CHAPTER 16. SCHOOL CORPORATION ORGANIZATION; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
IC 20-23-16
Chapter 16. School Corporation Organization; Miscellaneous
Provisions
IC 20-23-16-1
United school corporation
Sec. 1. If a united school corporation is created from existing
school corporations that are each entirely located in one (1) county,
the county committees of the counties in which the school
corporations are located shall jointly prepare a plan for the united
school corporation. For the purpose of submission to the state board,
the plan shall be included in the comprehensive plan of the county
that has the largest number of students residing in the proposed
united school corporation. If an existing school corporation from
which a united school corporation is created contains territory in two
(2) or more counties, the county committee of the county containing
that part of the school corporation that has the most students shall
include the entire corporation in its plan in the absence of a written
agreement with the county committee of the adjoining county to the
contrary.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-16-2
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-3
Membership of community school corporation operating joint high
school
Sec. 3. With respect to a proposed community school corporation
formed out of two (2) or more school corporations operating a joint
high school that has an enrollment of at least six hundred (600) in
grades 9 through 12 at the time of the adoption of a preliminary plan
adopted under IC 20-23-4-11 through IC 20-23-4-17 and section 1 of
this chapter, the preliminary plan or final plan adopted under
IC 20-23-4-11 through IC 20-23-4-17 and section 1 of this chapter
may provide for a board of nine (9) members.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.231-2005, SEC.26;
P.L.1-2006, SEC.321; P.L.1-2010, SEC.77.
IC 20-23-16-4
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-16-5
Transfer of pupils of rejected school corporation territory
Sec. 5. School corporations adjacent to rejected segments of
proposed reorganized school corporations shall accept on transfer, in
the manner required by law, pupils of the rejected school corporation
territory.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-16-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-7
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-8
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-9
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-10
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-11
Invalid school corporations in certain counties; effect on bonds
issued
Sec. 11. (a) In a county having a population of more than one
hundred seventy thousand (170,000) but less than one hundred eighty
thousand (180,000), if, after April 17, 1963:
(1) proceedings have been undertaken in good faith to form a
community school corporation by the consolidation of two (2)
or more prior established school corporations;
(2) the community school corporation is held, by a final order
and decision of a court, to be invalidly formed and nonexistent;
and
(3) the order and decision are not subject to further judicial
review;
any bonds issued (before the final order and decision of the court) in
the name of the community school corporation to provide funds to be
applied on the cost of construction and equipment of a school
building are not invalid by reason of the final order and decision of
the court but constitute the valid and binding obligation of the prior
established school corporation in the territory where the school
building was or is being constructed, the same as if the bonds had
been validly issued in the name of the prior established school
corporation.
(b) This section applies only if the bonds at the time of their
issuance would have been within the limitation of indebtedness
imposed by the Constitution of the State of Indiana on the prior
established school corporation.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-16-12
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-13
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-14
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-15
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-16
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-17
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-18
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-19
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-20
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-21
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-22
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-23
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-24
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-25
Metropolitan superintendent of schools; duties
Sec. 25. A metropolitan superintendent of schools shall:
(1) act as the general administrator of the metropolitan school
district; and
(2) make recommendations to the board concerning:
(A) the conduct of the schools;
(B) the employment and dismissal of personnel;
(C) the purchase of supplies;
(D) the construction of buildings; and
(E) other matters pertaining to the conduct of the school
within the framework of the school laws of this state;
(3) attend meetings of the board except when the
superintendent's reappointment is under consideration;
(4) carry out the orders of the board; and
(5) make other decisions and perform other duties that are
prescribed by law.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-16-26
Metropolitan board and school districts; powers and duties
Sec. 26. (a) A metropolitan board of education shall:
(1) make decisions pertaining to the general conduct of the
schools, and these decisions shall be enforced and entered into
the minutes recorded by the secretary of the board; and
(2) exercise powers previously exercised under the law, by or
through:
(A) township trustees;
(B) meetings or petitions of the township trustees of the
county; and
(C) county boards of education previously existing.
The offices of township trustee or county board or county boards of
education as far as the conduct of public schools is concerned are
abolished as of noon on the day the metropolitan school district is
created and comes into existence.
(b) The metropolitan superintendent of schools and other persons
employed for administrative or supervisory duties may be considered
to be supervisors of instruction and are eligible, subject to the rules
adopted by the state board, to qualify for teaching units in
accordance with law.
(c) The government of the common schools of a district is vested
in the board. The board shall function with the authority, powers,
privileges, duties, and obligations previously granted to or required
of school cities and their governing boards regarding the:
(1) purchase of supplies;
(2) purchase and sale of:
(A) buildings;
(B) grounds; and
(C) equipment;
(3) erection of buildings;
(4) employment and dismissal of school personnel;
(5) insuring property and employees;
(6) making and executing of a budget;
(7) borrowing money; and
(8) paying the salaries and expenses of the:
(A) county superintendent; and
(B) employees;
as approved by the board.
(d) A board is a body corporate and politic by the name and style
of "The Metropolitan School District of ________, Indiana" with the
right to prosecute and defend suits and shall act as necessary to the
proper administration of the common schools of the county.
(e) The school district shall:
(1) be vested with rights, titles, and interests of the district's
predecessor township or town school corporations;
(2) assume, pay, and be liable for the:
(A) indebtedness;
(B) obligations;
(C) liabilities; and
(D) duties;
of the predecessor corporations from whatever source derived;
and
(3) institute and defend suits arising out of the school district's:
(A) liabilities;
(B) obligations;
(C) duties; and
(D) rights;
assumed by a metropolitan school district.
(f) The treasurer, before entering upon the duties of the office,
shall execute a bond to the acceptance of the county auditor. The
bond may not be greater than the largest sum of money that will be
in the possession of the treasurer at any one (1) time. The board of
education may purchase the bond from a reliable surety company and
pay for it out of the special school revenue of the metropolitan
district.
(g) The powers set forth in this section shall not be considered as
or construed to:
(1) limit the power and authority of a school board; or
(2) restrict or modify powers or authority granted by another
law not in conflict with the provisions of this section.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.102.
IC 20-23-16-27
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-16-28
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-29
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-30
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-31
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-32
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-33
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-34
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-35
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-36
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-37
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-38
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-39
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-40
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)
IC 20-23-16-41
Authorization to hire and fix salaries of necessary clerical
personnel in certain schools; authorization to pay salaries out of
special school funds
Sec. 41. (a) School boards, boards of school trustees, boards of
school commissioners, and school township trustees may hire and fix
the salaries for clerical personnel as necessary to assist principals of
schools in which at least twelve (12) teachers are employed.
(b) The board or trustees that hire personnel under subsection (a)
may pay the salaries of the personnel out of the special school funds
belonging to their respective school corporations in the manner
provided by law for the payment of other school expenses.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.