- (a) The state board shall establish stringent criteria to be used to determine whether a high school that does not meet the requirements under IC 20-24.2-2-2 (b) may receive a waiver to provide instructional days in the manner described in IC 20-24.2-4-2 and be exempt from any or all of the statutes and rules listed in IC 20-24.2-4-3 . The state board's criteria to approve a high school's waiver request must be based on a method or methods of measuring academic standards of the high school, as approved by the state board. The criteria must require the curriculum and instruction of a high school to create academic performance at a high level through which students are college or career ready and globally competitive upon graduation from high school.
- (b) The state board shall submit the criteria developed by the state board to grant a waiver under subsection (a) to the general assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 .
As added by P.L.201-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.163.