§ 20-25-4-17 — Industrial or trade school properties acquired by gift; maintenance and operation of trade school; transfer tuition charges; nonresidents

(a) If a school city acquires title to or
possession of real estate, buildings, and personal property in the school
city by gift or donation, and the real estate, building, or personal
property was used as an industrial or trade school for the education of
youths in the trades of:
(1) printing;
(2) lithography;
(3) machine making;
(4) molding;
(5) typesetting;
(6) bricklaying;
(7) tile setting;
(8) pattern making;
(9) pharmacy; or
(10) other trades or occupations;
the board may, by the use of the board's school funds, maintain and
operate the industrial or trade school or schools.
(b) If real estate, a building, or personal property is acquired by the
school city under subsection (a), the board shall:
(1) perform any conditions incident to the school city's acquisition
of the property;
(2) maintain and operate the trade school and real estate, building,
or personal property;
(3) employ competent instructors in the various subjects to be
taught;
(4) purchase all necessary tools, implements, supplies, and
apparatus; and
(5) establish general rules and requirements for:
(A) admission of pupils to the school or schools, which includes
the admission of students who attend charter schools or state
accredited nonpublic schools;
(B) the courses of instruction; and
(C) the conduct of the trade or industrial schools;
that, in the board's judgment, will produce the best results and
give instruction to the largest practicable number of students.
The school city may also use the real estate, building, or personal
property acquired under subsection (a) for other school purposes, but
not for any purpose that will materially interfere with the conduct of the
trade or industrial schools.
(c) The transfer tuition charge for each student who:
(1) is transferred to the school city from another school
corporation in Indiana; and
(2) receives trade or industrial instruction in a trade or industrial
school located on property acquired under subsection (a);
must be the actual per capita cost of operating the school the student
attends. However, the costs of permanent improvements or additions,
the salaries of the superintendents, or the costs of apparatus or
repairing broken or damaged apparatus may not be used in computing
the actual per capita cost.
(d) If the school city admits a student to a trade school acquired by
means described in this section and the student is not, by law, entitled
to school privileges, or attends a charter school or state accredited
nonpublic school, the tuition charge for the student may not be greater
than the per capita cost of operating the school the student attends. The
cost of permanent improvements and additions may not be included in
computing the cost under this subsection.
(e) A school city may admit to the school city's career and technical,
trade, or industrial schools nonresidents of Indiana. A nonresident
student must pay reasonable laboratory and shop fees and a tuition fee
of not more than the per student cost to the school city conducting the
career and technical, trade, or industrial schools. A return on capital
invested in buildings, grounds, or equipment may not be included in
computing the per student cost under this subsection.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-28.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.102; P.L.287-2019, SEC.5.