Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 20 > Article 31 - Accountability for Performance and Improvement

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• fund: refers to the agency settlement fund established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-12-16-1
• fund: means the state opioid settlement fund established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-12-16.2-1
• fund: means the local opioid settlement fund established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-12-16.3-1
• fund: refers to the student educational achievement fund established by section 4 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-31-7-2
• grant: refers to a student educational achievement grant from the fund. See Indiana Code 20-31-7-3
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• legal standards: means Indiana statutes and rules adopted by the state board that apply to each school for accreditation. See Indiana Code 20-31-4.1-1
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• recognition program: refers to a system by which a school is recognized for the school's performance, including programs established by statute, rule, or department policy. See Indiana Code 20-31-12-1
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5