sec. 46. A person, organization, or other entity that enters into a contract or an agreement with a school corporation to conduct a feasibility or cost study to assist the school corporation in determining the cost of a controlled project as described in IC 6-1.1-20-3.1(a) or IC 6-1.1-20-3.5(a) may not enter into a contract or agreement as the design professional on the controlled project with the school corporation to complete any part of the controlled project design unless the person, entity, or organization is awarded a contract as the design professional for the controlled project under IC 5-16-11.1.

As added by P.L.179-2016, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.246-2017, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 20-27-9-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 27 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-27-9-2
Persons 65 years of age or older
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. The governing body of a school corporation may allow, by written authorization, the use of a school bus or a special purpose bus for the transportation of adults at least sixty-five (65) years of age or adults with developmental or physical disabilities.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-1.5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.144-2019, SEC.13; P.L.270-2019, SEC.20; P.L.155-2020, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 20-49-1-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 49 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-49-1-2
"Current ADM"
Status: in_force

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.
Ind. Code § 20-33-8-14 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 33 / Chapter 8 / Section 20-33-8-14
Grounds for suspension or expulsion
Status: in_force

Sec. 14. (a) The following are the grounds for student suspension or expulsion, subject to the procedural requirements of this chapter and as stated by school corporation rules:

(1) Student misconduct.

(2) Substantial disobedience.

(b) The grounds for suspension or expulsion listed in subsection (a) apply when a student is:

(1) on school grounds immediately before or during school hours, or immediately after school hours, or at any other time when the school is being used by a school group;

(2) off school grounds at a school activity, function, or event; or

(3) traveling to or from school or a school activity, function, or event.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-8.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17.
Ind. Code § 20-33-1.5-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 33 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 20-33-1.5-3
Requiring student to adopt, affirm, affiliate, or take any action favoring position prohibited; alternative option offering
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. If a state agency, school corporation, or qualified school or an employee of a state agency, school corporation, or qualified school requires, makes part of a course, awards a grade or course credit, including extra credit, or otherwise incentivizes a student to engage in:

(1) political activism;

(2) lobbying; or

(3) efforts to persuade members of the legislative or executive branch at the federal, state, or local level;

the state agency, school corporation, or qualified school or the employee of the state agency, school corporation, or qualified school shall not require the student to adopt, affirm, affiliate, or take any action that would result in favoring any particular position on the issue or issues involved without offering an alternative option for the student to complete the assignment or receive extra credit or other incentivization that allows for the favoring of an alternative position.

As added by P.L.234-2023, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 20-32-3-10 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 32 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-32-3-10
Advanced placement examination; certificate of achievement; postsecondary academic credit
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. A student who undergoes an advanced placement examination under IC 20-36-3 and receives a satisfactory score on the advanced placement examination is entitled to receive:

(1) a certificate of achievement; and

(2) postsecondary level academic credit at a state educational institution that counts toward meeting the student's degree requirements, if elective credit is part of the student's degree requirement. The state educational institution may require a score higher than 3 on an advanced placement test if the credit is to be used for meeting a course requirement for a particular major at the state educational institution.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.4-10.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.91-2010, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 20-26-12-19 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 12 / Section 20-26-12-19
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-11-14.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.74. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.168.
Ind. Code § 20-23-11-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 23 / Chapter 11 / Section 20-23-11-3
School corporation duties
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. In carrying out this chapter, the school corporation shall pay the proportion of the cost of purchasing school grounds, repairing or erecting new building or buildings, and in maintaining the joint school, as the school trustees of the two (2) adjacent school corporations determines is equitable and just.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-56-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 20-35-1-4 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 35 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-35-1-4
"Division"
Status: in_force

Sec. 4. "Division" refers to the division of special education established by IC 20-35-2-1.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-6-1(2).]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
Ind. Code § 20-42.5-3-7 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 42.5 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-42.5-3-7
Chart of accounts requirements
Status: in_force

Sec. 7. (a) The chart of accounts used by school corporations must:

(1) coincide with the categories of expenditures described in section 5(a)(2) of this chapter; and

(2) provide the ability to determine expenditures made at and for each individual school building of a school corporation.

Each school corporation shall use the chart of accounts developed under this section.

