Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-1 Governing laws
Sec. 1. Except as expressly provided in this article, a participating innovation network charter school remains subject to all state laws that govern charter schools.
As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2.
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in effectInd. Code § 20-25.7-5-1.5 Prohibited from being authorizer and entering into an agreement at the same time
Sec. 1.5. A board may not at the same time both:
(1) be an authorizer of a charter school; and
(2) enter into or have an agreement under this chapter with the charter school.
As added by P.L.151-2026, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-2 Agreements to reconstitute eligible schools
Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027.
Sec. 2. (a) The board may enter into an agreement with an organizer to reconstitute an eligible school as a participating innovation network charter school or to establish a participating innovation network charter school at a location selected by the board within the boundary of the school corporation. Notwithstanding IC 20-26-7.1, a participating innovation network charter school may be established within a vacant school building.
(b) The terms of the agreement entered into between the board and an organizer must specify the following:
(1) A statement that the organizer authorizes the department to include the charter school's performance assessment results under IC 20-31-8 when calculating the school corporation's performance assessment under rules adopted by the state board.
(2) Subject to an administrative fee as described in subsection (g), a statement that the school corporation will distribute at least one hundred percent (100%) of state tuition support dollars that the school corporation receives from student enrollment in the participating innovation network charter school in accordance with the school funding formula to the participating innovation network charter school (if the participating innovation network charter school is treated in the same manner as a school operated by the school corporation under subsection (d)(2)).
(3) The performance goals and accountability metrics agreed upon for the charter school in the charter agreement between the organizer and the authorizer and a statement that the school corporation is prohibited from setting additional performance goals or accountability metrics.
(4) For an agreement entered into or renewed after June 30, 2023, the process the board is required to follow in determining whether to renew the agreement.
(5) The amount of money levied as property taxes that will be distributed by the school corporation to the organizer.
(6) Subject to section 5 of this chapter, the participating innovation network charter school's enrollment and discipline policies, including defined attendance areas and enrollment zones.
(7) A statement that the innovation agreement shall not create an obligation that would cause the organizer to be in violation of its charter agreement (as described in IC 20-24-1-3).
(c) If an organizer and the board enter into an agreement under subsection (a), the organizer and the board shall notify the department that the agreement has been made under this section within thirty (30) days after the agreement is entered into.
(d) Upon receipt of the notification under subsection (c), for school years starting after the date of the agreement:
(1) the department shall include the participating innovation network charter school's performance assessment results under IC 20-31-8 when calculating the school corporation's performance assessment under rules adopted by the state board;
(2) the department shall treat the participating innovation network charter school in the same manner as a school operated by the school corporation when calculating the total amount of state funding to be distributed to the school corporation unless subsection (e) applies; and
(3) if requested by a participating innovation network charter school that reconstitutes an eligible school, the department may use student growth as the state board's exclusive means to determine the innovation network charter school's category or designation of school improvement under 511 IAC 6.2-10-10 for a period of three (3) years. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the department may not use student growth as the state board's exclusive means to determine an innovation network charter school's category or designation of school improvement. This subdivision expires July 1, 2023.
(e) If a participating innovation network school was established before January 1, 2016, and for the current school year has a complexity index that is greater than the complexity index for the school corporation that the innovation network school has contracted with, the innovation network school shall be treated as a charter school for purposes of determining tuition support. This subsection expires June 30, 2027.
(f) If the board or organizer fails to follow the process described in subsection (b)(4), the board or organizer may appeal to the state board. The state board shall hear the appeal in a public meeting and ensure that the board or organizer follows the renewal process specified in the agreement. The board may not terminate an agreement until the board has provided evidence to the state board that the board has complied with the renewal process specified in the agreement. The state board shall issue a decision on an appeal under this subsection not later than sixty (60) days after the date the board or organizer submitted the appeal to the state board.
(g) If an administrative fee is included in an agreement entered into or renewed after June 30, 2023, under this section, the fee may not exceed one percent (1%) of the total amount of state tuition support that is distributed to the school corporation based on the participating innovation network charter school's student enrollment.
(h) An agreement entered into between the board and an organizer under this section may not be altered without written approval from the organizer.
