# Ind. Code § 20-51-4-5.5: Petition to reconsider choice scholarship payment; membership count

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 20-51-4-5.5
- **Heading:** Petition to reconsider choice scholarship payment; membership count
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 51 / Chapter 4 / Section 20-51-4-5.5

## Text

Sec. 5.5. (a) A parent of an eligible choice scholarship student or an eligible school on behalf of a parent of an eligible choice scholarship student may petition the department to reconsider the payment of a choice scholarship for a student enrolled in the eligible school if the parent has reason to believe that the student was determined ineligible due to membership data inaccuracies reported by a school. Petitions must be received by the department not later than thirty (30) days after the date of notification of payment based on the official fall and spring ADM count dates.

(b) If the department determines that a student described in subsection (a) is eligible for a choice scholarship under this chapter, the department may adjust the membership count of choice scholarship students for the applicable eligible school.

(c) If the department adjusts a count used for a distribution under this chapter, the department shall adjust subsequent distributions to the eligible school that is affected by the adjusted count, on the schedule determined by the department, to reflect the differences between the distribution that the eligible school received and the distribution that the eligible school would have received if the adjusted count had been used.

As added by P.L.232-2025, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.159-2026, SEC.24.

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