(b) The state board of accounts may, in consultation with the department and the office of management and budget, modify the chart of accounts as necessary to make the chart of accounts coincide with the categories of expenditures described in section 5(a)(2) of this chapter.

As added by P.L.244-2017, SEC.91. Amended by P.L.130-2018, SEC.91; P.L.74-2026, SEC.151.
Ind. Code § 20-26-5-11.2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-26-5-11.2
Prohibited employment of or contracting with certain individuals; approval of employment or contract as a separate special agenda item; notification
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.2. (a) This section applies to:

(1) a school corporation;

(2) a charter school;

(3) a state accredited nonpublic school; and

(4) an entity with which the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school contracts for services;

concerning employees of the school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or entity who are likely to have direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the employees' employment.

(b) Subject to section 10(k) of this chapter and subsection (f), a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or entity may not employ or contract with, and shall terminate the employment of or contract with, an individual convicted of any of the following offenses:

(1) Murder (IC 35-42-1-1).

(2) Causing suicide (IC 35-42-1-2).

(3) Assisting suicide (IC 35-42-1-2.5).

(4) Voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3).

(5) Aggravated battery (IC 35-42-2-1.5).

(6) Kidnapping (IC 35-42-3-2).

(7) A sex offense (as defined in IC 11-8-8-5.2).

(8) Carjacking (IC 35-42-5-2) (repealed).

(9) Arson (IC 35-43-1-1).

(10) Public indecency (IC 35-45-4-1(a)(3), IC 35-45-4-1(a)(4), and IC 35-45-4-1(b)) committed:

(A) after June 30, 2003; or

(B) before July 1, 2003, if the person committed the offense by, in a public place, engaging in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5).

(11) Neglect of a dependent as a Class B felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 1 felony or Level 3 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014) (IC 35-46-1-4(b)(2) and IC 35-46-1-4(b)(3)).

(12) Child selling (IC 35-46-1-4(d)).

(13) An offense relating to material or a performance that is harmful to minors or obscene under IC 35-49-3.

If an entity described in subsection (a)(4) obtains information that an individual employed by the entity who works at a particular school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school has been convicted of an offense described in this subsection, the entity shall immediately notify the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school of the employee's conviction.

(c) After June 30, 2023, a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or entity may employ or contract with an individual convicted of any of the following offenses if a majority of the members elected or appointed to the governing body of the school corporation, or the equivalent body for a charter school, approves the employment or contract as a separate, special agenda item, or if the school administrator of a state accredited nonpublic school informs the administrator's appointing authority of the hiring:

(1) An offense relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated under IC 9-30-5.

(2) Reckless homicide (IC 35-42-1-5).

(3) Battery (IC 35-42-2-1).

(4) Domestic battery (IC 35-42-2-1.3).

(5) Criminal confinement (IC 35-42-3-3).

(6) Public indecency (IC 35-45-4-1(a)(1) or IC 35-45-4-1(a)(2)) committed:

(A) after June 30, 2003; or

(B) before July 1, 2003, if the person committed the offense by, in a public place, engaging in sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-221.5).

(7) Contributing to the delinquency of a minor (IC 35-46-1-8).

(8) An offense involving a weapon under IC 35-47 or IC 35-47.5.

(9) An offense relating to controlled substances under IC 35-48-4, other than an offense involving marijuana or paraphernalia used to consume marijuana.

(d) An individual employed by a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or entity described in subsection (a) shall notify the governing body of the school, if during the course of the individual's employment, the individual:

(1) is convicted in Indiana or another jurisdiction of an offense described in subsection (b) or (c); or

(2) is the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect.

(e) A school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or entity may use information obtained under section 10 of this chapter concerning an individual being the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect as grounds to not employ or contract with the individual.

(f) A school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or entity is not required to consider whether information concerning an individual's conviction:

(1) requires the school or entity to:

(A) not employ; or

(B) not contract with; or

(2) constitutes grounds to terminate the employment of or contract with;

an individual under subsection (b) if the individual's conviction is reversed, vacated, or set aside.

(g) Nothing in this section prohibits a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or entity from establishing procedures to verify the accuracy of the information obtained under section 10 of this chapter concerning an individual's conviction.

