§ 20-35-8-1 — Transfer of children with disabilities; transportation; tuition

Indiana § 20-35-8-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 35: SPECIAL EDUCATION
• Ch. 8: Transfer and Transportation of Students With Disabilities

Text

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a
student with legal settlement in a school corporation is transferred to
attend school in another school corporation because of a disability or
multiple disabilities, the transferor corporation shall:
(1) either:
(A) provide; or
(B) pay for, in the amount determined under section 2 of this
chapter;
any transportation that is necessary or feasible, as determined
under section 2 of this chapter and the rules adopted by the state
board; and
(2) pay transfer tuition for the student to the transferee
corporation in accordance with IC 20-26-11.
(b) If the student attends a school operated through:
(1) a joint school service and supply program; or
(2) another cooperative program;
involving the school corporation of the student's legal settlement,
transportation and other costs shall be made in amounts and at the
times provided in the agreement or other arrangement made between
the participating school corporations.
(c) Student data, including statewide assessment program testing
scores, academic progress, grade level, and graduation date, for a
student described in subsection (a) shall be included in determinations
for the school corporation in which the student has legal settlement.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-1-6-18.1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.229-2011, SEC.195; P.L.242-2017, SEC.47.