Sec. 3. A school corporation may appeal to the department of local government finance under IC 6-1.1-19 to increase the school corporation's maximum permissible operations fund levy. The appeal must be filed with the department of local government finance before October 20 of the year before the increase is proposed to take effect. To be granted an increase by the department of local government finance, the school corporation must establish that the increase is necessary because of a cost increase of at least ten percent (10%) over the preceding year for at least one (1) of the following:
(1) A fuel expense increase.
(2) A cost increase due to an increase in the number of students enrolled in the school corporation who need transportation or an increase in the mileage traveled by the school corporation's buses compared with the previous year.
(3) A cost increase due to an increase in the number of students enrolled in special education who need transportation or an increase in the mileage traveled by the school corporation's buses due to students enrolled in special education as compared with the previous year.
(4) Increased transportation operating costs due to compliance with a court ordered desegregation plan.
(5) A cost increase due to the closure of a school building within the school corporation that results in a significant increase in the distances that students must be transported to attend another school building.
(6) A cost increase due to restructuring or redesigning transportation services due to a need for additional, expanded, consolidated, or modified routes.
(7) A labor cost increase due to a labor shortage affecting the school corporation's ability to hire qualified transportation employees.
In addition, before the department of local government finance may grant a maximum permissible operations fund levy increase, the school corporation must establish that the school corporation will be unable to provide transportation services without an increase. The department of local government finance may grant a levy increase that is less than the increase requested by the school corporation. If the department of local government finance determines that a permanent increase in the maximum permissible levy is necessary, the increase granted under this section shall be added to the school corporation's maximum permissible operations fund levy as provided in section 1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.244-2017, SEC.106. Amended by P.L.140-2018, SEC.23.
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