§ 20-24-3-4 — Proposal to establish charter school; required contents

(a) An organizer may submit to the authorizer
a proposal to establish a charter school.
(b) A proposal must contain at least the following information:
(1) Identification of the organizer.
(2) A description of the organizer's organizational structure and
governance plan.
(3) The following information for the proposed charter school:
(A) Name.
(B) Purposes.
(C) Governance structure.
(D) Management structure.
(E) Educational mission goals.
(F) Curriculum and instructional methods.
(G) Methods of pupil assessment.
(H) Admission policy and criteria, subject to IC 20-24-5.
(I) School calendar.
(J) Age or grade range of students to be enrolled.
(K) A description of staff responsibilities.
(L) A description of the physical plant.
(M) Budget and financial plans.
(N) Personnel plan, including methods for selection, retention,
and compensation of employees.
(O) Transportation plan.
(P) Discipline program, subject to IC 20-24-5.5.
(Q) Plan for compliance with any applicable desegregation
order.
(R) The date when the charter school is expected to:
(i) begin school operations; and
(ii) have students attending the charter school.
(S) The arrangement for providing teachers and other staff with
health insurance, retirement benefits, liability insurance, and
other benefits.
(T) Any other applications submitted to an authorizer in the
previous five (5) years.
(4) The manner in which the authorizer must conduct an annual
audit of the program operations of the charter school.
(c) In the case of a charter school proposal from an applicant that
currently operates one (1) or more charter schools in any state or
nation, the request for proposals shall additionally require the applicant
to provide evidence of past performance and current capacity for
growth.
(d) If the proposal described in subsection (a) concerns an existing
charter school overseen by a different authorizer than the authorizer to
which the organizer is submitting the proposal, the authorizer receiving
the proposal shall consult with the current authorizer before granting
approval of the proposal.
(e) This section does not waive, limit, or modify the provisions of:
(1) IC 20-29 in a charter school where the teachers have chosen
to organize under IC 20-29; or
(2) an existing collective bargaining agreement for noncertificated
employees (as defined in IC 20-29-2-11).
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-3-3.2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.91-2011, SEC.9; P.L.280-2013, SEC.24; P.L.221-2015, SEC.6; P.L.179-2016, SEC.2; P.L.250-2017, SEC.11; P.L.214-2025, SEC.54.