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IN Code § 20-26-5-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-14. Liberal Construction

Sec. 14. IC 20-26-1 through IC 20-26-5, IC 20-26-7, IC 20-40-12, and IC 20-48-1 shall be liberally construed to permit the governing body of a school corporation to conduct its affairs in a manner consistent with sound business practice to the ends that the authority of the governing body is clarified and that it is permitted to operate with the maximum efficiency consistent with accountability.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-6-3.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.120.
IN Code § 20-26-5-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-18. Authority to Join Regional School Study Councils

Sec. 18. For purposes of section 1 of this chapter and under the powers of section 4(a)(20) of this chapter, the governing body of any school corporation may join and associate with groups of other school corporations within Indiana in regional school study councils to examine common school problems and exchange educational information of mutual benefit, and dues to the study councils shall be paid by the school corporation from the operations fund.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-6-6.5.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.101; P.L.118-2016, SEC.6; P.L.244-2017, SEC.43.
IN Code § 20-26-5-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-19. Distribution of Payroll Based on Contractual and Salary Schedule Commitments

Sec. 19. A governing body under its powers to fix and pay the salaries and compensation of employees of the school corporation and to contract for services under section 4(a)(8) of this chapter may distribute payroll based on contractual and compensation plan commitments instead of payroll estimates approved in advance by the governing body.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-6-6.6.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.166; P.L.233-2015, SEC.102; P.L.118-2016, SEC.7.
IN Code § 20-26-5-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-20. Use of School Facilities; Fees

Sec. 20. The governing body of any school corporation may:(1) permit any of its facilities to be used by any person in situations and at times that do not interfere with use of the facility for school purposes, including:(A) use of a swimming pool or other athletic facility; or(B) use of classrooms or other space in a school for purposes of school age childcare; and(2) incur any necessary expense in the use or operation of the facility.The governing body may set up and charge a schedule of fees for admission to or use of any facility outside the school corporation's regular school program. Fees shall be deposited in the operations fund or the extracurricular account of the school corporation.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-6-7.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.121; P.L.244-2017, SEC.44.
IN Code § 20-26-5-22.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-22.5. Public School Foundations

Sec. 22.5. (a) A school corporation may participate in the establishment of a public school foundation.(b) The governing body of a school corporation may receive the proceeds of a grant, a restricted gift, an unrestricted gift, a donation, an endowment, a bequest, a trust, an agreement to share tax revenue received by a city or county under IC 4-33-12-6 or IC 4-33-13, or other funds not generated from taxes levied by the school corporation to create a foundation under the following conditions:(1) The foundation is:(A) exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and(B) organized as an Indiana nonprofit corporation for the purposes of providing educational funds for scholarships, teacher education, capital programs, and special programs for school corporations.(2) Except as provided in subdivision (3), the foundation retains all rights to a donation, including investment powers. The foundation may hold a donation as a permanent endowment.(3) The foundation agrees to do the following:(A) Distribute the income from a donation only to the school corporation.(B) Return a donation to the operations fund of the school corporation if the foundation:(i) loses the foundation's status as a foundation exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;(ii) is liquidated; or(iii) violates any condition set forth in this subdivision.(c) A school corporation may use the proceeds received under this section from a foundation only for educational purposes of the school corporation described in subsection (b)(1)(B).(d) The governing body of the school corporation may appoint members to the foundation.(e) The treasurer of the governing body of the school corporation may serve as the treasurer of the foundation.As added by P.L.214-2005, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.244-2017, SEC.45.
IN Code § 20-26-5-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-23. Authorization to Enter Into Agreements Concerning Student Teacher Training

Sec. 23. Public school corporations may enter into agreements with postsecondary educational institutions to provide teaching experience for students of the institutions preparing for the educational profession and for the services of persons working jointly for the school corporation and an institution.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-10-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.210.
IN Code § 20-26-5-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-24. Contents of Student Teacher Training Agreement

