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2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 15. Freeway School Corporation and Freeway School Program › 20-26-15-7. Educational Benefits Required During Contract Period

Sec. 7. Except as provided under section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), the minimum educational benefits that a freeway school corporation or a freeway school must produce under this chapter are the following:
(1) An average attendance rate that increases:
(A) not less than two percent (2%) each school year until the average attendance rate is eighty-five percent (85%); and
(B) one percent (1%) each school year until the average attendance rate is ninety percent (90%).
(2) A successful completion rate of the assessment program by meeting essential standards under the statewide assessment program or a locally adopted assessment program established under section 6(4) of this chapter that increases:
(A) not less than two percent (2%) each school year until the successful completion rate is not less than eighty-five percent (85%); and
(B) one percent (1%) each school year until the successful completion rate is not less than ninety percent (90%);
of the students in the designated grade levels under the statewide assessment program or the locally adopted assessment program that are grades contained in the freeway school corporation or freeway school.
(3) Beginning with the class of students who expect to graduate four (4) years after a freeway school corporation or a freeway school that is a high school obtains freeway status, a graduation rate as determined under 511 IAC 6.1-1-2(k) that increases:
(A) not less than two percent (2%) each school year until the graduation rate is not less than eighty-five percent (85%); and
(B) one percent (1%) each school year until the graduation rate is ninety percent (90%).
Except as provided under section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), after a freeway school corporation or a freeway school has achieved the minimum rates required under subdivisions (1) through (3), the freeway school corporation or freeway school must either maintain the minimum required rates or show continued improvement of those rates.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-7.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.242-2017, SEC.19; P.L.108-2018, SEC.1; P.L.140-2018, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 15. Freeway School Corporation and Freeway School Program › 20-26-15-8. Mandatory Contract Provisions and Plans; Additional Educational Benefits Allowed Under Contract

Sec. 8. (a) The contract must contain the following provisions:
(1) A list of the statutes and rules that are suspended from operation in a freeway school corporation or freeway school, as listed in section 5 of this chapter.
(2) A description of the privileges of a freeway school corporation or freeway school, as listed in section 6 of this chapter.
(3) A description of the educational benefits listed in section 7 of this chapter that a freeway school corporation or freeway school agrees to:
(A) achieve by the end of five (5) complete school years after the contract is signed; and
(B) maintain at the end of:
(i) the sixth; and
(ii) any subsequent;
complete school year after the contract is signed.
(4) Subject to section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), a plan and a schedule for the freeway school corporation or freeway school to achieve the educational benefits listed in section 7 of this chapter by the end of five (5) complete school years after the contract is signed. The schedule must show some percentage of improvement by the end of the second, third, and fourth complete school years after the contract is signed.
(5) A school by school strategy, including curriculum, in which character education is demonstrated to be a priority. The strategy required under this subdivision must include the following subjects as integral parts of each school's character education:
(A) Hygiene.
(B) Alcohol and drugs.
(C) Diseases transmitted sexually or through drug use.
(D) Honesty.
(E) Respect.
(F) Abstinence and restraint.
(6) A plan under which the freeway school corporation or freeway school will offer courses that will allow a student to become eligible to receive an Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic honors designation.
(7) A plan under which the freeway school corporation or freeway school will maintain a safe and disciplined learning environment for students and teachers.
(b) In the contract:
(1) the quantitative measures of benefits may be higher, but not lower, than the minimum educational benefits listed in section 7 of this chapter; and
(2) educational benefits may be included in addition to the minimum educational benefits listed in section 7 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-8.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.108-2018, SEC.2; P.L.192-2018, SEC.12; P.L.112-2020, SEC.54.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 15. Freeway School Corporation and Freeway School Program › 20-26-15-9. Contract Amendment

Sec. 9. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the governing body of a freeway school corporation and the state board acting jointly may amend a contract entered into under this chapter:
(1) to comply with any law enacted subsequent to the formation of the contract;
(2) to alter the educational benefits to a level that is not below the minimum educational benefits listed in section 7 of this chapter; or
(3) for a purpose jointly agreed to by the parties.
(b) An amendment made under subsection (a) may not extend the term of a contract in effect on June 30, 2020.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-9.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.36.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 15. Freeway School Corporation and Freeway School Program › 20-26-15-10. Annual Evaluation of Contract Compliance

