Section 20-26-11-30 - School attendance in former school corporation(a) This section applies to a student who resided in a school corporation where the student had legal settlement for at least two (2) consecutive school years immediately before moving to an adjacent school corporation.(b) A school corporation in which a student had legal settlement for at least two (2) consecutive years as described in subsection (a): (1) shall allow the student to attend an appropriate school within the school corporation in which the student formerly resided;(2) may not request the payment of transfer tuition for the student from the school corporation in which the student currently resides and has legal settlement or from the student's parent; and(3) shall include the student in the school corporation's current ADM; if the principal and superintendent in both school corporations jointly agree to enroll the student in the school.
(c) If a student enrolls under this section in a school described in subsection (b)(1), the student's parent must provide for the student's transportation to school.(d) A student to whom this section applies may not enroll primarily for athletic reasons in a school in a school corporation in which the student does not have legal settlement. However, a decision to allow a student to enroll in a school corporation in which the student does not have legal settlement is not considered a determination that the student did not enroll primarily for athletic reasons.Amended by P.L. 205-2013, SEC. 245, eff. 7/1/2013.As added by P.L. 133-2008, SEC.2.