Sec. 11. (a) The state board may make a disaster loan to a school corporation that has suffered loss by fire, flood, windstorm, or other disaster that makes all or part of the school building or buildings unfit for school purposes.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-49-2-11

  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
     (b) A loan made under this section may not exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000). The school corporation shall repay the loan within twenty (20) years at an annual interest rate of one percent (1%) of the unpaid balance.

     (c) The amounts repaid by school corporations under subsection (b) shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the school disaster loan fund. The money remaining in the school disaster loan fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. The state board may use the money in the school disaster loan fund only to make disaster loans to school corporations under this section.

     (d) Sections 13, 14, and 15 of this chapter do not apply to loans made under this section.

[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-11-3.1.]

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.172. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.307.