IC 21-43-6
    Chapter 6. High School Fast Track; Ivy Tech Community College

IC 21-43-6-1
Establishment of program allowed
    Sec. 1. Ivy Tech Community College may establish a high schoolfast track to college program that offers qualified individuals anopportunity to earn a high school diploma while earning credits fora certificate program or an associate's degree.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-6-2
Eligibility for diploma; payment of tuition costs
    Sec. 2. (a) To be eligible to earn a high school diploma, anindividual participating in the program established under this chaptermust be either:
        (1) at least nineteen (19) years of age and not enrolled in a highschool; or
        (2) at least seventeen (17) years of age and have consent fromthe high school the individual attended most recently.
    (b) The school corporation in which an individual described inthis subdivision has legal settlement shall pay the individual's costsfor high school level courses taken at Ivy Tech Community Collegeduring each year the individual is included in the school corporation'sADM.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284. Amended by P.L.234-2007,SEC.60; P.L.3-2008, SEC.148.

IC 21-43-6-3
Requirements to receive high school diploma
    Sec. 3. To complete the requirements for a high school diploma,an individual participating in the program established under thischapter must:
        (1) pass:
            (A) the graduation examination given under IC 20-32-4;
            (B) an examination for a general education developmentdiploma;
            (C) an examination equivalent to the graduationexamination:
                (i) administered by Ivy Tech Community College; and
                (ii) approved by the department of education; or
            (D) an examination that demonstrates the student is ready forcollege level work:
                (i) administered by Ivy Tech Community College; and
                (ii) approved by the department of education; and
        (2) complete the course work necessary to meet:
            (A) the minimum high school course requirementsestablished by the Indiana state board of education; and
            (B) the requirements of Ivy Tech Community College.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284. Amended by P.L.3-2008,

SEC.149.

IC 21-43-6-4
Transfer of high school credits required
    Sec. 4. In addition to meeting the requirements set forth insections 2 and 3 of this chapter, an individual must have the creditstoward graduation that the individual successfully completed in highschool transferred to Ivy Tech Community College.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-6-5
Notice to state board of education of program completion; diplomaaward
    Sec. 5. Ivy Tech Community College shall notify the Indiana stateboard of education that an individual has successfully completed therequirements of the program. Upon receiving the notification, theIndiana state board of education shall:
        (1) grant to the individual a high school diploma that states theindividual earned the high school diploma at Ivy TechCommunity College; and
        (2) provide the diploma to Ivy Tech Community College toaward to the individual.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.

IC 21-43-6-6
Annual report to education roundtable
    Sec. 6. If Ivy Tech Community College establishes a program, IvyTech Community College shall report annually to the educationroundtable established under IC 20-19-4 the number of programparticipants and diplomas granted while earning credits for acertificate program or an associate's degree.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.284.