CHAPTER 2. INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
IC 20-21-2
Chapter 2. Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
IC 20-21-2-1
Establishment; services provided
Sec. 1. The Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is
established as a state educational resource center that includes the
following:
(1) A residential and day school.
(2) Outreach services.
(3) Consultative services to local educational agencies to assist
the agencies in meeting the needs of locally enrolled students
with visual disabilities.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.52.
IC 20-21-2-2
Purpose
Sec. 2. The school shall provide for the instruction, education, and
care of children who are determined to have a serious visual
disability by case conference in accordance with Indiana law and
federal law.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5.
IC 20-21-2-3
Educational facilities, educational programs, and training
Sec. 3. The school shall provide the following:
(1) Educational facilities that meet standards established by the
state board for regular public schools.
(2) Educational facilities for school age individuals.
(3) Educational programs and services to meet those special
needs imposed by visual impairment so that a student with a
visual disability (including a student with multiple disabilities
with visual impairment) may achieve the student's maximum
ability for independence in academic pursuits, career
opportunities, travel, personal care, and home management.
(4) Training to permit a student with a visual disability
(including a student with multiple disabilities with visual
impairment) to achieve the student's maximum development
toward self-support and independence by the provision of
services in counseling, orientation and mobility, and other
related services.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.162.
IC 20-21-2-4
Executive; appointment and qualifications
Sec. 4. (a) The board shall appoint the chief executive officer,
subject to the approval of the governor. The executive serves at the
pleasure of the board and may be removed for cause.
(b) The executive appointee must have the following
qualifications:
(1) Be an educator with knowledge, skill, and ability in the
appointee's profession.
(2) Have at least five (5) years experience in instruction of
students with visual impairment disabilities.
(3) Have a master's degree or a higher degree.
(4) Meet the qualifications for an Indiana teacher's certificate in
the area of visual impairment disabilities.
(5) Have at least five (5) years experience supervising other
individuals.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.53.
IC 20-21-2-5
Executive; responsibilities
Sec. 5. (a) The executive, subject to the approval of the board and
IC 20-21-4, has complete responsibility for management of the
school.
(b) The executive has responsibility for the following:
(1) Direction of the education, care, safety, and well-being of all
students in attendance.
(2) Evaluation and improvement of the school staff, educational
programs, and support services.
(3) Implementation and administration of the policies, mission,
and goals of the school as established by the board.
(4) Serving as the purchasing agent for the school under
IC 5-22-4-8.
(5) Implementation of budgetary matters as recommended by
the board and the department of education under
IC 20-21-3-10(b).
(6) Management of the school's outreach program with local
public schools.
(7) Advocating on behalf of the school under guidelines
established by the board.
(8) Executing contracts on behalf of the school.
(c) The executive is the appointing authority for all employees
necessary to properly conduct and operate the school.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.54.
IC 20-21-2-6
Students admitted to school
Sec. 6. Subject to:
(1) the determination by case conference committees based on
individualized education programs; and
(2) the school's admissions criteria adopted by the board under
IC 20-21-3-10(a)(4);
the executive shall receive as students in the school Indiana residents
who are school age individuals with a visual disability.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.55;
P.L.99-2007, SEC.163.
IC 20-21-2-7
Placement review committee
Sec. 7. (a) A placement review committee for the school is
established. The placement review committee consists of one (1)
representative of each of the following:
(1) The board.
(2) The office of the secretary of family and social services.
(3) The state superintendent.
(b) The placement review committee shall meet upon petition of
an interested party to review the following:
(1) Applications to the school denied through the process
described in section 6 of this chapter.
(2) All instances of dismissal from the school for reasons other
than graduation, voluntary transition to another educational
facility, or voluntary departure from the school.
(c) The executive shall serve as an adviser to the placement
review committee. The executive shall provide the placement review
committee with information and justification for all application
denials and dismissals under review.
(d) The placement review committee may recommend that
application denials or dismissals be reconsidered.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.56.
IC 20-21-2-8
Expenses of certain students to be paid by county
Sec. 8. Upon the presentation of satisfactory evidence showing
that:
(1) there is a school age individual with a visual disability
residing in a county;
(2) the individual is entitled to the facilities of the school;
(3) the individual's parent wishes the individual to participate in
the school's educational program but is unable to pay the
expenses of maintaining the individual at the school; and
(4) the individual is entitled to placement in the school under
section 6 of this chapter;
a court with jurisdiction shall, upon application by the county office
of the division of family resources, order the individual to be sent to
the school at the expense of the county. The expenses include the
expenses described in section 10 of this chapter and shall be paid
from the county general fund.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.146-2008,
SEC.457; P.L.44-2009, SEC.33.
IC 20-21-2-9
Applicability of compulsory school attendance laws
Sec. 9. The compulsory school attendance laws of Indiana apply
to all children with visual disabilities. The case conference
committee may place a child with a visual disability at the school.
The child shall attend the school during the full scholastic term of the
school unless the case conference committee changes the placement.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5.
IC 20-21-2-10
Provision of medical care, basic necessities, and transportation to
students
Sec. 10. (a) The school shall provide board, room, laundry, and
ordinary medical attention, including emergency medical attention.
(b) While a student is enrolled at the school, the student's parent,
guardian, or responsible relative or another person shall provide
medical, optical, and dental care involving special medication or
prostheses.
(c) While a student is enrolled at the school, the student's parent,
guardian, or another responsible relative or person shall suitably
provide the student with clothing and other essentials not otherwise
provided under this article.
(d) The school corporation in which the student has legal
settlement shall pay the cost of transportation required by the
student's individualized education program under IC 20-35-8-2.
However, the student's parent, guardian, or another responsible
relative or person shall pay the cost of transportation not required by
the student's individualized education program.
(e) The student's parent, guardian, or another responsible relative
or person shall provide the incidental expense money needed by the
student.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5.
IC 20-21-2-11
Adult education program
Sec. 11. (a) The school may establish an adult education program.
(b) The school may establish an appropriate fee for services for an
adult education program. Federal grants or matching funds may also
be used, subject to approval of the budget agency.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5.
IC 20-21-2-12
Vocational work-study program
Sec. 12. The school may establish a vocational work-study
program.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5.
IC 20-21-2-13
Receipt of gifts, legacies, devises, and conveyances
Sec. 13. The executive may, subject to the approval of the
governor and the policies of the board, receive, for the use of the
school, gifts, legacies, devises, and conveyances of real or personal
property that are made, given, or granted to or for the school.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.218-2005, SEC.57.