2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 20. Education
ARTICLE 26.5. COALITION OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 2. Establishment of Coalition of Continuous Improvement School Districts
20-26.5-2-3. Suspension of statutes or rules
Sec. 3. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the following may be suspended for a coalition member in accordance with the coalition's plan:
(1) Subject to section 1(c) of this chapter, IC 20-30, concerning curriculum.
(2) The following statutes and rules concerning curricular materials:
IC 20-26-12-1.
IC 20-26-12-2.
IC 20-26-12-24.
IC 20-26-12-26.
511 IAC 6.1-5-5.
(3) The following rules concerning teacher licenses:
511 IAC 16.
511 IAC 17.
(4) IC 20-31-4, concerning the performance based accreditation system.
(5) Except as provided in subsection (b), any other statute in IC 20 or rule in 511 IAC requested to be suspended as part of the plan that is approved by the state board under section 1 of this chapter.
(b) A coalition member may not suspend under subsection (a)(5) any of the following:
(1) IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history and child protection index check).
(2) IC 20-28 (school teachers).
(3) IC 20-29 (collective bargaining).
(4) IC 20-31 (accountability for performance and improvement), except for IC 20-31-4.
(5) Subject to subsection (c), IC 20-32-4 (graduation requirements).
(6) IC 20-32-5.1 (Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) program).
(7) IC 20-33 (students).
(8) IC 20-34 (student health and safety measures).
(9) IC 20-35 (special education).
(10) IC 20-36 (high ability students).
(11) IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting procedures).
(12) IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts).
(13) IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts).
(14) IC 20-42 (fiduciary funds and accounts).
(15) IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student instruction and learning).
(16) IC 20-43 (state tuition support).
(17) IC 20-44 (property tax levies).
(18) IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies).
(19) IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease agreements).
(20) IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds).
(21) IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; state advances and loans).
(22) IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children).
(c) A coalition member must comply with the postsecondary readiness competency requirements under IC 20-32-4-1.5(b)(1). However, a coalition member may establish flexible course requirements pursuant to the coalition's plan that are not aligned with the course and credit requirements adopted by the state board under IC 20-30-10. If the coalition member school offers courses that are not aligned with requirements adopted by the state board under IC 20-30-10, a parent of a student and the student who intends to enroll in a course that is not aligned with requirements adopted by the state board under IC 20-30-10 must provide consent to the coalition member school to enroll in the course. The consent form used by the coalition, which shall be developed in collaboration with the commission for higher education, must notify the parent and the student that enrollment in the course may affect the student's ability to attend a particular postsecondary educational institution or enroll in a particular course at a particular postsecondary educational institution because the course does not align with requirements established by the state board under IC 20-30-10.
As added by P.L.190-2018, SEC.2.
