CHAPTER 3. STATE BOARD ACTION - Indiana Statutes

IC 20-42.5-3
     Chapter 3. State Board Action

IC 20-42.5-3-1
Exploration of methods to reduce expenses
     Sec. 1. The state board shall explore methods, including statewide purchases, to reduce the expense to school corporations for the purchase of the following:
        (1) Textbooks.
        (2) Technology.
        (3) School buses and other vehicles.
        (4) Other areas of expenses as determined by the state board.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.

IC 20-42.5-3-2
State board; annual survey and regarding actions taken by school corporations; format
     Sec. 2. The state board, assisted by the educational service centers, the division of finance of the department, and the office of management and budget, shall survey annually the school corporations to determine actions taken by the school corporations to allocate resources to student instruction and learning. The state board shall issue an annual report of actions taken to:
        (1) each school corporation;
        (2) the public; and
        (3) the general assembly.
The report to the general assembly must be submitted to the executive director of the legislative services agency in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.

IC 20-42.5-3-3
Submission of report to state superintendent; content; format
     Sec. 3. Not later than November 1 of each year, the state board, assisted by the office of management and budget and school corporation officials, shall submit a report to the state superintendent, the governor, and the general assembly concerning the following:
        (1) Consolidated purchasing arrangements used by multiple school corporations, through educational service centers, and throughout Indiana.
        (2) Shared services arrangements used by multiple school corporations, through educational service centers, and in Indiana as a whole.
        (3) The efforts of school corporations to explore cooperatives, common management, or consolidations.
The report to the general assembly must be submitted to the executive director of the legislative services agency in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.
IC 20-42.5-3-4
Analysis of school corporation's expenses by state board; trend line data; reporting results of analysis; format
     Sec. 4. (a) The state board, assisted by the office of management and budget, the division of finance of the department, and school corporation officials, shall analyze each school corporation's expenses for the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years to determine how much each school corporation spent, from whatever source, directly or indirectly, on the following categories of expenditures:
        (1) Student academic achievement expenditures.
        (2) Student instructional support expenditures.
        (3) Overhead and operational expenditures.
        (4) Nonoperational expenditures.
The state board shall determine the types of expenses that are included in each category set forth in subdivisions (1) through (4). The sum of all expenditures under subdivisions (1) through (4) by a school corporation must equal the total amount of expenditures by the school corporation for the year being analyzed.
    (b) The state board's analysis under subsection (a) may include relevant trend line data for school years before the 2004-2005 school year.
    (c) Not later than June 30, 2007, the state board shall report the results of the analysis under subsection (a) to the state superintendent, the governor, and the general assembly. The report to the general assembly must be submitted to the executive director of the legislative services agency in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.

IC 20-42.5-3-5
Progress analysis; recognition of improvement; consultation assistance for school corporations; school corporation's annual performance report; contents; format
     Sec. 5. (a) For each school year using the 2005-2006 school year as a baseline:
        (1) the office of management and budget shall analyze and report to the state board, the governor, and the general assembly concerning the progress or lack of progress of each school corporation, of all school corporations in each educational service center's area, and in Indiana as a whole in improving the ratio of student instructional expenditures to all other expenditures for the previous school year;
        (2) the state board shall recognize publicly each school corporation and educational service center that has an improved ratio of student instructional expenditures to all other expenditures during the previous school year;
        (3) the office of management and budget and the division of finance of the department shall be available to consult with and provide technical assistance to each school corporation that did not have an improved ratio of student instructional expenditures

to all other expenditures during the previous school year; and
        (4) each school corporation shall report to the public in the school corporation's annual performance report and to the members of the general assembly whose districts include the school corporation:
            (A) the percentage of resources spent by the school corporation during the previous school year on each category of expenditures set forth in section 4 of this chapter and whether the school corporation met the goals established for the previous school year under section 6 of this chapter;
            (B) the trend line for each category of expenditures set forth in section 4 of this chapter for the school corporation during the previous school year;
            (C) whether the school corporation did or did not make progress in improving the ratio of student instructional expenditures to all other expenditures during the previous school year; and
            (D) the goals established under section 6 of this chapter for the current school year.
    (b) The reports to the general assembly under subsection (a)(1) and to individual members of the general assembly under subsection (a)(4) must be submitted to the executive director of the legislative services agency in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.

IC 20-42.5-3-6
Categories of expenditures; goals; school corporation recognition
     Sec. 6. (a) Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, each governing body shall establish goals for each category of expenditures set forth in section 4 of this chapter that will increase the school corporation's allocation of taxpayer resources directly to student instruction and learning, in light of the unique circumstances present in the school corporation.
    (b) The state board shall recognize and reward the school corporations that meet the goals described in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.240.