Sec. 10. Subject to section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), on July 1 of each year, the state board shall determine whether a freeway school corporation or freeway school that has completed:
(1) a second, third, or fourth complete school year under a contract entered under this chapter has achieved the scheduled improvement in educational benefits that the freeway school corporation or freeway school has agreed to achieve;
(2) a fifth complete school year under a contract entered under this chapter has achieved the educational benefits that the freeway school corporation or freeway school has agreed to achieve; or
(3) more than five (5) full school years under a contract entered under this chapter has maintained the educational benefits that the freeway school corporation or freeway school has agreed to maintain.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-10.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.108-2018, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 15. Freeway School Corporation and Freeway School Program › 20-26-15-11. Failure to Achieve Minimum Educational Benefits Standards During Contract Years One Through Five

Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided under section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), a school corporation that enters into a contract under this chapter to:
(1) be a freeway school corporation; or
(2) operate a freeway school;
must achieve the educational benefits that the school corporation agrees in the contract to achieve.
(b) Except as provided under section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), if a school corporation that enters into a contract under this chapter to be a freeway school corporation or to operate a freeway school fails to achieve any of the educational benefits agreed upon in the contract at the end of a school year:
(1) the state board shall review the school corporation's plan and schedule for achieving the educational benefits, and, if necessary, modify the plan; and
(2) the year in which the educational benefits are not achieved is not included in the five (5) year contract period.
(c) Except as provided under section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), a contract is void and a school corporation ceases immediately to be a freeway school corporation or to be eligible to operate a freeway school if:
(1) the school corporation or school has previously undergone a plan and schedule review under subsection (b); and
(2) the state board determines that the school corporation or school failed to achieve the following that the school corporation agreed to achieve in the contract:
(A) at the end of the second, third, or fourth complete school year after a contract is signed under this chapter, two (2) of the three (3) scheduled improvements in educational benefits that are listed in section 7 of this chapter; or
(B) at the end of the fifth complete school year after a contract is signed under this chapter, the educational benefits stated in the contract.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-11.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.108-2018, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 15. Freeway School Corporation and Freeway School Program › 20-26-15-12. Failure to Achieve Minimum Educational Benefits Standards During and After Contract Year Six

Sec. 12. (a) Except as provided under section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), a school corporation that enters into a contract under this chapter to be a freeway school corporation or to operate a freeway school must maintain the educational benefits that the school corporation agrees to achieve in the contract.
(b) Except as provided under section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), if the state board determines that a freeway school corporation or freeway school has failed to maintain the educational benefits described in subsection (a) for two (2) consecutive or nonconsecutive school years beginning with the end of the sixth school year after a contract is signed under this chapter:
(1) the contract is void; and
(2) the school corporation ceases to be:
(A) a freeway school corporation; or
(B) eligible to operate a freeway school;
on July 1 following the second school year in which the freeway school corporation or freeway school failed to maintain the required educational benefits.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-12.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.108-2018, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 15. Freeway School Corporation and Freeway School Program › 20-26-15-13. Nonpublic School Designated as Freeway School; Contract Approval; Accreditation

Sec. 13. (a) Subject to subsection (f), a nonpublic school may enter into a contract with the state board to become a freeway school.
(b) The state board and the governing body of a nonpublic school must enter into a contract that complies with this chapter to designate the nonpublic school as a freeway school if the nonpublic school:
(1) petitions the state board for designation as a freeway school; and
(2) agrees to comply with this chapter.
(c) A nonpublic school becomes a freeway school when the contract is signed, before July 1, 2020, by:
(1) the state superintendent of public instruction, acting for the state board after a majority of the members of the board have voted in a public session to enter into the contract; and
(2) the president of the governing body of the nonpublic school, acting for the governing body of the nonpublic school after a majority of the members of the governing body have voted to enter into the contract.
(d) The state board shall accredit a nonpublic school that:
(1) becomes a freeway school under this chapter; and
(2) complies with the terms of the contract.
(e) The state board may accredit a nonpublic school under this section at the time the nonpublic school enters into the contract under subsection (a).
(f) The state board and the governing body of a nonpublic school may not enter into, renew, or otherwise extend a contract under this chapter after June 30, 2020.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-13.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.251-2017, SEC.8; P.L.92-2020, SEC.37; P.L.43-2021, SEC.80.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 15. Freeway School Corporation and Freeway School Program › 20-26-15-14. Legality of Actions Taken Following Cessation of Freeway School or Freeway School Corporation

