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2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 8. Charter School Powers and Exemptions › 20-24-8-4. Statutes, Rules, and Regulations Not Applicable

Sec. 4. Except as specifically provided in this article and the statutes listed in section 5 of this chapter, the following do not apply to a charter school:
(1) An Indiana statute applicable to a governing body or school corporation.
(2) A rule or guideline adopted by the state board.
(3) A rule or guideline adopted by the state board concerning teachers, except for those rules that assist a teacher in gaining or renewing a standard or advanced license.
(4) A local regulation or policy adopted by a school corporation unless specifically incorporated in the charter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-8-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.130; P.L.90-2011, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 8. Charter School Powers and Exemptions › 20-24-8-5. Applicable Statutes, Rules, and Guidelines

Sec. 5. The following statutes and rules and guidelines adopted under the following statutes apply to a charter school:
(1) IC 5-11-1-9 (required audits by the state board of accounts).
(2) IC 20-39-1-1 (unified accounting system).
(3) IC 20-35 (special education).
(4) IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history).
(5) IC 20-26-5-6 (subject to laws requiring regulation by state agencies).
(6) IC 20-28-10-12 (nondiscrimination for teacher marital status).
(7) IC 20-28-10-14 (teacher freedom of association).
(8) IC 20-28-10-17 (school counselor immunity).
(9) For conversion charter schools only if the conversion charter school elects to collectively bargain under IC 20-24-6-3(b), IC 20-28-6, IC 20-28-7.5, IC 20-28-8, IC 20-28-9, and IC 20-28-10.
(10) IC 20-33-2 (compulsory school attendance).
(11) IC 20-33-8-19, IC 20-33-8-21, and IC 20-33-8-22 (student due process and judicial review).
(12) IC 20-33-8-16 (firearms and deadly weapons).
(13) IC 20-34-3 (health and safety measures).
(14) IC 20-33-9 (reporting of student violations of law).
(15) IC 20-30-3-2 and IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative observances).
(16) IC 20-31-3, IC 20-32-4, IC 20-32-5 (for a school year ending before July 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (for a school year beginning after June 30, 2018), IC 20-32-8, and IC 20-32-8.5, as provided in IC 20-32-8.5-2(b) (academic standards, accreditation, assessment, and remediation).
(17) IC 20-33-7 (parental access to education records).
(18) IC 20-31 (accountability for school performance and improvement).
(19) IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction).
(20) IC 20-26-5-37.3, before its expiration (career and technical education reporting).
(21) IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention).
(22) IC 22-2-18, before its expiration on June 30, 2021 (limitations on employment of minors).
(23) IC 20-26-12-1 (curricular material purchase and provision; public school students).
(24) IC 20-26-12-2 (curricular material purchase and rental).
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-8-5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.111; P.L.121-2009, SEC.5; P.L.154-2009, SEC.1; P.L.90-2011, SEC.10; P.L.160-2012, SEC.47; P.L.221-2015, SEC.12; P.L.141-2016, SEC.3; P.L.242-2017, SEC.11; P.L.147-2020, SEC.5; P.L.126-2022, SEC.1; P.L.201-2023, SEC.157.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 8. Charter School Powers and Exemptions › 20-24-8-6. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training Apprenticeship Programs

Sec. 6. (a) A charter school may not duplicate a Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT) approved Building Trades apprenticeship program.
(b) A student in a charter school may not be excluded from participating in a BAT approved Building Trades apprenticeship program that is offered in a noncharter school.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-8-6.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 8. Charter School Powers and Exemptions › 20-24-8-7. Financial Reports and Audits

Sec. 7. A charter school may use any money distributed by law to the charter school to prepare financial reports and conduct audits that the charter school determines are necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the charter school. A financial report or an audit under this section does not replace a financial report or an audit required under IC 5-11-1-9.
As added by P.L.169-2005, SEC.17.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 8. Charter School Powers and Exemptions › 20-24-8-9. Establishment of Charter School Compact

