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2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-13. Hearings on Preliminary Plans; Notice

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 corporations affected and all interested parties. The county committee may hold more than one (1) hearing. The chairperson of the county committee shall give the notice:
(1) by publication at least one (1) time in one (1) newspaper of general circulation published in the school corporation or corporations; or
(2) if a newspaper is not published in the school corporation or corporations, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the school corporation or corporations;
at least ten (10) days but not more than thirty (30) days before the date of the hearing.
(b) At the hearing:
(1) the county committee shall:
(A) explain the proposed reorganization plan;
(B) summarize the educational improvements adoption of the plan will make possible; and
(C) if the proposed reorganization includes division of an existing school corporation, state the adjustment proposed for:
(i) property;
(ii) assets;
(iii) debts; and
(iv) other liabilities; and
(2) any resident of the county or of any affected school corporation in an adjoining county may be heard with reference to:
(A) the proposed plan; or
(B) an alternative plan.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-9.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-14. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-10.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.54.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-15. Submission of Reorganization Plans to State Board Prior to Completion of Comprehensive Plan

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 of the comprehensive plan the county committee is required to prepare.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-11.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-16. Required Contents of Preliminary or Final Comprehensive Plan

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 general description of the boundaries of the community school corporation as provided in section 12 of this chapter.
(3) The number of members of the board of school trustees and whether the members are elected or appointed.
(4) The manner in which the board of school trustees, other than the interim board, is elected or appointed.
(5) If a school corporation is divided as part of the reorganization, the disposition of assets and liabilities of the school corporation.
(6) The statement required by section 12 of this chapter if that statement is submitted or adopted with the plan.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-12.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-17. Advisory Committees of County; Membership

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 shall:
(1) help the county committee; and
(2) furnish information to the county committee;
as requested by the county committee.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-13.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-18. State Board of Education; Powers and Duties

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 corporation submitted to the state board by a county committee and approve each plan that meets the standards of the state board;
(3) adopt a set of minimum standards, in furtherance of the policy expressed in section 1 of this chapter, which all proposed community school corporations must meet, insofar as feasible;
(4) not later than ninety (90) days after receipt of a reorganization plan, hold a public hearing in the county to which the plan mainly applies to allow residents of the affected territory to testify;
(5) not later than sixty (60) days after the public hearing:
(A) approve or disapprove in writing all or part of the plan; and
(B) notify in writing the county committee concerned;
(6) assist any county committee whose plan does not meet minimum standards in revising the plan and permit the committee to resubmit the plan not later than ninety (90) days after receipt of notice of nonapproval; and
(7) adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for:
(A) the conduct of its own business; and
(B) the guidance and direction of county committees;
to carry out this chapter and IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5.
(b) The minimum standards for community school corporations proposed under this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5 must provide for the inclusion of all the area of a county in:
(1) a school corporation; or
(2) school corporations;
to furnish efficient and adequate educational opportunity for all students in grades 1 through 12.
(c) Before the adoption of a preliminary written plan, the county committee and the state board may meet to consider problems encountered by the county committee in formulating a plan. Following the meeting, the state board may waive in writing any specified minimum standard for a designated geographic area on the ground that meeting the standard is not feasible.
(d) The state board is not required to hold a public hearing on a plan that does not meet the minimum standards required by the state board unless the state board waives the attainment of a minimum standard.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-17.1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.55.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-21.5. Employment Preference for Employees of Reorganized School Corporation

Sec. 21.5. (a) This section applies to a proposed community school corporation reorganization approved by the:
(1) state board; and
(2) registered voters in the proposed community school corporation in an election held before July 1, 2020.
(b) A teacher who:
(1) is employed in a school corporation subject to this chapter;
(2) loses his or her job in the school corporation because of a reorganization under this chapter; and
(3) has received a rating of effective or highly effective on his or her most recent performance evaluation;
shall receive an employment preference over other candidates for the same vacant teaching position, for a period of not more than one (1) year after the teacher loses his or her job under subdivision (2), at the community school corporation created by a reorganization under this chapter. In order to qualify for a hiring preference for a vacant teaching position under this section, the teacher must meet the licensing or credential requirements necessary for the teacher to teach the particular grade or subject matter for that particular teaching position.
(c) This section expires July 1, 2023.
As added by P.L.155-2020, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-21.6. Retention of Teacher Rights and Privileges

