Authority: IC 20-51-3-11

Affected: IC 20-26-11; IC 20-26-15; IC 20-51

Sec. 2. (a) To be eligible as a participating school, a school must meet one (1) of the following:

1. (1) The school is operated by a school corporation other than the school corporation in which an eligible student has legal settlement as determined under IC 20-26-11.
2. (2) The school is a nonpublic school accredited by the state board, including a freeway school accredited under IC 20-26- 15.

3. (3) The school is a nonpublic school that meets both of the following:

   1. (A) The school is accredited by a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board for purposes of IC 20-31-4 [IC 20-31-4 was repealed by P.L.92-2020, SECTION 68, effective March 18, 2020.].
   2. (B) The school administers a nationally recognized and norm-referenced assessment to the school's students.

(b) The department shall do the following:

1. (1) Annually publish lists of the following:

   1. (A) Accrediting agencies recognized by the state board.
   2. (B) Nationally recognized and norm-referenced assessments.
2. (2) Establish and publish procedures to receive and evaluate requests to add accrediting agencies and assessments to the lists published under subdivision (1).

(Department of Education; 512 IAC 3-1-2; filed Apr 27, 2011, 10:49 a.m.: 20110525-IR-512100724FRA; readopted filed Nov 27, 2017, 11:17 a.m.: 20171227-IR-512170434RFA; readopted filed Nov 28, 2023, 1:26 p.m.: 20231227-IR- 512230446RFA)