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IN Code § 20-25-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-2. Contracts Involving More Than $75,000; Bidding for Supplies and Materials

Sec. 2. (a) A contract involving more than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) must be:(1) in writing;(2) executed in the name of the board by:(A) the board's business manager; or(B) another board designated employee; and(3) approved by the board.(b) If money for a contract or purchase has been appropriated by the board, the designated employee may make contracts and purchases not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) in any one (1) transaction. A contract and purchase under this subsection must be reported to the board at its next regular meeting.(c) A purchase of supplies or materials may not be made from one (1) person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation at any one (1) time or in any one (1) transaction totalling more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) unless bids for the purchase of the supplies or the materials have been advertised and accepted. The board shall determine the mode and manner of advertising for bids for supplies and materials.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-15.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-3. School Building Improvements; Bidding Procedure

Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply if the board by formal vote elects to:(1) build;(2) enlarge;(3) make alterations to; or(4) make improvements to;a school or building owned by the board if the project described in subdivisions (1) through (4) will cost not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) and the board intends to complete the project using its own employees.(b) If subsection (a) does not apply and the board determines to:(1) build;(2) enlarge;(3) make alterations to; or(4) make improvements to;a school or building owned by the board, the cost of which is estimated to be more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the business manager or other board designated employee shall advertise for bids in the manner provided in subsection (c).(c) The advertisements for bids must be placed as follows:(1) One (1) advertisement must be placed each week for three (3) weeks.(2) The first advertisement must be placed at least twenty-one (21) days before the bids are opened.(3) The advertisement must be placed in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the city.The board shall enter in full in the minutes that advertisements for bids have been placed under this subsection.(d) If bids are taken under this section, a bid must be:(1) enclosed by the bidder in an envelope sealed by the bidder; and(2) presented at a meeting of the board or the bid committee of the board at the time and place fixed by the advertisement.A bid may not be received after the time established in the advertisement.(e) The business manager at the hour established in the advertisements and in the presence of the board or the bid committee shall open all the bids. The bids must then be publicly read by a designated employee and be immediately entered in full in the records of the board.(f) The board shall, by general rules, specify the condition of each bid, and only the lowest and best bids from responsible bidders may be accepted. The board may, if the board has reason to suspect collusion among bidders, reject the bids of all bidders involved in the collusion.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-16.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-4. Designation of Bid Committee; Opening and Tabulating of Bids

Sec. 4. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may designate a committee of the board, which may consist of employees or officers of the board, to open or tabulate bids at a date, time, and place fixed by advertisement for:(1) the purchase of:(A) supplies;(B) material;(C) equipment; or(D) land;(2) the building, enlargement, or alteration of any school building; or(3) any other purpose.(b) The committee of the board shall open and tabulate each bid that is presented to the committee. The bids shall be:(1) read and tabulated publicly;(2) immediately entered in the record of the board; and(3) reported to the board at the board's next meeting.(c) A bid shall be accepted or rejected by the committee of the board under this section. The bid shall be accepted or rejected by the board in an official board meeting.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-17.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-4-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-10. Limitations on Debt; Eminent Domain Power of Board of School Commissioners

Sec. 10. (a) If the compensation to be paid for the purchase of real estate or an interest in real estate required by the board for the board's purposes cannot be agreed upon or determined by the:(1) board; and(2) persons owning or having an interest in the land desired;the board may, by eminent domain, determine the compensation and acquire the title to the real estate or interest in the real estate by court action under IC 32-24.(b) The right and power of the board to own and acquire real estate and interests in real estate in any manner and for any purpose specified in this chapter or by the general school laws of Indiana is not limited to real estate situated within the corporate boundaries of the civil city in which a school city is located. However, the right and power to acquire and own real estate extends to any parcel or trace of real estate the whole of which is situated:(1) within one-half (1/2) mile of the nearest point on the corporate boundary of the civil city;(2) within a platted territory:(A) outside but contiguous to; or(B) contiguous to another platted territory that is contiguous to;the corporate boundary of the civil city; or(3) within one-half (1/2) mile of the nearest point of the boundary of a platted territory:(A) outside but contiguous to; or(B) contiguous to another platted territory that is contiguous to;the corporate boundary of the civil city."Platted territory", as used in this subsection, means a territory or land area for which a plat has been recorded in the manner provided by Indiana law pertaining to the recording of plats of land.(c) Before acquiring any real estate or interest in real estate outside the corporate limits of the civil city, the board must, by resolution entered into the record of the board's corporate minutes, find and determine that, in the judgment of the board, the real estate or interest in real estate to be acquired will be needed for the future purposes of the board. This chapter does not limit the right of any board to accept, own, and hold real estate or an interest in real estate, wherever situated, that is acquired by the board by gift or devise.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-22.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.113.
IN Code § 20-25-4-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-11. Board of School Commissioners; Powers and Duties Conferred by Law

