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IN Code § 20-50-1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 1. School Corporation Liaison for Homeless Children|20-50-1-6. Training for Local Liaisons and School Staff

Sec. 6. (a) Each year, the department shall provide training to individuals who are appointed under section 3 of this chapter as liaisons for homeless children.(b) The local educational agency shall provide professional development training to school staff, including teachers, paraprofessionals, and school support staff, at least one (1) time per year. The development training shall include:(1) the definition of homelessness;(2) signs of homelessness; and(3) steps to take when a homeless student is identified.(c) The local educational agency shall provide professional development training to specialized instructional support personnel that is designed to heighten the understanding and sensitivity of the personnel to:(1) the needs of homeless children and youths;(2) the rights of homeless children and youths under the McKinney-Vento Act; and(3) the specific educational needs of homeless children and youths.As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.155-2019, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-50-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 2. Tutoring for Homeless Children|20-50-2-1. Application

Sec. 1. This chapter applies after June 30, 2009.As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3.
IN Code § 20-50-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 2. Tutoring for Homeless Children|20-50-2-2. "Homeless Children and Youths"

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.
IN Code § 20-50-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 2. Tutoring for Homeless Children|20-50-2-3. Tutoring for Homeless Children

Sec. 3. Each school corporation shall provide tutoring for children enrolled in a school operated by the school corporation who are homeless children and youths, if the school corporation determines the children have a demonstrated need for tutoring.As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.155-2019, SEC.15.
IN Code § 20-50-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 3. Transportation of Students in Foster Care|20-50-3-1. Application

Sec. 1. This chapter applies after June 30, 2009.As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3.
IN Code § 20-50-3-1.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 3. Transportation of Students in Foster Care|20-50-3-1.1. "Foster Care"

Sec. 1.1. As used in this chapter, "foster care" has the meaning set forth in IC 31-9-2-46.7.As added by P.L.46-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 20-50-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 3. Transportation of Students in Foster Care|20-50-3-2. "Original School Corporation"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "original school corporation" means the school corporation in which the school of origin of a student in foster care is located.As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3.
IN Code § 20-50-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 3. Transportation of Students in Foster Care|20-50-3-3. "School of Origin"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "school of origin" means the school:(1) that a student in foster care attended when the student last had a permanent residence; or(2) in which a student in foster care was last enrolled.As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3.
IN Code § 20-50-3-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 3. Transportation of Students in Foster Care|20-50-3-4. "Transitional School Corporation"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "transitional school corporation" means the school corporation in which a student in foster care temporarily stays.As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3.
IN Code § 20-50-3-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 3. Transportation of Students in Foster Care|20-50-3-5. Transportation of Students in Foster Care

Sec. 5. (a) If a student in foster care temporarily stays in the student's original school corporation but outside the attendance area of the student's school of origin, the original school corporation shall provide transportation for the student from the place where the student is temporarily staying to the school of origin and from the school of origin to the place where the student is temporarily staying.(b) If:(1) the school of origin of a student in foster care is located in a school corporation other than the school corporation in which the student is temporarily staying;(2) transportation of the student in foster care is in the best interest of the student; and(3) the student does not elect to attend a school located in the school corporation in which the student in foster care is temporarily staying;the original school corporation and the transitional school corporation shall enter into an agreement concerning the responsibility for and apportionment of the costs of transporting the student to and from the school of origin.(c) If the original school corporation and the transitional school corporation described in subsection (b) are unable to reach an agreement under subsection (b), the responsibility for transporting the student in foster care to and from the school of origin is shared equally between both school corporations, and the cost of transporting the student to and from the school of origin is apportioned equally between both school corporations.As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.167-2018, SEC.11.
IN Code § 20-50-3-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 50. Homeless Children and Foster Care Children|Chapter 3. Transportation of Students in Foster Care|20-50-3-6. Vehicles Used to Transport Foster Care Students