(h) A school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school may not hire or contract with an individual:

(1) who is required to wear an ankle monitor as the result of a criminal conviction;

(2) who entered into an agreement to settle an allegation of misconduct relating to the health, safety, or well-being of a student at a school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school, if the agreement included a nondisclosure agreement covering the alleged misconduct; or

(3) who, in an academic environment, engaged in a course of conduct involving repeated or continuing contact with a child that is intended to prepare or condition the child for sexual activity (as defined in IC 35-42-4-13);

unless a majority of the members elected or appointed to the governing body of the school corporation, or the equivalent body for a charter school, approves the hire or contract as a separate, special agenda item, or unless the school administrator of a state accredited nonpublic school informs the administrator's appointing authority of the hiring.

(i) For purposes of subsection (h), "misconduct relating to the health, safety, or well-being of a student" includes:

(1) engaging in a pattern of flirtatious or otherwise inappropriate comments;

(2) making any effort to gain unreasonable access to, and time alone with, any student with no discernible educational purpose;

(3) engaging in any behavior that can reasonably be construed as involving an inappropriate and overly personal and intimate relationship with, conduct toward, or focus on a student;

(4) telling explicit sexual jokes and stories;

(5) making sexually related comments;

(6) engaging in sexual kidding or teasing;

(7) engaging in sexual innuendos or making comments with double entendre;

(8) inappropriate physical touching;

(9) using spoken, written, or any electronic communication to importune, invite, participate with, or entice a person to expose or touch the person's own or another person's intimate body parts or to observe the student's intimate body parts via any form of computer network or system, any social media platform, telephone network, or data network or by text message or instant messaging;

(10) sexual advances or requests for sexual favors;

(11) physical or romantic relationship including but not limited to sexual intercourse or oral sexual intercourse;

(12) discussion of one's personal romantic or sexual feelings or activities;

(13) discussion, outside of a professional teaching or counseling context endorsed or required by an employing school district, of a student's romantic or sexual feelings or activities;

(14) displaying, sharing, or transmitting pornographic or sexually explicit materials;

(15) any physical contact that the student previously has indicated is unwelcome, unless such contact is professionally required, such as to teach a sport or other skill, or to protect the safety of the student or others;

(16) other than for purposes of addressing student dress code violations or concerns, referencing the physical appearance or clothes of a student in a way that could be interpreted as sexual; and

(17) self-disclosure or physical exposure of a sexual, romantic, or erotic nature.

As added by P.L.110-2023, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-2025, SEC.187.
Ind. Code § 20-22-2-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 22 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-22-2-3
Educational facilities, educational programs, and training
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. The school shall provide the following:

(1) Educational facilities that meet standards established by the state board for regular public schools.

(2) Educational facilities for school age individuals.

(3) Educational programs and services to meet those special needs imposed by hearing impairment so that a student with a hearing disability (including a student with multiple disabilities with hearing impairment) may achieve the student's maximum ability for independence in academic pursuits, career opportunities, travel, personal care, and home management.

(4) Training to permit a student with a hearing disability (including a student with multiple disabilities with hearing impairment) to achieve the student's maximum development toward self-support and independence.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-16-2-3.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.165.
Ind. Code § 20-29-6-6 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 20-29-6-6
Limitations on obligation to bargain collectively; agreement provision; attestation regarding public hearing
Status: in_force

Sec. 6. (a) The obligation to bargain collectively does not include the final approval of a contract concerning any items. Agreements reached through collective bargaining are binding as a contract only if ratified by the governing body of the school corporation and the exclusive representative. The obligation to bargain collectively does not require the school employer or the exclusive representative to agree to a proposal of the other or to make a concession to the other.

(b) This subsection applies to a collective bargaining agreement ratified after June 30, 2021. A ratified collective bargaining agreement shall include a provision specifying the date on which the public hearing described in section 1(b) of this chapter and the public meeting described in section 19 of this chapter occurred as well as an attestation signed by both parties attesting that the public hearing described in section 1(b) of this chapter and the public meeting described in section 19 of this chapter occurred on the dates specified in the ratified collective bargaining agreement. The governing body shall indicate as part of the attestation whether governing body members or members of the public were allowed to participate in the public hearing or public meeting by means of electronic communication.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-2(n) part.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.216-2021, SEC.24.
Ind. Code § 20-34-3-18 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 34 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-34-3-18
Release of medication
Status: in_force

Sec. 18. (a) This section does not apply to medication possessed by a student for self-administration under IC 20-33-8-13.

