§ 20-26-11-2.5 — Election to have legal settlement

Indiana § 20-26-11-2.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 26: SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL
• Ch. 11: Legal Settlement and Transfer of Students; Transfer

Text

5. (a) In the case of a student described in
section 2(a)(3) of this chapter, the:
(1) parent granted physical custody by a court; or
(2) student, if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
may elect for the student to have legal settlement in the school
corporation whose attendance area contains the residence of the
student's mother or the school corporation whose attendance area
contains the residence of the student's father.
(b) An election under subsection (a) shall be made on a yearly basis
and applies throughout the school year unless the student's parent no
longer resides within the attendance area of the school corporation.
(c) The parent or student who makes an election under subsection
(a) is not required to pay transfer tuition.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.13-2006, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.141-2006, SEC.93; P.L.219-2015, SEC.2; P.L.38-2020, SEC.7.