§ 20-36-3-8 — Distribution of funds

Indiana § 20-36-3-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 36: HIGH ABILITY STUDENTS
• Ch. 3: Advanced Placement Courses

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(a) Money appropriated to the department to
implement the program shall be distributed for purposes listed in the
following order:
(1) To pay the fees for each math or science advanced placement
examination that is taken by a student who is:
(A) enrolled in a public secondary school; and
(B) a resident of Indiana.
Priority shall be given to paying the fees for each math or science
advanced placement examination that is taken by a student in
grade 11 or 12.
(2) To pay stipends for teachers assigned to teach a math or
science advanced course to attend the institutes under section 7 of
this chapter.
(3) To pay school corporations for instructional materials needed
for the math or science advanced course.
(4) To pay for or rent equipment that a school corporation may
need to develop a math or science advanced course.
(5) To pay the fees for the costs incurred in implementing the
advanced placement program for the subjects other than math and
science as authorized under section 5 of this chapter.
(b) The department shall establish guidelines concerning the
distribution of funds under this chapter, including guidelines to ensure
that money distributed under this chapter is distributed as evenly as
possible throughout Indiana. In establishing these distribution
guidelines, the department shall consider the following factors:
(1) The number of students and teachers participating in the
program.
(2) Even geographic representation.
(3) Financial need of students participating in the program.
(4) Any other factor affecting the distribution of money under this
chapter.
(c) The department may seek funding to carry out the purposes of
this chapter through the following federal programs:
(1) The Advanced Placement Incentive Program.
(2) The Math-Science Partnership Program.
(d) The department may give priority in the distribution of funds to
a school that serves a high concentration of low income students.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-22.2-8.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.20-2007, SEC.4.