Sec. 12. (a) If a student is transferred under section 5 of this chapter from a school corporation in Indiana to a public school corporation in another state, the transferor corporation shall pay the transferee corporation the full tuition fee charged by the transferee corporation. However, the amount of the full tuition fee may not exceed the amount charged by the transferor corporation for the same class of school, or if the school does not have the same classification, the amount may not exceed the amount charged by the geographically nearest school corporation in Indiana that has the same classification.

     (b) If a child is:

(1) placed by or with the consent of the department of child services in an out-of-state institution or other facility; and

(2) provided all educational programs and services by a public school corporation in the state where the child is placed, whether at the facility, the public school, or another location;

the department of child services shall pay to the public school corporation in which the child is enrolled, the amount of transfer tuition specified in subsection (c).

     (c) The transfer tuition for which the department of child services is obligated under subsection (b) is equal to the following:

(1) The amount under a written agreement among the department of child services, the institution or other facility, and the governing body of the public school corporation in the other state that specifies the amount and method of computing transfer tuition.

(2) The full tuition fee charged by the transferee corporation, if subdivision (1) does not apply. However, the amount of the full tuition fee must not exceed the amount charged by the transferor corporation for the same class of school, or if the school does not have the same classification, the amount must not exceed the amount charged by the geographically nearest school corporation in Indiana that has the same classification.

     (d) If a child is:

(1) placed by or with the consent of the department of child services in an out-of-state institution or other facility; and

(2) provided:

(A) onsite educational programs and services either through the facility’s employees or by contract with another person or organization that is not a public school corporation; or

(B) educational programs and services by a nonpublic school;

the department of child services shall pay in an amount and in the manner specified in a written agreement between the department of child services and the institution or other facility.

     (e) For purposes of IC 4-13-2, an agreement described in subsection (c) or (d) shall not be treated as a contract.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.1-7.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.150; P.L.146-2008, SEC.470.