Sec. 2.1. (a) As used in this section, "school corporation" includes:
(1) any local public school corporation established under Indiana law;
(2) a charter school; and
(3) an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7);
that are otherwise entitled to receive federal funds under federal and state law.
(b) If, by any act of Congress, funds are provided as federal aid to education to the several states and the disposition of the funds is not otherwise provided for by or under the act of Congress or by or under any Indiana law, the apportionment and distribution of those funds to school corporations shall, insofar as consistent with the requirements prescribed by the federal law and implementing rules and regulations, be governed by the standards set forth in this section.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the department is responsible for the general administration of federal grant programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended.
(d) The department shall make timely application for any federal funds made available for school corporations in Indiana, and shall, under the federal law and this section, direct the allocation and apportionment of the federal funds received fairly, equitably, and in a timely manner to all school corporations in accordance with federal law and this section. The department must ensure that sufficient personnel are assigned to its federal grants program to enable the department to comply with subsection (c).
(e) Whenever the department provides federal formula grant funding to a school corporation, the department must also provide to the school corporation the formula and the data used to calculate the funding amount.
As added by P.L.169-2016, SEC.2.