Sec. 14. (a) This section applies to:
(1) a school corporation that has ceased to be a freeway school corporation; and
(2) a school that has ceased to be a freeway school.
(b) If an action taken by a school corporation or school described in subsection (a) while a contract was in effect was legal at the time the action was taken because of the waiver of a statute or rule in the contract, the action remains legal after the contract becomes void.
(c) An action taken by a school corporation or school described in subsection (a) after the date on which a contract becomes void must be in compliance with existing statutes and rules.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-14.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 16. School Corporation Police Departments › 20-26-16-1. Application

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a school corporation, including a school city (as defined in IC 20-25-2-12) and a charter school.
As added by P.L.132-2007, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.270-2019, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 16. School Corporation Police Departments › 20-26-16-2. Authority to Establish Police Department

Sec. 2. The governing body of a school corporation or charter school may establish a school corporation or charter school police department under this chapter.
As added by P.L.132-2007, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.270-2019, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 16. School Corporation Police Departments › 20-26-16-3. Authority to Appoint Officers; Uniforms; Vehicles

Sec. 3. The governing body of a school corporation or the equivalent for a charter school may do the following for the school corporation or charter school police department:
(1) Appoint school corporation or charter school police officers.
(2) Prescribe the duties and direct the conduct of school corporation or charter school police officers.
(3) Prescribe distinctive uniforms.
(4) Provide emergency vehicles.
As added by P.L.132-2007, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.270-2019, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 16. School Corporation Police Departments › 20-26-16-4. Minimum Training Requirements

Sec. 4. An individual appointed as a school corporation or charter school police officer must successfully complete at least:
(1) the pre-basic training course established under IC 5-2-1-9(f); and
(2) the minimum basic training and educational requirements adopted by the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 as necessary for employment as a law enforcement officer.
As added by P.L.132-2007, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.270-2019, SEC.17.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 16. School Corporation Police Departments › 20-26-16-5. Training for Certain Officers

Sec. 5. (a) Notwithstanding section 4 of this chapter and IC 5-2-1-9, an individual appointed as a school corporation police officer before July 1, 2007, must complete, not later than July 1, 2010, at least:
(1) the pre-basic training course established under IC 5-2-1-9(f); and
(2) the minimum basic training and educational requirements adopted by the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 as necessary for employment as a law enforcement officer.
(b) As set forth in IC 5-2-1-9, an individual appointed as a school corporation or charter school police officer may not:
(1) make an arrest;
(2) conduct a search or a seizure of a person or property; or
(3) carry a firearm;
unless the school corporation or charter school police officer successfully completes a pre-basic training course under IC 5-2-1-9(f).
As added by P.L.132-2007, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.270-2019, SEC.18.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 16. School Corporation Police Departments › 20-26-16-6. School Corporation Police Officers; Oath; Powers and Duties; Jurisdiction

