Ind. Code ch. 20-37-2

in effect

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-1 Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-1.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.287-2019, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.214-2025, SEC.191.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-2 Career and technical centers, schools, or departments; approved courses; notification

Sec. 2. (a) A governing body may: (1) establish career and technical education centers, schools, or departments in the manner approved by the state board; and (2) maintain these schools or departments from the education fund and operations fund in accordance with the categories of expenditures established under IC 20-42.5-3. (b) The governing body may include in the high school curriculum without additional state board approval any secondary or postsecondary level career and technical education course that is approved under section 11 of this chapter, if applicable. (c) The governing body shall notify the department and the department of workforce development whenever the governing body: (1) includes an approved course for; or (2) removes an approved course from; the high school curriculum. (d) A contract between a career and technical education center and a school or school corporation is a public record under IC 5-14-3. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-2.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.124; P.L.7-2011, SEC.10; P.L.69-2015, SEC.6; P.L.143-2019, SEC.26; P.L.211-2019, SEC.26; P.L.238-2019, SEC.10.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-3 Contracts with nonprofit corporations

Sec. 3. (a) The governing body of a school corporation may contract with a nonprofit corporation to establish and maintain a career and technical education program in the building trades solely to teach the principles of building construction to students enrolled in grades 9 through 12. (b) A career and technical education program established under this section is limited to the construction of buildings upon real property owned by the nonprofit corporation. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-2.5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.125.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-4 Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-4.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.126. Repealed by P.L.214-2025, SEC.192.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-5 Age of students

Sec. 5. Attendance in: (1) day and part-time classes is restricted to persons who are at least fourteen (14) years of age; and (2) evening classes is restricted to persons who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-6 Required attendance

Sec. 6. If a governing body has established an approved career and technical education center, school, or department for instruction in part-time classes for regularly employed persons who are at least fourteen (14) years of age, the governing body may formally choose to require regularly employed persons who are less than nineteen (19) years of age to attend part-time classes: (1) between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. during the school term; and (2) for not less than four (4) hours and not more than eight (8) hours per week. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-6.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.127.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-7 Cooperative programs with employers

Sec. 7. (a) A school corporation, through the school corporation's appropriate officials, may enter into cooperative programs with employers. These programs must include an agreement by the employer to provide employment for students enrolled in school directed career and technical education to learn the manipulative skills or manual processes of an occupation. (b) The employer may employ the students in otherwise restricted occupations for the purpose of career and technical education under the following conditions: (1) That training in the occupation is approved by a proper school authority and is school supervised. (2) That safety instructions are given by the school and integrated with on-the-job training by the employer. (3) That the student is assigned to competent adults designated by the employer for instruction and supervision in the manipulative skills or manual processes of the occupation according to a written training schedule developed by the employer and a representative of the school. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-7.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.128.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-8 Student employees; worker's compensation

Sec. 8. (a) A student in career and technical education and employed under section 7 of this chapter: (1) is entitled to the rights of recovery of a worker of at least seventeen (17) years of age under the worker's compensation and occupational diseases laws (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-7); and (2) may not recover any additional benefit otherwise payable as a result of being less than seventeen (17) years of age under the definition of a minor in IC 22-3-6-1. The student is considered the employee of the employer while performing services for the employer under section 7 of this chapter. (b) A student performing services for an employer under section 7 of this chapter is considered a full-time employee in computing compensation for permanent impairment under the worker's compensation law (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6). (c) Employers and students under section 7 of this chapter are exempt from IC 22-2-18-40 (before its expiration on June 30, 2021) and IC 22-2-18.1-23. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-8.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.129; P.L.147-2020, SEC.10.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-9 Career and technical education youth organization fund; grants; annual appropriation

Sec. 9. (a) A career and technical education youth organization fund is established to assist in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the secretary of education. (b) The secretary of education may award grants from the career and technical education youth organization fund for combined career and technical activities of the organizations that are an integral part of the instructional program in career and technical education. Areas of career and technical instruction for which grants may be awarded include: (1) agriculture; (2) business and office occupations; (3) health occupations; (4) distributive education; (5) home economics; and (6) trade industrial education. (c) There is appropriated from the state general fund to the secretary of education a sum to be determined annually by the general assembly to implement this section. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-8.5.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.130; P.L.43-2021, SEC.121.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-10 Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-11.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Repealed by P.L.214-2025, SEC.193.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-11 Joint career and technical education courses