Sec. 9. (a) Before July 1 of any year, a charter school and the governing body of the school corporation may enter into a compact in which the:
(1) school corporation or charter school agrees to provide goods, facilities, services, or other consideration to the other party to the compact; and
(2) charter school authorizes the school corporation to include the charter school's performance assessment results under IC 20-31-8 when calculating the school corporation's performance assessment.
A school corporation and a charter school may agree to provide goods, facilities, services, or other consideration to the other party under this section through an interlocal agreement in which both that charter school and the school corporation participate.
(b) If a charter school and a governing body enter into a compact under subsection (a), the charter school and the governing body shall notify the department that a compact has been executed under this section within thirty (30) days after the compact is executed.
(c) Upon receipt of the notification under subsection (b), the department shall, for school years starting with the school year beginning in the calendar year in which the compact was executed, include the charter school's performance assessment results under IC 20-31-8 when calculating the school corporation's performance assessment.
(d) A compact entered into under this section may not change the rights, duties, or responsibilities of an existing:
(1) employment contract; or
(2) collective bargaining agreement;
between a school employee and a school corporation or a charter school. An employee of a school corporation who provides services to a charter school remains an employee of the school corporation.
(e) This section may not be construed to prohibit any other agreement between a charter school and the governing body of the school corporation for goods, facilities, services, or other consideration.
As added by P.L.38-2014, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.81.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 9. Oversight of Charter Schools; Reporting Requirements; Revocation of Charter › 20-24-9-1. Annual Report to Department

Sec. 1. (a) An authorizer that has established a charter school shall submit an annual report to the department and the state board for informational and research purposes. The authorizer shall make the annual report available on the authorizer's Internet web site.
(b) The department and state board shall make all annual reports submitted under subsection (a) available on the department's and state board's Internet web sites.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-9-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.91-2011, SEC.21; P.L.33-2014, SEC.2; P.L.5-2015, SEC.45.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 9. Oversight of Charter Schools; Reporting Requirements; Revocation of Charter › 20-24-9-2. Annual Report; Contents

Sec. 2. An annual report under this chapter must contain the following information:
(1) Results of statewide assessment program measures.
(2) Student growth and improvement data for each authorized school.
(3) Attendance rates for each authorized school. In the case of a virtual charter school, the virtual charter school must include the methodology used to determine attendance rate with the attendance rate.
(4) Graduation rates (if appropriate), including attainment of Indiana diplomas with a Core 40 designation and Indiana diplomas with Core 40 with academic honors designations for each authorized school.
(5) Student enrollment data for each authorized school, including the following:
(A) The number of students enrolled.
(B) The number of students expelled.
(6) Status of the authorizer's charter schools, identifying each of the authorizer's charter schools that are in the following categories:
(A) Approved but not yet open.
(B) Open and operating.
(C) Closed or having a charter that was not renewed, including:
(i) the year closed or not renewed; and
(ii) the reason for the closure or nonrenewal.
(7) Names of the authorizer's board members or ultimate decision making body.
(8) Evidence that the authorizer is in compliance with IC 20-24-2.2-1.5.
(9) A report summarizing the total amount of administrative fees collected by the authorizer and how the fees were expended, if applicable.
(10) Total amount of other fees or funds not included in the report under subdivision (9) received by the authorizer from a charter school and how the fees or funds were expended.
(11) The most recent audits for each authorized school submitted to the authorizer under IC 5-11-1-9.
(12) For a virtual charter school, the student engagement requirements or policies.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-9-2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.91-2011, SEC.22; P.L.280-2013, SEC.47; P.L.33-2014, SEC.3; P.L.233-2015, SEC.82; P.L.192-2018, SEC.9; P.L.159-2019, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 9. Oversight of Charter Schools; Reporting Requirements; Revocation of Charter › 20-24-9-3. Compliance With Charter and Laws; Oversight by Authorizer