Sec. 6. (a) A school corporation or charter school police officer appointed under this chapter:
(1) is a law enforcement officer (as defined in IC 5-2-1-2(1));
(2) must take an appropriate oath of office in a form and manner prescribed by the governing body or the equivalent for a charter school;
(3) serves at the governing body's (or the equivalent for a charter school) pleasure; and
(4) performs the duties that the governing body or the equivalent for a charter school assigns.
(b) School corporation or charter school police officers appointed under this chapter have general police powers, including the power to arrest, without process, all persons who within their view commit any offense. They have the same common law and statutory powers, privileges, and immunities as sheriffs and constables, except that they are empowered to serve civil process only to the extent authorized by the employing governing body or the equivalent for a charter school; however, any powers may be expressly forbidden them by the governing body (or the equivalent for a charter school) employing them. In addition to any other powers or duties, such police officers shall enforce and assist the educators and administrators of their school corporation or charter school in the enforcement of the rules and regulations of the school corporation or charter school and assist and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies and officers.
(c) Such police officers may exercise the powers granted under this section only upon any property owned, leased, or occupied by the school corporation or charter school, including the streets passing through and adjacent to the property. Additional jurisdiction may be established by agreement with the chief of police of the municipality or sheriff of the county or the appropriate law enforcement agency where the property is located, dependent upon the jurisdiction involved.
As added by P.L.132-2007, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.270-2019, SEC.19; P.L.156-2020, SEC.76.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 16. School Corporation Police Departments › 20-26-16-7. Existing School Corporation Police Departments

Sec. 7. A school corporation police department established before July 1, 2007, shall be considered, after June 30, 2007, a school corporation police department established under this chapter.
As added by P.L.132-2007, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 17. School Corporation Employee Health Coverage › 20-26-17-1. "Cost of Coverage"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "cost of coverage" includes any deposit to a health savings account that is related to a high deductible health plan.
As added by P.L.200-2011, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 17. School Corporation Employee Health Coverage › 20-26-17-2. "Health Plan"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "health plan" refers to any of the following:
(1) A hospital or medical expense incurred policy or certificate.
(2) A hospital or medical service plan contract.
(3) A health maintenance organization subscriber contract.
(4) A self-funded employer plan that provides coverage for health care services.
The term includes a high deductible health plan with a related health savings account.
As added by P.L.200-2011, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 17. School Corporation Employee Health Coverage › 20-26-17-3. Limit on Employer Cost of Coverage

Sec. 3. The employer share of the cost of coverage under a health plan provided by a school corporation for the school corporation's employees may not exceed by more than twelve percent (12%) the employer share of the cost of coverage under the same type of health plan:
(1) described in IC 5-10-8-7(b) or IC 5-10-8-7(c); and
(2) provided by the state for state employees;
for any twelve (12) month period beginning on the first health plan issue or renewal date that occurs after December 31, 2011.
As added by P.L.200-2011, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 17. School Corporation Employee Health Coverage › 20-26-17-4. Plan to Remedy Exceeding Cost Limitation

Sec. 4. If a school corporation for any twelve (12) month period beginning on the first health plan issue or renewal date that occurs after December 31, 2011, spends in excess of the amount specified in section 3 of this chapter, the school corporation shall do the following:
(1) Not more than forty-five (45) days after the renewal date on which the school corporation is determined to be noncompliant with section 3 of this chapter, submit to the state personnel department a plan to achieve compliance.
(2) Twelve (12) months after the date a plan is submitted under subdivision (1), certify to the state personnel department the school corporation's compliance with section 3 of this chapter.
(3) If the school corporation fails to file the certification described in subdivision (2), beginning on the first renewal or expiration date of the school corporation's health plan after the twelve (12) month period described in subdivision (2) expires, elect to participate in the state employee health plan as provided in IC 5-10-8-6.7. to provide any school corporation employee health coverage.
A school corporation shall provide additional information, data, and documentation that is requested by the state personnel department to substantiate compliance with this section.
As added by P.L.200-2011, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.174.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 17. School Corporation Employee Health Coverage › 20-26-17-5. Compensation to Producer or Adviser; Eligibility for Coverage; Collectively Bargained Coverage

