Indiana § 20-40-20-6 Uses of money in the fund; distributions to a charter school

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§ 20-40-20-6 — Uses of money in the fund; distributions to a charter school

Indiana § 20-40-20-6

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 40GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS

Ch. 20School Safety Referendum Tax Levy Fund

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Ind. Code § 20-40-20-6 (2026).

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(a)Subject to subsections (c) and (d), money in the fund may be used only for the following purposes:

(1)To employ or compensate a school resource officer or school resource officers.

(2)To establish or fund a school safety office.

(3)To conduct a threat assessment of a school building.

(4)To create or update a school safety plan.

(5)To develop or update school emergency response systems.

(6)To purchase equipment to improve the safety of a school building, school grounds, or school buses.

(7)To pay capital expenses to improve the safety of a school building.

(8)To establish and administer programs to address youth specific mental illness, addiction, anger management, bullying, and school violence.

(9)To develop and administer professional development programs for teachers, admini

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(a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), money
in the fund may be used only for the following purposes:
(1) To employ or compensate a school resource officer or school
resource officers.
(2) To establish or fund a school safety office.
(3) To conduct a threat assessment of a school building.
(4) To create or update a school safety plan.
(5) To develop or update school emergency response systems.
(6) To purchase equipment to improve the safety of a school
building, school grounds, or school buses.
(7) To pay capital expenses to improve the safety of a school
building.
(8) To establish and administer programs to address youth
specific mental illness, addiction, anger management, bullying,
and school violence.
(9) To develop and administer professional development
programs for teachers, administrators, and other school employees
designed to improve school safety and reduce violence.
(b) Except as provided in IC 20-46-9-22, a school corporation may
distribute, with the approval of the majority of members of the
governing body, a portion of the proceeds of a tax levy collected under
IC 20-46-9 that is deposited in the fund to a charter school, excluding
a virtual charter school, that is located within the attendance area of the
school corporation, to be used by the charter school for the purposes
described in subsection (a).
(c) Expenditures paid using money collected from the levy shall be
included in a school's safety plan.
(d) Local law enforcement shall participate in:
(1) development of a school safety plan;
(2) development or updates to school emergency response
systems; and
(3) determination of capital expenses that would improve the
safety of a school building.
(e) Money in the fund may be transferred to the school corporation's
education fund (IC 20-40-2), operations fund (IC 20-40-18), or school
safety referendum debt service fund (IC 20-40-21), as applicable, to
pay for expenditures listed in subsection (a).