2016 Indiana Code TITLE 20. EDUCATION ARTICLE 24.2. PERFORMANCE QUALIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS CHAPTER 4. QUALIFIED DISTRICT AND QUALIFIED HIGH SCHOOL POWERS AND EXEMPTIONS
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IC 20-24.2-4
Chapter 4. Qualified District and Qualified High School
Powers and Exemptions
IC 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.
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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.
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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 (programs administered by the state), except for
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IC 20-20-1 (educational service centers) and IC 20-20-8 (school
corporation annual performance report).
(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; 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), and
IC 20-32-8 (remediation).
(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.
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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 20-20-1 (educational service centers).
IC 20-20-8 (school corporation annual performance report).
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).
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IC 20-28-5-8 (conviction of certain felonies; 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 20-31 (accountability for school performance and
improvement).
IC 20-32-4, IC 20-32-5, and IC 20-32-8 (accreditation,
assessment, and remediation), or any other statute, rule, or
guideline related to standardized assessments.
IC 20-33 (students: general provisions).
IC 20-34-3 (health and safety measures).
IC 20-35 (special education).
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).
IC 20-43 (state tuition support).
IC 20-44 (property tax levies).
IC 20-45 (general fund 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.
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Permitted displays
Sec. 5. (a) A qualified district may display the words "Indiana
Performance Qualified School District" on the qualified district's
correspondence, Internet web site, and any other communications
representing the qualified district.
(b) A qualified high school may display the words "Indiana
Performance Qualified High School" on the high school's
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correspondence, Internet web site, and any other communications
representing the high school.
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1.
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