Sec. 21.6. (a) This section applies to a proposed community school corporation reorganization approved by the:
(1) state board; and
(2) registered voters in the proposed community school corporation in an election held before July 1, 2020.
(b) A teacher who:
(1) is employed in a school corporation subject to this chapter;
(2) loses his or her job in the school corporation because of a reorganization under this chapter; and
(3) not later than one (1) year after the teacher loses his or her job as described in subdivision (2), is subsequently employed by a community school corporation created by a reorganization under this chapter;
retains the rights and privileges under IC 20-28-6 through IC 20-28-10 that the teacher held at the time the teacher lost his or her job in the original school corporation.
(c) This section expires July 1, 2023.
As added by P.L.155-2020, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-22. Reorganization Plan Involving No Change in Boundaries or Board of Trustees; Automatic Effective Date

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 the time of election of board members or the time the board members take office.
(b) A plan referred to in subsection (a) automatically comes into being on the earlier of:
(1) the July 1; or
(2) the January 1;
that next follows the date of approval of the plan by the state board.
(c) If subsection (b) applies:
(1) an interim board of trustees member may not be appointed;
(2) the board members in office on the date the plan comes into being under subsection (b) continue to constitute the governing body of the school corporation until their successors are qualified; and
(3) the:
(A) terms of offices; and
(B) board memberships;
of the board members remain unchanged except to the extent the plan provides otherwise.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-22.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-23. Rejection of Community School Corporations and Elections; Options of County Committee

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 to the electors of the territory affected; or
(2) subject to subsection (c), direct the county election board or boards to resubmit the same plan rejected by the voters.
(b) The county committee shall submit a new plan devised under subsection (a)(1) to the state board for the state board's approval not later than six (6) months after the date of the special election at which the proposal was rejected, subject to the same conditions and requirements concerning extensions of time and other matters provided in this chapter. If the new plan is approved by the state board, the procedures of this chapter for the creation of a community school corporation must be followed.
(c) The county committee may direct the county election board or boards to resubmit the plan referred to in subsection (a)(2) at a special election to be held not later than six (6) months after the special election at which the proposal was rejected. If a primary or general election for state offices is to be held not later than six (6) months after the special election at which the proposal was rejected, the special election must be held in conjunction with the primary or general election. The judge of the circuit court shall give notice by publication of the special election on request of the county committee. The special election is held in the same manner required for the holding of a special election under section 21 of this chapter. Officials concerned shall take all actions necessary to conduct the special election as required under section 21 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-23.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-24. Failure of Public Official to Perform Duty Within Time Prescribed; Effect

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 any proceedings taken by the official.
(b) This section:
(1) does not apply to the time within which a county committee must accept jurisdiction of all or part of a school corporation from another county committee following a petition under IC 20-23-16-1; and
(2) may not be construed to extend the time within which petitions may be filed by registered voters under this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-24.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.57.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-25. Appeal Procedure

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 grievance.
(b) A party aggrieved by the decision of the state board after the hearing provided for in section 13 of this chapter may appeal within thirty (30) days from the decision to the court in the county on any question of adjustment of:
(1) property;
(2) debts; and
(3) liabilities;
among the school corporations involved. Notice of the appeal shall be given to the chairperson or secretary of the county committee ten (10) days before the appeal is filed with the court.
(c) The court may:
(1) determine the constitutionality and the equity of the adjustment or adjustments proposed; and
(2) direct the county committee to alter the adjustment or adjustments found by the court to be inequitable or violative of any provision of the Constitution of the State of Indiana or of the United States.
An appeal may be taken to the supreme court or the court of appeals in accordance with the rules of civil procedure of the state.
(d) A determination by the court with respect to the adjustment of:
(1) property;
(2) debts; and
(3) liabilities;
among the school corporations or areas involved does not otherwise affect the validity of the reorganization or creation of a school corporation or corporations under this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-25.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.58.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-26. Community School Corporations; Powers and Duties; Officers