As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.179-2016, SEC.6; P.L.217-2017, SEC.99; P.L.250-2017, SEC.25; P.L.86-2018, SEC.174; P.L.269-2019, SEC.5; P.L.270-2019, SEC.6; P.L.108-2019, SEC.212; P.L.156-2020, SEC.75; P.L.165-2021, SEC.153; P.L.201-2023, SEC.159; P.L.246-2023, SEC.31; P.L.9-2024, SEC.388; P.L.162-2024, SEC.9; P.L.213-2025, SEC.169.
Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-2 Agreements to reconstitute eligible schools with one governing body of a school corporation
Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.
Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to a charter school in which the organizer of the charter school has entered into a participating innovation network charter school agreement for that charter school with only one (1) board.
(b) The board may enter into an agreement with an organizer to reconstitute an eligible school as a participating innovation network charter school or to establish a participating innovation network charter school at a location selected by the board within the boundary of the school corporation. Notwithstanding IC 20-26-7.1, a participating innovation network charter school may be established within a vacant school building.
(c) The terms of the agreement entered into between the board and an organizer must specify the following:
(1) A statement that the organizer authorizes the department to include the charter school's performance assessment results under IC 20-31-8 when calculating the school corporation's performance assessment under rules adopted by the state board.
(2) Subject to an administrative fee as described in subsection (h), a statement that the school corporation will distribute at least one hundred percent (100%) of state tuition support dollars that the school corporation receives from student enrollment in the participating innovation network charter school in accordance with the school funding formula to the participating innovation network charter school (if the participating innovation network charter school is treated in the same manner as a school operated by the school corporation under subsection (e)(2)).
(3) The performance goals and accountability metrics agreed upon for the charter school in the charter agreement between the organizer and the authorizer and a statement that the school corporation is prohibited from setting additional performance goals or accountability metrics.
(4) For an agreement entered into or renewed after June 30, 2023, the process the board is required to follow in determining whether to renew the agreement.
(5) The amount of money levied as property taxes that will be distributed by the school corporation to the organizer.
(6) Subject to section 5 of this chapter, the participating innovation network charter school's enrollment and discipline policies, including defined attendance areas and enrollment zones.
(7) A statement that the innovation agreement shall not create an obligation that would cause the organizer to be in violation of its charter agreement (as described in IC 20-24-1-3).
(d) If an organizer and the board enter into an agreement under subsection (b), the organizer and the board shall notify the department that the agreement has been made under this section within thirty (30) days after the agreement is entered into.
(e) Upon receipt of the notification under subsection (d), for school years starting after the date of the agreement:
(1) the department shall include the participating innovation network charter school's performance assessment results under IC 20-31-8 when calculating the school corporation's performance assessment under rules adopted by the state board; and
(2) the department shall treat the participating innovation network charter school in the same manner as a school operated by the school corporation when calculating the total amount of state funding to be distributed to the school corporation unless subsection (f) applies.
(f) If a participating innovation network school was established before January 1, 2016, and for the current school year has a complexity index that is greater than the complexity index for the school corporation that the innovation network school has contracted with, the innovation network school shall be treated as a charter school for purposes of determining tuition support. This subsection expires June 30, 2027.
(g) If the board or organizer fails to follow the process described in subsection (c)(4), the board or organizer may appeal to the state board. The state board shall hear the appeal in a public meeting and ensure that the board or organizer follows the renewal process specified in the agreement. The board may not terminate an agreement until the board has provided evidence to the state board that the board has complied with the renewal process specified in the agreement. The state board shall issue a decision on an appeal under this subsection not later than sixty (60) days after the date the board or organizer submitted the appeal to the state board.
(h) If an administrative fee is included in an agreement entered into or renewed after June 30, 2023, under this section, the fee may not exceed one percent (1%) of the total amount of state tuition support that is distributed to the school corporation based on the participating innovation network charter school's student enrollment.
(i) An agreement entered into between the board and an organizer under this section may not be altered without written approval from the organizer.
As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.179-2016, SEC.6; P.L.217-2017, SEC.99; P.L.250-2017, SEC.25; P.L.86-2018, SEC.174; P.L.269-2019, SEC.5; P.L.270-2019, SEC.6; P.L.108-2019, SEC.212; P.L.156-2020, SEC.75; P.L.165-2021, SEC.153; P.L.201-2023, SEC.159; P.L.246-2023, SEC.31; P.L.9-2024, SEC.388; P.L.162-2024, SEC.9; P.L.213-2025, SEC.169; P.L.151-2026, SEC.6.
Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-2.5 Agreements to reconstitute eligible schools with more than one governing body of a school corporation
Effective 7-1-2027.
Sec. 2.5. (a) This section applies to a charter school in which the organizer of the charter school has entered into a participating innovation network charter school agreement for that charter school with more than one (1) board.
(b) A board may enter into an agreement with an organizer to:
(1) reconstitute an eligible school as a participating innovation network charter school; or
(2) establish a participating innovation network charter school at a location:
(A) selected by the board; or
(B) within the geographic boundaries of any school corporation with which the organizer enters into an agreement under this section.
Notwithstanding IC 20-26-7.1, a participating innovation network charter school may be established within a vacant school building.
(c) The terms of the agreement entered into between a board of a school corporation and an organizer must specify the following:
(1) A statement that the organizer authorizes the department to include the charter school's performance assessment results under IC 20-31-8 for students who reside within the geographic boundaries of the school corporation when calculating the school corporation's performance assessment under rules adopted by the state board.
(2) Subject to an administrative fee as described in subsection (h), a statement that the school corporation will distribute at least one hundred percent (100%) of state tuition support dollars that the school corporation receives for students who:
(A) reside within the geographic boundaries of the school corporation; and
(B) are enrolled in the participating innovation network charter school;
in accordance with the school funding formula to the participating innovation network charter school (if the participating innovation network charter school is, with regard to students described in this subsection, treated in the same manner as a school operated by the school corporation under subsection (e)(2)).
(3) The performance goals and accountability metrics agreed upon for the charter school in the charter agreement between the organizer and the authorizer and a statement that the school corporation is prohibited from setting additional performance goals or accountability metrics.
(4) The process the board is required to follow in determining whether to renew the agreement.
(5) The amount of money levied as property taxes that will be distributed by the school corporation to the organizer.
(6) Subject to section 5 of this chapter, the participating innovation network charter school's enrollment and discipline policies, including defined attendance areas and enrollment zones.
(7) A statement that the innovation agreement shall not create an obligation that would cause the organizer to be in violation of its charter agreement (as described in IC 20-24-1-3).
(d) If an organizer and a board enter into an agreement under subsection (b), the organizer and the board shall notify the department that the agreement has been made under this section within thirty (30) days after the agreement is entered into.
(e) Upon receipt of the notification under subsection (d), for school years starting after the date of the agreement:
(1) the department shall include the participating innovation network charter school's performance assessment results under IC 20-31-8 for students who reside within the geographic boundaries of the school corporation when calculating the school corporation's performance assessment under rules adopted by the state board; and
(2) the department shall:
(A) treat the participating innovation network charter school in the same manner as a school operated by the school corporation with regard to students residing within the geographic boundaries of the school corporation when calculating the total amount of state funding to be distributed to the school corporation unless subsection (f) applies; and
(B) in determining the school corporation's enrollment, include only eligible pupils enrolled in the participating innovation network charter school who reside within the geographic boundaries of the school corporation.
(f) If a participating innovation network school was established before January 1, 2016, and for the current school year has a complexity index that is greater than the complexity index for the school corporation that the innovation network school has contracted with, the innovation network school shall be treated as a charter school for purposes of determining tuition support. This subsection expires June 30, 2027.
(g) If the board or organizer fails to follow the process described in subsection (c)(4), the board or organizer may appeal to the state board. The state board shall hear the appeal in a public meeting and ensure that the board or organizer follows the renewal process specified in the agreement. The board may not terminate an agreement until the board has provided evidence to the state board that the board has complied with the renewal process specified in the agreement. The state board shall issue a decision on an appeal under this subsection not later than sixty (60) days after the date the board or organizer submitted the appeal to the state board.
(h) If an administrative fee is included in an agreement entered into or renewed under this section after June 30, 2027, each school corporation with which an organizer of a participating innovation network charter school has entered into an agreement may assess an administrative fee of not more than one percent (1%) of the tuition support dollars that the school corporation receives for students who:
(1) reside within the geographic boundaries of the school corporation; and
(2) are enrolled in the participating innovation network charter school.
