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.