Sec. 6. In transporting a student in foster care to a school of origin as provided under this chapter, the school corporation is subject to IC 20-27-12-5.As added by P.L.167-2018, SEC.12.
IN Code § 20-51-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-1. Application

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.
IN Code § 20-51-1-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-2. "Agreement"

Sec. 2. "Agreement" refers to an agreement between the department and an applicant that applies for certification of a school scholarship program.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.
IN Code § 20-51-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-3. "Contribution"

Sec. 3. "Contribution" refers to a contribution to a scholarship granting organization for use in a school scholarship program.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.
IN Code § 20-51-1-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-4. "Cost of Education"

Sec. 4. (a) "Cost of education" means the tuition and fees that would otherwise be charged by a participating school to:(1) an eligible student; or(2) a parent of an eligible student.(b) In the case of an eligible pupil who attends a public school, the term includes any transfer tuition charged to the eligible student or a parent of the eligible student.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.
IN Code § 20-51-1-4.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-4.3. "Eligible Choice Scholarship Student"

Sec. 4.3. "Eligible choice scholarship student" refers to an individual who:(1) has legal settlement in Indiana;(2) is at least five (5) years of age and less than twenty-two (22) years of age on the date in the school year specified in IC 20-33-2-7;(3) is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than three hundred percent (300%) of the amount required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program; and(4) meets at least one (1) of the following conditions:(A) The individual is a student with a disability who requires special education and for whom an individualized education program has been developed under IC 20-35 or a service plan developed under 511 IAC 7-34.(B) The individual is an individual who, because of the school corporation's residency requirement, would be required to attend a specific public school within a school corporation that has been placed in the lowest category or designation of school improvement under IC 20-31-8-4 (has been assigned an "F" grade). An individual to whom this clause applies is not required to attend the public school before becoming eligible for a choice scholarship, and may not be required to return to the public school if the public school is placed in a higher category or designation under IC 20-31-8-4.(C) The individual was enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12, in a public school, including a charter school, in Indiana for at least two (2) semesters immediately preceding the first semester for which the individual receives a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4.(D) The individual or a sibling of the individual who, either received before July 1, 2013, a scholarship from a scholarship granting organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4 in a preceding school year, including a school year that does not immediately precede a school year in which the individual receives a scholarship from a scholarship granting organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4; or receives for the first time after June 30, 2013, a scholarship of at least five hundred dollars ($500) from a scholarship granting organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4 in a preceding school year, including a school year that does not immediately precede a school year in which the individual receives a scholarship from a scholarship granting organization under IC 20-51-3 or a choice scholarship under IC 20-51-4.(E) Subject to IC 20-51-4-2.7, the individual received an early education grant under IC 12-17.2-7.2, used the grant to attend a prekindergarten program at an eligible school, and continues to attend the eligible school at which the individual attended a prekindergarten program as described in this clause.(F) The individual is in foster care.As added by P.L.211-2013, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.205-2013, SEC.310; P.L.233-2015, SEC.313; P.L.184-2017, SEC.34; P.L.165-2021, SEC.171.
IN Code § 20-51-1-4.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-4.7. "Eligible School"

Sec. 4.7. "Eligible school" refers to a public or nonpublic elementary school or high school that:(1) is located in Indiana;(2) requires an eligible choice scholarship student to pay tuition or transfer tuition to attend;(3) voluntarily agrees to enroll an eligible choice scholarship student;(4) is accredited by either the state board or a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board;(5) administers the statewide assessment program;(6) is not a charter school or the school corporation in which an eligible choice scholarship student has legal settlement under IC 20-26-11; and(7) submits to the department only the student performance data required for a category designation under IC 20-31-8-3.As added by P.L.92-2011, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.211-2013, SEC.6; P.L.242-2017, SEC.49.
IN Code § 20-51-1-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-5. "Eligible Student"