Sec. 24. (a) An agreement under section 23 of this chapter must set out the responsibilities and rights of the public school corporations, the institutions, and the students or persons who supervise the students and who are working jointly for a school corporation and an institution.(b) An agreement must contain:(1) a provision for the payment of an honorarium for consulting services by the postsecondary educational institution directly to the supervisor;(2) a provision that, if the sum paid by the institution to the supervisor should ever be lawfully determined to be a wage rather than an honorarium by an instrumentality of the United States, then the postsecondary educational institution shall be considered under the agreement to be the supervisor's part-time employer; and(3) a provision requiring a student to be supervised by a certificated employee who has been rated as either highly effective or effective on the certificated employee's latest annual performance evaluation under IC 20-28-11.5.(c) The provision required by subsection (b)(3) must be included in an agreement entered into or renewed under this chapter after June 30, 2015. Public school corporations and postsecondary educational institutions shall revise agreements in effect on July 1, 2015, to include the provisions required by subsection (b).[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-10-2.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.211; P.L.37-2015, SEC.1; P.L.233-2015, SEC.103; P.L.118-2016, SEC.8.
IN Code § 20-26-5-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-28. Authority to Establish and Maintain Nursery Schools

Sec. 28. A governing body may establish and maintain nursery schools for the instruction of children less than six (6) years of age. Expenses of operating the nursery schools shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses of the school corporation.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-16-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.
IN Code § 20-26-5-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-29. Funding; State or Federal Aid

Sec. 29. A school corporation may establish and maintain nursery schools from the same revenue in the same manner as other grades and departments in the common schools of the school corporation are provided for and may apply for and receive from any state or federal governmental agency any funds as may be made available through the agencies for that purpose.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-16-2.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.
IN Code § 20-26-5-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-30. Maintenance and Support of Nursery School Operated by Incorporated Association

Sec. 30. A school corporation may use funds under IC 36-12-15-4 for the aid, maintenance, and support of nursery schools conducted by an association incorporated to operate a nursery school.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-16-3.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.122; P.L.1-2009, SEC.122.
IN Code § 20-26-5-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-31. School Corporation Police; Autism and Asperger's Syndrome Training

Sec. 31. (a) If a school corporation, including a school city (as defined in IC 20-25-2-12), establishes a school corporation police department, the governing body of the school corporation shall adopt a policy that requires every individual appointed as a school corporation police officer to complete training and education, approved by the state board, that will enable the school corporation police officer to appropriately deal with individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome.(b) This subsection applies to a regular or special police officer who is assigned as a security police officer for a school corporation under IC 36-8-3-7. The governing body of the school corporation to which the police officer is assigned shall ensure that the police officer receives training and education, approved by the state board, that will enable the police officer to appropriately deal with individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome.As added by P.L.122-2007, SEC.1.
IN Code § 20-26-5-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-32. Involvement of Parents With Discipline Plan; Department's Model Discipline Plan

Sec. 32. (a) The governing body of each school corporation shall work with parents to:(1) develop; and(2) review periodically;an evidence based plan for improving student behavior and discipline in the school corporation after receiving a model plan developed by the department.(b) The model plan developed by the department under subsection (a) must:(1) reduce out-of-school suspension and disproportionality in discipline and expulsion;(2) limit referrals to law enforcement and arrests on school property to cases in which referral to law enforcement or arrest is necessary to protect the health and safety of students or school employees; and(3) include policies to address instances of bullying and cyberbullying on school property of a school corporation.(c) Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the department, in collaboration with parent organizations, teacher organizations, educational support professional organizations, and state educational institutions, shall, upon a school corporation's request, provide information and assistance to the school corporation regarding the implementation of the school corporation's evidence based plan developed under subsection (a) to ensure that teachers and administrators receive appropriate professional development and other resources in preparation for carrying out the plan.As added by P.L.66-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.151-2018, SEC.1.
IN Code § 20-26-5-32.2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-32.2. Employee Wage Payment Arrangements

