Sec. 13. (a) Subject to subsection (f), a nonpublic school may enter into a contract with the state board to become a freeway school.

     (b) The state board and the governing body of a nonpublic school must enter into a contract that complies with this chapter to designate the nonpublic school as a freeway school if the nonpublic school:

(1) petitions the state board for designation as a freeway school; and

(2) agrees to comply with this chapter.

     (c) A nonpublic school becomes a freeway school when the contract is signed, before July 1, 2020, by:

(1) the state superintendent of public instruction, acting for the state board after a majority of the members of the board have voted in a public session to enter into the contract; and

(2) the president of the governing body of the nonpublic school, acting for the governing body of the nonpublic school after a majority of the members of the governing body have voted to enter into the contract.

     (d) The state board shall accredit a nonpublic school that:

(1) becomes a freeway school under this chapter; and

(2) complies with the terms of the contract.

     (e) The state board may accredit a nonpublic school under this section at the time the nonpublic school enters into the contract under subsection (a).

     (f) The state board and the governing body of a nonpublic school may not enter into, renew, or otherwise extend a contract under this chapter after June 30, 2020.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-13.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.251-2017, SEC.8; P.L.92-2020, SEC.37; P.L.43-2021, SEC.80.