Sec. 11. The board has the powers and duties conferred upon governing bodies by existing statutes and by the general school laws, including IC 20-26-1, IC 20-26-2, IC 20-26-3, IC 20-26-4, IC 20-26-5, IC 20-26-7, and IC 20-41-1, to the extent the powers and duties are consistent with this chapter.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-24.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.114.
IN Code § 20-25-4-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-12. Board of School Commissioners; Powers; Prohibited Land Acquisitions

Sec. 12. (a) The board may:(1) except as provided in subsection (b), acquire by purchase, devise, gift, lease, or condemnation grounds needed by the school city;(2) construct or lease buildings for school, school administration, or school office purposes;(3) employ and pay all employees needed in any branch of the work committed to the board;(4) disburse, according to law, all money of the school city for lawful school city purposes;(5) have and exercise in the school city full and exclusive:(A) authority concerning the conduct and management of all common schools, including elementary schools and high schools; and(B) power to establish and enforce all regulations for the:(i) grading of; and(ii) courses of;instruction in all schools and for the government and discipline of the schools;(6) divide the city into districts for school attendance purposes;(7) maintain special day or night schools to which the board may admit adults and children at least fifteen (15) years of age; and(8) maintain playgrounds and vacation schools.(b) The board may not acquire the following real property:Lots 693-719, inclusive, and 7 1/2 feet west of and adjacent to such lots, in Norcliffe Addition, an addition to the city of Indianapolis, as per plat thereof, recorded in plat book 18 at pages 165 and 166, in the office of the recorder of Marion County, Indiana.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-24.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-4-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-13. Operating Expenses for Special Schools and Vacation Schools; Imposition of Fees

Sec. 13. (a) The expense of operating:(1) special schools under section 12(a)(7) of this chapter must be paid out of the board's education fund; and(2) playgrounds and vacation schools under section 12(a)(8) of this chapter must be paid out of the board's operations fund.(b) The board may make and impose fees that the board considers reasonable for:(1) enrollment of any high school graduate in any class offered in a special school; and(2) enrollment by any person at least seventeen (17) years of age in any special school class that does not provide credit toward graduation or progression in the regularly maintained common schools in the school city.(c) The receipts from fees under this section become a part of the board's education fund.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-24.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.244-2017, SEC.34.
IN Code § 20-25-4-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-14. School Cities; Power to Sell Real Estate and Transfer Personal Property

Sec. 14. (a) Except as provided in IC 20-26-7.1, a school city may:(1) sell real estate;(2) transfer personal property; and(3) execute deeds of conveyance and instruments of transfer with or without covenants of warranty;if, in the opinion of the board, the real estate or personal property cannot be advantageously used for school or library purposes and can be sold for its fair cash value.(b) A determination by the board that real estate or personal property cannot be advantageously used under subsection (a) must be entered into the record of the minutes of the school city's board.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-25.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.270-2019, SEC.5.
IN Code § 20-25-4-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-15. Absence of Board Commissioners or Employees; Reimbursement for Expenses

Sec. 15. (a) The board may, subject to the board's rules, authorize a member of the board or an officer or individual employed by the board to be absent from the school city in the interest of the school city without loss of compensation.(b) The board may refund to an individual described in subsection (a) necessary expenses incurred during the individual's absence. The amount refunded under this subsection must be paid from the board's operations fund.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-26.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.244-2017, SEC.35.
IN Code § 20-25-4-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-16. Industrial or Manual Training and Education System; Establishment

Sec. 16. (a) The board may establish and conduct a system of industrial or manual training and education in connection with and as part of the board's common school system.(b) Industrial or manual training or education may include:(1) the principal use of tools and mechanical implements; and(2) the elementary principles of mechanical construction, mechanical drawing, and printing.The board shall employ competent instructors in each of the various subjects.(c) The board shall establish rules and regulations for the admission of students to the industrial and manual training education system. The rules and regulations must, in the judgment of the board, produce the best results and provide instruction to the largest practicable number of students. The instruction in industrial and manual training education may be given in space provided in school buildings or in separate buildings if, in the judgment of the board, it is most advantageous.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-27.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-4-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-18. Authority of School Cities to Accept Property in Trust

Sec. 18. (a) A school city may accept property in trust to be used for common school or career and technical, trade, or industrial school purposes. The school city, whether made trustee by appointment of a court or by the founder of the trust, may carry out the terms of the trust in conducting common schools or career and technical, trade, or industrial schools.(b) If a school city by:(1) resolution of; or(2) other formal corporate action of;the board accepts real estate or other property in trust under subsection (a), the school city shall perform all requirements made conditions of the trust performable by the trustee.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-29.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.103.
IN Code § 20-25-4-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-19. School Lunches; Expenses

