Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, “educational service center” means an extended agency of school corporations, charter schools, and applicable nonpublic schools that:

(1) operates under rules established by the state board;

(2) is the administrative and operational unit that serves a definitive geographical boundary, which, to the extent possible, must be aligned with the boundary of a regional works council’s region established under IC 20-19-6 (before its expiration); and

(3) allows school corporations, charter schools, and applicable nonpublic schools to voluntarily cooperate and share programs and services that the school corporations, charter schools, and applicable nonpublic schools cannot individually provide but collectively may implement.

     (b) Programs and services collectively implemented through an educational service center may include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Curriculum development.

(2) Pupil personnel and special education services.

(3) In-service education.

(4) State-federal liaison services.

(5) Instructional materials and multimedia services.

(6) Career and technical education.

(7) Purchasing and financial management.

(8) Needs assessment.

(9) Computer use.

(10) Research and development.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-11.3-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.90; P.L.286-2013, SEC.16; P.L.126-2017, SEC.2; P.L.10-2019, SEC.81.