Sec. 7. (a) If a determination is made that the applicant is eligible for assistance, the school corporation shall pay the cost of the student's required fees.

(b) A school corporation shall receive a reimbursement from the department for some or all of the costs incurred by a school corporation during a school year in providing curricular materials assistance to students who are eligible under section 2 of this chapter.

(c) To be guaranteed some level of reimbursement from the department, the governing body of a school corporation shall request the reimbursement before November 1 of a school year.

(d) In its request, the governing body shall certify to the department:

(1) the number of students who are enrolled in that school corporation and who are eligible for assistance under this chapter;

(2) the costs incurred by the school corporation in providing:

(A) curricular materials (including curricular materials used in special education and high ability classes) to these students;

(B) workbooks, digital content, and consumable curricular materials (including workbooks, consumable curricular materials, and other consumable instructional materials that are used in special education and high ability classes) that are used by students for not more than one (1) school year; and

(C) instead of the purchase of curricular materials, developmentally appropriate material for instruction in kindergarten through the grade 3 level, laboratories, and children's literature programs;

(3) that the curricular materials described in subdivision (2)(A) (except curricular materials used in special education classes and high ability classes) have been adopted by the governing body; and

(4) any other information required by the department.

(e) Each school within a school corporation shall maintain complete and accurate information concerning the number of students determined to be eligible for assistance under this chapter. This information shall be provided to the department upon request.

(f) Parents receiving other governmental assistance or aid that considers educational needs in computing the entire amount of assistance granted may not be denied assistance if the applicant's total family income does not exceed the standards established by this chapter.

(g) The amount of reimbursement that a school corporation is entitled to receive shall be determined as provided in section 9.5 of this chapter.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-9-9.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.73-2011, SEC.20; P.L.229-2011, SEC.192; P.L.286-2013, SEC.113.