2014 Indiana Code TITLE 20. EDUCATION ARTICLE 35. SPECIAL EDUCATION CHAPTER 10. INCLUSION SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM
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IC 20-35-10
Chapter 10. Inclusion School Pilot Program
IC 20-35-10-1
"Child with disabilities"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "child with disabilities" means a
child (as defined in IC 20-35-1-2) whose individualized education
program recommends that the child participate in an inclusion school
program.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
IC 20-35-10-2
"Inclusion school"
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "inclusion school" means a public
school that:
(1) participates in the pilot program under this chapter as an
inclusion school;
(2) as an inclusion school, educates each child with disabilities
in the school located in the child's attendance area in the school
corporation of the child's legal settlement; and
(3) integrates each child with a disability in regular education
classes for as much of the student instructional day as possible
to normalize the child's academic learning and social
experience.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
IC 20-35-10-3
"Regular education"
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "regular education" means
classroom instruction:
(1) in which children without disabilities are routinely placed;
and
(2) that is not characterized as special education under this
article.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
IC 20-35-10-4
Program established; purposes
Sec. 4. The inclusion school pilot program is established to
provide financial assistance through competitive grants awarded by
the department under section 5 of this chapter to school corporations
to do the following:
(1) Develop supportive regular education school and classroom
communities that nurture, support, and enhance the educational
and social needs of each child enrolled in the inclusion school.
(2) Integrate children with disabilities into the inclusion schools
located in the child's attendance area in the school corporation
of the child's legal settlement.
(3) Provide children with disabilities the opportunity to become
an integral part of the total school experience while focusing on
meeting the needs of all classes of children and without a
reduction in the quality of the content of the educational
program being provided to children with disabilities.
(4) Foster cooperation and integration among regular education
teachers and special education teachers.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
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Program funding
Sec. 5. (a) The money annually available to the department to
award the grants under this chapter is derived from the unexpended
money at the end of a state fiscal year that was originally
appropriated to the department for the program for preschool children
with disabilities under IC 20-35-4-9, not to exceed two hundred
thousand dollars ($200,000).
(b) On July 1 of each year, the budget agency shall make available
to the department the appropriate amount of money for use under this
chapter as designated under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
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Award of grants
Sec. 6. (a) The department may award competitive grants to not
more than ten (10) school corporations each year to conduct inclusion
school programs.
(b) The grants under this chapter must be used by a recipient
school corporation to provide planning, collaboration, and staff
training and development necessary for the implementation of the
school corporation's inclusion school pilot program.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
IC 20-35-10-7
Grant applications
Sec. 7. (a) To be eligible to receive a grant under this chapter, a
school corporation must apply to the department, on forms prepared
by the department, for the grant.
(b) The school corporation must include the following in the
school corporation's application:
(1) A detailed description of the nature of the school
corporation's inclusion school pilot program.
(2) Any other information required by the department.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
IC 20-35-10-8
Grant criteria
Sec. 8. The department shall award grants to a recipient school
corporation based on the following criteria:
(1) The school corporation's experience in delivering innovative
instruction to children with disabilities.
(2) The completion of the appropriate application.
(3) The degree to which the:
(A) school corporation;
(B) each school in which the inclusion school pilot program
will be implemented;
(C) school staff (including the support of the exclusive
representative); and
(D) school community;
exhibit commitment to the inclusion school pilot program.
(4) Any other criteria established by the department.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
IC 20-35-10-9
Reports
Sec. 9. Each recipient school corporation must submit to the
department:
(1) an annual report; and
(2) any interim reports that the department requires;
concerning the school corporation's inclusion school pilot program.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
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Guidelines
Sec. 10. The department shall develop guidelines to implement
this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
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