Indiana § 20-35-6-2 Contracts for services; payment of costs; rules

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-35-6-2 — Contracts for services; payment of costs; rules

Indiana § 20-35-6-2

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 35SPECIAL EDUCATION

Ch. 6General Provisions

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Ind. Code § 20-35-6-2 (2026).

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(a)The secretary of education may contract with in-state or out-of-state public and private schools, state agencies, or child caring institutions (as defined in IC 12-7-2-29(1)) to pay, with any funds appropriated for this purpose, the excess costs of educating children of school age:

(1)who have been identified as eligible for special education services; and

(2)whose disability is of such intensity as to preclude achievement in the existing local public school setting. The state shall pay the costs of the services that exceed the amount a school corporation is required to pay, as determined by the department under subsection (b).

(b)The department shall determine the amount a school corporation must pay before the state will pay excess costs described in subsection

(a). At a minimum,

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(a) The secretary of education may contract
with in-state or out-of-state public and private schools, state agencies,
or child caring institutions (as defined in IC 12-7-2-29(1)) to pay, with
any funds appropriated for this purpose, the excess costs of educating
children of school age:
(1) who have been identified as eligible for special education
services; and
(2) whose disability is of such intensity as to preclude
achievement in the existing local public school setting.
The state shall pay the costs of the services that exceed the amount a
school corporation is required to pay, as determined by the department
under subsection (b).
(b) The department shall determine the amount a school corporation
must pay before the state will pay excess costs described in subsection
(a). At a minimum, school corporations shall pay their share of the total
tuition costs for children with disabilities served under this section.
(c) The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to
implement this section.
(d) Money appropriated for the purposes of this section does not
revert to the state general fund.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-1-6-19.]