Sec. 3. (a) Not earlier than March 15 or later than March 31 of each year, the governing body of a school corporation shall publish either:
(1) an annual performance report of the school corporation; or
(2) a summary of the annual performance report with a description of how to find and view the full annual performance report on the Internet. The summary must include the following:
(A) Student enrollment.
(B) Graduation rate (as defined in IC 20-26-13-6) and the graduation rate excluding students that receive a graduation waiver under IC 20-32-4-4.1 or IC 20-32-4-4.
(C) Attendance rate.
(D) All state standardized assessment scores, including the number and percentage of students meeting academic standards.
(E) The school's performance category or designation of school improvement assigned under IC 20-31-8.
(F) The percentage of graduates considered college and career ready in a manner prescribed by the state board.
(G) Financial information and various school cost factors required to be provided to the office of management and budget under IC 20-42.5-3-5.
The report or summary must be published one (1) time annually under IC 5-3-1.
(b) The department shall make each school corporation's report available on the department's Internet web site. The annual performance report published on the Internet for a school corporation, including a charter school, must include any additional information submitted by the school corporation under section 6(3)(A) of this chapter. The governing body of a school corporation shall make the school corporation's report available on a prominent page of a school corporation's Internet web site.
(c) The governing body of a school corporation shall provide a copy of the report to a person who requests a copy. The governing body may not charge a fee for providing the copy.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-21-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.169-2005, SEC.10; P.L.43-2014, SEC.3; P.L.233-2015, SEC.40; P.L.92-2020, SEC.19.