(i) An agreement entered into between the board and an organizer under this section may not be altered without written approval from the organizer.
As added by P.L.151-2026, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-2.7 Participating innovation network charter school treated as charter school; tuition support calculation
Effective 7-1-2027.
Sec. 2.7. (a) This section applies to a participating innovation network charter school described in section 2.5(a) of this chapter.
(b) In addition to any state tuition support dollars a participating innovation network charter school receives from a school corporation under this chapter, the department shall treat the participating innovation network charter school as a charter school when calculating the tuition support to be distributed to the innovation network charter school for students of the innovation network charter school who do not reside within the geographic boundaries of a school corporation with which the innovation network charter school has an agreement under this chapter.
As added by P.L.151-2026, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-3 Authority of school corporation; transportation; maintenance and repair; transfer of school corporation facility; contracts for goods or services; terms
Sec. 3. (a) For as long as a charter school remains a participating innovation network charter school:
(1) the school corporation may provide transportation for students attending the participating innovation network charter school;
(2) the school corporation may maintain and repair the buildings and grounds used by the participating innovation network charter school consistent with the maintenance and repair to the school corporation's other buildings and grounds;
(3) the school corporation may enter into an agreement to transfer the ownership of a school corporation facility to the organizer; and
(4) the school corporation may not alter the use of the facility occupied by the participating innovation network charter school without written agreement from the organizer.
(b) If an organizer contracts with a school corporation for goods or services, the school corporation may not charge the organizer more for the goods or services than the school corporation pays for the goods or services. A school corporation may not require an organizer to contract for specific goods or services provided by the school corporation or any other entity.
(c) A school corporation and an organizer may negotiate to require specific services with regard to a participating innovation network charter school during the term of an agreement. However, an organizer must be able to select the service provider for the services.
(d) For as long as a charter school remains a participating innovation network charter school, the school corporation may distribute money levied as property taxes to the charter school. Property taxes distributed to a charter school must be used only for a purpose for which the property taxes could have been used by the school corporation. Property taxes distributed under this subsection may supplement services and property provided under subsection (a) or (b). The parties may jointly modify an agreement described in section 2 of this chapter to implement this subsection.
(e) An agreement concerning the transfer of ownership of a school corporation facility described in subsection (a) is not subject to IC 20-26-7.1.
(f) Unless an agreement entered into before July 1, 2024, between a board and an organizer provides otherwise, a school corporation may not charge an organizer an amount for goods and services that is greater than the amount of the operations fund property tax levy the organizer receives under IC 20-46-8-11.2 or IC 20-46-8-12 for the participating innovation network charter school.
As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.246-2023, SEC.32; P.L.162-2024, SEC.10; P.L.68-2025, SEC.207.
Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-4 Designated school corporation employee; conditions
Sec. 4. An employee of a school corporation who provides services to a participating innovation network charter school under this article remains an employee of the school corporation.
As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-5 Admission requirements and limitations
Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027.
Sec. 5. (a) IC 20-24-5-5 (with the exception of IC 20-24-5-5(g)) does not apply to a participating innovation network charter school that enters into an agreement with the board to reconstitute or establish an eligible school.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), a participating innovation network charter school must enroll any eligible student who submits a timely application for enrollment.
(c) A participating innovation network charter school that reconstitutes or establishes an eligible school may limit new admissions to the participating innovation network charter school to:
(1) ensure that any student with legal settlement in the attendance area, or in the school corporation if the school does not have a defined attendance area, may attend the charter school;
(2) ensure that a student who attends the participating innovation network charter school during a school year may continue to attend the charter school in subsequent years;
(3) allow the siblings of a student alumnus or a current student who attends the participating innovation network charter school to attend the charter school;
(4) allow preschool students who attend a Level 3 or Level 4 Paths to QUALITY program preschool to attend kindergarten at the participating innovation network charter school if the participating innovation network charter school and the school corporation or preschool provider have entered into an agreement to share services or facilities;
(5) allow each student who qualifies for free or reduced price lunch under the national school lunch program to receive preference for admission to the participating innovation network charter school if the preference is specifically provided for in the charter and is approved by the authorizer; and
(6) allow each student who attended a turnaround academy or attends a school that is located in the same school building as the participating innovation network charter school to receive preference for admission to the participating innovation network charter school if the preference is specifically provided for in the participating innovation network charter school's charter and is approved by the authorizer of the participating innovation network charter school.
