CHAPTER 2. SCHOOL LUNCH AND TEXTBOOK RENTAL PROGRAMS

IC 20-41-2
     Chapter 2. School Lunch and Textbook Rental Programs

IC 20-41-2-1
Township school; election to use separate school lunch fund or extracurricular account
    
Sec. 1. Each township trustee in operating a school lunch program may use either of the following accounting methods:
        (1) The township trustee may supervise and control the program through its school corporation account by establishing a school lunch fund.
        (2) The township trustee may have the program operated by the individual schools of the school corporation through the school corporation's extracurricular account or accounts under IC 20-41-1.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.164.

IC 20-41-2-2
Township school; election to use separate textbook rental fund or extracurricular account
    
Sec. 2. Each township trustee in operating a textbook rental program may use either of the following accounting methods:
        (1) The township trustee may supervise and control the program through its school corporation account by establishing a textbook rental fund.
        (2) If textbooks have not been purchased and financial commitments or guarantees for the purchases have not been made by the school corporation, the township trustee may have the program operated by the individual schools of the school corporation through the school corporation's extracurricular account or accounts under IC 20-41-1.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.164.

IC 20-41-2-3
Township schools; expenditures without appropriation
    
Sec. 3. (a) If a school lunch fund is established under section 1 of this chapter or a textbook rental fund is established under section 2 of this chapter, the receipts and expenditures for each program shall be made to and from the proper fund without appropriation or the application of other laws relating to the budgets of local governmental units.
    (b) If either program or both programs under sections 1 and 2 of this chapter are operated through the extracurricular account, the township trustee shall approve the amount of the bond of the treasurer of the extracurricular account in an amount the township trustee considers necessary to protect the account for all funds coming into the hands of the treasurer.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.164.

IC 20-41-2-4 School corporations; election to use separate school lunch fund or extracurricular account
    
Sec. 4. A governing body in operating a school lunch program under IC 20-26-5-4(11) may use either of the following accounting methods:
        (1) It may supervise and control the program through the school corporation account, establishing a school lunch fund.
        (2) It may cause the program to be operated by the individual schools of the school corporation through the school corporation's extracurricular account or accounts in accordance with IC 20-41-1.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.164.

IC 20-41-2-5
School corporations; election to use separate textbook rental fund or extracurricular account
    
Sec. 5. (a) A governing body in operating a textbook rental program under IC 20-26-5-4(12) may use either of the following accounting methods:
        (1) The governing body may supervise and control the program through the school corporation account, establishing a textbook rental fund.
        (2) If textbooks have not been purchased and financial commitments or guarantees for the purchases have not been made by the school corporation, the governing body may cause the program to be operated by the individual schools of the school corporation through the school corporation's extracurricular account or accounts in accordance with IC 20-41-1.
    (b) If the governing body determines that a hardship exists due to the inability of a student's family to purchase or rent textbooks, taking into consideration the income of the family and the demands on the family, the governing body may furnish textbooks to the student without charge, without reference to the application of any other statute or rule except IC 20-26-1 through IC 20-26-5, IC 20-26-7, IC 20-40-12, and IC 20-48-1.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.164.

IC 20-41-2-6
School corporations; expenditures without appropriation
    
Sec. 6. (a) If a school lunch fund is established under section 4 of this chapter and a textbook rental fund is established under section 5 of this chapter, the receipts and expenditures from a fund for the program to which the fund relates shall be made to and from the fund without appropriation or the application of other statutes and rules relating to the budgets of municipal corporations.
    (b) If either the lunch program or textbook rental program is handled through the extracurricular account, the governing body of the school corporation shall approve the amount of the bond of the treasurer of the extracurricular account in an amount the governing

body considers sufficient to protect the account for all funds coming into the hands of the treasurer of the account.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.164.

IC 20-41-2-7
Indianapolis public schools; application of other laws
    
Sec. 7. IC 20-25-4-19 applies to a lunch program established by a school city (as defined in IC 20-25-2-12).
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.164.