1. CCR SCHOOL FORMULA AND OTHER K-12 PROVISIONS
FORMULA ELIMINATES GRANTS AND GUARANTEES THAT ARE NOT
CHILD BASED SIMPLIFIES FORMULA AND MAKES IT MORE FAIR
• Increases the Formula by .5% for CY 2012 and by 1.0% for CY 2013
• Eliminates the Reghoster, Restoration Grants, Small School Grants & Prime Time
Guarantee (over 2 years)
• Target Revenue = Foundation times the Complexity Index plus $150/ADM for enrollments
of at least 500 to a maximum amount of $150,000
• Establishes a maximum for Prior Year Revenue at 120% of Target Revenue
• Transitions all school down to Target Revenue over 7 years
• Transitions all schools below Target Revenue up to Target Revenue in the first year (CY
2012)
• Increases the Complexity Index score needed to qualify for the Second Tier Complexity &
Increases Complexity Index needed to qualify for Primetime funding
• Adds an Honors Grant for students with a technical curriculum
• Funds Special Ed, Career & Technical Ed, and Honors Grants at 2011 level, uses the same
formulas
INCREASES THE FOUNDATION AND COMPLEXITY
INDEX TO BENEFIT ALL SCHOOLS
• Increases Foundation by $80 for 2012 and by $205 for 2013 (over 2011)
• Increases Free/Reduced Lunch Grant in the Complexity Index by $40 for 2012 & by $101
for 2013 (over 2011)
FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN
• Increases annual funding for Full Day Kindergarten by $23.4M or 40%
• Minimum 2% increase expected for grant amount - from $1,030 to $1,050 per child
FUNDS NEW “EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE
AWARDS FOR TEACHERS”
• Provides grants to schools for performance based awards for outstanding teachers,
administered by DOE,
• New Line Item funded at $6M for FY 2010 and $9M for FY 2013
CHARTER SCHOOLS
• School Formula includes enrollment increase of 2,000 students for both 2012 and 2013.
• Funds Virtual Charter Schools at 87.5% of Foundation plus Special Ed Grants
• Funds 1st semester costs for new Charter Schools opening after June 30, 2011 (estimated at
$5M /yr)
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
Allow school corporations with circuit breaker losses exceeding non-debt levies by at least 30%
to restructure debt to reduce annual debt service payments. Annual savings in debt service
expenses can be shifted Capital Projects or Transportation Fund to help offset Circuit Breaker
losses. Referendum required for schools with CB loss from 30% to 45%, Petition Remonstrance
for schools with CB loss greater than 45%

2. TRANSFERS & USE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
Restores the authority (that currently exists but would expire on December 31, 2011 without new
authorization) for a school corporation to use a portion of its Capital Projects Fund (CPF) to pay
for property insurance and utility costs. A school could use an amount up to 3.5% of its 2005
tuition support for both 2012 and 2013.
EARLY GRADUATION SCHOLARSHIPS
Provides that students that graduate from high school immediately after their junior year are
eligible to receive a $4,000 Mitch Daniels Early Graduation Scholarship.
FAILING SCHOOLS
Provides that a school which remains in the lowest performance category for a 5th year becomes a
turnaround academy.” Permits the State Board of Education to approve a petition from a school
corporation to restructure a failing school or permits the State Board to appoint a special
management team to operate the Academy. Includes other provisions addressing operation of
turnaround academies and special management teams