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 convey real and personal property necessary to the community school corporation's establishment and operation.
(c) A corporation has:
(1) all the powers, rights, duties, and obligations of the school cities of any class in which the school corporation would fall if it were organized as a school city; and
(2) the additional powers granted school corporations:
(A) in general; or
(B) school corporations in the population or other classifications in which the school corporation falls.
(d) The officers of the governing body are a:
(1) president;
(2) secretary;
(3) treasurer; and
(4) vice president, if the board of trustees consists of more than three (3) members.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-26.1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.59.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-29. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-26.4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.58-2005, SEC.28. Repealed by P.L.179-2011, SEC.34.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-29.1. School Corporation Governing Body; Election Procedures

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 3-8-2.5 that is signed by the candidate and by ten (10) registered voters residing within the boundaries of the community school corporation. The filing must be made within the time specified by IC 3-8-2.5-4.
(c) All nominations shall be listed for each office in the form prescribed by IC 3-11-2, but without party designation. Voting and tabulation of votes shall be conducted in the same manner as voting and tabulation in general elections are conducted. The precinct election boards serving in each county shall conduct the election for members of the governing body. If a school corporation is located in more than one (1) county, each county election board shall print the ballots required for voters in that county to vote for candidates for members of the governing body.
(d) If the plan provides that the members of the governing body shall be elected by all the voters of the community school corporation, candidates shall be placed on the ballot in the form prescribed by IC 3-11-2, without party designation. The candidates who receive the most votes are elected.
(e) If the plan provides that members of the governing body are to be elected from residence districts by all voters in the community school corporation, nominees for the governing body shall be placed on the ballot in the form prescribed by IC 3-11-2, by residence districts without party designation. The ballot must state the number of members to be voted on and the maximum number of members that may be elected from each residence district as provided in the plan. A ballot is not valid if more than the maximum number of members are voted on from a board member residence district. The candidates who receive the most votes are elected. However, if more than the maximum number that may be elected from a residence district are among those receiving the most votes, the candidates from the residence districts exceeding the maximum number who receive the fewest votes shall be eliminated in determining the candidates who are elected.
(f) If the plan provides that members of the governing body are to be elected from electoral districts solely by the voters of each district, nominees residing in each electoral district shall be placed on the ballot in the form prescribed by IC 3-11-2, without party designation. The ballot must state the number of members to be voted on from the electoral district. The candidates residing in the electoral district who receive the most votes are elected.
As added by P.L.179-2011, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-31. Board of School Trustees; Appointment of Interim Trustees

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 circuit court of the county having the most students enrolled in the united school corporation;
shall appoint interim governing body members in accordance with the plan approved by the county committee and the state board.
(c) The members of the governing body appointed serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
(d) Instead of appointment, the plan may provide for an alternative method of appointing the members of the interim governing body of a community or united school corporation. The appointment under this subsection must be made by one (1) or more of the class of officials listed in section 28(e) of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-26.6.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-32. Assumption and Transfer of Powers and Duties

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 corporation assumes office, an existing school corporation having territory that will be included within the boundaries of a community school corporation may not contract or place the school corporation under any further obligations, except upon written approval of the county committee.
(c) The transfer of:
(1) powers;
(2) duties;
(3) property rights;
(4) other assets;
(5) liabilities;
(6) contracts both as to rights and obligations; and
(7) all else connected with the transfer of authority from existing school corporations to the community school corporation;
takes place at the time of the formation and creation of the community school corporation and are vested in the community school corporation.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-26.7.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-33. Attendance Units; Transportation

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 reorganization plan provides for the transportation of students from one (1) part of a community school corporation to a central point.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-26.8.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-34. Voting Method for Community School Corporations

