Sec. 8. (a) The contract must contain the following provisions:
(1) A list of the statutes and rules that are suspended from operation in a freeway school corporation or freeway school, as listed in section 5 of this chapter.
(2) A description of the privileges of a freeway school corporation or freeway school, as listed in section 6 of this chapter.
(3) A description of the educational benefits listed in section 7 of this chapter that a freeway school corporation or freeway school agrees to:
(A) achieve by the end of five (5) complete school years after the contract is signed; and
(B) maintain at the end of:
(i) the sixth; and
(ii) any subsequent;
complete school year after the contract is signed.
(4) Subject to section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), a plan and a schedule for the freeway school corporation or freeway school to achieve the educational benefits listed in section 7 of this chapter by the end of five (5) complete school years after the contract is signed. The schedule must show some percentage of improvement by the end of the second, third, and fourth complete school years after the contract is signed.
(5) A school by school strategy, including curriculum, in which character education is demonstrated to be a priority. The strategy required under this subdivision must include the following subjects as integral parts of each school's character education:
(A) Hygiene.
(B) Alcohol and drugs.
(C) Diseases transmitted sexually or through drug use.
(D) Honesty.
(E) Respect.
(F) Abstinence and restraint.
(6) A plan under which the freeway school corporation or freeway school will offer courses that will allow a student to become eligible to receive an Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic honors designation.
(7) A plan under which the freeway school corporation or freeway school will maintain a safe and disciplined learning environment for students and teachers.
(b) In the contract:
(1) the quantitative measures of benefits may be higher, but not lower, than the minimum educational benefits listed in section 7 of this chapter; and
(2) educational benefits may be included in addition to the minimum educational benefits listed in section 7 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-8.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.108-2018, SEC.2; P.L.192-2018, SEC.12; P.L.112-2020, SEC.54.