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(a)IC 20-24-5-5 (with the exception of IC 20-24-5-5(g)) does not apply to a participating innovation network
charter school that enters into an agreement with the board to
reconstitute or establish an eligible school.
(b)Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), a participating
innovation network charter school must enroll any eligible student who
submits a timely application for enrollment.
(c)A participating innovation network charter school that
reconstitutes or establishes an eligible school may limit new
admissions to the participating innovation network charter school to:
(1)ensure that any student with legal settlement in the attendance
area, or in the school corporation if the school does not have a
defined attendance area, may attend the charter school;
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(a) IC 20-24-5-5 (with the exception of IC 20-24-5-5(g)) does not apply to a participating innovation network
charter school that enters into an agreement with the board to
reconstitute or establish an eligible school.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), a participating
innovation network charter school must enroll any eligible student who
submits a timely application for enrollment.
(c) A participating innovation network charter school that
reconstitutes or establishes an eligible school may limit new
admissions to the participating innovation network charter school to:
(1) ensure that any student with legal settlement in the attendance
area, or in the school corporation if the school does not have a
defined attendance area, may attend the charter school;
(2) ensure that a student who attends the participating innovation
network charter school during a school year may continue to
attend the charter school in subsequent years;
(3) allow the siblings of a student alumnus or a current student
who attends the participating innovation network charter school
to attend the charter school;
(4) allow preschool students who attend a Level 3 or Level 4
Paths to QUALITY program preschool to attend kindergarten at
the participating innovation network charter school if the
participating innovation network charter school and the school
corporation or preschool provider have entered into an agreement
to share services or facilities;
(5) allow each student who qualifies for free or reduced price
lunch under the national school lunch program to receive
preference for admission to the participating innovation network
charter school if the preference is specifically provided for in the
charter and is approved by the authorizer; and
(6) allow each student who attended a turnaround academy or
attends a school that is located in the same school building as the
participating innovation network charter school to receive
preference for admission to the participating innovation network
charter school if the preference is specifically provided for in the
participating innovation network charter school's charter and is
approved by the authorizer of the participating innovation
network charter school.
(d) A participating innovation network charter school with a
curriculum that includes study in a foreign country may deny admission
to a student if:
(1) the student:
(A) has completed fewer than twenty-two (22) academic credits
required for graduation; and
(B) will be in the grade 11 cohort during the school year in
which the student seeks to enroll in the participating innovation
network charter school; or
(2) the student has been suspended (as defined in IC 20-33-8-7)
or expelled (as defined in IC 20-33-8-3) during the twelve (12)
months immediately preceding the student's application for
enrollment for:
(A) ten (10) or more school days;
(B) a violation under IC 20-33-8-16;
(C) causing physical injury to a student, a school employee, or
a visitor to the school; or
(D) a violation of a school corporation's drug or alcohol rules.
For purposes of subdivision (2)(A), student discipline received under
IC 20-33-8-25(b)(7) for a violation described in subdivision (2)(B)
through (2)(D) must be included in the calculation of the number of
school days that a student has been suspended.
(e) A participating innovation network charter school may give
enrollment preferences to children of the participating innovation
network charter school's founders, governing board members, and
participating innovation network charter school employees, as long as
the enrollment preference under this subsection is not given to more
than ten percent (10%) of the participating innovation charter school's
total population and there is sufficient capacity for a program, class,
grade level, or building to ensure that any student with legal settlement
in the attendance area may attend the school.
(f) This subsection applies to an existing charter school that enters
into an innovation network agreement with the board. During the
charter school's first year of operation as a participating innovation
network charter school, the charter school may limit admission to:
(1) those students who were enrolled in the charter school on the
date it entered into the innovation network agreement; and
(2) siblings of students described in subdivision (1).
(g) This subsection applies if the number of applications for a
program, class, grade level, or building exceeds the capacity of the
program, class, grade level, or building. If a participating innovation
network charter school receives a greater number of applications than
there are spaces for students, each timely applicant must be given an
equal chance of admission. The participating innovation network
charter school that is not in a county containing a consolidated city
must determine which of the applicants will be admitted to the
participating innovation network charter school or the program, class,
grade level, or building by random drawing in a public meeting with
each timely applicant limited to one (1) entry in the drawing. However,
the participating innovation network charter school located in a county
with a consolidated city shall determine which of the applicants will be
admitted to the participating innovation network charter school or the
program, class, grade level, or building by using a publicly verifiable
random selection process.