(b) Medication that is possessed by a school for administration during school hours or at school functions for a student may be released to:

(1) the student's parent; or

(2) an individual who is:

(A) at least eighteen (18) years of age; and

(B) designated in writing by the student's parent to receive the medication.

(c) A school corporation may send home medication that is possessed by a school for administration during school hours or at school functions with a student if the student's parent provides written permission for the student to receive the medication.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-7-22.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.76-2005, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 20-42-1-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 42 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-42-1-2
"Fund"
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to a common school fund administered by a county.

[2006 Recodification Citation: New.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.165.
Ind. Code § 20-27-5-24 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 27 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-27-5-24
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-2-21.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.200.
Ind. Code § 20-24.2-1-3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24.2 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-24.2-1-3
"Qualified high school"
Status: in_force

Sec. 3. "Qualified high school" refers to a performance qualified high school or a high school that receives a waiver under IC 20-24.2-3.

As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-33-9-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 33 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-33-9-5
Controlled substance violations; reports by school employees
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. If a person other than a member of the administrative staff who is an employee of a school corporation has personally observed:

(1) a violation described in section 1 of this chapter; or

(2) a delinquent act that would be a violation under section 1 of this chapter if the violator were an adult;

in, on, or within one thousand (1,000) feet of the school property of the school corporation employing the person, the person shall immediately report the violation in writing to a member of the administrative staff of the school corporation employing the person.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-12-2.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17.
Ind. Code § 20-30-5-7.5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 30 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-30-5-7.5
Physical activities
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.5. (a) This section does not apply to a student who:

(1) is in half-day kindergarten; or

(2) has a medical condition that precludes participation in the daily physical activity provided under this section.

(b) Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the governing body of each school corporation shall provide daily physical activity for students in elementary school. The physical activity may include the use of recess. On a day when there is inclement weather or unplanned circumstances have shortened the school day, the school corporation may provide physical activity alternatives or elect not to provide physical activity.

As added by P.L.54-2006, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.94.
Ind. Code § 20-20.5-17-12 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 20.5 / Chapter 17 / Section 20-20.5-17-12
Guidelines to award grants; requirements
Status: in_force

Sec. 12. (a) The department shall develop guidelines to award grants to eligible teams for allowable expenses. The guidelines developed by the department must include a maximum grant award allotment for each eligible team based on the:

(1) level of programming;

(2) level of competition; and

(3) number of participants;

of various robotics competitions as determined by the department.

(b) The department shall award grants in a manner that maximizes the number of eligible teams that will be able to receive funds, with an emphasis on increasing the number of high school teams, and that expands the geographical distribution of eligible teams.

(c) The department shall award grants under this chapter for each school year not later than August 1 of the applicable school year.

[Pre-2026 Revision Citation: 20-20-45.5-12.]

As added by P.L.74-2026, SEC.37.
Ind. Code § 20-46-1-11 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 46 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-46-1-11
Maximum term of levy
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. Except as provided in section 10.1(c) of this chapter, the voters in a referendum may not approve a levy that is imposed for more than the following:

(1) For a referendum before July 1, 2017, seven (7) years.

(2) For a referendum after June 30, 2017, eight (8) years.

However, a levy may be reimposed or extended under this chapter.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 6-1.1-19-4.5(c) part.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.169. Amended by P.L.246-2017, SEC.8; P.L.38-2021, SEC.63.
Ind. Code § 20-34-3-14 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 34 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-34-3-14
Hearing tests
Status: in_force

Sec. 14. (a) The governing body of each school corporation shall annually conduct an audiometer test or a similar test to determine the hearing efficiency of the following students:

(1) Students in grade 1, grade 4, grade 7, and grade 10.

(2) A student who has transferred into the school corporation.

(3) A student who is suspected of having hearing defects.

(b) A governing body may appoint the technicians and assistants necessary to perform the testing required under this section.

(c) Records of all tests shall be made and continuously maintained by the school corporation to provide information that may assist in diagnosing and treating any student's auditory abnormality. However, diagnosis and treatment shall be performed only on recommendation of an Indiana physician who has examined the student.