Sec. 5. (a) The following apply with respect to a school corporation's employee health coverage program:
(1) If the school corporation pays a commission, a bonus, an override, a contingency fee, or any other compensation to an insurance producer or other adviser in connection with the health coverage, the school corporation shall:
(A) specify the commission, bonus, override, contingency fee, or other compensation in the school corporation's annual budget fixed under IC 6-1.1-17; and
(B) make the information specified under clause (A) available to the public upon request.
(2) The school corporation may allow:
(A) members of the school corporation's governing body; or
(B) an attorney of the school corporation's governing body;
to be covered under the school corporation's employee health coverage program.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (b), all individuals insured under the school corporation's employee health coverage program:
(A) are eligible for the same coverage as all other individuals insured under the program; and
(B) to the extent allowed by federal law, may pay different amounts for the coverage.
(b) Except as provided in IC 5-10-8-6.7(b), a school corporation:
(1) may:
(A) make an assignment of wages upon the request of a school corporation employee in accordance with IC 22-2-6-2 to pay the school corporation employee's share of premiums for health insurance that is available to the school corporation employee as a result of a collective bargaining agreement:
(i) negotiated with the school corporation by a labor organization; and
(ii) under which the school corporation employee is covered; and
(B) pay the school corporation's share of premiums for the bargained health insurance; and
(2) is not required to make the bargained health insurance available to all school corporation employees.
As added by P.L.200-2011, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.175; P.L.143-2016, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 18. Criminal Gang Measures › 20-26-18-2. Establishment of Written Policy

Sec. 2. (a) Not later than June 1, 2016, the governing body of each school corporation shall establish a written policy to address criminal organizations and criminal organization activity in schools. The governing body of a school corporation shall develop the policy in consultation with:
(1) parents;
(2) school employees;
(3) local law enforcement officials;
(4) the county prosecuting attorney;
(5) the county public defender;
(6) organizations that have expertise in criminal organization education, prevention, or intervention;
(7) a juvenile court judge;
(8) a school behavioral health or community mental health professional; and
(9) any other person or entity the governing body of the school corporation determines to be appropriate.
(b) The policy must meet all the requirements for the department's model criminal organization policy set forth in IC 20-19-3-12(d).
(c) Not later than September 1, 2016, each school corporation shall submit a copy of its criminal organization policy to the department.
As added by P.L.190-2013, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.25-2016, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 18. Criminal Gang Measures › 20-26-18-3. Publication of Policy

Sec. 3. A school corporation shall put a copy of the school corporation's criminal organization policy established under section 2 of this chapter:
(1) on its Internet web site;
(2) in school student handbooks; and
(3) in any location the school corporation determines to be appropriate.
As added by P.L.190-2013, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.25-2016, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 18. Criminal Gang Measures › 20-26-18-5. Establishment of Criminal Organization Intervention Program

Sec. 5. To foster the continuing coordination of criminal organization prevention, intervention, and suppression efforts, the governing body of a school corporation may establish a program to provide criminal organization intervention services to students. If a school corporation chooses to develop a program under this section, the governing body shall establish an advisory committee that includes the following members:
(1) Parents.
(2) School employees.
(3) Local law enforcement officials.
(4) The county prosecuting attorney.
(5) The county public defender.
(6) A juvenile court judge.
(7) A school behavioral health or community mental health professional.
(8) Representatives of organizations that have expertise in criminal organization education, prevention, or intervention.
(9) Any other person or entity the governing body determines is appropriate.
As added by P.L.190-2013, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.25-2016, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 18. Criminal Gang Measures › 20-26-18-6. Reporting Requirements

Sec. 6. (a) Not later than June 1, 2017, and before June 2 of each year thereafter, each school corporation shall submit to the department a written report, on forms developed by the department, outlining the activities undertaken as part of the school corporation's compliance with this chapter. The report must include school based data to monitor for disproportionality, with each school reporting the number of investigations disposed of internally and the number of cases referred to local law enforcement, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, and gender.
(b) Not later than November 1, 2017, and before November 2 of each year thereafter, the department shall submit a comprehensive report concerning criminal organization activity in schools to the governor and the general assembly. A report submitted to the general assembly under this subsection must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. The report must include the following:
(1) A summary of the activities reported to the department under subsection (a).
(2) Any recommendations or conclusions made by the department to assist in the prevention of, education about, and intervention in criminal organization activity in schools.
As added by P.L.190-2013, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.25-2016, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 18.2. School Resource Officers › 20-26-18.2-0.5. Definitions

