§ 36-10-13-7 — School corporations in certain counties; art association operations fund; appropriation for art association authorized; prerequisites for receipt of payments

(a) This section applies to school corporations
in a county containing any of the following cities:
(1) A city having a population of more than one hundred fifty
thousand (150,000) and less than six hundred thousand (600,000).
(2) A city having a population of more than one hundred ten
thousand (110,000) and less than one hundred fifty thousand
(150,000).
(3) A city having a population of more than sixty-nine thousand
(69,000) and less than sixty-nine thousand five hundred (69,500).
(4) A city having a population of more than one hundred thousand
(100,000) and less than one hundred ten thousand (110,000).
(5) A city having a population of more than seventy-five thousand
(75,000) and less than seventy-nine thousand (79,000).
(b) The governing body of the school corporation may annually
appropriate money in the operations fund to be paid in semiannual
installments to an art association having facilities in a city that is
described in subsection (a), subject to subsection (c).
(c) Before an art association may receive payments under this
section, the association's governing board must adopt a resolution that
entitles:
(1) the governing body of the school corporation to appoint the
school corporation's superintendent and director of art instruction
as visitors who may attend all meetings of the association's
governing board;
(2) the governing body of the school corporation to nominate
individuals for membership on the association's governing board,
with at least two (2) of the nominees to be elected;
(3) the school corporation to use the association's facilities and
equipment for educational purposes consistent with the
association's purposes;
(4) the students and teachers of the school corporation to tour the
association's museum and galleries free of charge;
(5) the school corporation to borrow materials from the
association for temporary exhibit in the schools;
(6) the teachers of the school corporation to receive normal
instruction in the fine and applied arts at half the regular rates
charged by the association; and
(7) the school corporation to expect exhibits in the association's
museum that will supplement the work of the students and
teachers of the corporation.
A copy of the resolution, certified by the president and secretary of the
association, must be filed in the office of the school corporation before
payments may be received.
(d) A resolution filed under subsection (c) is not required to be
renewed annually. The resolution continues in effect until rescinded.
An art association that complies with this section is entitled to continue
to receive payments under this section as long as the art association
complies with the resolution.
(e) If more than one (1) art association in a city that is described in
subsection (a) qualifies to receive payments under this section, the
governing body of the school corporation shall select the one (1) art
association best qualified to perform the services described in
subsection (c). A school corporation may select only one (1) art
association to receive payments under this section.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-5-17.5-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.48. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.196; P.L.146-2008, SEC.799; P.L.119-2012, SEC.245; P.L.244-2017, SEC.132; P.L.104-2022, SEC.225.