§ 20-20-13-9 — 4R's technology grant program; surplus remediation funds; eligibility; award of grants; monitoring compliance

(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 (before its expiration
on July 1, 2018) 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 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
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).
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-25-2.1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.133-2012, SEC.188; P.L.242-2017, SEC.9; P.L.214-2025, SEC.39.