Sec. 2.5. (a) In the case of a student described in section 2(a)(3) of this chapter, the:
(1) parent granted physical custody by a court; or
(2) student, if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
may elect for the student to have legal settlement in the school corporation whose attendance area contains the residence of the student's mother or the school corporation whose attendance area contains the residence of the student's father.
(b) An election under subsection (a) shall be made on a yearly basis and applies throughout the school year unless the student's parent no longer resides within the attendance area of the school corporation.
(c) The parent or student who makes an election under subsection (a) is not required to pay transfer tuition.
As added by P.L.13-2006, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.141-2006, SEC.93; P.L.219-2015, SEC.2; P.L.38-2020, SEC.7.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions
Chapter 11. Legal Settlement and Transfer of Students; Transfer Tuition
20-26-11-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law
20-26-11-1. "Residence", "Resides", and Comparable Terms
20-26-11-2.5. Election to Have Legal Settlement
20-26-11-3. Forms Concerning Legal Settlement
20-26-11-4. Student Emancipation
20-26-11-5. Transfer at Request of Parent or Student; Approval; Appeal
20-26-11-6.5. Transfers of Children of School Corporation Employees
20-26-11-6.7. Transfer Agreements; School Corporation and Nonpublic School
20-26-11-7. Transfers; Students With Disabilities
20-26-11-9. Notice of Legal Settlement and Placement
20-26-11-10. Tuition for Children of Certain State Employees and Foreign Exchange Students
20-26-11-11. Tuition for Suspended, Expelled, or Excluded Emotionally Disturbed Students
20-26-11-12. Interstate Transfers
20-26-11-13. Determination of Transfer Tuition
20-26-11-14. Estimated Transfer Tuition Payments; Statements of Amount; Method of Payment
20-26-11-15. Determination by State Board
20-26-11-16. Rules of Implementation and Enforcement; Award to Prevailing School Corporation
20-26-11-17. Tuition Support Reporting Requirements
20-26-11-18. Joint Liability of Health Care Facility or Child Care Institution for Transfer Tuition
20-26-11-30. School Attendance in Former School Corporation
20-26-11-31. State Tuition Support for Certain Students
20-26-11-33. Acceptance of Nonresident Students Into Alternative Education Programs