1. (a) The committee must submit a school's initial plan to the superintendent by March 1 of the school year before the year of implementation. The superintendent:

   1. (1) shall review the plan to ensure that the plan aligns with the school corporation's objectives, goals, and expectations;
   2. (2) may make written recommendations of modifications to the plan to ensure alignment; and
   3. (3) shall return the plan and any recommendations to the committee by April 1 of the school year before the year of implementation.
2. (b) A committee may modify the plan to comply with recommendations made by the superintendent under subsection (a).

3. (c) A committee shall submit:

   1. (1) the plan; and

   2. (2) the written recommendations of the superintendent;

      to the governing body by May 1 of the school year before the year of implementation.

4. (d) An initial plan must be established and approved by the governing body not later than August 1 of the school year in which the plan is to be implemented. The governing body shall approve a plan for each school in the school corporation. When a plan is presented to the governing body, the governing body must either accept or reject the plan and may not revise the plan. A plan is established when written evidence of approval is attached to the plan.

   [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.2-3-2.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.228-2017, SEC.6.