Title 20, EDUCATION

Sec. 2. The executive shall hire directly for those positions as approved by the state personnel department and the board any candidate the executive considers qualified to fill a position at the school. The state personnel department, in collaboration with the board, shall annua…

Sec. 4. (a) Notwithstanding IC 22-2-5-2, the school and: (1) an employee if there is no representative described under subdivision (2) or (3) for that employee; (2) the exclusive representative of its certificated employees with respect to those employees; or (3) a labor organiza…

Sec. 1. It is the sense of the general assembly: (1) that the establishment and maintenance of a general, a uniform, and an efficient system of public schools is the traditional and current policy of the state; (2) that improvement in the organization of school corporations of th…

Sec. 11. (a) A county committee for the reorganization of school corporations consists of nine (9) members. All the members of the committee are appointed by the judge of the circuit court of the county. Appointments under this subsection are subject to subsections (f) through (h…

Sec. 12. (a) In formulating a preliminary reorganization plan and with respect to each of the community school corporations that are a part of the reorganization plan, the county committee shall determine the following: (1) The name of the community school corporation. (2) Subjec…

Sec. 13. (a) When a county committee has prepared its preliminary written plans for reorganization of school corporations, the committee shall fix dates and places for one (1) or more hearings on the plans and give notice of the hearings to the residents of the school corporation…

Sec. 15. The county committee may submit to the state board for approval, in accordance with section 18 of this chapter, a plan for the reorganization of one (1) or more school corporations without awaiting the completion of a comprehensive plan. The plan becomes an integral part…

Sec. 16. The form of a preliminary or final comprehensive plan of reorganization is sufficient if the plan contains in its own terms or by reference the following for each proposed community school corporation: (1) The name of the proposed community school corporation. (2) A gene…

Sec. 17. (a) The county committee may form one (1) or more advisory committees. (b) An advisory committee may include as members: (1) superintendents; or (2) principals; of local school corporations. (c) An advisory committee or the individual members of an advisory committee sha…

Sec. 18. (a) The state board shall: (1) aid the county committees, as required by subsection (b), in carrying out: (A) the powers conferred; and (B) the duties imposed; on the committees by this chapter; (2) receive and examine each plan for the reorganization of a school corpora…

Sec. 19. (a) If the creation of a community school corporation out of an existing corporation: (1) would not involve a change in its territorial boundaries or in its board of school trustees or other governing body, other than a change in the time of election or appointment or th…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "attendance unit" or "school unit" means the area of an administrative unit served by a single school. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-3(6).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 20. (a) After the state board approves a comprehensive plan or partial plan for reorganization of school corporations as submitted to the state board by a county committee, the state board shall promptly, by certified mail with return receipt requested, give written notice o…

Sec. 21. (a) If the chairperson of the county committee does not receive the certification or combined certifications under section 20(f) of this chapter not later than ninety (90) days after the receipt by the county committee of the plan referred to in section 20(a) of this cha…

Sec. 22. (a) This section applies to a proposed school corporation reorganization plan approved by the state board that involves no change in: (1) territorial boundaries; or (2) the board of school trustees or other governing body; of a school corporation, other than a change in …

Sec. 23. (a) If a proposal for the formation of a community school corporation is rejected by the voters at the special election provided for in this chapter, the county committee shall: (1) subject to subsection (b), devise a new plan of reorganization considered more acceptable…

Sec. 24. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a public official fails to perform a duty required under this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5 within the time prescribed in this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5, the omission does not invalidate a…

Sec. 25. (a) A party aggrieved by the decision of the county committee after the hearing provided for under section 13 of this chapter may: (1) appear before the state board when the state board holds public hearings on the reorganization plan involved; and (2) state the grievanc…

Sec. 26. (a) This section applies to each community school corporation. (b) A community school corporation established under this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5, is a body corporate and politic. The corporation may: (1) sue and be sued; and (2) acquire, hold, and …

Sec. 27. (a) Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to a community school corporation created before March 12, 1965. A community school corporation created before March 12, 1965, shall operate in accordance with the plan under which it was created and the statutes applicable to tha…

Sec. 28. (a) Subsections (b) through (g) do not apply to a community school corporation created before March 12, 1965. A community school corporation created before March 12, 1965, shall operate in accordance with the plan under which it was created and the statutes applicable to…

Sec. 29.1. (a) This section applies to each school corporation. (b) If a plan provides for election of members of the governing body, the members of the governing body shall be elected at a general election. Each candidate must file a petition of nomination in accordance with IC …

