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(a)The board may enter into an agreement
with an organizer to reconstitute an eligible school as a participating
innovation network charter school or to establish a participating
innovation network charter school at a location selected by the board
within the boundary of the school corporation. Notwithstanding IC 20-26-7.1, a participating innovation network charter school may be
established within a vacant school building.
(b)The terms of the agreement entered into between the board and
an organizer must specify the following:
(1)A statement that the organizer authorizes the department to
include the charter school's performance assessment results under
IC 20-31-8 when calculating the school corporation's performance
assessment under rules adopted by the state board.
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(a) The board may enter into an agreement
with an organizer to reconstitute an eligible school as a participating
innovation network charter school or to establish a participating
innovation network charter school at a location selected by the board
within the boundary of the school corporation. Notwithstanding IC 20-26-7.1, a participating innovation network charter school may be
established within a vacant school building.
(b) The terms of the agreement entered into between the board and
an organizer must specify the following:
(1) A statement that the organizer authorizes the department to
include the charter school's performance assessment results under
IC 20-31-8 when calculating the school corporation's performance
assessment under rules adopted by the state board.
(2) Subject to an administrative fee as described in subsection (g),
a statement that the school corporation will distribute at least one
hundred percent (100%) of state tuition support dollars that the
school corporation receives from student enrollment in the
participating innovation network charter school in accordance
with the school funding formula to the participating innovation
network charter school (if the participating innovation network
charter school is treated in the same manner as a school operated
by the school corporation under subsection (d)(2)).
(3) The performance goals and accountability metrics agreed
upon for the charter school in the charter agreement between the
organizer and the authorizer and a statement that the school
corporation is prohibited from setting additional performance
goals or accountability metrics.
(4) For an agreement entered into or renewed after June 30, 2023,
the process the board is required to follow in determining whether
to renew the agreement.
(5) The amount of money levied as property taxes that will be
distributed by the school corporation to the organizer.
(6) Subject to section 5 of this chapter, the participating
innovation network charter school's enrollment and discipline
policies, including defined attendance areas and enrollment
zones.
(7) A statement that the innovation agreement shall not create an
obligation that would cause the organizer to be in violation of its
charter agreement (as described in IC 20-24-1-3).
(c) If an organizer and the board enter into an agreement under
subsection (a), the organizer and the board shall notify the department
that the agreement has been made under this section within thirty (30)
days after the agreement is entered into.
(d) Upon receipt of the notification under subsection (c), for school
years starting after the date of the agreement:
(1) the department shall include the participating innovation
network charter school's performance assessment results under IC 20-31-8 when calculating the school corporation's performance
assessment under rules adopted by the state board;
(2) the department shall treat the participating innovation network
charter school in the same manner as a school operated by the
school corporation when calculating the total amount of state
funding to be distributed to the school corporation unless
subsection (e) applies; and
(3) if requested by a participating innovation network charter
school that reconstitutes an eligible school, the department may
use student growth as the state board's exclusive means to
determine the innovation network charter school's category or
designation of school improvement under 511 IAC 6.2-10-10 for
a period of three (3) years. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school
year, the department may not use student growth as the state
board's exclusive means to determine an innovation network
charter school's category or designation of school improvement.
This subdivision expires July 1, 2023.
(e) If a participating innovation network school was established
before January 1, 2016, and for the current school year has a
complexity index that is greater than the complexity index for the
school corporation that the innovation network school has contracted
with, the innovation network school shall be treated as a charter school
for purposes of determining tuition support. This subsection expires
June 30, 2027.
(f) If the board or organizer fails to follow the process described in
subsection (b)(4), the board or organizer may appeal to the state board.
The state board shall hear the appeal in a public meeting and ensure
that the board or organizer follows the renewal process specified in the
agreement. The board may not terminate an agreement until the board
has provided evidence to the state board that the board has complied
with the renewal process specified in the agreement. The state board
shall issue a decision on an appeal under this subsection not later than
sixty (60) days after the date the board or organizer submitted the
appeal to the state board.
(g) If an administrative fee is included in an agreement entered into
or renewed after June 30, 2023, under this section, the fee may not
exceed one percent (1%) of the total amount of state tuition support
that is distributed to the school corporation based on the participating
innovation network charter school's student enrollment.
(h) An agreement entered into between the board and an organizer
under this section may not be altered without written approval from the
organizer.