Sec. 3. (a) An eligible school corporation may apply to the board for a loan from the counter-cyclical revenue and economic stabilization fund.

     (b) Subject to subsections (c) and (d) and section 3.5 of this chapter, an eligible school corporation described in section 2(2) of this chapter may apply to the board for a loan. The maximum amount of a loan that the board may approve for the eligible school corporation is the lesser of the following:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-1.1-21.4-3

  • ADM: refers to a school corporation's average daily membership as determined under IC 20-43-4-2. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-21.4-0.5
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • board: refers to the state board of finance. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-21.4-1
  • 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.
  • eligible school corporation: refers to any of the following:

    Indiana Code 6-1.1-21.4-2

  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(1) Five million dollars ($5,000,000).

(2) The product of:

(A) one thousand dollars ($1,000); multiplied by

(B) the school corporation’s 2012 ADM.

     (c) At the time the distressed unit appeal board designates a school corporation as a distressed political subdivision under IC 6-1.1-20.3 or recommends under IC 6-1.1-20.3-8.3 that a loan from the fund be approved for a school corporation, the distressed unit appeal board may also recommend to the state board of finance that a loan from the fund to the school corporation be contingent upon any of the following:

(1) The sale of specified unused property by the school board.

(2) The school corporation modifying one (1) or more specified contracts entered into by the school corporation.

     (d) In making a loan from the fund to a school corporation, the state board of finance may make the loan contingent upon any condition recommended by the distressed unit appeal board under subsection (c).

     (e) This subsection applies only to an eligible school corporation described in section 2(3) of this chapter. The board shall make the loan to the eligible school corporation. The following apply to a loan made under this subsection:

(1) The maximum amount of a loan set forth in subsection (b).

(2) Sections 3.5 through 7 of this chapter.

In addition, an eligible school corporation receiving a loan under this subsection shall sell any unimproved land owned by the eligible school corporation that on April 1, 2014, is not contiguous to the grounds of any school.

As added by P.L.131-2008, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.145-2012, SEC.17; P.L.166-2014, SEC.6.