Sec. 5. "Eligible student" refers to an individual who:(1) has legal settlement in Indiana;(2) is at least five (5) years of age and less than twenty-two (22) years of age on the date in the school year specified in IC 20-33-2-7;(3) either has been or is currently enrolled in a participating school; and(4) is a member of a household with an annual income of not more than three hundred percent (300%) of the amount required for the individual to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364. Amended by P.L.129-2012, SEC.1; P.L.211-2013, SEC.7; P.L.165-2021, SEC.172.
IN Code § 20-51-1-5.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-5.5. "Parent"

Sec. 5.5. "Parent", for purposes of IC 20-51-4, includes the foster parent of an eligible choice scholarship student.As added by P.L.165-2021, SEC.173.
IN Code § 20-51-1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-6. "Participating School"

Sec. 6. (a) "Participating school" refers to a public or nonpublic school that:(1) an eligible student is required to pay tuition or transfer tuition to attend;(2) voluntarily agrees to enroll an eligible student;(3) is accredited by either the state board or a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board; and(4) administers the tests under the statewide assessment program or administers another nationally recognized and norm-referenced assessment of the school's students.(b) The term does not include a public school in a school corporation where the eligible student has legal settlement under IC 20-26-11.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364. Amended by P.L.242-2017, SEC.50.
IN Code § 20-51-1-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-7. "Scholarship Granting Organization"

Sec. 7. "Scholarship granting organization" refers to an organization that:(1) is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and(2) is organized at least in part to grant school scholarships without limiting the availability of scholarships to students of only one (1) participating school.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364. Amended by P.L.92-2011, SEC.7.
IN Code § 20-51-1-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 1. Definitions|20-51-1-8. "School Scholarship"

Sec. 8. "School scholarship" refers to a grant to pay only the cost of education for an eligible student as determined for the school year (as defined in IC 20-18-2-17) for which the scholarship will be granted.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.
IN Code § 20-51-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 2. Exchange of Information; Rules|20-51-2-1. List of Certified Scholarship Programs

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 an Internet web site used by the department to provide information to the public.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.
IN Code § 20-51-3-0.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 3. Scholarship Granting Organizations; Certification; Administration of Contributions|20-51-3-0.5. Severability

Sec. 0.5. Each provision of P.L.92-2011 is presumed to be and is severable from the remainder to the fullest extent and under IC 1-1-1-8. If any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of IC 6-3.1-30.5 or IC 20-51, as added and amended, is held invalid for any reason, the invalidity does not affect the other provisions that are to be given effect without the invalid provision or application. The general assembly intends each provision to be passed into law individually and as a whole, without any provisions later found to be invalid or otherwise counter to constitutional or other legal requirements.As added by P.L.63-2012, SEC.24.
IN Code § 20-51-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 3. Scholarship Granting Organizations; Certification; Administration of Contributions|20-51-3-1. Certification Requirements

Sec. 1. A program qualifies for certification as a school scholarship program if:(1) the program:(A) is administered by a scholarship granting organization; and(B) has the primary purpose of providing school scholarships to eligible students; and(2) the scholarship granting organization administering the program:(A) applies to the department on the form and in the manner prescribed by the department; and(B) enters into an agreement with the department to comply with this article.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364. Amended by P.L.92-2011, SEC.8.
IN Code § 20-51-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 3. Scholarship Granting Organizations; Certification; Administration of Contributions|20-51-3-2. Department Duties

Sec. 2. The department shall certify all programs that meet the qualifications under section 1 of this chapter as school scholarship programs.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.
IN Code § 20-51-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 3. Scholarship Granting Organizations; Certification; Administration of Contributions|20-51-3-3. Certification Agreements