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 offices on the election ballot.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-26.10.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-35.5. Copy of School Corporation Plan Filed With Circuit Court Clerk; Certification of Election Districts; Redistricting; Recertification of Districts; Amendments of Plan Filed With Circuit Court Clerk; Time for Filing; District Boundary Description Prevails Over Conflicting Map

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 from election districts voted upon by only the registered voters residing within the election district, certify that the election districts comply with section 35(f) and 35(g) of this chapter.
(b) This subsection applies during the first year after a year in which a federal decennial census is conducted. The governing body shall amend the plan under section 35(e) of this chapter if an amendment is necessary to reestablish the districts in compliance with section 35(f) and 35(g) of this chapter. If the governing body determines that a plan amendment under section 35(e) of this chapter is not required, the governing body shall recertify that the districts as established comply with section 35(f) and 35(g) of this chapter.
(c) Each time the school corporation's plan is amended, the governing body shall file the following with the circuit court clerk of each county in which the school corporation is located:
(1) A copy of the amendment.
(2) Either of the following:
(A) A certification that the plan amendment does not require reestablishment of the school corporation's election districts to comply with section 35(f) and 35(g) of this chapter.
(B) If the plan amendment requires reestablishment of the school corporation's election districts to comply with section 35(f) and 35(g) of this chapter, a map of the new district boundaries.
(d) A plan amendment or recertification under this section must be filed not later than thirty (30) days after the amendment or recertification occurs.
As added by P.L.271-2013, SEC.37.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-36. Voting Method for School Corporations

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 on the election ballot.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-27.2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-37. Approval of State Board for Reorganization Plan Mandatory; Supplemental Effect of Act

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 to all laws appertaining to public schools in Indiana.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-29.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-38. Dissolution of County Committees Upon Completion of Reorganization

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 a county committee expires before the time of dissolution of the county committee, the judge shall fill a vacancy by replacement or reappointment for a term of four (4) years in accordance with sections 11 through 15 of this chapter. In the event the membership of an entire county committee shall at any time be vacant by resignation or otherwise, the judge shall appoint a new county committee in accordance with sections 11 through 15 of this chapter.
(b) After a county committee has been dissolved, if the local governing body or the secretary of education considers further reorganization necessary to improve educational opportunities for the students in the county, the local school trustees or the secretary of education shall submit proposed changes to the state board. If the changes proposed by the local governing body or the secretary of education are approved by the state board, the proposal becomes effective under the procedure specified in sections 20 through 24 of this chapter so far as the same are applicable.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-30.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.1-2007, SEC.142; P.L.233-2015, SEC.60; P.L.43-2021, SEC.60.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-39. Donations; Power to Accept

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 added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-40. Budgetary Request of County Committee; Tax Levy

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 ad valorem tax levy on all real and personal property within the county, in an amount sufficient to raise an amount of money not to exceed the amount of the budget request.
(b) The county committee may request from the county council sufficient sums of money necessary to defray legal expenses incident to placing the county plan in operation.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-32.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-41. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-33.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-42. Deadline to Institute Certain Actions 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

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) days after approval has been granted.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-34.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.459; P.L.233-2015, SEC.61.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-43. Amendment of Plan Approved Prior to May 1, 1984

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 their predecessors for one (1) year where this is necessary to prevent a majority of the board from taking office at any one time.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-40.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-44. Tie Votes in Governing Body of a School Corporation in Certain Counties