(d) The governing body may adopt rules for the administration of this section.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-7-17.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.18.
Ind. Code § 20-24-5-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-24-5-5
Limits on student admissions, suspensions, and expulsions
Status: in_force

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) and section 4.5 of this chapter, a charter school must enroll any eligible student who submits a timely application for enrollment.

(b) This subsection applies if the number of applications for a program, class, grade level, or building exceeds the capacity of the program, class, grade level, or building. If a charter school receives a greater number of applications than there are spaces for students, each timely applicant must be given an equal chance of admission. The organizer must determine which of the applicants will be admitted to the charter school or the program, class, grade level, or building by random drawing in a public meeting, with each timely applicant limited to one (1) entry in the drawing. However, the organizer of a charter school located in a county with a consolidated city shall determine which of the applicants will be admitted to the charter school or the program, class, grade level, or building by using a publicly verifiable random selection process.

(c) A charter school may limit new admissions to the charter school to:

(1) ensure that a student who attends the charter school during a school year may continue to attend the charter school in subsequent years;

(2) ensure that a student who attends a charter school during a school year may continue to attend a different charter school held by the same organizer in subsequent years;

(3) allow the siblings of a student alumnus or a current student who attends a charter school or a charter school held by the same organizer to attend the same charter school the student is attending or the student alumnus attended;

(4) allow preschool students who attend a Level 3 or Level 4 Paths to QUALITY program preschool to attend kindergarten at a charter school if the charter school and the preschool provider have entered into an agreement to share services or facilities;

(5) allow each student who qualifies for free or reduced price lunch under the national school lunch program to receive preference for admission to a charter school if the preference is specifically provided for in the charter school's charter and is approved by the authorizer; and

(6) allow each student who attends a charter school that is co-located with the charter school to receive preference for admission to the charter school if the preference is specifically provided for in the charter school's charter and is approved by the charter school's authorizer.

(d) This subsection applies to an existing school that converts to a charter school under IC 20-24-11. During the school year in which the existing school converts to a charter school, the charter school may limit admission to:

(1) those students who were enrolled in the charter school on the date of the conversion; and

(2) siblings of students described in subdivision (1).

(e) A charter school may give enrollment preference to children of the charter school's founders, governing body members, and charter school employees, as long as the enrollment preference under this subsection is not given to more than ten percent (10%) of the charter school's total population.

(f) A charter school may give enrollment preference to children who attend another charter school that is closed or non-renewed under IC 20-24-4-3 or IC 20-24-9-4.

(g) A charter school may not suspend or expel a charter school student or otherwise request a charter school student to transfer to another school on the basis of the following:

(1) Disability.

(2) Race.

(3) Color.

(4) Gender.

(5) National origin.

(6) Religion.

(7) Ancestry.

A charter school student may be expelled or suspended only in a manner consistent with discipline rules established under IC 20-24-5.5.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-5-4.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.91-2011, SEC.15; P.L.35-2014, SEC.2; P.L.221-2015, SEC.9; P.L.179-2016, SEC.3; P.L.250-2017, SEC.18; P.L.130-2018, SEC.87; P.L.192-2018, SEC.8; P.L.215-2018(ss), SEC.8; P.L.159-2019, SEC.9; P.L.211-2019, SEC.21; P.L.270-2019, SEC.3; P.L.216-2021, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 20-29-6-15.1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 20-29-6-15.1
Initiation of factfinding
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.1. (a) If an agreement has not been reached on the items permitted to be bargained collectively under section 4 of this chapter, within fifteen (15) days after mediation under section 13 of this chapter has ended, the board shall initiate factfinding.

(b) Factfinding must culminate in the factfinder imposing contract terms on the parties. The factfinder must select one (1) party's last best offer as the contract terms. The factfinder's order must be restricted to only those items permitted to be bargained and included in the collective bargaining agreement under section 4 of this chapter and must not put the employer in a position of deficit financing (as defined in IC 20-29-2-6). The factfinder's order may not impose terms beyond those proposed by the parties in their last, best offers.

(c) Costs for the factfinder shall be borne equally by the parties.

(d) Factfinding may not last longer than thirty (30) days.

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.181. Amended by P.L.219-2015, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 20-47-3-10 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 20-47-3-10
Conduct of public hearing; lease authorization procedures
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. (a) At the hearing, all interested persons have a right to be heard upon the necessity for the execution of the proposed lease and whether the rental to be paid to the lessor corporation under the proposed lease is a fair and reasonable rental for the proposed building. The hearing may be adjourned to a later date or dates.

