CHAPTER 3. STATE BOARD ACTION
IC 20-42.5-3
Chapter 3. State Board Action
IC 20-42.5-3-1
Exploration of methods to reduce expenses
Sec. 1. The state board shall explore methods, including statewidepurchases, to reduce the expense to school corporations for thepurchase of the following:
(1) Textbooks.
(2) Technology.
(3) School buses and other vehicles.
(4) Other areas of expenses as determined by the state board.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.
IC 20-42.5-3-2
State board; annual survey and regarding actions taken by schoolcorporations; format
Sec. 2. The state board, assisted by the educational servicecenters, the division of finance of the department, and the office ofmanagement and budget, shall survey annually the schoolcorporations to determine actions taken by the school corporationsto allocate resources to student instruction and learning. The stateboard shall issue an annual report of actions taken to:
(1) each school corporation;
(2) the public; and
(3) the general assembly.
The report to the general assembly must be submitted to theexecutive director of the legislative services agency in an electronicformat under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.
IC 20-42.5-3-3
Submission of report to state superintendent; content; format
Sec. 3. Not later than November 1 of each year, the state board,assisted by the office of management and budget and schoolcorporation officials, shall submit a report to the statesuperintendent, the governor, and the general assembly concerningthe following:
(1) Consolidated purchasing arrangements used by multipleschool corporations, through educational service centers, andthroughout Indiana.
(2) Shared services arrangements used by multiple schoolcorporations, through educational service centers, and inIndiana as a whole.
(3) The efforts of school corporations to explore cooperatives,common management, or consolidations.
The report to the general assembly must be submitted to theexecutive director of the legislative services agency in an electronicformat under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.
IC 20-42.5-3-4
Analysis of school corporation's expenses by state board; trend linedata; reporting results of analysis; format
Sec. 4. (a) The state board, assisted by the office of managementand budget, the division of finance of the department, and schoolcorporation officials, shall analyze each school corporation'sexpenses for the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years to determinehow much each school corporation spent, from whatever source,directly or indirectly, on the following categories of expenditures:
(1) Student academic achievement expenditures.
(2) Student instructional support expenditures.
(3) Overhead and operational expenditures.
(4) Nonoperational expenditures.
The state board shall determine the types of expenses that areincluded in each category set forth in subdivisions (1) through (4).The sum of all expenditures under subdivisions (1) through (4) by aschool corporation must equal the total amount of expenditures bythe school corporation for the year being analyzed.
(b) The state board's analysis under subsection (a) may includerelevant trend line data for school years before the 2004-2005 schoolyear.
(c) Not later than June 30, 2007, the state board shall report theresults of the analysis under subsection (a) to the statesuperintendent, the governor, and the general assembly. The reportto the general assembly must be submitted to the executive directorof the legislative services agency in an electronic format underIC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.
IC 20-42.5-3-5
Progress analysis; recognition of improvement; consultationassistance for school corporations; school corporation's annualperformance report; contents; format
Sec. 5. (a) For each school year using the 2005-2006 school yearas a baseline:
(1) the office of management and budget shall analyze andreport to the state board, the governor, and the general assemblyconcerning the progress or lack of progress of each schoolcorporation, of all school corporations in each educationalservice center's area, and in Indiana as a whole in improving theratio of student instructional expenditures to all otherexpenditures for the previous school year;
(2) the state board shall recognize publicly each schoolcorporation and educational service center that has an improvedratio of student instructional expenditures to all otherexpenditures during the previous school year;
(3) the office of management and budget and the division offinance of the department shall be available to consult with andprovide technical assistance to each school corporation that didnot have an improved ratio of student instructional expenditures
to all other expenditures during the previous school year; and
(4) each school corporation shall report to the public in theschool corporation's annual performance report and to themembers of the general assembly whose districts include theschool corporation:
(A) the percentage of resources spent by the schoolcorporation during the previous school year on each categoryof expenditures set forth in section 4 of this chapter andwhether the school corporation met the goals established forthe previous school year under section 6 of this chapter;
(B) the trend line for each category of expenditures set forthin section 4 of this chapter for the school corporation duringthe previous school year;
(C) whether the school corporation did or did not makeprogress in improving the ratio of student instructionalexpenditures to all other expenditures during the previousschool year; and
(D) the goals established under section 6 of this chapter forthe current school year.
(b) The reports to the general assembly under subsection (a)(1)and to individual members of the general assembly under subsection(a)(4) must be submitted to the executive director of the legislativeservices agency in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.
IC 20-42.5-3-6
Categories of expenditures; goals; school corporation recognition
Sec. 6. (a) Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, eachgoverning body shall establish goals for each category ofexpenditures set forth in section 4 of this chapter that will increasethe school corporation's allocation of taxpayer resources directly tostudent instruction and learning, in light of the unique circumstancespresent in the school corporation.
(b) The state board shall recognize and reward the schoolcorporations that meet the goals described in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.