IC 20-24.2-4-3 — Statutory provisions that do not apply to qualified districts and qualified high schools
Chapter 4. Qualified District and Qualified High School Powers and Exemptions
Bills amending this section
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Sec. 3. (a) Except as specifically provided in this article and section 4 of this chapter, the following provisions of this title and a rule or guideline adopted by the state board under one (1) of the following provisions of this title do not apply to a qualified district or qualified high school: (1) Provisions that do not apply to school corporations in general. (2) IC 20-20.5 (programs administered by the state), except for IC 20-20.5-1 (educational service centers). (3) IC 20-28 (school teachers), except for IC 20-28-3-4 (teacher continuing education), IC 20-28-4-8 (hiring of transition to teaching participants; restrictions), IC 20-28-4-11 (transition to teaching participants; school corporation or subject area; transition to teaching permit), IC 20-28-5-8 (conviction of certain felonies or misdemeanors; notice and hearing; permanent revocation of license; data base of school employees who have been reported), IC 20-28-6 (teacher contracts), IC 20-28-7.5 (cancellation of teacher contracts), IC 20-28-8 (contracts with school administrators), IC 20-28-9 (teacher salary and related payments), IC 20-28-10 (conditions of employment), and IC 20-28-11.5 (staff performance evaluations). (4) IC 20-30 (curriculum), except for IC 20-30-3-2 and IC 20-30-3-4 (patriotic commemorative observances), IC 20-30-5-13 (human sexuality instructional requirements), and IC 20-30-5-19 (personal financial responsibility instruction). (5) IC 20-32 (student standards, assessments, and performance), except for IC 20-32-4 (graduation requirements), IC 20-32-5 (Indiana statewide testing for educational progress for a school year ending before July 1, 2018), IC 20-32-5.1 (statewide assessment program for a school year beginning after June 30, 2018), and IC 20-32-8.5 (reading improvement and remediation plans). (6) IC 20-37 (career and technical education). (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a school corporation may not receive a decrease in state funding based upon the school corporation's status as a qualified district or the status of a high school within the school corporation as a qualified high school, or because of the implementation of a waiver of a statute or rule that is allowed to be waived by a qualified district or qualified high school.
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.83; P.L.117-2016, SEC.1; P.L.242-2017, SEC.12; P.L.125-2022, SEC.2; P.L.250-2023, SEC.13; P.L.5-2024, SEC.2; P.L.214-2025, SEC.67; P.L.74-2026, SEC.39.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)