Authority: IC 21-43-4-9; IC 21-43-4-20

Affected: IC 21-43

Sec. 4. (a) The governing body of each school corporation shall adopt policies to implement the program, based on 511 IAC 6- 10 and guidelines established by the department of education. The policy shall include:

1. (1) The criteria for determining eligibility to participate in the program, which may include:

   1. (A) A provision that a student is ineligible to participate if participation would delay the student's progress toward high school graduation.
   2. (B) A provision that a student is ineligible to participate in the program if the request is for enrollment in a course offered by the student's school and participation would result in cancellation of the course due to low enrollment.
2. (2) The criteria for determining the courses approved for secondary credit, which may include a provision that a course in which the student intends to enroll is not approved for secondary credit if the course is so unlike any of the approved courses listed in 511 IAC 6-2- 5(d) [ 511 IAC 6-2-5 was repealed filed Nov 8, 1990, 3:05 p.m.: 14 IR 663.] that appropriate secondary credit cannot be given.

(b) The adopted policy may not prohibit a student from enrolling in or attending an education program when the student is not required to be in attendance at the student's school corporation.

(c) In addition to adopting a policy to implement the program, the governing body of a school corporation may:

1. (1) establish a supplemental postsecondary education program for students of the school corporation;
2. (2) establish procedures to permit students, including students in grades below grade 11, to enroll in and attend courses at eligible institutions during the regular school day or regular school year; and
3. (3) establish procedures to award secondary credit for courses completed by students at eligible institutions.

(Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 6-10-4; filed Mar 10, 1988, 4:16 pm: 11 IR 2623; readopted filed Oct 12, 2001, 12:55 p.m.: 25 IR 937; readopted filed Nov 20, 2007, 11:36 a.m.: 20071219-IR-511070386RFA; readopted filed Dec 2, 2013, 3:26 p.m.: 20140101-IR-511130419RFA; readopted filed Dec 1, 2020, 1:48 p.m.: 20201230-IR-511200548RFA)