Section 20-25.7-4-6 - Use of property; transportation; transfer of school corporation facility; contracts for goods and services; terms(a) For as long as an innovation network team operates an innovation network school: (1) the innovation network team may use the school building, the accompanying real property, and the building's contents, equipment, and supplies, as provided in the agreement established under section 5 of this chapter;(2) the school corporation may: (A) provide transportation for students attending the innovation network school; and(B) maintain and repair the buildings and grounds consistent with the maintenance and repair to the school corporation's other buildings and grounds;(3) the innovation network team and the school corporation may enter into an agreement to transfer the ownership of a school corporation facility to the innovation network team; and(4) the school corporation may not alter the use of the facility occupied by the innovation network school without agreement from the innovation network team.(b) If an innovation network team contracts with a school corporation for goods or services, the school corporation may not charge the innovation network team more for the goods or services than the school corporation pays for the goods or services. A school corporation may not require an innovation network team to contract for specific goods or services provided by the school corporation or any other entity.(c) A school corporation and an innovation network team may negotiate to require specific services with regard to an innovation network school during the term of an agreement. However, subject to subsection (d), an innovation network team must be able to select the service provider for the services.(d) A school corporation may require an innovation network school to: (1) use the school corporation's student information system; and(2) comply with the school corporation's networking, cybersecurity, and device standards. However, nothing in this subsection may be construed to allow a school corporation to alter an innovation network team's autonomy to determine the academic programming of the innovation network team's school.
(e) For as long as an innovation network team operates an innovation network school, the school corporation may distribute money levied as property taxes to the innovation network team. Property taxes distributed to an innovation network team must be used only for a purpose for which the property taxes could have been used by the school corporation. Property taxes distributed under this subsection may supplement services and property provided under subsection (a) or (b). The parties may jointly modify an agreement described in section 5 of this chapter to implement this subsection.(f) An agreement concerning the transfer of ownership of a school corporation facility to an innovation network team described in subsection (a) is not subject to IC 20-26-7.1.Amended by P.L. 162-2024,SEC. 8, eff. 3/13/2024.Amended by P.L. 246-2023,SEC. 30, eff. 7/1/2023.Added by P.L. 214-2015, SEC. 2, eff. 5/7/2015.