2015 Indiana Code TITLE 20. EDUCATION ARTICLE 20. PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE CHAPTER 13. EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AND GRANTS
Download as PDF
IC 20-20-13
Chapter 13. Educational Technology Program and Grants
IC 20-20-13-0.5
"Fund"
Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the Senator
David C. Ford educational technology fund established under section
6 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.31-2009, SEC.1.
IC 20-20-13-1
"Grant"
Sec. 1. As used in sections 13 through 24 of this chapter, "grant"
refers to a technology plan grant under sections 13 through 24 of this
chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-2
"Group"
Sec. 2. As used in sections 13 through 24 of this chapter, "group"
includes the school corporations that are placed in a group of school
corporations under sections 13 through 24 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-3
"School corporation"
Sec. 3. As used in sections 13 through 24 of this chapter, "school
corporation" includes, except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired established
by IC 20-21-2-1, the Indiana School for the Deaf established by
IC 20-22-2-1, and a charter school established under IC 20-24.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.45;
P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.304.
IC 20-20-13-4
"Technology equipment"
Sec. 4. As used in sections 6 through 12 of this chapter,
"technology equipment" means computer hardware, computer
software, related teacher training services, related instructional
manuals and materials, and equipment servicing.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-5
"Technology plan"
Sec. 5. As used in sections 13 through 24 of this chapter,
"technology plan" refers to a technology plan developed under
section 7 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
Indiana Code 2015
IC 20-20-13-6
David C. Ford educational technology program and fund
Sec. 6. (a) The Senator David C. Ford educational technology
fund is established to extend educational technologies to elementary
and secondary schools. The fund may be used for:
(1) the 4R's technology grant program to assist school
corporations (on behalf of public schools) in purchasing
technology equipment:
(A) for kindergarten and grade 1 students, to learn reading,
writing, and arithmetic using technology;
(B) for students in all grades, to understand that technology
is a tool for learning; and
(C) for students in kindergarten through grade 3 who have
been identified as needing remediation, to offer daily
remediation opportunities using technology to prevent those
students from failing to make appropriate progress at the
particular grade level;
(2) a school technology program developed by the department.
The program may include grants to school corporations for the
purchase of:
(A) equipment, hardware, and software;
(B) learning and teaching systems; and
(C) other materials;
that promote student learning, as determined by the department.
(3) providing educational technologies, including computers in
the homes of students;
(4) conducting educational technology training for teachers; and
(5) other innovative educational technology programs.
(b) The department may also use money in the fund under
contracts entered into with the office of technology established by
IC 4-13.1-2-1 to study the feasibility of establishing an information
telecommunications gateway that provides access to information on
employment opportunities, career development, and instructional
services from data bases operated by the state among the following:
(1) Elementary and secondary schools.
(2) Postsecondary educational institutions.
(3) Career and technical educational centers and institutions that
are not postsecondary educational institutions.
(4) Libraries.
(5) Any other agencies offering education and training
programs.
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) state appropriations;
(2) private donations to the fund; or
(3) any combination of the amounts described in subdivisions
(1) through (2).
(d) The fund shall be administered by the department.
(e) Unexpended money appropriated to or otherwise available in
the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state
Indiana Code 2015
general fund but remains available to the department for use under
this chapter.
(f) Subject to section 7 of this chapter, a school corporation may
use money from the school corporation's capital projects fund as
permitted under IC 20-40-8 for educational technology equipment.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.177-2005, SEC.40;
P.L.2-2006, SEC.81; P.L.2-2007, SEC.205; P.L.234-2007, SEC.92;
P.L.3-2008, SEC.116; P.L.31-2009, SEC.2; P.L.182-2009(ss),
SEC.305; P.L.133-2012, SEC.185.
IC 20-20-13-7
Technology plan
Sec. 7. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a school corporation is
not entitled to:
(1) receive any money under this chapter;
(2) use money from the school corporation's capital projects
fund for educational technology equipment under IC 20-40-8;
or
(3) receive an advance from the common school fund for an
educational technology program under IC 20-49-4;
unless the school corporation develops a three (3) year technology
plan.
(b) Each technology plan must include at least the following
information:
(1) A description of the school corporation's intent to integrate
technology into the school corporation's curriculum.
(2) A plan for providing inservice training.
(3) A schedule for maintaining and replacing educational
technology equipment.
(4) A description of the criteria used to select the appropriate
educational technology equipment for the appropriate use.
(5) Other information requested by the department after
consulting with the budget agency.
(c) The department shall develop guidelines concerning the
development of technology plans. The guidelines developed under
this subsection are subject to the approval of the governor.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.82;
P.L.133-2012, SEC.186.
IC 20-20-13-8
Use of funds
Sec. 8. Upon the approval of the governor and the budget agency,
the department may use funds available under this chapter to provide
or extend education technology to any school corporation for
purposes described in this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.133-2012,
SEC.187.
