2015 Indiana Code TITLE 20. EDUCATION ARTICLE 25.7. INNOVATION NETWORK SCHOOLS CHAPTER 5. PARTICIPATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL AS AN INNOVATION NETWORK SCHOOL
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IC 20-25.7-5
Chapter 5. Participation of Charter School as an Innovation
Network School
IC 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.
IC 20-25.7-5-2
Agreement to establish participating innovation network charter
school; terms
Sec. 2. (a) Notwithstanding IC 20-26-7-1, the board may enter into
an agreement with an organizer to establish a participating innovation
network charter school within a vacant, underutilized, or
underenrolled school building, as determined by the board.
(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) The amount of state funding, including tuition support, and
money levied as property taxes that will be distributed by the
school corporation to the organizer.
(3) The performance goals and accountability metrics agreed
upon for the charter school in the charter agreement between the
organizer and the authorizer.
(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), the
department shall, for school years starting after the date of the
agreement:
(1) 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) 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.
As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2.
IC 20-25.7-5-3
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Authority of school corporation; transportation; maintenance and
repair; contracts for goods or services
Sec. 3. (a) For as long as a charter school remains a participating
innovation network charter school, the school corporation may:
(1) provide transportation for students attending the
participating innovation network charter school; and
(2) 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.
(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.
(c) 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.
As added by P.L.214-2015, SEC.2.
IC 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.
Indiana Code 2015
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