Sec. 3. The authorizer shall oversee a charter school's compliance with:
(1) the charter; and
(2) all applicable laws.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-9-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.280-2013, SEC.48.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 9. Oversight of Charter Schools; Reporting Requirements; Revocation of Charter › 20-24-9-4. Corrective Action; Revocation of Charter

Sec. 4. (a) If an authorizer determines that:
(1) an organizer is failing to comply with the conditions or procedures established in the charter;
(2) a charter school established by the organizer is failing to meet the educational goals set forth in the charter;
(3) an organizer is failing to comply with all applicable federal and state laws;
(4) an organizer fails to meet generally accepted fiscal management and government accounting principles; or
(5) one (1) or more grounds for revocation exist as specified in the charter;
the authorizer shall notify the governing board of the organizer of the charter school in writing and give the organizer a reasonable time to remedy the deficiency.
(b) If the organizer does not remedy the deficiency within the timeline established by the authorizer, the authorizer may:
(1) order any corrective action that the authorizer considers necessary to correct the deficiency; or
(2) revoke the school's charter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-9-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.280-2013, SEC.49; P.L.250-2017, SEC.22.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 9. Oversight of Charter Schools; Reporting Requirements; Revocation of Charter › 20-24-9-4.5. Charter School Closure Protocol

Sec. 4.5. (a) As used in this section, "education records" has the meaning set forth in 20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(4), as in effect January 1, 2018.
(b) Before any charter school closure decision, an authorizer shall develop a charter school closure protocol to ensure:
(1) timely notification to parents; and
(2) orderly transition of each student's education records in accordance with subsection (d);
and proper disposition of school funds, property, and assets.
(c) If a charter school closes for any reason, the authorizer shall oversee and work with the closing charter school to ensure a smooth and orderly closure and transition for students and parents, as guided by the closure protocol.
(d) A charter school closure protocol developed under subsection (b) must include the following:
(1) A written notice sent to a student's parent regarding the closure of the charter school and the charter school's procedure for the transfer of the student's education records.
(2) A requirement that the written notice sent to a student's parent under subdivision (1) must include the following:
(A) A statement requiring that not later than thirty (30) days after the date the parent receives the written notice, the parent must inform the charter school of which school the parent plans to enroll the student in.
(B) A statement indicating that if a parent does not know which school the parent plans to enroll the student in within the period described in clause (A), the parent consents to the charter school's transfer of the student's education records to the student's school of legal settlement.
(e) If the parent responds to the notice under subsection (d) and indicates the school in which the parent plans to enroll the student, a charter school shall transfer the student's education records to the new school in which the parent plans to enroll the student.
As added by P.L.280-2013, SEC.50. Amended by P.L.250-2017, SEC.23; P.L.191-2018, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 9. Oversight of Charter Schools; Reporting Requirements; Revocation of Charter › 20-24-9-5. Report to Authorizer

Sec. 5. A charter school shall report the following to the authorizer:
(1) Attendance records. In the case of a virtual charter school, the virtual charter school must include the methodology used to determine attendance with the attendance record.
(2) Student performance data.
(3) Financial information.
(4) Any information necessary to comply with state and federal government requirements.
(5) Any other information specified in the charter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-9-5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.280-2013, SEC.51; P.L.159-2019, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 9. Oversight of Charter Schools; Reporting Requirements; Revocation of Charter › 20-24-9-6. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-9-6.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.250-2023, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 9. Oversight of Charter Schools; Reporting Requirements; Revocation of Charter › 20-24-9-7. Internet Publication of Names of Governing Body Members

Sec. 7. If an organizer of a charter school maintains an Internet web site for a charter school, the organizer of the charter school shall publish the names of the members of the charter school's governing body on the charter school's Internet web site.
As added by P.L.148-2012, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.13-2013, SEC.55; P.L.280-2013, SEC.52.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 9. Oversight of Charter Schools; Reporting Requirements; Revocation of Charter › 20-24-9-8. Public Meetings of Governing Boards; Location

