CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS

IC 20-24

    ARTICLE 24. CHARTER SCHOOLS



IC 20-24-1

    

Chapter 1. Definitions

IC 20-24-1-1

Applicability

    

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this
article.

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.

IC 20-24-1-2

"ADM of the previous year"

    

Sec. 2. "ADM of the previous year" has the meaning set forth in
IC 20-43-1-7.

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.103.

IC 20-24-1-3

"Charter"

    

Sec. 3. "Charter" means a contract between an organizer and a
sponsor for the establishment of a charter school.

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.

IC 20-24-1-4

"Charter school"

    

Sec. 4. "Charter school" means a public elementary school or
secondary school established under this article that:

        (1) is nonsectarian and nonreligious; and

        (2) operates under a charter.

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.

IC 20-24-1-5

"Conversion charter school"

    

Sec. 5. "Conversion charter school" means a charter school
established under IC 20-24-11 by the conversion of an existing
school into a charter school. The term includes a new school to
which students from other schools in the school corporation are
assigned or transferred.

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.

IC 20-24-1-6

"Current ADM"

    

Sec. 6. "Current ADM" has the meaning set forth in
IC 20-43-1-10.

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.104.

IC 20-24-1-7

"Organizer"

    

Sec. 7. "Organizer" means a group or an entity that:

        (1) has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be
operating under nonprofit status or has applied for such
determination; and

        (2) enters into a contract under this article to operate a charter
school.

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.

IC 20-24-1-8

"Proposal"

    

Sec. 8. "Proposal" refers to a proposal from an organizer to
establish a charter school.

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8.

IC 20-24-1-9

"Sponsor"

    

Sec. 9. "Sponsor" means, for a charter school, one (1) of the
following:

        (1) A governing body.

        (2) A state educational institution that offers a four (4) year
baccalaureate degree.

        (3) The executive (as defined in IC 36-1-2-5) of a consolidated
city.

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.208.