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IN Code § 20-26-7-27.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-27.5. Abatement of Certain Violations

Sec. 27.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if:(1) as a result of an inspection of a school building under IC 22-14-2-11 that is not an inspection to determine compliance with a legal standard for accreditation, the department of homeland security determines that there is a violation of a fire safety law at the school building;(2) the fire safety law that the department of homeland security determines has been violated at the school building incorporates a standard that:(A) was not a fire safety law at the time of the construction or renovation of the school building and is being applied retroactively to the building by an employee of the department of homeland security; or(B) previously was not applicable to the building; and(3) the violation is not a condition that creates an immediate safety hazard and is monitored under daily maintenance and supervision;the school corporation shall abate the violation before the earlier of one (1) year after the violation determination or six (6) months after the start of the school corporation's next budget year following the violation determination.(b) The expense of the abatement may be paid out of funds appropriated for such purposes in the budget year following a violation determination under subsection (a).As added by P.L.132-2007, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.187-2021, SEC.60.
IN Code § 20-26-7-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-28. Record and Report of Heating System and Fuel Line Inspection

Sec. 28. A report of the inspection described in section 27 of this chapter shall be made to the department of homeland security before September 1 of each year. The report shall be made on forms prescribed and approved by the department of homeland security.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-43-2.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.329; P.L.187-2021, SEC.61.
IN Code § 20-26-7-36 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-36. School Building Construction or Alteration; Feasibility Study

Sec. 36. Before the governing body exercises power granted by any law to spend more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) to build, repair, or alter school buildings that would be financed by:(1) entering into a lease agreement under IC 20-47-2-11 through IC 20-47-2-14 or IC 20-47-3-9 through IC 20-47-3-12;(2) issuing bonds under IC 20-48-1; or(3) any other available method;the governing body may order the preparation and pay the costs of a feasibility study.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-52-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.123.
IN Code § 20-26-7-37 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-37. School Building Construction or Alteration; Hearing and Notice

Sec. 37. (a) If the governing body proposes to construct, repair, or alter a school building at a cost of more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) that would be financed by:(1) entering into a lease agreement under IC 20-47-2-11 through IC 20-47-2-14 or IC 20-47-3-9 through IC 20-47-3-12;(2) issuing bonds under IC 20-48-1; or(3) any other available method;the governing body must hold a public hearing at which explanations of the potential value of the proposed project to the school corporation and to the community shall be given and at which interested parties may present testimony and questions.(b) Notice of the hearing shall be given in accordance with IC 5-3-1. The notice must state that on a given day, time, and place, the governing body will meet to discuss and hear objections and support to the proposed construction.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-52-2.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.124.
IN Code § 20-26-7-38 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-38. School Building Construction or Alteration; Resolution

Sec. 38. At the public hearing and before bids for construction of the project are invited, the governing body shall adopt a resolution that specifies the following:(1) The educational purpose the building will serve.(2) The estimated cost of construction, including the cost of land.(3) Any other pertinent information, including the estimated impact on the tax rate and the proposed sources of funding.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-52-3.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.
IN Code § 20-26-7-39 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-39. Sale or Exchange of Unneeded School Property to State; Terms of Agreement

Sec. 39. (a) If:(1) a school corporation; and(2) the state, either in the name of the state or in the name of the trustees of an agency of the state;each own improved or unimproved real estate that lies within the boundaries of the school corporation and that is not needed or required for the purpose for which it was acquired, the school corporation and the state may sell, trade, exchange, or convey to or with each other the unneeded real estate upon such terms and conditions mutually agreed upon and incorporated in an agreement between the trustees or board of trustees of the school corporation and the state or, if the real estate is held in the name of the trustees of an agency of the state, by the trustees.(b) A value must be assigned to each parcel of real estate involved in the sale, trade, or exchange in the agreement. The assigned value must be the fair market value of the real estate as determined by three (3) appraisers appointed as follows:(1) One (1) to be appointed by the board of trustees of the school corporation.(2) One (1) to be appointed by the state or, if the real estate is held in the name of the trustees of an agency of the state, by the trustees.(3) One (1) to be appointed by the two (2).(c) The agreement must provide for payment by the party owning the real estate of the smaller value to the other party of the difference of value of the properties.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-54-1.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.
IN Code § 20-26-7-40 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-40. Sale or Exchange of Unneeded School Property to State; Execution of Deed

Sec. 40. Whenever:(1) an agreement described in section 39 of this chapter is executed; and(2) the payment of any money is made;deeds of conveyance shall be executed by the trustees or board of trustees of the school corporation and by the state for the transfer of state owned real estate.[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-54-2.]As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.
IN Code § 20-26-7-41 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-41. Township Schools; Sale of Unused School Land

Sec. 41. A township trustee may, whenever:(1) a schoolhouse is removed to a different location or a new one erected for the school in a different place; and(2) the land where the schoolhouse is situated belongs unconditionally to the township, town, or city;sell the land, if the trustee believes it is advantageous to the township, town, or city to do so. The township trustee shall sell the land for the highest price that can be obtained for the land. Upon payment of the purchase money to the township, town, or city, the township trustee shall execute to the purchaser a deed of conveyance, which must be sufficient to vest in the purchaser the title the township, town, or city has to the land. The money derived from the sale becomes a part of the school revenue.[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-80.]As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.125.
IN Code § 20-26-7-42 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-42. Township Schools; Subsequent Conveyance to Correct Error in Prior Conveyance