Sec. 0.5. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Safe school committee" refers to the requirements set forth in IC 10-21-1-14.
(2) "School safety plan" refers to the requirements set forth in IC 10-21-1-10.
(3) "School safety specialist" refers to the requirements set forth in IC 10-21-1-9.
As added by P.L.150-2023, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 18.2. School Resource Officers › 20-26-18.2-2. Employment of School Resource Officer; Memorandum of Understanding; Duties

Sec. 2. (a) A school resource officer may be employed:
(1) by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools through a contract between a local law enforcement agency and the school corporation or school corporations or the charter school or charter schools;
(2) by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools;
(3) by a local law enforcement agency that assigns the school resource officer to one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools through a memorandum of understanding between the local law enforcement agency and the school corporation or school corporations or the charter school or charter schools; or
(4) through a contract between an Indiana business that employs persons who meet the qualifications of a school resource officer and the school corporation or school corporations or the charter school or charter schools.
(b) This subsection does not apply to a school corporation that only has full-time school resource officers who are either employees of the school corporation's school police department or are employees of the school corporation who have successfully completed the law enforcement basic training requirements described in IC 5-2-1-9(d). After June 30, 2023, if a school corporation or charter school enters into a contract for a school resource officer, the school corporation or charter school must enter into a memorandum of understanding with the law enforcement agency that employs or appointed the law enforcement officer who will perform the duties of a school resource officer. The memorandum of understanding must state the nature and scope of a school resource officer's duties and responsibilities. A school resource officer's duties and responsibilities include the duty to assist the school corporation's or charter school's school safety specialists and safe school committees with the development and implementation of school safety plans.
(c) A school resource officer shall consult with local law enforcement officials and first responders when assisting the school corporation's or charter school's school safety specialists and safe school committees in the development of the school safety plan.
(d) A school resource officer shall participate in the development and implementation of programs designed to identify, assess, and provide assistance to youth who are at high risk of experiencing a mental health crisis or becoming juvenile offenders.
(e) A school resource officer may not be reassigned to other duties by the school corporation.
As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.44-2019, SEC.1; P.L.211-2019, SEC.22; P.L.272-2019, SEC.4; P.L.139-2022, SEC.11; P.L.150-2023, SEC.22; P.L.200-2023, SEC.6; P.L.250-2023, SEC.21.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 18.2. School Resource Officers › 20-26-18.2-3. School Resource Officer's Police Powers

Sec. 3. (a) A school resource officer may:
(1) make an arrest;
(2) conduct a search or a seizure of a person or property using the reasonable suspicion standard;
(3) carry a firearm on or off school property; and
(4) exercise other police powers with respect to the enforcement of Indiana laws.
(b) A school resource officer has jurisdiction in every county where the school corporation or charter school engaging the officer operates a school or where the school corporation or charter school's students reside. This subsection does not restrict the jurisdiction that a school resource officer may possess due to the officer's employment by a law enforcement agency.
As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 18.2. School Resource Officers › 20-26-18.2-4. Reporting Use of Restraints and Seclusion

Sec. 4. A school corporation, a state accredited nonpublic school, or a charter school shall report all instances of:
(1) seclusion (as defined in IC 20-20-40-9);
(2) chemical restraint (as defined in IC 20-20-40-2);
(3) mechanical restraint (as defined in IC 20-20-40-4); and
(4) physical restraint (as defined in IC 20-20-40-5);
involving a school resource officer in accordance with the restraint and seclusion plan adopted by the school corporation, state accredited nonpublic school, or charter school under IC 20-20-40-14.
As added by P.L.227-2017, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.39.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 18.2. School Resource Officers › 20-26-18.2-5. Reporting; School Resource Officer; Secured School Safety Board

