Indiana Code
Chapter 11. Legal Settlement and Transfer of Students; Transfer Tuition
20-26-11-2.5. Election to Have Legal Settlement

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

Indiana Code

Title 20. Education

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. Legal Settlement

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. Transfer Tuition

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

20-26-11-8. Payment of Transfer Tuition for Students in Public and Private Institutions or in Foster Homes

20-26-11-8.5. No Effect of p.l.36-1994 on Rights, Liabilities, Penalties, Crimes, Proceedings Before July 1, 1995, Relating to Paying Transfer Tuition

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

20-26-11-11.5. Payments by School Corporations to Certain Facilities Providing Education Services to 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

20-26-11-28. Repealed

20-26-11-30. School Attendance in Former School Corporation

20-26-11-31. State Tuition Support for Certain Students

20-26-11-32. Capacity; Deadline; Publication; Grounds and Prohibited Grounds for Denial of Transfer Request

20-26-11-33. Acceptance of Nonresident Students Into Alternative Education Programs