Ind. Code § 20-24-1-1 Applicability
Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-1-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.
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in effectInd. Code § 20-24-1-2 "ADM of the previous year"
Sec. 2. "ADM of the previous year" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-43-1-7.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-1-1.3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.103.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-2.3 "Adult high school"
Sec. 2.3. "Adult high school" refers to a charter school that has a majority of students enrolled with the school that:
(1) belong to a graduation cohort that has already graduated; or
(2) are over the age of eighteen (18) years of age;
at the time the student was first enrolled at the school.
As added by P.L.47-2014, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-2.5 "Authorizer"
Sec. 2.5. "Authorizer" means, for a charter school, one (1) of the following:
(1) Subject to IC 20-24-2.2-1.2, a governing body.
(2) A state educational institution that offers a four (4) year baccalaureate degree.
(3) The executive (as defined in IC 36-1-2-5) of a consolidated city.
(4) The charter board.
(5) Subject to IC 20-24-2.2-1.2, a governing board of a nonprofit college or university that provides a four (4) year educational program for which it awards a baccalaureate or more advanced degree, including the following:
Anderson University
Bethel University
Butler University
Calumet College of St. Joseph
DePauw University
Earlham College
Franklin College
Goshen College
Grace College
Hanover College
Holy Cross College
Huntington University
Indiana Tech
Indiana Wesleyan University
Manchester University
Marian University
Martin University
Oakland City University
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Saint Mary's College
Taylor University
Trine University
University of Evansville
University of Indianapolis
University of Notre Dame
University of Saint Francis
Valparaiso University
Wabash College.
As added by P.L.280-2013, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.221-2015, SEC.1; P.L.81-2019, SEC.2.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-3 "Charter"
Sec. 3. "Charter" means a contract between an organizer and an authorizer for the establishment of a charter school.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-1-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.280-2013, SEC.6.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-3.5 "Charter board"
Sec. 3.5. "Charter board" refers to the Indiana charter school board established under IC 20-24-2.1.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.3.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-4 "Charter school"
Sec. 4. "Charter school" means a public elementary school or secondary school established under this article that:
(1) is nonsectarian and nonreligious; and
(2) operates under a charter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-1-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-5 "Conversion charter school"
Sec. 5. "Conversion charter school" means a charter school established under IC 20-24-11 by the conversion of an existing school into a charter school. The term includes a new school to which students from other schools in the school corporation are assigned or transferred.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-1-5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-6 "Current ADM"
Sec. 6. "Current ADM" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-43-1-10.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-1-5.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.104.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-6.1 "Education service provider"
Sec. 6.1. "Education service provider" means a for profit education management organization, nonprofit charter management organization, school design provider, or any other partner entity with which a charter school intends to contract for educational design, implementation, or comprehensive management.
As added by P.L.280-2013, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-6.2 "Fund"
Sec. 6.2. "Fund", for purposes of IC 20-24-12, refers to the charter school facilities assistance fund.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.4.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-7 "Organizer"
Sec. 7. "Organizer" means an entity that:
(1) is a nonprofit corporation that is incorporated or registered in Indiana;
(2) has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service to be tax exempt and maintains such tax exempt status; and
(3) has an independent board whose members have been elected or selected under the organizer's application and that has entered into a contract under this article to operate a charter school.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-1-9.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.221-2015, SEC.2; P.L.250-2017, SEC.1.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-7.5 "Program"
Sec. 7.5. "Program", for purposes of IC 20-24-12, refers to the charter school facilities assistance program under IC 20-24-12.
As added by P.L.91-2011, SEC.5.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-8 "Proposal"
Sec. 8. "Proposal" refers to a proposal from an organizer to establish a charter school.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-1-11.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-9 Repealed
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5.5-1-15.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.208; P.L.91-2011, SEC.6. Repealed by P.L.280-2013, SEC.7.
Ind. Code § 20-24-1-10 "Virtual charter school"
Sec. 10. "Virtual charter school" means any charter school, including a conversion charter school, in which more than fifty percent (50%) of instruction is provided in an interactive learning environment created through technology in which students are separated from their teacher by time or space, or both.
As added by P.L.159-2019, SEC.2.
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