Sec. 5. (a) Beginning on September 1, 2023, and each September 1 thereafter, each school corporation or charter school served by a school resource officer employed for the protection of the school corporation or charter school under section 2 of this chapter shall report on a form prescribed by the department of homeland security:
(1) the number of school resource officers serving the school corporation or charter school;
(2) the amount budgeted and the sources of the funds to employ a school resource officer or school resource officers to serve the school corporation or charter school;
(3) the number of school resource officers serving the school corporation or charter school employed by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools;
(4) an attestation that the school resource officers employed by the school corporation or charter school have met the training requirements under section 1 of this chapter;
(5) the number of school resource officers serving the school corporation or charter school through a contract or memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency or an Indiana business that employs persons who meet the qualifications of a school resource officer under section 2 of this chapter; and
(6) if applicable, the number of law enforcement officers who are not school resource officers also serving the school corporation or charter school through a contract or memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency;
to the department of homeland security.
(b) The department of homeland security shall:
(1) annually compile the information reported under subsection (a); and
(2) retain the information reported under subsection (a).
(c) For purposes of IC 5-14-3, the department of homeland security shall keep information compiled and retained under subsection (b) confidential and shall withhold the information from public disclosure.
(d) The secured school safety board established by IC 10-21-1-3 shall include the following aggregate level information in the review and report submitted to the governor and legislative council as required under IC 10-21-1-8:
(1) The total number of school resource officers employed:
(A) in Indiana, including the number of unique school corporations and charter schools employing a school resource officer;
(B) exclusively by a school corporation;
(C) by one (1) or more school corporations;
(D) exclusively by a charter school;
(E) by a coalition of charter schools; and
(F) by a combination of one (1) or more school corporations and one (1) or more charter schools.
(2) A statewide overview of how school corporations and charter schools are budgeting for the employment of school resource officers and the employment of law enforcement officers.
As added by P.L.57-2020, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.150-2023, SEC.23.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 19. Temporary Exception to Residency Requirements › 20-26-19-1. "Active Duty"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "active duty" means full-time service in:
(1) the armed forces of the United States; or
(2) the national guard;
for a period that exceeds thirty (30) consecutive days in a calendar year.
As added by P.L.38-2020, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 19. Temporary Exception to Residency Requirements › 20-26-19-2. "Military Installation"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "military installation" means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other installation under the jurisdiction of the United Stated Department of Defense or the United States Coast Guard.
As added by P.L.38-2020, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 19. Temporary Exception to Residency Requirements › 20-26-19-3. "Parent"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "parent" means the following:
(1) A parent (as defined in IC 20-18-2-13).
(2) A stepparent of a child with whom a parent (as defined in IC 20-18-2-13) resides.
As added by P.L.38-2020, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 19. Temporary Exception to Residency Requirements › 20-26-19-4. "Public School"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "public school" means a:
(1) school maintained by a school corporation; or
(2) charter school.
As added by P.L.38-2020, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 19. Temporary Exception to Residency Requirements › 20-26-19-5. Requirements for Enrollment of Students Regarding Transfer or Pending Transfer to Military Installation

Sec. 5. Notwithstanding any other law, a student meets the residency requirements for enrollment at a public school in Indiana if the parent of the student meets the following:
(1) The parent is transferred to or is pending transfer to a military installation within Indiana while on active duty pursuant to an official military order.
(2) The parent submits to the public school:
(A) an application, as determined by the public school, for enrollment in the public school; and
(B) documentation, as determined by the state board, regarding the transfer or pending transfer.
(3) If the parent is submitting an application described in subdivision (2)(A) to a public school maintained by a school corporation, the parent intends to reside in the attendance area of the school corporation.
As added by P.L.38-2020, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 19. Temporary Exception to Residency Requirements › 20-26-19-6. Acceptance of Application of Enrollment; Electronic Means

Sec. 6. In addition to any other means by which a public school accepts an application for enrollment of a student or registration in a course by a student, a public school shall accept an application for enrollment and course registration, as applicable, by electronic means for a student described in section 5 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.38-2020, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 19. Temporary Exception to Residency Requirements › 20-26-19-7. Proof of Residence; Address; Exclude Student From Attendance

Sec. 7. (a) A parent of a student described in section 5 of this chapter shall provide proof of residence to the public school not later than ten (10) instructional days after the arrival date provided on the documentation described in section 5(2)(B) of this chapter.
(b) A parent may use the address of any of the following as proof of residence for purposes of this section:
(1) A temporary on base billeting facility.
(2) A purchased or leased home or apartment.
(3) Any federal government housing or off base military housing, including off base military housing that is provided through a public-private venture.
(c) If a parent of a student fails to provide proof of residence to a public school in accordance with subsection (a), the public school may exclude the student from attendance pending an expulsion proceeding.
As added by P.L.38-2020, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 19. Temporary Exception to Residency Requirements › 20-26-19-8. Adoption of Administrative Rules

