Transportation of homeless student to school of origin; agreement between school corporations; shared responsibility

Sec. 4. (a) If a homeless student temporarily stays in the homeless student's original school corporation but outside the attendance area for the school of origin, the original school corporation shall provide transportation for the homeless student from the place where the homeless student is temporarily staying to the school of origin. (b) If: (1) a homeless student's school of origin is located in a school corporation in which the homeless student does not temporarily stay; and (2) the homeless student does not elect to attend a school located in the school corporation in which the homeless student is temporarily staying; the original school corporation and the transitional school corporation shall enter into an agreement concerning the responsibility for and apportionment of the costs of transporting the homeless student to the school of origin. (c) If the original school corporation and the transitional school corporation are unable to reach an agreement under subsection (b), the responsibility for transporting the homeless student to the school of origin is shared equally between both school corporations, and the cost of transporting the homeless student to the school of origin is apportioned equally between both school corporations.