Section 20-26-15-13 - Nonpublic school designated as freeway school; contract approval; accreditation(a) Subject to subsection (f), a nonpublic school may enter into a contract with the state board to become a freeway school.(b) The state board and the governing body of a nonpublic school must enter into a contract that complies with this chapter to designate the nonpublic school as a freeway school if the nonpublic school: (1) petitions the state board for designation as a freeway school; and(2) agrees to comply with this chapter.(c) A nonpublic school becomes a freeway school when the contract is signed, before July 1, 2020, by: (1) the state superintendent of public instruction, acting for the state board after a majority of the members of the board have voted in a public session to enter into the contract; and(2) the president of the governing body of the nonpublic school, acting for the governing body of the nonpublic school after a majority of the members of the governing body have voted to enter into the contract.(d) The state board shall accredit a nonpublic school that: (1) becomes a freeway school under this chapter; and(2) complies with the terms of the contract.(e) The state board may accredit a nonpublic school under this section at the time the nonpublic school enters into the contract under subsection (a).(f) The state board and the governing body of a nonpublic school may not enter into, renew, or otherwise extend a contract under this chapter after June 30, 2020.Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-13.
Amended by P.L. 43-2021,SEC. 80, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by P.L. 92-2020,SEC. 37, eff. 3/18/2020.Amended by P.L. 251-2017,SEC. 8, eff. 7/1/2017.As added by P.L. 1-2005, SEC.10.