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "community school corporation" means a school corporation: (1) proposed to be formed; or (2) formed; under this chapter, including a united school corporation. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-3(3).] As …

Sec. 30. (a) This section applies to each school corporation. (b) If a tie vote occurs among any of the candidates, the tie vote shall be resolved under IC 3-12-9-4. (c) If after the first governing body takes office, fewer candidates have been elected to the school board than th…

Sec. 31. (a) This section applies to each school corporation. (b) If the plan provides for the election of members of the governing body of the community school corporation: (1) the judge of the circuit court; or (2) in the case of a united school corporation, the judge of the ci…

Sec. 32. (a) This section applies to each school corporation. (b) The governing body does not assume its powers and duties until the date the community school corporation becomes effective. For thirty (30) days before the date on which the governing body of a community school cor…

Sec. 33. (a) This section applies to each school corporation. (b) The governing body shall: (1) divide the community school corporation into the proper attendance units; (2) adopt rules with respect to the units; and (3) provide adequate and practical transportation if a reorgani…

Sec. 34. (a) This section applies to a community school corporation located in a county containing a consolidated city. (b) The same method used to cast votes for all other offices for which candidates have qualified to be on the election ballot must be used for the school board …

Sec. 35. (a) The governing body of a school corporation may be organized under this section. (b) The governing body consists of seven (7) members, elected as follows: (1) Four (4) members elected from districts, with one (1) member serving from each election district. A member el…

Sec. 35.5. (a) Not later than December 31, 2013, the governing body shall do the following: (1) Send a copy of the school corporation's plan to the circuit court clerk of each county in which the school corporation is located. (2) If any members of the governing body are elected …

Sec. 36. (a) This section applies to a school corporation located in a county containing a consolidated city. (b) The same method used to cast votes for all other offices for which candidates have qualified to be on the election ballot must be used for the governing body offices …

Sec. 37. (a) A consolidation or reorganization of a school corporation does not become effective until the consolidation or reorganization is approved by the state board. (b) Except to the extent set forth in subsection (a), this chapter shall be construed as being supplemental t…

Sec. 38. (a) Whenever an entire county has been reorganized under this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5, by the creation of a community school corporation or corporations for the entire county, the county committee shall be dissolved. Where the term of any member of…

Sec. 39. A county committee formed under this chapter and the state board may accept donations of money or other articles of value to assist in financing the studies authorized by this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-31.] As a…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "county committee" or "committee" means the county committee for the reorganization of school corporations provided for in sections 11 through 17 of this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-3(7).] …

Sec. 40. (a) To defray the expenses of the county study, a county committee may prepare and submit a budgetary request to the county council on or before August 1 of each year during the life of the committee. The county council may, upon receipt of a request, establish a uniform…

Sec. 42. An action to enjoin school construction or the performance of any of the terms and conditions of a lease or the execution, sale, or delivery of bonds, on the ground that any approval should not have been granted, may not be instituted at any time later than fifteen (15) …

Sec. 43. A plan approved by: (1) a county committee or committees; and (2) the state board before May 1, 1984; may provide for or be amended to provide for delaying the commencement of the terms of some members of the governing body for one (1) year and for extending the terms of…

Sec. 44. (a) This section applies only to a school corporation with territory in a county having a population of more than one hundred eighty-five thousand (185,000) and less than two hundred thousand (200,000). (b) This section applies if there is a: (1) tie vote in an election …

Sec. 45. A community school corporation created or organized under this chapter may change its name at any time by adoption of a resolution by majority vote of the governing body. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-2…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "party" includes: (1) a person; (2) a firm; (3) a limited liability company; (4) a corporation; (5) an association; or (6) a municipality; interested in proceedings under this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Ci…

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "reorganization of school corporations" means the formation of new school corporations, the alteration of the boundaries of established school corporations, and the dissolution of established school corporations by: (1) the uniting of two (2) or m…

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "school aid bonds" means bonds of a civil unit of government, the proceeds of which are used for school purposes in any school corporation. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-3(13).] As added by P.L.1-2005…

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter,"united school corporation" means a school corporation that has territory in two (2) or more adjacent counties. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-3(4).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 1. A charter must meet the following requirements: (1) Be a written instrument. (2) Be executed by an authorizer and an organizer. (3) Confer certain rights, franchises, privileges, and obligations on a charter school. (4) Confirm the status of a charter school as a public s…

Sec. 1.5. (a) Before an organizer that has received written notice from its current authorizer that its charter will be revoked or will not be renewed may receive a charter from another authorizer, the authorizer must request to have the proposal reviewed by the state board at a …