Ind. Code ch. 20-24.2-4

in effect

Ind. Code § 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.

Ind. Code § 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.

Ind. Code § 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 20-20.5 (programs administered by the state), except for IC 20-20.5-1 (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 20-32-8.5 (reading improvement and remediation plans). (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; P.L.5-2024, SEC.2; P.L.214-2025, SEC.67; P.L.74-2026, SEC.39.

Ind. Code § 20-24.2-4-4 Statutes that apply to qualified districts and qualified high schools

Sec. 4. The following provisions of this title and rules and guidelines adopted under the following provisions of this title apply to a qualified district or qualified high school: IC 20-20.5-1 (educational service centers). IC 20-23 (organization of school corporations). IC 20-26 (school corporation general administrative provisions). IC 20-27 (school transportation). 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). IC 20-28-11.5 (staff performance evaluations). IC 20-29 (collective bargaining for teachers). IC 20-30-3-2 and IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative observances). IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements). IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction). IC 20-30-18 (middle school advanced math course automatic enrollment). IC 20-31 (accountability for school performance and improvement). IC 20-32-4, IC 20-32-5 (for a school year beginning before July 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (assessment), or any other statute, rule, or guideline related to standardized assessments. IC 20-32-8.5 (reading improvement and remediation plans). IC 20-33 (students: general provisions). IC 20-34-3 (health and safety measures). IC 20-35 (special education). IC 20-35.5 (dyslexia screening and intervention). IC 20-36 (high ability students). IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting procedures). IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts). IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts). IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student instruction and learning). IC 20-43 (state tuition support). IC 20-44 (property tax levies). IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies). IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease agreements). IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds). IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; state advances and loans). IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children). As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.84; P.L.117-2016, SEC.2; P.L.242-2017, SEC.13; P.L.244-2017, SEC.31; P.L.140-2018, SEC.4; P.L.105-2022, SEC.42; P.L.125-2022, SEC.3; P.L.126-2022, SEC.2; P.L.250-2023, SEC.14; P.L.5-2024, SEC.3; P.L.214-2025, SEC.68; P.L.74-2026, SEC.40.

Ind. Code § 20-24.2-4-5 Repealed

As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.23-2026, SEC.175. Repealed by P.L.74-2026, SEC.41.

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