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "career and technical education course" means a career and technical education course that is an approved course under the rules of the state board. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a school corporation that has entered into an agreement for a joint program of career and technical education with one (1) or more other school corporations may not add a new career and technical education course to its curriculum unless the course has been approved in the following manner: (1) In the case of an agreement under IC 20-37-1, the course must be approved by the management board for the joint program. (2) In the case of an agreement under IC 20-26-10, the course must be approved by the governing body of the school corporation that is designated to administer the joint program under IC 20-26-10-3. However, if that governing body refuses to approve the course, the course may be approved by a majority of the governing bodies of the school corporations that are parties to the agreement. (c) A school that has entered into an agreement for a joint program of career and technical education may add a new career and technical education course to its curriculum without being approved under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) if the course is being offered in partnership with an employer or an employer and either: (1) a postsecondary educational institution; or (2) a third party trainer that is eligible to receive funding under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014 under 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq., including reauthorizations of WIOA, and is listed on the department of workforce development's eligible training provider list on the department of workforce development's website. (d) A student who is enrolled or was enrolled in a career and technical education course after June 30, 2018, that: (1) is or was offered by a school corporation; and (2) meets the requirements set forth in subsection (c); shall receive credit for successfully completing the course regardless of whether the course has been approved under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2). (e) Subject to IC 20-43-8-7.5 and any applicable federal law, a course that meets the requirements set forth in subsection (c) that is offered by a school corporation after June 30, 2018, is eligible for state and federal career and technical education funding. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-14.] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.131; P.L.6-2012, SEC.142; P.L.69-2015, SEC.7; P.L.143-2019, SEC.27; P.L.23-2026, SEC.206.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-12 Repealed

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-4-24-1.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.161. Repealed by P.L.214-2025, SEC.194.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-13 Compliance with rules of the fire prevention and building safety commission

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 13. (a) As used in this section, "applicable high school" means a high school at which all the students participate in a work based learning course (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.7) or school based enterprise. (b) As used in this section, "primary use of the building" means an occupancy classification that is: (1) most closely related to the intended use of the building; and (2) determined by the rules of the fire prevention and building safety commission established by IC 22-12-2-1 that apply to the building immediately preceding the date that the applicable high school agrees to use the building. (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), an applicable high school shall comply with all rules of the fire prevention and building safety commission applicable to the primary use of the building. (d) The fire prevention and building commission may grant a variance under IC 22-13-2-11 to the rules applicable to the primary use of the building necessary to implement this section. As added by P.L.187-2021, SEC.62 and P.L.216-2021, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.168-2022, SEC.21.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-13 Compliance with rules of the department of homeland security

Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027. Sec. 13. (a) As used in this section, "applicable high school" means a high school at which all the students participate in a work based learning course (as defined in IC 20-43-8-0.7) or school based enterprise. (b) As used in this section, "primary use of the building" means an occupancy classification that is: (1) most closely related to the intended use of the building; and (2) determined by the rules of the department of homeland security that apply to the building immediately preceding the date that the applicable high school agrees to use the building. (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), an applicable high school shall comply with all rules of the department of homeland security applicable to the primary use of the building. (d) The department of homeland security may grant a variance under IC 22-13-2-11 to the rules applicable to the primary use of the building necessary to implement this section. As added by P.L.187-2021, SEC.62 and P.L.216-2021, SEC.44. Amended by P.L.168-2022, SEC.21; P.L.152-2026, SEC.243.

Ind. Code § 20-37-2-14 Maximum tuition or fee amount to enroll in or attend a career and technical education program, course, or class

Sec. 14. (a) The definitions in IC 20-51.4-2 apply throughout this section. (b) A school corporation or a career and technical education cooperative may not charge: (1) a career scholarship student enrolled in the CSA program; or (2) an intermediary (as defined in IC 21-18-1-3.5) acting on behalf of a career scholarship student described in subdivision (1); a tuition or fee amount to enroll in or attend a career and technical education program, course, or class that is more than the highest tuition amount that the school corporation or cooperative receives or charges a student who is enrolled in the school corporation or in a school corporation who is a member of the cooperative, whichever is applicable, for the same career and technical education program, course, or class. As added by P.L.213-2025, SEC.182.

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