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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 10. Student Transfers From Charter School to Public Noncharter Schools › 20-24-10-1. Transfer of Students From Charter to Noncharter School; Discrimination Prohibited

Sec. 1. (a) A public noncharter school that receives a transfer student from a charter school may not discriminate against the student in any way, including by placing the student:
(1) in an inappropriate age group according to the student's ability;
(2) below the student's abilities; or
(3) in a class where the student has already mastered the subject matter.
(b) If a student who previously was enrolled in a charter school enrolls in another public school, the public noncharter school shall accept all credits earned by the student in courses or instructional programs at the charter school in a uniform and consistent manner, according to the same criteria that are used to accept academic credits from other public schools.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-10-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.91-2011, SEC.23.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 11. Conversion of Existing Public Schools Into Charter Schools › 20-24-11-1. Conditions Required for Conversion

Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to an existing public elementary or secondary school that the governing body of the school corporation in which the school is located has scheduled for closure.
(b) An existing public elementary or secondary school may be converted into a charter school if all of the following conditions apply:
(1) At least fifty-one percent (51%) of the parents of students who attend the school have signed a petition requesting the conversion, which must be completed not later than ninety (90) days after the date of the first signature.
(2) The school has been placed in either of the two (2) lowest categories or designations under IC 20-31-8-3 for two (2) consecutive years.
(3) The governing body votes to convert an existing school within the school corporation.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if a governing body operates a school that has been placed in either of the two (2) lowest categories or designations under IC 20-31-8-3 for four (4) consecutive years, the governing body may not serve as that charter school's authorizer.
(d) A conversion charter school shall continue to comply with all legal requirements concerning student diversity and treatment of children with special needs and accept all students who attended the school before its conversion and who wish to attend the conversion charter school. If any space remains, any student in Indiana may attend the conversion charter school.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-11-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.91-2011, SEC.24; P.L.280-2013, SEC.53.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 11. Conversion of Existing Public Schools Into Charter Schools › 20-24-11-2. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-11-2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.91-2011, SEC.31.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 11. Conversion of Existing Public Schools Into Charter Schools › 20-24-11-3. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-11-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.91-2011, SEC.31.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 11. Conversion of Existing Public Schools Into Charter Schools › 20-24-11-4. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-11-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.91-2011, SEC.31.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 12. Charter School Facilities Assistance Program › 20-24-12-2. Purpose

Sec. 2. The purpose of the program is to make grants and loans to charter schools for the purpose of:
(1) constructing;
(2) purchasing;
(3) renovating;
(4) maintaining;
(5) paying first semester costs for new; and
(6) reducing common school fund debt for;
charter schools.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.25.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 12. Charter School Facilities Assistance Program › 20-24-12-4. Fund

Sec. 4. (a) The charter school facilities assistance fund is established. The department shall administer the fund.
(b) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Money appropriated or authorized by the general assembly.
(2) The repayment proceeds of loans made to charter schools from the fund.
(3) Any gifts and grants made to the fund or other money required by law to be deposited in the fund.
(4) Any federal grants that are received to capitalize or supplement the fund.
(5) Any earnings on money in the fund.
(c) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.
(d) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(e) The fund may be used by the department as a revolving fund for the purposes described in section 2 of this chapter.
(f) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.25.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 12. Charter School Facilities Assistance Program › 20-24-12-5. Federal Funds

Sec. 5. The department may apply to the United States Department of Education for a state charter school facilities incentive program grant authorized under 34 U.S.C. 7221d(b). The department shall use the proceeds of any state charter school facilities incentive program grant awarded to the state for purposes of the program. To the extent permitted by federal law, the proceeds may be used to pay the administrative expenses of the program.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.25.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 12. Charter School Facilities Assistance Program › 20-24-12-6. Use of Funds

