§ 20-50-3-5 — Transportation of students in foster care

(a) If a student in foster care temporarily stays
in the student's original school corporation but outside the attendance
area of the student's school of origin, the original school corporation
shall provide transportation for the student from the place where the
student is temporarily staying to the school of origin and from the
school of origin to the place where the student is temporarily staying.
(b) If:
(1) the school of origin of a student in foster care is located in a
school corporation other than the school corporation in which the
student is temporarily staying;
(2) transportation of the student in foster care is in the best
interest of the student; and
(3) the student does not elect to attend a school located in the
school corporation in which the student in foster care is
temporarily staying;
the original school corporation and the transitional school corporation
shall enter into an agreement concerning the responsibility for and
apportionment of the costs of transporting the student to and from the
school of origin.
(c) If the original school corporation and the transitional school
corporation described in subsection (b) are unable to reach an
agreement under subsection (b), the responsibility for transporting the
student in foster care to and from the school of origin is shared equally
between both school corporations, and the cost of transporting the
student to and from the school of origin is apportioned equally between
both school corporations.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.167-2018, SEC.11.