(b) Not later than thirty (30) days following the termination of the hearing, the governing body or bodies of the school corporation or corporations or the corporation board may by a majority vote of all members of the governing body or bodies or the corporation board:

(1) authorize the execution of the lease as originally agreed upon; or

(2) make modifications to the proposed lease as agreed upon with the lessor corporation.

However, the lease rentals as set out in the published notice may not be increased.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-5-12-7(a) part.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.170. Amended by P.L.101-2026, SEC.48.
Ind. Code § 20-32-5.1-11 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 32 / Chapter 5.1 / Section 20-32-5.1-11
Students with a disability; accommodations
Status: in_force

Sec. 11. (a) A student who is a student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8) shall be tested under this chapter with appropriate accommodations as outlined in the student's individualized education program, service plan developed under 511 IAC 7-34, or choice scholarship education plan developed under 511 IAC 7-49 in testing materials and procedures unless the individuals who develop the student's individualized education program, service plan, or choice scholarship education plan determine that testing or a part of the testing under this chapter is not appropriate for the student and that an alternate assessment will be used to test the student's achievement.

(b) Any decision concerning a student who is a student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8) regarding the student's:

(1) participation in testing under this chapter;

(2) receiving accommodations in testing materials and procedures;

(3) participation in remediation; or

(4) retention at the same grade level for consecutive school years;

must be made in accordance with the student's individualized education program, service plan, or choice scholarship education plan in compliance with the statewide assessment program's policies and federal law.

As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.214-2025, SEC.175.
Ind. Code § 20-42-1-10 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 42 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-42-1-10
Loans; required interest rate
Status: in_force

Sec. 10. Subject to section 9 of this chapter, the:

(1) principal belonging to a fund; and

(2) accumulations to the principal of a fund held by a county;

must be loaned at four percent (4%) per annum. Loans made before June 1, 1943, with a rate of interest higher than four percent (4%) per annum must have an interest rate of four percent (4%) per annum.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-7-1.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.165.
Ind. Code § 20-25-5-7 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 25 / Chapter 5 / Section 20-25-5-7
"Resolution"
Status: in_force

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "resolution" of a school corporation means a resolution duly adopted by the school corporation's governing body.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.87; P.L.118-2016, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 20-26-10-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 10 / Section 20-26-10-5
Repealed
Status: repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-11-3.5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.74-2026, SEC.74.
Ind. Code § 20-26-11-16 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 11 / Section 20-26-11-16
Rules of implementation and enforcement; award to prevailing school corporation
Status: in_force

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 the state board.

(b) The state board shall adopt rules for the enforcement of the payment of transfer tuition. The enforcement may include withholding state support from the transferor corporation for the benefit of the transferee corporation, charging interest, penalties for late payment, and the costs of collection.

(c) If a school corporation prevails at the final adjudication of:

(1) an administrative proceeding under this chapter; or

(2) a lawsuit against a school corporation;

to compel payment of transfer tuition owed by the school corporation under this chapter, the administrative body or the court shall award to the prevailing party the transfer tuition owed, if any, plus reasonable attorney's fees and interest as provided by law.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.1-11.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.
Ind. Code § 20-50-1-5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 50 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-50-1-5
Posting of information regarding local liaisons and McKinney-Vento Act on website
Status: in_force

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 Act on its website, which may include the following:

(1) A list of homeless students rights.

(2) A resource link to the department's website.

(3) A directory of state and federal resources.

(4) The contact information for the state coordinator.

(5) Relevant newsletters and bulletins.

(c) Pursuant to the McKinney-Vento Act, the department shall post the verified and certified number of children and youths identified as homeless on its website, updated annually.

As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.155-2019, SEC.11; P.L.23-2026, SEC.214.
Ind. Code § 20-43-1-1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 43 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-43-1-1
Expiration
Status: in_force

Sec. 1. This article expires June 30, 2027.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citations: 21-1-30-10; 21-3-1.7-10; 21-3-2.1-10; 21-3-12-12.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.232; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.323; P.L.229-2011, SEC.199; P.L.144-2012, SEC.2; P.L.205-2013, SEC.259; P.L.213-2015, SEC.203; P.L.217-2017, SEC.107; P.L.108-2019, SEC.214; P.L.165-2021, SEC.158; P.L.201-2023, SEC.197; P.L.213-2025, SEC.185.
Ind. Code § 20-24-9-8 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 24 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-24-9-8
Public meetings of governing boards; location
Status: in_force

Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to the following:

(1) To an organizer that operates two (2) or more charter schools unless all charter schools operated by the organizer are located within the same county.

