§ 20-24-7-10 — Federal funds for charter schools; department's responsibilities

Indiana § 20-24-7-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 24: CHARTER SCHOOLS
• Ch. 7: Fiscal Matters

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(a) The department shall carry out a program
to identify all federal funds for which a charter school is eligible.
(b) The department shall apply for all federal funds that are
available for charter schools and for which Indiana is eligible.
(c) Upon receiving notice under IC 20-24-3-10 from an authorizer
that a charter has been approved, the department shall immediately
inform the organizer of the organizer's potential eligibility for federal
charter school start-up grants.
(d) The department shall distribute federal charter school start-up
grants to eligible organizers in a timely manner according to the
department's published guidelines for distributing the grants.
(e) The department shall compile a biannual report and submit the
report to the state office of federal grants and procurement and to
charter school organizers and authorizers. The report submitted under
this subsection must contain the following information for grants
distributed under this section:
(1) Beginning and end dates for each grant cycle.
(2) The dates on which:
(A) grant applications and requests for renewal were received;
and
(B) grants were awarded.
(3) The amount of each grant awarded.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.169-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.280-2013, SEC.44.