Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the complexity index is the percentage of the school corporation's students who were receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits, or foster care services as of October 1 in the school year ending in the later of:
(1) 2019; or
(2) the first year of operation of the school corporation.
(b) For a conversion charter school, the percentage determined under this section is the percentage of the sponsor school corporation.
(c) If a school corporation's complexity index is less than the school corporation's complexity index for the preceding state fiscal year, the school corporation's complexity index for the state fiscal year is the greater of:
(1) the school corporation's complexity index for the state fiscal year; or
(2) the school corporation's complexity index for the preceding state fiscal year minus twenty-five thousandths (0.025).
(d) For a participating innovation network charter school, the percentage determined under this section is the greater of the percentage for the:
(1) participating innovation network charter school; or
(2) school corporation with which the participating innovation network charter school has contracted.
As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.301. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.229; P.L.217-2017, SEC.134; P.L.108-2019, SEC.233.