IC 20-20-13-9
Indiana Code 2015
4R's technology grant program; surplus remediation funds;
eligibility; award of grants; monitoring compliance
Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to the 4R's technology program
described in section 6(a)(1) of this chapter.
(b) In addition to any other funds available under this chapter, if
state funds are transferred under IC 20-32-5-19 to the 4R's
technology program:
(1) those funds do not revert to the state general fund;
(2) those funds shall be made available to the 4R's technology
program under this chapter; and
(3) the department, upon approval by the governor and the
budget agency, shall use those funds to award grants under this
section.
(c) To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, a school
corporation must comply with the following:
(1) The school corporation must apply to the department for a
grant on behalf of a school within the school corporation to
purchase technology equipment.
(2) The school corporation must certify the following:
(A) That the school will provide every kindergarten and
grade 1 student at that school the opportunity to learn
reading, writing, and arithmetic using technology.
(B) That the school will provide daily before or after school
technology laboratories for students in grades 1 through 3
who have been identified as needing remediation in reading,
writing, or arithmetic.
(C) That the school will provide additional technology
opportunities, that may include Saturday sessions, for
students in other grade levels to use the technology
laboratories for remediation in reading, writing, arithmetic,
or mathematics.
(D) That the school will provide technology opportunities to
students that attend remediation programs under IC 20-32-8
(if the school corporation is required to do so) or any other
additional summer programs.
(E) That the school corporation, either through its own or the
school's initiative, is able to provide a part of the costs
attributable to purchasing the necessary technology
equipment.
(3) The school corporation must include in the application the
sources of and the amount of money secured under subdivision
(2)(E).
(4) The school corporation or the school must:
(A) provide teacher training services; or
(B) use vendor provided teacher training services.
(5) The school corporation must give primary consideration to
the purchase of technology equipment that includes teacher
training services.
(6) The teachers who will be using the technology equipment
Indiana Code 2015
must support the initiative described in this chapter.
(d) Upon review of the applications by the department, the
satisfaction of the requirements set forth in subsection (c), and subject
to the availability of funds for this purpose, the department shall
award to each eligible school corporation a grant to purchase
technology equipment under section 6(a)(1) of this chapter.
(e) The department shall monitor the compliance by the school
corporations receiving grants of the matters cited in subsection (c).
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.133-2012,
SEC.188.
IC 20-20-13-10
Guidelines
Sec. 10. The department shall develop guidelines necessary to
implement sections 6 through 9 of this chapter, including guidelines
that require the school corporation to use the laboratories to the
fullest extent possible.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-11
Application for funds
Sec. 11. To be eligible to receive money under sections 6 through
9 of this chapter, a school corporation must apply to the department
on forms provided by the department.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-12
Deposit of grants
Sec. 12. A school corporation that receives a grant under sections
6 through 9 of this chapter must deposit the grant in the school
technology fund.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.83.
IC 20-20-13-13
Establishment
Sec. 13. There is established a technology plan grant program.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-14
Funding and administration
Sec. 14. The department shall fund and administer the technology
plan grant program.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-15
Qualifications for technology plan grant
Sec. 15. A school corporation qualifies for a technology plan grant
under sections 13 through 24 of this chapter when the technology
plan of the school corporation developed under section 7 of this
Indiana Code 2015
chapter is approved by the department. For purposes of determining
whether a school corporation qualifies for a grant under sections 13
through 24 of this chapter, the department shall:
(1) review;
(2) suggest changes;
(3) approve; or
(4) reject;
a school corporation's technology plan.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.133-2012,
SEC.189.
IC 20-20-13-16
Delays in grant distribution
Sec. 16. (a) This section applies when a school corporation does
not qualify for a grant because the school corporation's technology
plan has not been approved under section 15 of this chapter.
(b) The department shall delay grant distribution after the
scheduled time for grant distribution until the school corporation's
technology plan is approved. The delay is without loss or penalty to
the school corporation. If the school corporation's technology plan is
not approved by the end of the grant distribution period, the school
corporation may not receive a grant distribution.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-17
Total grant amount
Sec. 17. The total technology plan grant amount to a qualifying
school corporation is the amount determined by the department
multiplied by the school corporation's current ADM, as determined:
(1) for a calendar year ending before January 1, 2014, in the fall
count of students in the school year ending in the current
calendar year; and
(2) for a calendar year ending after December 31, 2013, in the
spring count of students in the school year ending in the current
calendar year.
The amount is one hundred dollars ($100). However, for the purposes
of determining the current ADM of a school corporation, students
who are transferred under IC 20-33-4 or IC 20-26-11 shall be counted
as students having legal settlement in the transferee corporation and
not having legal settlement in the transferor corporation.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.133-2012,
SEC.190; P.L.205-2013, SEC.225.
IC 20-20-13-18
Use of grant
Sec. 18. A school corporation must use a grant received under
sections 13 through 24 of this chapter to implement all or part of the
school corporation's technology plan by funding uses that promote
1:1 computing infrastructure, include the following:
Indiana Code 2015
(1) Computers in classrooms.