Sec. 42. (a) If an officer authorized to sell school land sells any lands without a title to the land, the officer or the officer's successor in office may convey other land of equal value that is agreed upon by the officer and the purchaser, purchaser's heirs, or purchaser's assigns. If an agreement is not made, the purchase money, with interest, shall be repaid to the purchaser, purchaser's heirs, purchaser's executors, purchaser's administrators, or purchaser's assigns.(b) Purchase money may not be repaid until the prosecuting attorney has:(1) investigated the facts of the case; and(2) certified to the correctness of the claim.[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-81.]As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.126.
IN Code § 20-26-7-45 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-45. Legalization of Certain School Corporation Actions in Acquiring Property Under Deed With Reverter Clause; School Corporation Rights in Case of Reversion

Sec. 45. (a) The actions of a school corporation taken before January 1, 1993, in acquiring any interest in real estate or a real estate improvement under a deed that contains a reverter clause that limits the use of the property by the school corporation are legalized.(b) If a reversion occurs under a deed described in subsection (a), the school corporation is entitled to the improvements or the fair market value of the improvements made to the property by the school corporation.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.329.
IN Code § 20-26-7-46 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7. Property and Eminent Domain|20-26-7-46. Requirements for Contracts as a Design Professional for a Controlled Project

Sec. 46. A person, organization, or other entity that enters into a contract or an agreement with a school corporation to conduct a feasibility or cost study to assist the school corporation in determining the cost of a controlled project as described in IC 6-1.1-20-3.1(a) or IC 6-1.1-20-3.5(a) may not enter into a contract or agreement as the design professional on the controlled project with the school corporation to complete any part of the controlled project design unless the person, entity, or organization is awarded a contract as the design professional for the controlled project under IC 5-16-11.1.As added by P.L.179-2016, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.246-2017, SEC.7.
IN Code § 20-26-7.1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter Schools|20-26-7.1-1. Application

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a school building that on July 1, 2011, is leased or loaned by the school corporation that owns the school building to another entity, if the entity is not a building corporation or other entity that is related in any way to, or created by, the school corporation or the governing body.As added by P.L.270-2019, SEC.13.
IN Code § 20-26-7.1-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter Schools|20-26-7.1-2. "Charter School"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "charter school" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-24-1-4 and includes an entity that has filed an application with an authorizer and is seeking approval from the authorizer to operate a charter school under IC 20-24-3.As added by P.L.270-2019, SEC.13.
IN Code § 20-26-7.1-2.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter Schools|20-26-7.1-2.3. "State Educational Institution"

Sec. 2.3. As used in this chapter, "state educational institution" has the meaning set forth in IC 21-7-13-32.As added by P.L.155-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 20-26-7.1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter Schools|20-26-7.1-3. Disposal, Sale, Hold Without Operating, Lease, or Demolition of School Building

Sec. 3. (a) This subsection applies to any school building that is owned by a school corporation or any other entity that is related in any way to, or created by, the school corporation or the governing body, including but not limited to a building corporation, and that has at any time been used for classroom instruction. Except as provided in subsection (b)(1), before a governing body may sell, exchange, lease, demolish, hold without operating, or dispose of a school building, a governing body shall do the following:(1) This subdivision applies after June 30, 2021. The governing body shall obtain a certification from the attorney general's office under section 8.5 of this chapter.(2) The governing body shall make available for lease or purchase by a charter school or, after June 30, 2021, a state educational institution any school building owned by the school corporation or any other entity that is related in any way to, or created by, the school corporation or the governing body, including but not limited to a building corporation, that:(A) is vacant or unused; and(B) was previously used for classroom instruction;in order for the charter school to conduct kindergarten through grade 12 classroom instruction or to be used by a state educational institution for an academic purpose.(b) The following are not required to comply with this chapter:(1) A governing body that vacates a school building in order to:(A) renovate the school building for future use by the school corporation; or(B) demolish the school building and build a new school building on the same site as the demolished building.(2) An emergency manager of a distressed school corporation under IC 6-1.1-20.3.(3) The governing body of the School City of East Chicago school corporation for the Carrie Gosch Elementary School building.(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a lease entered into by a governing body under IC 20-26-5-4(a)(7) prior to January 1, 2019, with a state accredited nonpublic school shall remain in full force and effect. In addition, the governing body may, during or at the expiration of the term of such lease, sell the school building leased under IC 20-26-5-4(a)(7) to the nonpublic school at a purchase price mutually agreed to by the governing body and the nonpublic school.As added by P.L.270-2019, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.27; P.L.155-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 20-26-7.1-4.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter Schools|20-26-7.1-4.5. School Corporation Responsibility to Maintain Vacant School Building

