CHAPTER 2. OVERSIGHT BY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
IC 20-39-2
Chapter 2. Oversight by Department of Education
IC 20-39-2-1
Supervision by state superintendent
Sec. 1. (a) The state superintendent shall exercise the supervision
over school funds and revenues that is necessary to ascertain their
safety, secure their preservation, and secure their application to the
proper object.
(b) The state superintendent may cause to be instituted, in the
name of the state of Indiana, for the use of the proper fund or
revenue, all suits necessary for the recovery of any part of the funds
or revenues. The prosecuting attorney shall prosecute all the suits at
the insistence of the state superintendent and without charge against
the funds or revenue.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.162.
IC 20-39-2-2
Township schools; power to require reports
Sec. 2. The state superintendent may require from the county
auditors, school examiners, county treasurers, township trustees,
county clerks, and county treasurers:
(1) copies of all reports required to be made by them; and
(2) all other information in relation to the duties of their
respective offices, so far as those duties relate to the:
(A) condition of the school funds, school revenues, and
property of the common schools; and
(B) condition and management of the common schools;
that the state superintendent determines is important.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.162.
IC 20-39-2-3
Prescription of forms
Sec. 3. The state superintendent may prepare and transmit to the
proper officers:
(1) suitable forms and rules for making all reports;
(2) necessary blanks for all reports; and
(3) all necessary instructions;
for the better organization and government of common schools and
conducting all necessary proceedings under this chapter and
IC 20-42.
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.162.