Sec. 6. The department may authorize money in the fund to be used for any of the following purposes:
(1) To pay first semester costs for charter schools first opening after June 30, 2011.
(2) To repay advances and loans to charter schools made before June 30, 2011.
(3) To match federal grants described in IC 20-24-7-11(a).
(4) To loan or grant money from the fund to a charter school to carry out the purposes described in section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.25.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 12. Charter School Facilities Assistance Program › 20-24-12-7. Procedures for Providing Grants and Loans

Sec. 7. (a) The department shall establish written procedures for providing grants or loans from the fund to charter schools. The written procedures must include at least the following:
(1) An application procedure.
(2) A procedure to identify projects that may qualify for a grant or loan.
(3) Criteria for establishing the priority of projects for which grants or loans will be made.
(4) Procedures for selecting projects for which grants or loans will be made.
(b) To apply for a grant or loan from the fund, a charter school must submit an application that contains the information required by the department.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.25.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 12. Charter School Facilities Assistance Program › 20-24-12-8. Criteria for Receiving Grant or Loan

Sec. 8. In making its determination to approve or disapprove a grant or loan application, the department may consider the following:
(1) The soundness of the financial business plans of the applicant charter school.
(2) The availability to the charter school of other sources of funding.
(3) The geographic distribution of grants or loans made from the fund.
(4) The impact that grants or loans received under this chapter will have on the charter school's receipt of other private and public financing.
(5) Plans for innovatively enhancing or leveraging funds received under this chapter, such as loan guarantees or other types of credit enhancements.
(6) The financial needs of the charter school.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.25.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 12. Charter School Facilities Assistance Program › 20-24-12-10. Conditions Applying to Loan

Sec. 10. The following apply to a loan from the fund to a charter school under this chapter:
(1) A loan may not exceed the maximum amount set by the department.
(2) The term of the loan may not exceed fifteen (15) years after the date of the loan.
(3) A charter school may receive multiple loans from the fund as long as the total amount outstanding on all loans granted to the charter school from the fund does not exceed the maximum amount set by the department.
(4) The department shall determine the interest rate and other terms for the loan, subject to the approval of the state board of finance.
(5) A charter school must enter into a loan agreement with the department before receiving a loan from the fund.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.130.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 12. Charter School Facilities Assistance Program › 20-24-12-11. Repayment of Loans

Sec. 11. A charter school receiving a loan under this chapter shall repay the loan from:
(1) the amount of state tuition support that the charter school is eligible to receive; and
(2) to the extent that state tuition support is insufficient to meet the debt service obligations of the charter school, other resources available to the charter school.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.25.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 12. Charter School Facilities Assistance Program › 20-24-12-12. Department to Withhold Loan Repayments

Sec. 12. The department shall withhold the amount of the balance of the loan due in a year on a loan made under this chapter from state tuition support distributions that would otherwise be made in the year to the charter school. To the extent possible, the department shall withhold an equal amount from each installment of state tuition support distributed to the charter school. Withheld amounts reduce the balance of the loan of the charter school. The auditor of state shall transfer withheld amounts to the fund.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.25.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 13. Charter and Innovation Network School Grant Program › 20-24-13-1. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to the following:
(1) A charter school that does not receive a pro rata share of local property tax revenue.
(2) An innovation network school located in a school city, as defined in IC 20-25-2-12, that existed on January 1, 2015, that does not receive a pro rata share of local property tax revenue (referred to as an innovation network school in this chapter).
(b) This chapter does not apply to a virtual charter school or an adult high school.
As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.162.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 13. Charter and Innovation Network School Grant Program › 20-24-13-3. Grant Program Established; Uses; Administration by the State Board

Sec. 3. (a) An annual grant program is established to provide funding to a school for the following:
(1) Capital improvements for the school, including the renovation or expansion of a facility, or for debt or lease payments owed on a facility, including advances from the common school fund under IC 20-49-9.
(2) The purposes for which the school corporation's operations fund may be used by a school corporation under IC 20-40-18.
(3) The purposes for which a technology grant from the Senator David C. Ford educational technology fund may be used by a school corporation under IC 20-20-13-6.
(b) The program shall be administered by the state board.
(c) The state board shall establish a written application and procedure for providing grants under this chapter to a school described in section 5 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.162. Amended by P.L.244-2017, SEC.30.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 13. Charter and Innovation Network School Grant Program › 20-24-13-4. Schools Eligible to Receive an Annual Grant Without First Applying to the State Board