(d) A participating innovation network charter school with a curriculum that includes study in a foreign country may deny admission to a student if:
(1) the student:
(A) has completed fewer than twenty-two (22) academic credits required for graduation; and
(B) will be in the grade 11 cohort during the school year in which the student seeks to enroll in the participating innovation network charter school; or
(2) the student has been suspended (as defined in IC 20-33-8-7) or expelled (as defined in IC 20-33-8-3) during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the student's application for enrollment for:
(A) ten (10) or more school days;
(B) a violation under IC 20-33-8-16;
(C) causing physical injury to a student, a school employee, or a visitor to the school; or
(D) a violation of a school corporation's drug or alcohol rules.
For purposes of subdivision (2)(A), student discipline received under IC 20-33-8-25(b)(7) for a violation described in subdivision (2)(B) through (2)(D) must be included in the calculation of the number of school days that a student has been suspended.
(e) A participating innovation network charter school may give enrollment preferences to children of the participating innovation network charter school's founders, governing board members, and participating innovation network charter school employees, as long as the enrollment preference under this subsection is not given to more than ten percent (10%) of the participating innovation charter school's total population and there is sufficient capacity for a program, class, grade level, or building to ensure that any student with legal settlement in the attendance area may attend the school.
(f) This subsection applies to an existing charter school that enters into an innovation network agreement with the board. During the charter school's first year of operation as a participating innovation network charter school, the charter school may limit admission to:
(1) those students who were enrolled in the charter school on the date it entered into the innovation network agreement; and
(2) siblings of students described in subdivision (1).
(g) This subsection applies if the number of applications for a program, class, grade level, or building exceeds the capacity of the program, class, grade level, or building. If a participating innovation network charter school receives a greater number of applications than there are spaces for students, each timely applicant must be given an equal chance of admission. The participating innovation network charter school that is not in a county containing a consolidated city must determine which of the applicants will be admitted to the participating innovation network charter school or the program, class, grade level, or building by random drawing in a public meeting with each timely applicant limited to one (1) entry in the drawing. However, the participating innovation network charter school located in a county with a consolidated city shall determine which of the applicants will be admitted to the participating innovation network charter school or the program, class, grade level, or building by using a publicly verifiable random selection process.
As added by P.L.179-2016, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.250-2017, SEC.26; P.L.130-2018, SEC.88; P.L.155-2020, SEC.6; P.L.211-2021, SEC.14; P.L.216-2021, SEC.13; P.L.220-2021, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-5 Admission requirements and limitations
Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.
Sec. 5. (a) IC 20-24-5-5 (with the exception of IC 20-24-5-5(g)) does not apply to a participating innovation network charter school that enters into an agreement with the board to reconstitute or establish an eligible school.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), a participating innovation network charter school must enroll any eligible student who submits a timely application for enrollment.
(c) A participating innovation network charter school that reconstitutes or establishes an eligible school may limit new admissions to the participating innovation network charter school to:
(1) ensure that any student with legal settlement in the attendance area or, if the school does not have a defined attendance area, any student:
(A) for a participating innovation network charter school described in section 2(a) of this chapter, in the school corporation; or
(B) for a participating innovation network charter school described in section 2.5(a) of this chapter, in any school corporation with which the participating innovation network charter school has entered into an agreement under this chapter;
may attend the charter school;
(2) ensure that a student who attends the participating innovation network charter school during a school year may continue to attend the charter school in subsequent years;
(3) allow the siblings of a student alumnus or a current student who attends the participating innovation network charter school to attend the charter school;
(4) allow preschool students who attend a Level 3 or Level 4 Paths to QUALITY program preschool to attend kindergarten at the participating innovation network charter school if the participating innovation network charter school and the school corporation or preschool provider have entered into an agreement to share services or facilities;
(5) allow each student who qualifies for free or reduced price lunch under the national school lunch program to receive preference for admission to the participating innovation network charter school if the preference is specifically provided for in the charter and is approved by the authorizer; and
(6) allow each student who attended a turnaround academy or attends a school that is located in the same school building as the participating innovation network charter school to receive preference for admission to the participating innovation network charter school if the preference is specifically provided for in the participating innovation network charter school's charter and is approved by the authorizer of the participating innovation network charter school.