Sec. 8. The state board:
(1) shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 regarding the documentation required under section 5(2)(B) of this chapter; and
(2) may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to otherwise implement this chapter.
As added by P.L.38-2020, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 20. Patriotic Youth Membership Organizations › 20-26-20-1. "Organization"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "organization" means any youth organization listed in Title 36 of the United States Code that has an educational purpose and promotes patriotism and civic involvement.
As added by P.L.86-2020, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 20. Patriotic Youth Membership Organizations › 20-26-20-2. "Public School"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "public school" means the following:
(1) A school maintained by a school corporation.
(2) A charter school.
As added by P.L.86-2020, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 20. Patriotic Youth Membership Organizations › 20-26-20-3. Request to Provide Information to Students

Sec. 3. An organization may request that a public school allow representatives of the organization to provide oral, written, or oral and written information regarding the organization, including information regarding how the organization furthers the educational interests and civic involvement of students consistent with good citizenship and moral instruction provided under IC 20-30-5-6 and IC 20-30-5-5, to students of the public school on school property.
As added by P.L.86-2020, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 20. Patriotic Youth Membership Organizations › 20-26-20-4. Provision of Information to Students

Sec. 4. Upon request by an organization under section 3 of this chapter, a public school shall provide at least one (1) time each school year, a day and time, which may be during the school day as approved by the public school, for the representatives of the organization to provide information to students on school property as described in section 3 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.86-2020, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 20. Patriotic Youth Membership Organizations › 20-26-20-5. Expanded Criminal History Check of Representatives of Organization; Costs

Sec. 5. (a) A public school shall conduct an expanded criminal history check of a representative of an organization before the representative may provide information to students at a public school as described in section 4 of this chapter. The representative may be required to provide a written consent for the public school to conduct the expanded criminal history check. The representative of the organization is responsible for all costs associated with obtaining the expanded criminal history check.
(b) A public school may refuse to allow a representative to provide information as described in section 4 of this chapter if the representative has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor listed in IC 20-28-5-8(c) or IC 20-28-5-8(d).
As added by P.L.86-2020, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.125-2022, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 21. Personal Analyses, Evaluations, or Surveys by Third Party Vendors › 20-26-21-1. "Qualified School"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "qualified school" means the following:
(1) A school maintained by a school corporation.
(2) A charter school.
(3) A laboratory school established under IC 20-24.5-2.
(4) The Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired established by IC 20-21-2-1.
(5) The Indiana School for the Deaf established by IC 20-22-2-1.
As added by P.L.234-2023, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions › Chapter 21. Personal Analyses, Evaluations, or Surveys by Third Party Vendors › 20-26-21-2. Exemptions

Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) An academic test or academic assessment, scoring keys, or other tools directly related to measuring a student's academic performance in understanding a particular curricular subject matter, as prescribed by the department.
(2) A career aptitude or career interest survey.
(3) An assessment or screening instrument administered by a third party employed:
(A) psychologist licensed under IC 25-33; or
(B) social worker, clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or mental health counselor licensed under IC 25-23.6;
if the third party provider described in clause (A) or (B) is referred by school personnel in a crisis situation in which the school personnel and the third party provider reasonably believe that the student is in immediate danger of self harm, harming another person, or experiencing harm resulting from abuse or neglect.
(4) An assessment, screening instrument, or evaluation survey administered by a third party employed:
(A) psychologist licensed under IC 25-33; or
(B) social worker, clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or mental health counselor licensed under IC 25-23.6;
who has received a consent for services from a student, if the student is an adult or emancipated minor, or parent of a student, if the student is an unemancipated minor.
(5) A survey or evaluation administered to a student of a school by a third party vendor that gauges or attempts to gauge student satisfaction with or participation in the school's programming, technology platform, or approved curriculum.
As added by P.L.234-2023, SEC.3.