Sec. 4. The state board shall, without an application being made, make an annual grant to a school if the school is one (1) of the following:
(1) A charter school in its first or second year of operation.
(2) A charter school that was placed in the "A", "B", or "C" category or designation of performance established under IC 20-31-8-3 for the most recently completed school year.
(3) A charter school that does not receive a category or designation of performance established under IC 20-31-8-3 for the most recently completed school year.
(4) A school that has a majority of students with developmental, intellectual, or behavioral challenges.
(5) An innovation network school described in section 1(a)(2) of this chapter.
As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.162.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 13. Charter and Innovation Network School Grant Program › 20-24-13-5. Charter Schools That May Apply for an Annual Grant; Procedures; Eligibility for a Grant

Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a charter school that does not qualify for a grant under subsection (c). Each year, such a charter school may apply for an annual grant under this chapter.
(b) The application under subsection (a) must be submitted after July 1 and before September 1 of a state fiscal year for a grant that is requested to be made during that state fiscal year.
(c) The state board shall determine if the charter school is placed in the same or a better category or designation of performance established under IC 20-31-8-3 for the most recently completed school year than the nearest noncharter public school that is configured to teach the same grades of students as the charter school teaches. Except as provided in subsection (d), if the charter school has been placed in the same or a better category or designation of performance, the state board shall make the grant to the charter school.
(d) If a charter school:
(1) does not qualify for a grant under section 4 of this chapter; and
(2) for two (2) consecutive years has not been placed in the same or a better category or designation of performance established under IC 20-31-8-3 for the most recently completed school year than the nearest noncharter public school that is configured to teach the same grades of students as the charter school teaches;
the charter school is not eligible for a grant, unless the charter school is placed in the "C" category or designation of performance or better established under IC 20-31-8-3 for the most recently completed school year.
As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.162. Amended by P.L.118-2016, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 13. Charter and Innovation Network School Grant Program › 20-24-13-6. Grant Amount

Sec. 6. The annual grant amount for a school for a state fiscal year is the following:
(1) For the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021:
(A) one thousand dollars ($1,000); multiplied by
(B) the number of eligible pupils who are counted in the current ADM of the school.
(2) For the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022:
(A) one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250); multiplied by
(B) the number of eligible pupils who are counted in the current ADM of the school.
(3) For the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and each state fiscal year thereafter:
(A) one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400); multiplied by
(B) the number of eligible pupils who are counted in the current ADM of the school.
As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.162. Amended by P.L.108-2019, SEC.211; P.L.165-2021, SEC.152; P.L.201-2023, SEC.158.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 14. Charter School Facility Grant Program › 20-24-14-4. Charter School Facility Grant Program Established; Purpose; Administration

Sec. 4. (a) The charter school facility grant program is established to provide grants to charter schools that may be used for the following:
(1) The purposes listed in IC 20-40-9-6 for which a school corporation may use money in the school corporation's debt service fund.
(2) The purposes listed in IC 20-40-18-7 for which a school corporation may use money in the school corporation's operations fund.
(b) The state board shall administer the program.
As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 14. Charter School Facility Grant Program › 20-24-14-5. Grant Award and Procedure; Grant Amount

