Sec. 1. (a) An individual is an eligible pupil if the individual is a pupil enrolled in a school corporation and:

(1) the school corporation has the responsibility to educate the pupil in its public schools without the payment of tuition;

Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-43-4-1

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
(2) subject to subdivision (6), the school corporation has the responsibility to pay transfer tuition under IC 20-26-11 because the pupil is:

(A) transferred for education to another school corporation; or

(B) placed in an out-of-state institution or facility by or with the consent of the department of child services;

(3) the pupil is enrolled in a school corporation as a transfer student under IC 20-26-11-6 or entitled to be counted for ADM purposes as a resident of the school corporation when attending its schools under any other applicable law or regulation;

(4) the pupil is twenty-two (22) years of age or less;

(5) the state is responsible for the payment of transfer tuition to the school corporation for the pupil under IC 20-26-11; or

(6) all of the following apply:

(A) The school corporation is a transferee corporation.

(B) The pupil does not qualify as a qualified pupil in the transferee corporation under subdivision (3) or (5).

(C) The transferee corporation’s attendance area includes a state licensed private or public health care facility or child care facility where the pupil was placed:

(i) by or with the consent of the department of child services;

(ii) by a court order;

(iii) by a child placing agency licensed by the department of child services;

(iv) by a parent or guardian under IC 20-26-11-8; or

(v) by or with the consent of the department under IC 20-35-6-2.

     (b) For purposes of a career and technical education grant, an eligible pupil includes a student enrolled in a charter school.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-3-1.6-1.1(j).]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.166. Amended by P.L.159-2007, SEC.4; P.L.234-2007, SEC.136; P.L.3-2008, SEC.124; P.L.146-2008, SEC.487; P.L.165-2021, SEC.161.