Sec. 32.2. (a) Notwithstanding IC 22-2-5-1, a school corporation, educational service center, or charter school and:(1) an employee if there is no representative described under subdivision (2) or (3) for that employee;(2) the exclusive representative of its certificated employees with respect to those employees; or(3) a labor organization representing its noncertificated employees with respect to those employees;may agree in writing to a wage payment arrangement.(b) A wage payment arrangement under subsection (a) may provide that compensation earned during a school year may be paid:(1) using equal installments or any other method; and(2) over:(A) all or part of that school year; or(B) any other period that begins not earlier than the first day of that school year and ends not later than thirteen (13) months after the wage payment arrangement period begins.Such an arrangement may provide that compensation earned in a calendar year is paid in the next calendar year, so long as all the compensation is paid within the thirteen (13) month period beginning with the first day of the school year.(c) A wage payment arrangement under subsection (a) must be structured in such a manner so that it is not considered:(1) a nonqualified deferred compensation plan for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code; or(2) deferred compensation for purposes of Section 457(f) of the Internal Revenue Code.(d) Absent an agreement under subsection (a), a school corporation, educational service center, or charter school remains subject to IC 22-2-5-1.(e) Wage payments required under a wage payment arrangement entered into under subsection (a) are enforceable under IC 22-2-5-2.(f) If an employee leaves employment for any reason, either permanently or temporarily, the amount due the employee under IC 22-2-5-1 and IC 22-2-9-2 is the total amount of wages earned and unpaid. If the employment relationship ends at the conclusion of a school year, the school corporation, educational service center, or charter school may pay the employee the remaining wages owed as provided in the written wage payment arrangement.(g) Employment with a school corporation, educational service center, or charter school may not be conditioned upon the acceptance of a wage payment arrangement under subsection (a).(h) An employee may revoke a wage payment arrangement under subsection (a) at the beginning of each school year.(i) A wage payment arrangement under this chapter may not contain any terms beyond those permitted to be bargained under IC 20-29-6-4.As added by P.L.41-2009, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.2; P.L.91-2011, SEC.26; P.L.6-2012, SEC.132; P.L.270-2019, SEC.11.
IN Code § 20-26-5-32.4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-32.4. Autism Information Distribution to Noncertificated Employees

Sec. 32.4. The Department of Education shall create a document explaining aspects of autism including behaviors that students with autism may exhibit. Said document is to be distributed to school corporations for distribution to noncertificated employees (as defined in IC 20-29-2-11).As added by P.L.93-2009, SEC.2.
IN Code § 20-26-5-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-33. Programs Concerning Consequences of Sharing Sexually Suggestive or Explicit Materials Through Digital Media

Sec. 33. A school corporation may offer classes, instruction, or programs regarding the potential risks and consequences of creating and sharing sexually suggestive or explicit materials through cellular telephones, social networking web sites, computer networks, and other digital media.As added by P.L.180-2011, SEC.1.
IN Code § 20-26-5-34.2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-34.2. Bullying Prevention; Training for Employees and Volunteers

Sec. 34.2. A school corporation shall provide training to the school corporation's employees and volunteers who have direct, ongoing contact with students concerning the school's bullying prevention and reporting policy adopted under IC 20-33-8-13.5. The training shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1.As added by P.L.285-2013, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.26.
IN Code § 20-26-5-34.4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-34.4. Child Suicide Awareness and Prevention Policy

Sec. 34.4. Each school corporation shall adopt a policy addressing measures intended to increase child suicide awareness and prevention. The policy must address the following:(1) Counseling services for the child and the child's family related to suicide prevention.(2) Availability of referral information for crisis intervention to children, parents, and school corporation staff.(3) Increasing awareness of the relationship between suicide and drug and alcohol use.(4) Training on warning signs and tendencies that may evidence that a child is considering suicide.(5) Availability of information concerning suicide prevention services in the community.(6) Cooperation among the school corporation and suicide prevention services in the community.(7) Development of a plan to assist survivors of attempted suicide and to assist children and school corporation staff in coping with an attempted suicide or death of a student or school employee.(8) Development of any other program or activity that is appropriate.As added by P.L.254-2017, SEC.5.
IN Code § 20-26-5-35.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-35.5. Prohibition on Policy That Delays an Individual's Duty to Report Child Abuse or Neglect

