§ 20-19-3-2.1 — Administration of federal grant programs

Indiana § 20-19-3-2.1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 19: STATE ADMINISTRATION OF ELEMENTARY
• Ch. 3: Department of Education

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1. (a) As used in this section, "school
corporation" includes:
(1) any local public school corporation established under Indiana
law;
(2) a charter school; and
(3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7);
that are otherwise entitled to receive federal funds under federal and
state law.
(b) If, by any act of Congress, funds are provided as federal aid to
education to the several states and the disposition of the funds is not
otherwise provided for by or under the act of Congress or by or under
any Indiana law, the apportionment and distribution of those funds to
school corporations shall, insofar as consistent with the requirements
prescribed by the federal law and implementing rules and regulations,
be governed by the standards set forth in this section.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the department is
responsible for the general administration of federal grant programs
under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA),
as amended.
(d) The department shall make timely application for any federal
funds made available for school corporations in Indiana, and shall,
under the federal law and this section, direct the allocation and
apportionment of the federal funds received fairly, equitably, and in a
timely manner to all school corporations in accordance with federal law
and this section. The department must ensure that sufficient personnel
are assigned to its federal grants program to enable the department to
comply with subsection (c).
(e) Whenever the department provides federal formula grant
funding to a school corporation, the department must also provide to
the school corporation the formula and the data used to calculate the
funding amount.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.169-2016, SEC.2.