1. (a) Each year before the date specified in the rules adopted by the state board, a school corporation shall report the information specified in subsection (b) for each student:

   1. (1) for whom tuition support is paid by another school corporation;
   2. (2) for whom tuition support is paid by the state; and

   3. (3) who is enrolled in the school corporation but has the equivalent of a legal settlement in another state or country;

      to the department.

2. (b) Each school corporation shall provide the following information for each school year for each category of student described in subsection (a):

   1. (1) The amount of tuition support and other support received for the students described in subsection (a).
   2. (2) The operating expenses, as determined under section 13 of this chapter, incurred for the students described in subsection (a).
   3. (3) Special equipment expenditures that are directly related to educating students described in subsection (a).
   4. (4) The number of transfer students described in subsection (a).
   5. (5) Any other information required under the rules adopted by the state board after consultation with the office of the secretary of family and social services.
3. (c) The information required under this section shall be reported in the format and on the forms specified by the state board.
4. (d) Not later than November 30 of each year the department shall compile the information required from school corporations under this section and submit the compiled information in the form specified by the office of the secretary of family and social services to the office of the secretary of family and social services.

5. (e) Not later than December 31 of each year, the office of the secretary of family and social services shall submit a report to the members of the budget committee and the executive director of the legislative services agency that compiles and analyzes the information required from school corporations under this section. The report must identify the types of state and local funding changes that are needed to provide adequate state and local money to educate transfer students. A report submitted under this subsection to the executive director of the legislative services agency must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 .

   [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.1-12.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.472.