§ 20-26-13-10 — Formula to determine four year graduation rate

Indiana § 20-26-13-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 26: SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL
• Ch. 13: Graduation Rate Determination

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(a) Except as provided in section 11 of this
chapter and subject to IC 20-31-8-4.6 and IC 20-32-4-14, the four (4)
year graduation rate for a cohort in a high school is the percentage
determined under STEP FIVE of the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the grade 9 enrollment at the beginning of
the reporting year three (3) years before the reporting year for
which the graduation rate is being determined.
STEP TWO: Add:
(A) the number determined under STEP ONE; and
(B) the number of students who:
(i) have enrolled in the high school after the date on which
the number determined under STEP ONE was determined;
and
(ii) have the same expected graduation year as the cohort.
STEP THREE: Subtract from the sum determined under STEP
TWO the number of students who have left the cohort for any of
the following reasons:
(A) Transfer to another public or nonpublic school.
(B) Except as provided in IC 20-33-2-28.6 and subsection (b),
removal by the student's parents under IC 20-33-2-28 to provide
instruction equivalent to that given in the public schools.
(C) Withdrawal because of a long term medical condition or
death.
(D) Detention by a law enforcement agency or the department
of correction.
(E) Placement by a court order or the department of child
services.
(F) Enrollment in a virtual school.
(G) Leaving school, if the student attended school in Indiana for
less than one (1) school year and the location of the student
cannot be determined.
(H) Leaving school, if the location of the student cannot be
determined and the student has been reported to the Indiana
clearinghouse for information on missing children, missing
veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults.
(I) Withdrawing from school before graduation, if the student
is a high ability student (as defined in IC 20-36-1-3) who is a
full-time student at an accredited institution of higher education
during the semester in which the cohort graduates.
(J) Withdrawing from school before graduation pursuant to
providing notice of withdrawal under section 17 of this chapter.
(K) Participating in the high school equivalency pilot program
under IC 20-30-8.5, unless the student fails to successfully
complete the high school equivalency pilot program in the two
(2) year period. This clause expires June 30, 2026.
STEP FOUR: Determine the result of:
(A) the total number of students determined under STEP TWO
who have graduated during the current reporting year or a
previous reporting year; minus
(B) the amount by which the number of students who graduated
through a waiver process required under IC 20-32-3 through IC 20-32-5.1 exceeds:
(i) nine percent (9%) of the total number of students
determined under clause (A) for the 2023-2024 school year;
(ii) six percent (6%) of the total number of students
determined under clause (A) for the 2024-2025 school year;
or
(iii) three percent (3%) of the total number of students
determined under clause (A) for each school year after June
30, 2025.
STEP FIVE: Divide:
(A) the number determined under STEP FOUR; by
(B) the remainder determined under STEP THREE.
(b) This subsection applies to a high school in which:
(1) for a:
(A) cohort of one hundred (100) students or less, at least ten
percent (10%) of the students left a particular cohort for a
reason described in subsection (a) STEP THREE clause (B); or
(B) cohort of more than one hundred (100) students, at least
five percent (5%) of the students left a particular cohort for a
reason described in subsection (a) STEP THREE clause (B);
and
(2) the students described in subdivision (1)(A) or (1)(B) are not
on track to graduate with their cohort.
A high school must submit a request to the state board in a manner
prescribed by the state board requesting that the students described in
this subsection be included in the subsection (a) STEP THREE
calculation. The state board shall review the request and may grant or
deny the request. The state board shall deny the request unless the high
school demonstrates good cause to justify that the students described
in this subsection should be included in the subsection (a) STEP
THREE calculation. If the state board denies the request the high
school may not subtract the students described in this subsection under
subsection (a) STEP THREE.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-15-10.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.242-2005, SEC.11; P.L.145-2006, SEC.151; P.L.229-2007, SEC.4; P.L.45-2008, SEC.1; P.L.43-2009, SEC.17; P.L.268-2013, SEC.1; P.L.159-2019, SEC.13; P.L.86-2020, SEC.1; P.L.125-2020, SEC.1; P.L.32-2021, SEC.53; P.L.160-2023, SEC.3; P.L.246-2023, SEC.36; P.L.150-2024, SEC.18; P.L.40-2024, SEC.25; P.L.1-2025, SEC.190.