Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the state board may prescribe a program of summer school education for public schools. Subject to subsection (b), the state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for:

(1) summer school programs; and

(2) the state distribution formula for any money appropriated by the general assembly for summer school education to allow for the reimbursement for:

(A) instructional costs; and

(B) costs of tuition for an applicable online summer school course.

     (b) The state board shall give priority reimbursement, which must be exempt from the distribution formula adopted by the state board under subsection (a), for all eligible costs for summer school courses that include curriculum aligned with the science of reading designated by the department to support students in:

(1) grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient; and

(2) grade 3 who are not reading proficient;

as indicated on the determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board under IC 20-32-8.5-2.

     (c) A state accredited nonpublic school and an eligible school (as defined in IC 20-51-1-4.7) shall be eligible for summer school funding for courses that include curriculum aligned with the science of reading designated by the department to support students in:

(1) grade 2 who are at risk of not being reading proficient; and

(2) grade 3 who are not reading proficient;

as indicated on the determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board under IC 20-32-8.5-2.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.167-2018, SEC.7; P.L.5-2024, SEC.7.