§ 20-26-5-1 — Power and purpose to conduct various education programs

Indiana § 20-26-5-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 26: SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL
• Ch. 5: General Powers and Duties

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(a) A school corporation shall conduct an
educational program for all children who reside within the school
corporation in kindergarten and in grades 1 through 12.
(b) A school corporation may:
(1) conduct an educational program for adults and children at
least fourteen (14) years of age who do not attend a program
described in subsection (a);
(2) provide instruction in vocational, industrial, or manual
training;
(3) provide libraries for the schools of the school corporation;
(4) provide public libraries open and free for the use and benefit
of the residents and taxpayers of the school corporation where
permitted by law;
(5) provide vacation school and recreational programs;
(6) conduct other educational or other activities as are permitted
or required to be performed by law by any school corporation; and
(7) provide a school age child care program that operates during
periods when school is in session for students who are enrolled in
a half-day kindergarten program.
(c) A school corporation shall develop a written policy that provides
for:
(1) the implementation of a school age child care program for
children who attend:
(A) preschool offered by the school corporation, if applicable;
and
(B) kindergarten through grade 6;
that, at a minimum, operates after the school day and may include
periods before school is in session or periods when school is not
otherwise in session (commonly referred to as a latch key
program) and is offered by the school corporation; or
(2) the availability of the school corporation's buildings or parts
of the school corporation's buildings to conduct the type of
program described in subdivision (1) by a nonprofit organization
or a for-profit organization.
(d) The written policy required under subsection (c) must address
compliance with certain standards of reasonable care for children
served by a child care program offered under subsection (c), including:
(1) requiring the offering entity to acquire a particular amount of
liability insurance; and
(2) establishing maximum adult to child ratios governing the
overall supervision of the children served.
If a school corporation implements a child care program as described
in subsection (c)(1) or enters into a contract with an entity described in
subsection (c)(2) to provide a child care program, the school
corporation may not assess a fee for the use of the building, and the
contract between the school corporation and the entity providing the
program must be in writing. However, the school corporation may
assess a fee to reimburse the school corporation for providing security,
maintenance, utilities, school personnel, or other costs directly
attributable to the use of the building for the program. In addition, if a
school corporation offers a child care program as described in
subsection (c)(1), the school corporation may assess a fee to cover
costs attributable to implementing the program.
(e) The powers under this section are purposes as well as powers.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-5-2-1.2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.97; P.L.82-2017, SEC.1.