(2) Computers for teachers.
(3) E-learning.
(4) Wiring infrastructure to support 1:1 computing.
(5) Technical support.
(6) Wide area networks and local area networks necessary to
support 1:1 computing.
(7) Infrastructure software.
(8) Assistive technology devices for students with disabilities in
1:1 computing environment.
(9) Other uses of technology approved by the department of
education.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.246-2005,
SEC.127.
IC 20-20-13-19
List of school corporations by assessed valuation; determination of
group to receive grant
Sec. 19. (a) The department shall list all school corporations in
Indiana according to assessed valuation for property tax purposes per
student in current ADM, as determined in section 17 of this chapter,
beginning with the school corporation having the lowest assessed
valuation for property tax purposes per student in current ADM. For
purposes of the list made under this section, the Indiana School for
the Blind and Visually Impaired established by IC 20-21-2-1 and the
Indiana School for the Deaf established by IC 20-22-2-1 shall be
considered to have the lowest assessed valuation for property tax
purposes per student in current ADM during the six (6) year period
beginning July 1, 2001.
(b) The department must prepare a revised list under subsection (a)
before a new series of grants may begin.
(c) The department shall determine those school corporations to
be placed in a group to receive a grant in a fiscal year under sections
13 through 24 of this chapter as follows:
(1) Beginning with the school corporation that is first on the list
developed under subsection (a), the department shall continue
sequentially through the list and place school corporations that
qualify for a grant under section 15 of this chapter in a group
until the cumulative total current ADM of all school
corporations in the group depletes the money that is available
for grants in the fiscal year.
(2) Each fiscal year the department shall develop a new group
by continuing sequentially through the list beginning with the
first qualifying school corporation on the list that was not placed
in a group in the prior fiscal year.
(3) If the final group developed from the list contains
substantially fewer students in current ADM than available
money, the department shall:
(A) prepare a revised list of school corporations under
Indiana Code 2015
subsection (a); and
(B) place in the group qualifying school corporations from
the top of the revised list.
(4) The department shall label the groups with sequential
numbers beginning with "group one".
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.46;
P.L.205-2013, SEC.226.
IC 20-20-13-20
Distribution of grant
Sec. 20. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in a state fiscal
year, the department shall distribute grants to only two (2) groups of
school corporations with each of the two (2) groups receiving fifty
percent (50%) of the group's total grant amount.
(b) In state fiscal year 1996-1997:
(1) the department shall begin grant distribution under sections
13 through 24 of this chapter; and
(2) the school corporations in group one shall receive one
hundred percent (100%) of the group's total grant.
(c) Beginning in state fiscal year 1997-1998, the department shall:
(1) distribute grants so that school corporations in group two
receive:
(A) fifty percent (50%) of group two's total grant in the first
year of distribution; and
(B) fifty percent (50%) of group two's total grant in the
second year of distribution; and
(2) continue in group number sequence so that school
corporations in each group receive:
(A) fifty percent (50%) of the group's total grant in the first
year of distribution to the group; and
(B) fifty percent (50%) of the group's total grant in the
second year of distribution to the group.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-21
Reports on use of grant money
Sec. 21. A school corporation shall report to the department on the
use of grant money received under sections 13 through 24 of this
chapter. A school corporation that fails to make a report under this
section is not eligible for a subsequent grant.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-22
Expenditures for technology in capital projects fund budget;
forfeiture of grant
Sec. 22. (a) This section applies in a year when a school
corporation receives a grant under sections 13 through 24 of this
chapter. The school corporation's capital projects fund budget must
include an expenditure for technology that is not less than the school
Indiana Code 2015
corporation's average annual expenditure for technology from the
capital projects fund in the six (6) budget years preceding the year of
the grant. If the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
established by IC 20-21-2-1 or the Indiana School for the Deaf
established by IC 20-22-2-1 receives a grant under sections 13
through 24 of this chapter, the school's expenditures for technology
in the year of the grant must exceed the school's average annual
expenditure for technology in the six (6) budget years preceding the
year of the grant.
(b) For each year that a school corporation fails to observe
subsection (a), the school corporation forfeits a grant under sections
13 through 24 of this chapter. The forfeit of the grant must occur in
the first grant year after the school corporation fails to observe
subsection (a).
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.47.
IC 20-20-13-23
Guidelines
Sec. 23. The department shall develop guidelines to implement
sections 13 through 24 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.
IC 20-20-13-24
Deposit of grant
Sec. 24. A school corporation that receives a grant under sections
13 through 24 of this chapter shall deposit the grant in the school
technology fund. If the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually
Impaired or the Indiana School for the Deaf receives a grant under
sections 13 through 24 of this chapter, the school shall deposit the
grant in an account or fund that the school uses exclusively for the
funding of technology.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.48;
P.L.2-2006, SEC.84.
Indiana Code 2015
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Indiana may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