Sec. 4.5. (a) After a governing body passes a resolution or takes official action to close, no longer use, or no longer occupy a school building that was previously used for classroom instruction under section 3 of this chapter, a school corporation is responsible for meeting the requirements described in subsection (b) until the applicable school building is:(1) sold or leased to a charter school or state educational institution;(2) sold to an accredited nonpublic school or postsecondary educational institution other than a state educational institution under section 7 of this chapter; or(3) eligible to be sold or otherwise disposed in accordance with IC 36-1-11, IC 20-25-4-14, IC 20-26-5-4(a)(7), and section 8 of this chapter.(b) During the period described in subsection (a), a school corporation is:(1) responsible for the maintenance of a vacant or unused school building, including;(A) protection against theft or vandalism;(B) fire protection; and(C) ensuring the vacant or unused school building is not damaged during adverse weather conditions;(2) responsible for maintaining the physical condition of the vacant or unused school building in the same physical condition the applicable school building was on the last day that it was used for classroom instruction; and(3) financially responsible for any damage or destruction that occurs to the vacant or unused school building.As added by P.L.155-2021, SEC.4.
IN Code § 20-26-7.1-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter Schools|20-26-7.1-5. Sale of School Building to Third Party; Responsibility to Maintain School Building

Sec. 5. (a) If a school building is sold to a charter school or state educational institution under section 3 or 4 of this chapter and the charter school or the state educational institution, or any subsequent owner, subsequently sells or transfers the school building to a third party, the charter school or state educational institution, or subsequent owner, must transfer an amount equal to the gain in the property minus the adjusted basis (including costs of improvements to the school building) to the school corporation that initially sold the vacant school building to the charter school or the state educational institution. Gain and adjusted basis shall be determined in the manner prescribed by the Internal Revenue Code and the applicable Internal Revenue Service regulations and guidelines.(b) A charter school or state educational institution that purchases a school building assumes total control of the school building and must maintain the school building, including utilities, insurance, maintenance, and repairs. In the event a:(1) charter school does not use the school building for classroom instruction; or(2) state educational institution does not use the school building for an academic purpose;within two (2) years after acquiring the school building, the school building shall revert to the school corporation, which may sell or otherwise dispose of the school building under IC 36-1-11.As added by P.L.270-2019, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.155-2021, SEC.5.
IN Code § 20-26-7.1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter Schools|20-26-7.1-6. Responsibility for Expenses or Debt During Lease

Sec. 6. During the term of a lease under section 4 of this chapter, the charter school or the state educational institution is responsible for the direct expenses related to the school building leased, including utilities, insurance, maintenance, repairs, and remodeling. If the lease involves co-locating charter schools or a co-location with a state educational institution, the obligations under the lease of the school building shall be joint and several. The school corporation is responsible for any debt incurred for or liens that attached to the school building before the charter school leased the school building.As added by P.L.270-2019, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.155-2021, SEC.6.
IN Code § 20-26-7.1-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter Schools|20-26-7.1-8. Sale of Vacant or Unused School Building With More Than Two Hundred Thousand Square Feet

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to the sale of a vacant or unused school building with more than two hundred thousand (200,000) gross square feet under IC 36-1-11, as permitted by this chapter.(b) In determining whether to accept a proposal to purchase and redevelop the school building and any adjacent property, the governing body must ensure that a charter school that is located within one (1) mile of the site to be redeveloped and has notified the governing body in writing of its interest in locating the charter school on the redeveloped site is provided with the opportunity to lease adequate facilities on the redeveloped site at fifty percent (50%) or less than the current market rate for the redeveloped property or a rate agreed upon by the parties.(c) In the event that a charter school does not enter into a lease for the appropriate facilities as part of the initial development of the school building parcel, this section shall no longer be binding on the school corporation or the purchaser of the property, which shall not be required to make the space available for use by another charter school.As added by P.L.270-2019, SEC.13.
IN Code § 20-26-7.1-8.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 20. Education|Article 26. School Corporations: General Administrative Provisions|Chapter 7.1. Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter Schools|20-26-7.1-8.5. Certification by Attorney General

Sec. 8.5. (a) This section applies after June 30, 2021.(b) Except as provided in section 3(b)(1) of this chapter, if a governing body passes a resolution to sell, exchange, lease, demolish, hold without operation, or dispose of a school building, the governing body of the school corporation must receive a certification from the attorney general to ensure that the governing body is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The governing body of the school corporation shall submit an application, not later than fifteen (15) days after the governing body passes the resolution described in this subsection, to the attorney general in a manner prescribed by the attorney general. The attorney general shall approve or deny a certification within thirty (30) days of the date the request for certification is received by the attorney general. If the attorney general denies a certification under this section, the attorney general shall provide the specific reason why the request for certification was denied. If a governing body's request for certification is denied under this subsection, the governing body may reapply for certification upon remedying the reason for the attorney general's certification denial.(c) A contract entered by a school corporation to sell, lease, demolish, or otherwise dispose of a school building without receiving a certification from attorney general under this section is null and void.(d) The attorney general shall submit all certification findings to the department, which shall post the attorney general's certification findings on the department's Internet web site.As added by P.L.155-2021, SEC.8.