Sec. 3. An agreement entered into under section 1 of this chapter between the department and a scholarship granting organization must require the scholarship granting organization to do the following:(1) Provide a receipt to taxpayers for contributions made to the scholarship granting organization that will be used in a school scholarship program. The department of state revenue shall prescribe a standardized form for the receipt issued under this subdivision. The receipt must indicate the value of the contribution and part of the contribution being designated for use in a school scholarship program.(2) Allow a taxpayer to designate a participating school for which the taxpayer's contribution must be used as scholarships.(3) Use not more than ten percent (10%) of the total amount of contributions for administrative costs.(4) Distribute one hundred percent (100%) of any income earned on contributions as school scholarships to eligible students.(5) Conduct criminal background checks on all the scholarship granting organization's employees and board members and exclude from employment or governance any individual who might reasonably pose a risk to the appropriate use of contributed funds.(6) Make the reports required by this chapter.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364. Amended by P.L.211-2013, SEC.8.
IN Code § 20-51-3-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 3. Scholarship Granting Organizations; Certification; Administration of Contributions|20-51-3-4. Right to Receive Other Contributions

Sec. 4. An agreement entered into under section 1 of this chapter may not prohibit a scholarship granting organization from receiving contributions other than contributions described in section 3(1) of this chapter.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.
IN Code § 20-51-3-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 3. Scholarship Granting Organizations; Certification; Administration of Contributions|20-51-3-5. Restrictions on Certified Scholarships

Sec. 5. (a) An agreement entered into under section 1 of this chapter must prohibit a scholarship granting organization from distributing school scholarships for use by an eligible student to:(1) enroll in a school that has:(A) paid staff or board members; or(B) relatives of paid staff or board members;in common with the scholarship granting support organization;(2) enroll in a school that the scholarship granting organization knows does not qualify as a participating school; or(3) pay for the cost of education for a public school where the eligible student is entitled to enroll without the payment of tuition.(b) An agreement entered into under section 1 of this chapter must prohibit a scholarship granting organization from limiting the availability of scholarships to students of only one (1) participating school. An agreement entered into under section 1 of this chapter before July 1, 2011, must be amended to include the requirement specified in this subsection.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364. Amended by P.L.92-2011, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-51-3-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 3. Scholarship Granting Organizations; Certification; Administration of Contributions|20-51-3-6. Annual Reports

Sec. 6. (a) A scholarship granting organization certified under this chapter must publicly report to the department by December 1 of each year the following information regarding the organization's scholarships awarded in the previous school year:(1) The name and address of the scholarship granting organization.(2) The total number and total dollar amount of contributions received during the previous school year.(3) The:(A) total number and total dollar amount of scholarships awarded during the previous school year; and(B) total number and total dollar amount of school scholarships awarded during the previous school year.The report must be certified under penalties of perjury by the chief executive officer of the scholarship granting organization.(b) A scholarship granting organization certified under this chapter shall contract with an independent certified public accountant for an annual financial audit of the scholarship granting organization. The scholarship granting organization must provide a copy of the annual financial audit to the department and must make the annual financial audit available to a member of the public upon request.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364. Amended by P.L.167-2018, SEC.13.
IN Code § 20-51-3-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 3. Scholarship Granting Organizations; Certification; Administration of Contributions|20-51-3-7. Report Forms

Sec. 7. The department shall prescribe a standardized form for scholarship granting organizations to report information required under this chapter.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.
IN Code § 20-51-3-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 3. Scholarship Granting Organizations; Certification; Administration of Contributions|20-51-3-8. Suspension and Termination of Certification

Sec. 8. The department may, in a proceeding under IC 4-21.5, suspend or terminate the certification of an organization as a scholarship granting organization if the department establishes that the scholarship granting organization has intentionally and substantially failed to comply with the requirements of this article or an agreement entered into under this article.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.
IN Code § 20-51-3-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 51. School Scholarships|Chapter 3. Scholarship Granting Organizations; Certification; Administration of Contributions|20-51-3-9. Notice of Suspension or Termination

Sec. 9. If the department suspends or terminates the certification of an organization as a scholarship granting organization, the department shall notify affected eligible students and their parents of the decision as quickly as possible. An eligible student affected by a suspension or termination of a scholarship granting organization's certification remains an eligible student under this article until the end of the school year after the school year in which the scholarship granting organization's certification is suspended or terminated, regardless of whether the scholarship student currently meets the definition of an eligible student.As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.364.