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 for a member of the governing body of a school corporation; or
(2) vacancy on the governing body of a school corporation.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, if a tie vote occurs among any of the candidates for the governing body or a vacancy occurs on the governing body, the remaining members of the governing body, even if the remaining members do not constitute a majority of the governing body, shall by a majority vote of the remaining members:
(1) select one (1) of the candidates who shall be declared and certified elected; or
(2) fill the vacancy by appointing an individual to fill the vacancy.
(d) An individual appointed to fill a vacancy under subsection (c)(2):
(1) must satisfy all the qualifications required of a member of the governing body; and
(2) shall fill the remainder of the unexpired term of the vacating member.
(e) If a tie vote occurs among the remaining members of the governing body or the governing body fails to act within thirty (30) days after the election or the vacancy occurs, the fiscal body (as defined in IC 3-5-2-25) of the township in which the greatest percentage of population of the school district resides shall break the tie or make the appointment. A member of the fiscal body who was a candidate and is involved in a tie vote may not cast a vote under this subsection.
(f) If the fiscal body of a township is required to act under this section and a vote in the fiscal body results in a tie, the deciding vote to break the tie vote shall be cast by the executive.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-42.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.119-2012, SEC.145; P.L.104-2022, SEC.120.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 4. Community School Corporations › 20-23-4-45. Authorization

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.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-1. "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: 20-4-4-1(c).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-2. "Annex"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "annex", "annexing", "annexation", and "school annexation" mean any action whereby the boundaries of a school corporation are changed so that additional territory, constituting all or a part of any one (1) or more other school corporations, is transferred to the school corporation.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-1(b).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-3. "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: 20-4-4-1(e).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-4. "Losing School Corporation"

Sec. 4. 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: 20-4-4-1(d).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-5. "Resolution"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "resolution" of a school corporation means a resolution adopted by the school corporation's governing body.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-1(f).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-6. "School Corporation"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "school corporation" means:
(1) a school corporation created under IC 20-23-4; and
(2) any other school corporation established under any other statute of the state of Indiana, which has common boundaries with any school corporation or corporations formed under IC 20-23-4.
The term does not include any public school corporation located in whole or any part in a county containing a consolidated city.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-1(a).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-7. Annexations Authorized

Sec. 7. Subject to the limitations and procedures in this chapter, a school corporation may annex territory from any other school corporation by resolutions of the acquiring and losing school corporations under section 8 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-9. Notice Requirements

Sec. 9. (a) The notice by publication required by section 8 of this chapter shall be made two (2) times a week apart:
(1) with each notice by publication in two (2) daily newspapers of general circulation, published in the English language and of general circulation in the acquiring school corporation and in the losing school corporation; or
(2) with the first publication of notice in the newspapers described in subdivision (1) and the second publication of notice:
(A) in accordance with IC 5-3-5; and
(B) on the official web sites of the acquiring school corporation and the losing school corporation.
(b) If there is only one (1) or no daily newspaper in either school corporation, a weekly newspaper may be used.
(c) If there is only one (1) daily or weekly newspaper, publication in the newspaper is sufficient.
(d) If a newspaper is of general circulation in both the acquiring school corporation and the losing school corporation, publication in the newspaper qualifies as one (1) of the required publications in the acquiring school corporation and the losing school corporation.
(e) Publication in a newspaper may be made jointly by the losing school corporation and acquiring school corporation.
(f) The remonstrance period runs from the second publication.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.152-2021, SEC.26.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-11. Adoption of Plans for Governing Bodies of School Corporations

Sec. 11. (a) Within sixty (60) days after the annexation takes place, the governing body of the acquiring school corporation and losing school corporation shall adopt a plan determining the manner in which the governing body shall be constituted. The plan shall be adopted in accordance with the requirements and procedures of IC 20-23-8, except as set out in subsection (b).
(b) The adoption of a plan by the governing body in accordance with IC 20-23-8-10 and its submission to the state board under IC 20-23-8-15 are the only procedures required when an existing plan is changed as follows:
(1) All governing body members are elected at large, and there are no governing body member residency districts.
(2) Governing body members are elected from governing body member residency districts, and the annexed territory is added to or deleted from one (1) or more districts.
(3) A governing body member is appointed from a given area or district, and the annexed territory is added to or deleted from one (1) or more districts or areas.
(4) A governing body member is elected solely by the voters in a school governing body member district, but the addition or deletion of the annexed territory to or from an existing district does not constitute a denial of equal protection of the laws.
If a school corporation elects or appoints members of its governing body both from a school governing body member district encompassing the entire school corporation and from smaller districts, the governing body of the acquiring school corporation shall add the annexed territory both to the district consisting of the entire school corporation and to one (1) or more smaller districts. In a comparable situation, the losing school corporation shall delete the annexed territory both from the district consisting of the entire school corporation and from any smaller district or districts. The change in the plan becomes effective upon its approval by the state board. The application of this subsection does not limit the initiation of, or further changes in, any plan under IC 20-23-8.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-6.1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-12. Disposition of Assets and Liabilities of Losing School Corporation; Allocation of School Tax Receipts and Amount to Be Paid by Acquiring School Corporation; Standards

