1. (a) The state board shall approve two (2) or more benchmark assessments to identify students that require remediation and provide individualized instruction in which a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7 ) may receive a grant under subsection (c). The benchmark assessments must be aligned to Indiana's academic standards.
2. (b) A school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7 ) may elect to administer a benchmark assessment described in subsection (a). If a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7 ) administers an assessment described in subsection (a), the school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7 ) may prescribe the time and the manner in which the assessment is administered.
3. (c) If a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7 ) elects to administer a benchmark assessment described in subsection (a), the school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7 ) is entitled to receive a grant or reimbursement from the department in an amount not to exceed the cost of the assessment. The department shall provide grants and reimbursements to a school corporation, charter school, state accredited nonpublic school, or eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7 ) under this section from money appropriated to the department for the purpose of carrying out this section.

As added by P.L.242-2017, SEC.41.