Ind. Code ch. 20-19-9

Ind. Code ch. 20-19-9
in effect

Ind. Code § 20-19-9-1 "Virtual education program"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "virtual education program" means a program provided by a school corporation in which more than fifty percent (50%) of instruction, other than instruction for recovery credit courses, to students participating in the program is provided in an interactive learning environment created through technology in which the student is separated from a teacher by time or space, or both. As added by P.L.211-2019, SEC.18.

Ind. Code § 20-19-9-2 Adoption of rules

Sec. 2. The state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish requirements regarding virtual education programs, including the following: (1) Minimum requirements for the mandatory annual onboarding process and orientation required under section 3 of this chapter. (2) Requirements relating to tracking and monitoring student participation and attendance. (3) Ongoing student engagement and counseling policy requirements. (4) Employee policy requirements, including professional development requirements. As added by P.L.211-2019, SEC.18.

Ind. Code § 20-19-9-3 Annual onboarding requirements; teacher training requirements

Sec. 3. (a) A school corporation shall establish and implement an annual onboarding process and orientation for a parent of a student and a student participating in a virtual education program. As part of the annual onboarding process and orientation, the school corporation must provide to a parent of a student: (1) the student engagement and attendance requirements or policies of the virtual education program; and (2) notice that a person who knowingly or intentionally deprives a dependent of education commits a violation under IC 35-46-1-4. (b) A student who does not participate in a school corporation's virtual education program before July 1, 2020, must complete the annual onboarding process and orientation established by the school corporation under subsection (a) with the student's parent before the student may participate in the school corporation's virtual education program. If a student or student's parent does not participate in the school corporation's annual onboarding process and orientation established under subsection (a), the student may not participate in the school corporation's virtual education program. (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a student from otherwise receiving instructional services from the school corporation in which the student has legal settlement. However, a student who does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) may not participate in the school corporation's virtual education program. (d) An individual who is employed as a licensed teacher for a virtual education program must comply with any mandatory licensed teacher training that is required under this title. As added by P.L.211-2019, SEC.18.

Ind. Code § 20-19-9-4 Establishment of dedicated virtual education school; separate school identification number; rules

Sec. 4. (a) If the lesser of at least: (1) one hundred (100) students of a school corporation; or (2) thirty percent (30%) of the total number of students enrolled in the school corporation; receive at least fifty percent (50%) of instruction through a school corporation's virtual education program, the school corporation shall establish a dedicated virtual education school. (b) The department shall assign a separate school identification number for the dedicated virtual education school. (c) Before December 31, 2026, the state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish financial reporting and oversight required by a school corporation and a vendor who enter into or renew a contract relating to the operation of a dedicated virtual education school. As added by P.L.211-2019, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.216-2021, SEC.10; P.L.232-2025, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 20-19-9-5 Withdrawal of habitual truants

Sec. 5. A school corporation that operates a virtual education program must require that if a student who attends a school corporation's virtual education program accumulates ten (10) consecutive or eighteen (18) cumulative unexcused absences, the student must be withdrawn from enrollment in the school corporation's virtual education program. As added by P.L.211-2019, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.250-2023, SEC.7; P.L.232-2025, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 20-19-9-6 Residency requirements

Sec. 6. Except as provided under IC 20-26-19, a school corporation that operates a virtual education program may not enroll a student unless the student is an Indiana resident. If the school corporation that operates a virtual education program is unable to verify that a student who attends the school corporation's virtual education program is an Indiana resident, the school corporation must pay back to the department the state tuition support distribution in an amount determined by the department that the school corporation received for that student. As added by P.L.211-2019, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.38-2020, SEC.1.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20Fetched: 10/17/2026

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