1. (a) To qualify as an eligible student, a student must:

   1. (1) be enrolled in or be eligible to be admitted to grades 6 through 12;
   2. (2) meet at least one (1) of the criteria described in section 10 of this chapter;
   3. (3) have a written individual service plan prepared under section 11 of this chapter; and

   4. (4) be likely to benefit:

      1. (A) academically;
      2. (B) behaviorally; or

      3. (C) both academically and behaviorally;

         from participation in an alternative education program, as jointly determined by the student's teacher or teachers and principal or principal's designee, and in consultation with the student's parent or guardian.

2. (b) The governing body of the school corporation shall review the determinations made by the school corporation to place and retain students in an alternative education program in order to ensure that the students in the alternative education program meet the criteria for the program.

   [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.6-6.3.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.