2006 Indiana Code - CHAPTER 3. STATE BOARD ACTION

IC 21-10-3
     Chapter 3. State Board Action

IC 21-10-3-1
State board actions
     Sec. 1. The state board shall explore methods, including statewide purchases, to reduce the expense to school corporations for the purchase of the following:
        (1) Textbooks.
        (2) Technology.
        (3) School buses and other vehicles.
        (4) Other areas of expenses as determined by the state board.
As added by P.L.191-2006, SEC.3.

IC 21-10-3-2
Annual survey of school corporations
     Sec. 2. The state board, assisted by the educational service centers, the division of finance of the department, and the office of management and budget, shall survey annually the school corporations to determine actions taken by the school corporations to allocate resources to student instruction and learning. The state board shall issue an annual report of actions taken to:
        (1) each school corporation;
        (2) the public; and
        (3) the general assembly.
The report to the general assembly must be submitted to the executive director of the legislative services agency in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.191-2006, SEC.3.

IC 21-10-3-3
Annual report of school corporation actions
     Sec. 3. Not later than November 1 of each year, the state board, assisted by the office of management and budget and school corporation officials, shall submit a report to the state superintendent, the governor, and the general assembly concerning the following:
        (1) Consolidated purchasing arrangements used by multiple school corporations, through educational services, and throughout Indiana.
        (2) Shared services arrangements used by multiple school corporations, through educational service centers, and in the state as a whole.
        (3) The efforts of school corporations to explore cooperatives, common management, or consolidations.
The report to the general assembly must be submitted to the executive director of the legislative services agency in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.191-2006, SEC.3.
IC 21-10-3-4
Analysis of school corporation expenses to develop baseline
     Sec. 4. (a) The state board, assisted by the office of management and budget, the division of finance of the department, and school corporation officials, shall analyze each school corporation's expenses for the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years to determine how much each school corporation spent, from whatever source, directly or indirectly, on the following categories of expenditures:
        (1) Student academic achievement expenditures.
        (2) Student instructional support expenditures.
        (3) Overhead and operational expenditures.
        (4) Nonoperational expenditures.
The state board shall determine the types of expenses that are included in each category set forth in subdivisions (1) through (4). The sum of all expenditures under subdivisions (1) through (4) by a school corporation must equal the total amount of expenditures by the school corporation for the year being analyzed.
    (b) The state board's analysis under subsection (a) may include relevant trend line data for school years before the 2004-2005 school year.
    (c) Not later than June 30, 2007, the state board shall report the results of the analysis under subsection (a) to the state superintendent, the governor, and the general assembly. The report to the general assembly must be submitted to the executive director of the legislative services agency in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.191-2006, SEC.3.

IC 21-10-3-5
Report of school corporation expenditures compared to baseline year
     Sec. 5. (a) Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, and using the 2005-2006 school year as a baseline:
        (1) the office of management and budget shall analyze and report to the state board, the governor, and the general assembly concerning the progress or lack of progress of each school corporation, all school corporations in each educational service center's area, and in the state as a whole in improving the ratio of student instructional expenditure to all other expenditures for the previous school year;
        (2) the state board shall recognize publicly each school corporation and educational service center that has an improved ratio of student instructional expenditures to all other expenditures during the previous school year;
        (3) the office of management and budget and the division of finance of the department shall be available to consult with and provide technical assistance to each school corporation that did not have an improved ratio of student instructional expenditures to all other expenditures during the previous school year; and
        (4) each school corporation shall report to the public in the

school corporation's annual performance report and to the members of the general assembly whose districts include the school corporation:
            (A) the percentage of resources spent by the school corporation during the previous school year on each category of expenditures set forth in section 4 of this chapter and whether the school corporation met the goals established for the previous school year under section 6 of this chapter;
            (B) the trend line for each category of expenditures set forth in section 4 of this chapter for the school corporation during the previous school year;
            (C) whether the school corporation did or did not make progress in improving the ratio of student instructional expenditures to all other expenditures during the previous school year; and
            (D) the goals established under section 6 of this chapter for the current school year.
    (b) The reports to the general assembly under subdivision (a)(1) and to individual members of the general assembly under subdivision (a)(4) must be submitted to the executive director of the legislative services agency in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.191-2006, SEC.3.

IC 21-10-3-6
Establishment of expenditure goals; recognition of school corporations that meet goals
     Sec. 6. (a) Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, each governing body shall establish goals for each category of expenditures set forth in section 4 of this chapter that will increase the school corporation's allocation of taxpayer resources directly to student instruction and learning, in light of the unique circumstances present in the school corporation.
    (b) The state board shall recognize and reward the school corporations that have met the goals described in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.191-2006, SEC.3.