(2) To the organizer of a virtual charter school.

(3) To an innovation network school under IC 20-25.7.

(b) This section does not apply to a public meeting in which the governing board participates in the public meeting by means of electronic communication.

(c) Beginning July 1, 2021, the organizer of one (1) or more charter schools that are located within the same county must hold at least fifty percent (50%) of the public meetings of the governing board of the charter schools within the county in which the charter schools are located.

As added by P.L.216-2021, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 20-18-2-18.3 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 18 / Chapter 2 / Section 20-18-2-18.3
"Special curriculum"
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.3. "Special curriculum" means a course of study embracing subject matter or a teaching methodology that is not generally offered to students of the same age or grade level in the same school corporation. The term does not include:

(1) a course of study or a part of a course of study designed solely for special education or limited English language proficiency students; or

(2) a course of study or part of a course of study in which any student is unable to participate because of the student's limited financial resources.

As added by P.L.282-2013, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-28-9-20 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 28 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-28-9-20
Participation in health insurance plan upon retirement
Status: in_force

Sec. 20. A teacher who is employed by a school corporation that provides a health insurance plan for its employees may participate in the health insurance plan upon retirement under IC 5-10-8.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-5-14.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12.
Ind. Code § 20-34-4-2 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 34 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-34-4-2
Required immunizations; immunization calendar; rules
Status: in_force

Sec. 2. (a) Every child residing in Indiana who is enrolled in an accredited elementary school or high school shall be immunized as determined by the Indiana department of health against:

(1) diphtheria;

(2) pertussis (whooping cough);

(3) tetanus;

(4) measles;

(5) rubella;

(6) poliomyelitis;

(7) mumps;

(8) varicella;

(9) hepatitis A;

(10) hepatitis B; and

(11) meningitis.

(b) The Indiana department of health may expand or otherwise modify the list of communicable diseases that require documentation of immunity as medical information becomes available that would warrant the expansion or modification in the interest of public health.

(c) Before November 30 of each year, the Indiana department of health shall publish a two (2) year calendar of immunization requirements and recommendations. The calendar must include:

(1) the immunization requirements for the following school year; and

(2) recommendations for immunization requirements for the year subsequent to the following school year.

(d) The publishing time frame for the calendar described in subsection (c) does not apply in the event of an emergency as determined by the state health commissioner.

(e) The Indiana department of health shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 specifying the:

(1) required immunizations;

(2) child's age for administering each vaccine;

(3) adequately immunizing doses; and

(4) method of documentation of proof of immunity.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-7-9.5(a), (b), (c), (d).]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.161-2009, SEC.5; P.L.208-2015, SEC.12; P.L.56-2023, SEC.190.
Ind. Code § 20-33-9-10.5 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 33 / Chapter 9 / Section 20-33-9-10.5
Criminal organization activity; duty to report; maintaining safe school environment
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.5. (a) This section does not apply to a charter school or a state accredited nonpublic school.

(b) A school employee shall report any incidence of suspected criminal organization activity, criminal organization intimidation, or criminal organization recruitment to the principal and the school safety specialist.

(c) The principal and the school safety specialist may take appropriate action to maintain a safe and secure school environment, including providing appropriate intervention services.

As added by P.L.190-2013, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.25-2016, SEC.11; P.L.92-2020, SEC.81.
Ind. Code § 20-19-1-1.1 — Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 19 / Chapter 1 / Section 20-19-1-1.1
Appointment of secretary of education
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.1. (a) The governor shall appoint an individual to be the secretary of education.

(b) For purposes of Article 8, Section 8 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, the secretary of education is the state superintendent of public instruction.

(c) The individual appointed under this section serves at the pleasure of and at a salary determined by the governor.

(d) The secretary of education is the chief executive officer of the department.

As added by P.L.219-2017, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.8-2019, SEC.16; P.L.214-2025, SEC.13; P.L.23-2026, SEC.160.