Sec. 12. (a) With respect to whether the disposition of the assets and liabilities of the losing school corporation, allocation of school tax receipts, and the amount to be paid by the acquiring school corporation is equitable, the court, subject to subsection (b), shall be satisfied that the annexing resolution conforms substantially to the following standards:
(1) The acquiring school corporation shall assume a part of all installments of principal and interest on any indebtedness of the losing school corporation (other than current obligations or temporary borrowing) that fall due after the end of the last calendar year in which the losing school corporation is entitled to receive current tax receipts from property tax levies on the property of the annexed territory. The part consists of the following:
(A) All installments relating to any indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition or construction of any building located in the annexed territory.
(B) A proportion of all installments relating to any other indebtedness that is the same proportion as the valuation of the real property in the annexed territory bears to the valuation of all the real property in the losing school corporation, as the indebtedness is assessed for general taxation immediately before annexation.
(2) The acquiring school corporation shall make the payments and assume the obligations provided for a school corporation acquiring territory or a building or buildings under IC 20-47-5.
(b) Standards under subsection (a) may not be applicable to the extent the losing school corporation and acquiring school corporation otherwise agree in a situation where all or a majority of the students in the annexed territory have been transferred from the losing school corporation to the acquiring school corporation for the five (5) school years immediately preceding the transfer. The agreement between school corporations may not prejudice the rights of bondholders or lessors whose rights against the losing school corporation and acquiring school corporation shall, upon enforcement, be allocated between the losing school corporation and acquiring school corporation in accordance with subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2).
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-7.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.231-2005, SEC.21; P.L.2-2006, SEC.94.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-13. Effective Date of Annexation in Case of Remonstrance; Limitations on New Annexation Proceeding Following Adverse Judgment

Sec. 13. (a) If a remonstrance is filed on grounds other than the grounds in section 10(a)(4) of this chapter, annexation does not become effective until final judgment in the remonstrance suit. Judgment may not be considered to be final until:
(1) the time for taking an appeal has expired; or
(2) final judgment in the appeal is entered.
A judgment of the trial court dismissing a remonstrance is a final judgment. If judgment is against the annexation, a further annexation of the annexed territory may not take place for two (2) years after the date the remonstrance was filed. A final judgment may not prevent either the acquiring school corporation or acquiring school corporation and losing school corporation from rescinding the annexation resolution. If the suit is dismissed without prejudice, the two (2) year prohibition does not apply unless a subsequent annexation resolution is adopted primarily for the purpose of harassment and not for some other purpose, including the correction of procedural irregularities or a substantial change in the annexed territory or the annexation resolution.
(b) If the remonstrance relates solely to any matter raised under section 10(a)(4) of this chapter, the annexation takes effect at the time provided under section 8 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-8.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 23. Organization of School Corporations › Chapter 5. Community School Corporations: Territory Annexations › 20-23-5-14. Repeal of Conflicting Laws; Supplemental Effect of Chapter

Sec. 14. (a) Laws or parts of laws in conflict with this chapter are repealed. This chapter may not be construed to repeal any part of IC 20-23-4 or any statute concerning the consolidation of two (2) or more school corporations, to which this chapter is supplementary, except to the extent that IC 20-23-4 conflicts with this section.
(b) An annexation that is undertaken under or that results by operation of any section of this chapter may require, for its effectiveness, any approval of any county committee or state commission or committee created under, or referred to in, IC 20-23-4.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-9.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.