Indiana § 20-26-11-12 Interstate transfers

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-26-11-12 — Interstate transfers

Indiana § 20-26-11-12

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 26SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL

Ch. 11Legal Settlement and Transfer of Students; Transfer

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Ind. Code § 20-26-11-12 (2026).

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(a)If a student is transferred from a school corporation in Indiana to a public school corporation in another state, the transferor corporation shall pay the transferee corporation the full tuition fee charged by the transferee corporation. However, the amount of the full tuition fee may not exceed the amount charged by the transferor corporation for the same class of school, or if the school does not have the same classification, the amount may not exceed the amount charged by the geographically nearest school corporation in Indiana that has the same classification.

(b)If a child is:

(1)placed by or with the consent of the department of child services in an out-of-state institution or other facility; and

(2)provided all educational programs and services by a public school corporation

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(a) If a student is transferred from a school
corporation in Indiana to a public school corporation in another state,
the transferor corporation shall pay the transferee corporation the full
tuition fee charged by the transferee corporation. However, the amount
of the full tuition fee may not exceed the amount charged by the
transferor corporation for the same class of school, or if the school does
not have the same classification, the amount may not exceed the
amount charged by the geographically nearest school corporation in
Indiana that has the same classification.
(b) If a child is:
(1) placed by or with the consent of the department of child
services in an out-of-state institution or other facility; and
(2) provided all educational programs and services by a public
school corporation in the state where the child is placed, whether
at the facility, the public school, or another location;
the department of child services shall pay to the public school
corporation in which the child is enrolled, the amount of transfer tuition
specified in subsection (c).
(c) The transfer tuition for which the department of child services
is obligated under subsection (b) is equal to the following:
(1) The amount under a written agreement among the department
of child services, the institution or other facility, and the
governing body of the public school corporation in the other state
that specifies the amount and method of computing transfer
tuition.
(2) The full tuition fee charged by the transferee corporation, if
subdivision (1) does not apply. However, the amount of the full
tuition fee must not exceed the amount charged by the transferor
corporation for the same class of school, or if the school does not
have the same classification, the amount must not exceed the
amount charged by the geographically nearest school corporation
in Indiana that has the same classification.
(d) If a child is:
(1) placed by or with the consent of the department of child
services in an out-of-state institution or other facility; and
(2) provided:
(A) onsite educational programs and services either through the
facility's employees or by contract with another person or
organization that is not a public school corporation; or
(B) educational programs and services by a nonpublic school;
the department of child services shall pay in an amount and in the
manner specified in a written agreement between the department of
child services and the institution or other facility.
(e) For purposes of IC 4-13-2, an agreement described in subsection
(c) or (d) shall not be treated as a contract.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.1-7.]