(d) A participating innovation network charter school with a curriculum that includes study in a foreign country may deny admission to a student if:
(1) the student:
(A) has completed fewer than twenty-two (22) academic credits required for graduation; and
(B) will be in the grade 11 cohort during the school year in which the student seeks to enroll in the participating innovation network charter school; or
(2) the student has been suspended (as defined in IC 20-33-8-7) or expelled (as defined in IC 20-33-8-3) during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the student's application for enrollment for:
(A) ten (10) or more school days;
(B) a violation under IC 20-33-8-16;
(C) causing physical injury to a student, a school employee, or a visitor to the school; or
(D) a violation of a school corporation's drug or alcohol rules.
For purposes of subdivision (2)(A), student discipline received under IC 20-33-8-25(b)(7) for a violation described in subdivision (2)(B) through (2)(D) must be included in the calculation of the number of school days that a student has been suspended.
(e) A participating innovation network charter school may give enrollment preferences to children of the participating innovation network charter school's founders, governing board members, and participating innovation network charter school employees, as long as the enrollment preference under this subsection is not given to more than ten percent (10%) of the participating innovation charter school's total population and there is sufficient capacity for a program, class, grade level, or building to ensure that any student with legal settlement in the attendance area may attend the school.
(f) This subsection applies to an existing charter school that enters into an innovation network agreement with the board. During the charter school's first year of operation as a participating innovation network charter school, the charter school may limit admission to:
(1) those students who were enrolled in the charter school on the date it entered into the innovation network agreement; and
(2) siblings of students described in subdivision (1).
(g) This subsection applies if the number of applications for a program, class, grade level, or building exceeds the capacity of the program, class, grade level, or building. If a participating innovation network charter school receives a greater number of applications than there are spaces for students, each timely applicant must be given an equal chance of admission. The participating innovation network charter school that is not in a county containing a consolidated city must determine which of the applicants will be admitted to the participating innovation network charter school or the program, class, grade level, or building by random drawing in a public meeting with each timely applicant limited to one (1) entry in the drawing. However, the participating innovation network charter school located in a county with a consolidated city shall determine which of the applicants will be admitted to the participating innovation network charter school or the program, class, grade level, or building by using a publicly verifiable random selection process.
As added by P.L.179-2016, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.250-2017, SEC.26; P.L.130-2018, SEC.88; P.L.155-2020, SEC.6; P.L.211-2021, SEC.14; P.L.216-2021, SEC.13; P.L.220-2021, SEC.9; P.L.151-2026, SEC.9.
Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-6 State tuition support distribution
Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027.
Sec. 6. (a) Subject to an administrative fee as described in section 2(g) of this chapter, a school corporation that enters into an agreement with an organizer under this chapter shall distribute at least one hundred percent (100%) of state tuition support dollars that the school corporation receives from student enrollment in the participating innovation network charter school in accordance with the school funding formula to the participating innovation network charter school.
(b) Unless an agreement entered into before July 1, 2024, between a board and an organizer provides otherwise, all participating innovation network charter schools operating under existing agreements with boards as of July 1, 2024, will receive funds as required under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.162-2024, SEC.11.
Ind. Code § 20-25.7-5-6 State tuition support distribution
Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.
Sec. 6. (a) Subject to an administrative fee as described in section 2(h) of this chapter, a school corporation that enters into an agreement with an organizer under section 2 of this chapter shall distribute at least one hundred percent (100%) of state tuition support dollars that the school corporation receives from student enrollment in the participating innovation network charter school in accordance with the school funding formula to the participating innovation network charter school.
(b) Subject to an administrative fee as described in section 2.5(h) of this chapter, a school corporation that enters into an agreement with an organizer under section 2.5 of this chapter shall distribute at least one hundred percent (100%) of state tuition support dollars that the school corporation receives from students who:
(1) reside in the geographic boundaries of the school corporation; and
(2) are enrolled in the participating innovation network charter school;
in accordance with the school funding formula to the participating innovation network charter school.
(c) Unless an agreement entered into before July 1, 2024, between a board and an organizer provides otherwise, all participating innovation network charter schools operating under existing agreements with boards as of July 1, 2024, will receive funds as required under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.162-2024, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.151-2026, SEC.10.
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