Sec. 7. (a) The department may not accept or distribute to school corporations grants from the federal government under Title III of P.L.103-227 (repealed), if the state superintendent determines that acceptance or distribution of grant money does at least one (1) of the following:

(1) Authorizes an officer or employee of the federal government to mandate, direct, or control at least one (1) of the following:

(A) The department.

(B) A school corporation.

(C) A school curriculum or program of instruction.

(D) Allocation of a state or local government resource.

(2) Requires the department, a school corporation, or a school to spend money or incur an expense not paid under Title III of P.L.103-227 (repealed).

(3) Requires a school corporation, as a condition of participation, to increase the access of students to at least one (1) of the following:

(A) Social services.

(B) Health care.

(C) Nutrition.

(D) Services related to the services listed in clauses (A) through (C).

(E) Child care services.

(4) Requires a school corporation, as a condition of participation, to implement an outcome based education program.

(5) Requires a school corporation, as a condition of participation, to adopt:

(A) a national curriculum; or

(B) national assessment standards.

(6) Requires federal government certification of:

(A) a state curriculum; or

(B) state assessment standards.

(b) The governing body of a school corporation that receives a grant under this section may withdraw from participation in the grant program at the following times:

(1) At the end of a school year.

(2) At any time during a school year, if money received for participation in the grant program is returned to the department. The amount that a school corporation must return to the department is the amount received for expenditure during the time after the school corporation has ceased to participate in the program.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-1.1-9.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.3.