Sec. 19. (a) If the board determines it will promote the health of school children and advance the educational work of the schools, the board may provide for the serving of lunches to the students attending designated schools.(b) The board may:(1) establish kitchens and lunch rooms;(2) provide equipment suitable for kitchens and lunch rooms;(3) make other necessary provision for furnishing and serving lunches; and(4) employ a director and other necessary assistants or employees;to provide lunches under subsection (a).(c) The board shall pay the expenses arising under subsection (b) out of the board's operations fund. The expense of operating a lunch department shall, so far as practicable, be paid from charges paid by the students for the lunches. However, the board may, in the board's discretion, furnish lunches without cost to a student who is needy and unable to pay for the student's lunch.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-30.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.244-2017, SEC.36.
IN Code § 20-25-4-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-20. Applicability of General School Laws

Sec. 20. (a) The general school laws of Indiana and all laws and parts of laws applicable to the general system of common schools in school cities, so far as not inconsistent with this chapter and other provisions of this article, and unless made inapplicable by this article, are in full force and effect in a school city to which this chapter applies.(b) Notwithstanding IC 20-25-13, staff performance evaluation plans in a school city shall be developed and implemented as provided in IC 20-28-11.5-4.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-32.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.155-2020, SEC.5.
IN Code § 20-25-4-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-21. School Reorganization Plans; Applicability

Sec. 21. This chapter applies to the school city to the extent the chapter is not in conflict with:(1) IC 20-23-4 and IC 20-23-16; and(2) the school reorganization plan applicable to the school city or the school city's successor corporation under the terms of IC 20-23-4 and IC 20-23-16.However, IC 20-25-3-4 prevails over any conflicting provision of IC 20-23-4 and IC 20-23-16 and over the provisions of any school reorganization plan.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-33.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-4-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 4. General Administrative Provisions|20-25-4-22. Authority to Establish Police Department

Sec. 22. The governing body of a school city may establish a police department under IC 20-26-16.As added by P.L.132-2007, SEC.5.
IN Code § 20-25-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 5. Real Property Annexations and Transfers; Remonstrances|20-25-5-1. "Acquiring School Corporation"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "acquiring school corporation" means the school corporation that acquires territory as a result of annexation.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 5. Real Property Annexations and Transfers; Remonstrances|20-25-5-2. "Annex"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "annex", "annexing", "annexation", and "school annexation" mean an action in which the boundaries of a school corporation are changed so that additional territory, constituting all or a part of one (1) or more other school corporations, is transferred to the acquiring school corporation.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 5. Real Property Annexations and Transfers; Remonstrances|20-25-5-3. "Annexed Territory"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "annexed territory" means the territory acquired by an acquiring school corporation as a result of annexation from a losing school corporation.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 5. Real Property Annexations and Transfers; Remonstrances|20-25-5-4. "Civil Annexation"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "civil annexation" means an action in which the civil boundaries of a civil city are extended.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 5. Real Property Annexations and Transfers; Remonstrances|20-25-5-5. "Civil City"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "civil city" means a civil city or a civil town, the area of which, or the major part of the area of which, is under the jurisdiction of a school city.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 5. Real Property Annexations and Transfers; Remonstrances|20-25-5-6. "Losing School Corporation"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "losing school corporation" means a school corporation that loses territory to an acquiring school corporation by annexation.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 5. Real Property Annexations and Transfers; Remonstrances|20-25-5-7. "Resolution"

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "resolution" of a school corporation means a resolution duly adopted by the school corporation's governing body.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.87; P.L.118-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 20-25-5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 5. Real Property Annexations and Transfers; Remonstrances|20-25-5-8. "School City"

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "school city" means a school corporation that at any time:(1) is a school city;(2) is a school town;(3) has succeeded to the jurisdiction of all a school city or a school town; or(4) has succeeded to the jurisdiction of a major part in area of a school city or school town.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 5. Real Property Annexations and Transfers; Remonstrances|20-25-5-9. "School Corporation"

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "school corporation" means a public school corporation of the state located in whole or in part in a county containing a consolidated city.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.
IN Code § 20-25-5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 25. Indianapolis Public Schools|Chapter 5. Real Property Annexations and Transfers; Remonstrances|20-25-5-10. Annexation Authorized

Sec. 10. Subject to the limitations and procedure set out in this chapter, any:(1) school corporation may annex territory from any other school corporation by resolutions of the acquiring and losing school corporations as provided in section 11 of this chapter; and(2) school city may annex territory from any other school corporation by a single resolution of the school city as provided in section 12 of this chapter.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-14-2.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.