Sec. 5. Subject to section 6 of this chapter, for a school corporation to be eligible to receive a grant under this chapter, the following must occur:

(1) The superintendent of the school corporation must apply to the department for a grant on a form provided by the department.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-20-18-5

  • 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.
  • grant: refers to a grant from the fund. See Indiana Code 20-20-18-2
  • program: refers to an elementary school counseling program, a social work program, or a school psychologist program carried out under this chapter:

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(2) The application for a grant must include the following information:

(A) A detailed description of a proposal for placing school counselors, social workers, or school psychologists in elementary schools to provide services to students and their families.

(B) Evidence supporting the school corporation’s need to implement the program.

(C) The number of elementary school counselors, social workers, and school psychologists employed by the school corporation.

(D) The elementary school:

(i) school counselor/student ratio;

(ii) social worker/student ratio; and

(iii) school psychologist/student ratio;

for the school corporation.

(E) Any other pertinent information required by the department, including evidence guaranteeing that if the school corporation receives a grant under this chapter, the school corporation will have developed a plan to evaluate the impact and results of the school corporation’s program.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-31-5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4.

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