Sec. 5. (a) The state board may award grants under this chapter, subject to appropriations by the general assembly for this purpose, to a charter school that:
(1) applies on a form and in a manner established by the state board;
(2) submits with the application a budget plan to the state board detailing the expenses for which money from a grant awarded under this chapter would be used;
(3) submits with the application a facilities master plan and the associated facilities budget plan; and
(4) submits any other information prescribed by the state board.
(b) The amount of a grant awarded under this chapter to each charter school may not exceed an amount equal to STEP TWO in the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the result of:
(A) the total amount of funds appropriated by the general assembly in a state fiscal year for grants under the program; divided by
(B) the sum total of current ADM for all charter schools, not including students for whom, of the instructional services that the students receive from the charter schools, more than fifty percent (50%) is virtual instruction.
STEP TWO: Determine the result of:
(A) the STEP ONE result; multiplied by
(B) the applicable charter school's current ADM, not including a student for whom, of the instructional services that the student receives from the charter school, more than fifty percent (50%) is virtual instruction.
As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24. Charter Schools › Chapter 14. Charter School Facility Grant Program › 20-24-14-6. Program Appropriations

Sec. 6. Money appropriated by the general assembly to the program may not be considered as a stream of revenue against which any bond, lease, or other obligation may be pledged.
As added by P.L.189-2023, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 1. Definitions › 20-24.2-1-3. "Qualified High School"

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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 2. Establishment of Performance Qualified School Districts and High Schools › 20-24.2-2-1. Establishment; Purposes

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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 2. Establishment of Performance Qualified School Districts and High Schools › 20-24.2-2-2. Designation Criteria

Sec. 2. (a) To be designated as a qualified district, a school corporation must be placed in the highest performance and improvement category or designation by the department under IC 20-31-8 for the 2011-2012 school year or any school year thereafter.
(b) To be designated as a qualified high school, a high school must be placed in the highest performance and improvement category or designation by the department under IC 20-31-8 for the 2011-2012 school year or any school year thereafter.
(c) A school corporation or high school that has been certified under this section is exempt from any or all of the statutes and rules that are not set forth in IC 20-24.2-4-4, as selected by the governing body of the school corporation or high school.
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 2. Establishment of Performance Qualified School Districts and High Schools › 20-24.2-2-3. Continuation of Designation; Failure to Meet Criteria

Sec. 3. (a) A school corporation that is designated as a qualified district under this chapter is considered a qualified district until:
(1) the school corporation's performance and improvement rating falls two (2) or more categories in a one (1) year period; or
(2) the school corporation receives a performance and improvement rating in the second highest category or designation or lower for two (2) consecutive years.
(b) A high school that is designated as a qualified high school under this chapter is considered a qualified high school until:
(1) the high school's performance and improvement rating falls two (2) or more categories in a one (1) year period; or
(2) the high school receives a performance and improvement rating in the second highest category or designation or lower for two (2) consecutive years.
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 3. Performance Qualified High School Waivers › 20-24.2-3-1. Waivers for Certain High Schools; State Board Criteria

Sec. 1. (a) The state board shall establish stringent criteria to be used to determine whether a high school that does not meet the requirements under IC 20-24.2-2-2(b) may receive a waiver to provide instructional days in the manner described in IC 20-24.2-4-2 and be exempt from any or all of the statutes and rules listed in IC 20-24.2-4-3. The state board's criteria to approve a high school's waiver request must be based on a method or methods of measuring academic standards of the high school, as approved by the state board. The criteria must require the curriculum and instruction of a high school to create academic performance at a high level through which students are college or career ready and globally competitive upon graduation from high school.
(b) The state board shall submit the criteria developed by the state board to grant a waiver under subsection (a) to the general assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.163.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 3. Performance Qualified High School Waivers › 20-24.2-3-2. Waiver Requests; Contents

Sec. 2. The principal of a high school, with the approval of the governing body of the school corporation, may submit a request for a waiver under this chapter. To be eligible for a waiver, the high school must:
(1) provide evidence that the high school meets the criteria established by the state board under section 1 of this chapter; and
(2) provide a detailed explanation of how a waiver under this chapter would be used to improve students' academic performance at the high school.
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 3. Performance Qualified High School Waivers › 20-24.2-3-3. Waiver Requests; Effects of State Board Granting Waivers