Sec. 35.5. (a) This section applies to a:(1) school corporation;(2) charter school; or(3) nonpublic school that employs one (1) or more employees.(b) A school corporation, including a charter school and a nonpublic school, may not establish any policy that restricts or delays the duty of an employee or individual to report suspected child abuse or neglect as required under IC 31-33-5.As added by P.L.115-2017, SEC.4.
IN Code § 20-26-5-36 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-36. Annual Spending for Remediation Programs; Procedures to Adopt a Remediation Program; Public Hearing; Requirement to File an Adopted Plan With the Department

Sec. 36. (a) Each school year, the governing body of a school corporation may spend an amount for remediation programs for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 not to exceed one percent (1%) of the state tuition support that the school corporation receives for the school year.(b) A remediation program for any subset of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 must be in writing and adopted at a public hearing of the governing body of the school corporation before the governing body may spend money for the remediation program.(c) After the governing body of a school corporation adopts a remediation program under subsection (b), the school corporation shall promptly file the adopted plan with the department. The department shall review a plan for a remediation program adopted by the governing body of a school corporation and may comment on the plan.As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.167.
IN Code § 20-26-5-37 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-37. Types of Diplomas Offered; Students With Disabilities Not Required to Complete Local Credit Requirements to Receive Diplomas

Sec. 37. (a) A high school operated by a school corporation shall offer the high school's students the opportunity to earn an Indiana diploma with any type of designation established under IC 20-19-2-21.(b) Notwithstanding IC 20-32-4-1.5, IC 20-32-4-4(a)(5), IC 20-32-4-4.1(b)(3), and IC 20-32-4-5(b)(2)(E), a school corporation shall not require a student with a disability to complete locally required credits that exceed state credit requirements to receive a diploma unless otherwise required as part of the student's individualized education program under IC 20-35.As added by P.L.162-2016, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.242-2017, SEC.14; P.L.192-2018, SEC.10; P.L.10-2019, SEC.82.
IN Code § 20-26-5-38 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 5. General Powers and Duties|20-26-5-38. School Materials for Children Detained in Juvenile Detention Facilities

Sec. 38. (a) As used in this section, "juvenile detention facility" refers to the following:(1) A juvenile detention facility under IC 31-31-8.(2) A juvenile detention center under IC 31-31-9.(3) A shelter care facility that is licensed to care for more than ten (10) children.(b) As used in this section, "school materials" includes curricular materials and syllabi for a particular grade level or course. The term does not include hardware that will be consumed, accessed, or used by a single student during a semester or school year.(c) If a child is or will be detained in a juvenile detention facility for more than seven (7) calendar days, the school corporation shall, upon request by the juvenile detention facility or the child's parent, provide to the juvenile detention facility the school materials for the grade level or courses in which the child is enrolled or would be enrolled if the child were not detained. The school corporation may provide the school materials in an electronic format.(d) The school corporation shall, upon request by the juvenile detention facility or the child's parent, deliver to the juvenile detention facility the school materials described in subsection (c) at least once every seven (7) calendar days, excluding any days that are not student instructional days.(e) Except for the assessment of rental fees for curricular materials under IC 20-26-12, the school corporation is responsible for any costs associated with preparing and delivering school materials under this section.(f) The school corporation is not required to provide school materials that have been requested by a juvenile detention facility or the child's parent under this section if the:(1) child is released from the juvenile detention facility; or(2) juvenile detention facility or the child's parent requests that the school corporation no longer provide the school materials.As added by P.L.94-2019, SEC.1.