Sec. 4. (a) Summer remediation services provided by contractors under section 2 of this chapter shall be provided at no tuition cost to the student.

     (b) Upon the request of the parent of a student described in section 1 of this chapter, the school city shall provide the parent with a summer remediation subsidy in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the lowest per student cost of summer remediation services provided by a contractor under section 2 of this chapter.

     (c) A parent to whom a summer remediation subsidy is provided may use the subsidy to purchase summer remediation services from a provider located in Marion County. The parent may choose to use the remediation subsidy at an accredited public school. If the amount of tuition for the remediation services is greater than the amount of the remediation subsidy provided to the parent, the parent is responsible for the additional amount.

     (d) The allocated remediation subsidy is payable to a provider of remediation services upon the provider’s enrollment of the student in the remediation program.

     (e) Payment of a remediation subsidy fulfills the obligation under this chapter of the school city to provide remediation services to a student.

     (f) If a student who has received a remediation subsidy does not complete a remediation program, the provider of remediation services shall refund the remediation subsidy on a pro rata basis to the school city.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3.1-13-4.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.