Sec. 3. (a) If a high school provides a waiver request that meets the requirements of section 2 of this chapter, the state board may grant the high school's waiver request and certify the high school as a qualified high school. If the state board grants the high school's waiver request, the high school is considered to be certified as a qualified high school and may provide student instructional days in the manner described in IC 20-24.2-4-2 and is exempt from any or all of the statutes and rules listed in IC 20-24.2-4-3. The certification is effective beginning with the school year following the school year in which the high school is certified.
(b) The state board must act upon a high school's waiver request not later than sixty (60) days after the waiver request is submitted to the state board.
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 3. Performance Qualified High School Waivers › 20-24.2-3-4. Failure to Meet Waiver Criteria After Receiving Waiver

Sec. 4. A high school that is certified by the state board under this chapter is considered a qualified high school until the high school fails to meet the criteria established by the state board under section 1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 4. Qualified District and Qualified High School Powers and Exemptions › 20-24.2-4-1. Compliance With Applicable Laws and Constitutions

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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 4. Qualified District and Qualified High School Powers and Exemptions › 20-24.2-4-2. Instructional Time

Sec. 2. (a) During each school year, a qualified district or qualified high school shall provide at least sixty-four thousand eight hundred (64,800) minutes of instruction and learning for grades 9 through 12.
(b) A qualified district or qualified high school is not required to provide at least one hundred eighty (180) student instructional days. However, the total number of minutes of instruction provided in a school year under subsection (a) may not be less than the greatest total number of minutes provided during any one (1) school year of the five (5) school years immediately preceding the school year.
(c) Student activities that:
(1) are organized by the qualified district or qualified high school;
(2) occur outside the traditional classroom; and
(3) are designed to provide instruction, academic enrichment, or college and career readiness training;
are included as student instructional time under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.46-2014, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 24.2. Performance Qualified School Districts › Chapter 4. Qualified District and Qualified High School Powers and Exemptions › 20-24.2-4-3. Statutory Provisions That Do Not Apply to Qualified Districts and Qualified High Schools

Sec. 3. (a) Except as specifically provided in this article and section 4 of this chapter, the following provisions of this title and a rule or guideline adopted by the state board under one (1) of the following provisions of this title do not apply to a qualified district or qualified high school:
(1) Provisions that do not apply to school corporations in general.
(2) IC 20-20 (programs administered by the state), except for IC 20-20-1 (educational service centers).
(3) IC 20-28 (school teachers), except for IC 20-28-3-4 (teacher continuing education), IC 20-28-4-8 (hiring of transition to teaching participants; restrictions), IC 20-28-4-11 (transition to teaching participants; school corporation or subject area; transition to teaching permit), IC 20-28-5-8 (conviction of certain felonies or misdemeanors; notice and hearing; permanent revocation of license; data base of school employees who have been reported), IC 20-28-6 (teacher contracts), IC 20-28-7.5 (cancellation of teacher contracts), IC 20-28-8 (contracts with school administrators), IC 20-28-9 (teacher salary and related payments), IC 20-28-10 (conditions of employment), and IC 20-28-11.5 (staff performance evaluations).
(4) IC 20-30 (curriculum), except for IC 20-30-3-2 and IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative observances), IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements), and IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction).
(5) IC 20-32 (student standards, assessments, and performance), except for IC 20-32-4 (graduation requirements), IC 20-32-5 (Indiana statewide testing for educational progress for a school year ending before July 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (statewide assessment program for a school year beginning after June 30, 2018), and IC 20-32-8 (remediation).
(6) IC 20-37 (career and technical education).
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a school corporation may not receive a decrease in state funding based upon the school corporation's status as a qualified district or the status of a high school within the school corporation as a qualified high school, or because of the implementation of a waiver of a statute or rule that is allowed to be waived by a qualified district or qualified high school.
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.83; P.L.117-2016, SEC.1; P.L.242-2017, SEC.12; P.L.125-2022, SEC.2; P.L.250-2023, SEC.13.