IC 20-23-16
    Chapter 16. School Corporation Organization; MiscellaneousProvisions

IC 20-23-16-1
United school corporation
    Sec. 1. If a united school corporation is created from existingschool corporations that are each entirely located in one (1) county,the county committees of the counties in which the schoolcorporations are located shall jointly prepare a plan for the unitedschool corporation. For the purpose of submission to the state board,the plan shall be included in the comprehensive plan of the countythat has the largest number of students residing in the proposedunited school corporation. If an existing school corporation fromwhich a united school corporation is created contains territory in two(2) or more counties, the county committee of the county containingthat part of the school corporation that has the most students shallinclude the entire corporation in its plan in the absence of a writtenagreement with the county committee of the adjoining county to thecontrary.
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Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)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 highschool
    Sec. 3. With respect to a proposed community school corporationformed out of two (2) or more school corporations operating a jointhigh school that has an enrollment of at least six hundred (600) ingrades 9 through 12 at the time of the adoption of a preliminary planadopted under IC 20-23-4-11 through IC 20-23-4-17 and section 1 ofthis chapter, the preliminary plan or final plan adopted underIC 20-23-4-11 through IC 20-23-4-17 and section 1 of this chaptermay 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Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)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 ofproposed reorganized school corporations shall accept on transfer, inthe manner required by law, pupils of the rejected school corporationterritory.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Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)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Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)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Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)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Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)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Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.231-2005, SEC.52.)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 bondsissued
    Sec. 11. (a) In a county having a population of more than onehundred seventy thousand (170,000) but less than one hundred eightythousand (180,000), if, after April 17, 1963:
        (1) proceedings have been undertaken in good faith to form acommunity school corporation by the consolidation of two (2)or more prior established school corporations;
        (2) the community school corporation is held, by a final orderand decision of a court, to be invalidly formed and nonexistent;and
        (3) the order and decision are not subject to further judicialreview;
any bonds issued (before the final order and decision of the court) inthe name of the community school corporation to provide funds to beapplied on the cost of construction and equipment of a schoolbuilding are not invalid by reason of the final order and decision ofthe court but constitute the valid and binding obligation of the priorestablished school corporation in the territory where the schoolbuilding was or is being constructed, the same as if the bonds hadbeen validly issued in the name of the prior established schoolcorporation.
    (b) This section applies only if the bonds at the time of theirissuance would have been within the limitation of indebtednessimposed by the Constitution of the State of Indiana on the priorestablished 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 schooldistrict; 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 schoolwithin the framework of the school laws of this state;
        (3) attend meetings of the board except when thesuperintendent's reappointment is under consideration;
        (4) carry out the orders of the board; and
        (5) make other decisions and perform other duties that areprescribed 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 theschools, and these decisions shall be enforced and entered intothe minutes recorded by the secretary of the board; and
        (2) exercise powers previously exercised under the law, by orthrough:
            (A) township trustees;
            (B) meetings or petitions of the township trustees of thecounty; and
            (C) county boards of education previously existing.
The offices of township trustee or county board or county boards ofeducation as far as the conduct of public schools is concerned areabolished as of noon on the day the metropolitan school district iscreated and comes into existence.
    (b) The metropolitan superintendent of schools and other personsemployed for administrative or supervisory duties may be consideredto be supervisors of instruction and are eligible, subject to the rulesadopted by the state board, to qualify for teaching units inaccordance with law.
    (c) The government of the common schools of a district is vestedin the board. The board shall function with the authority, powers,privileges, duties, and obligations previously granted to or requiredof 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 styleof "The Metropolitan School District of ________, Indiana" with theright to prosecute and defend suits and shall act as necessary to theproper administration of the common schools of the county.
    (e) The school district shall:
        (1) be vested with rights, titles, and interests of the district'spredecessor 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. Thebond may not be greater than the largest sum of money that will bein the possession of the treasurer at any one (1) time. The board ofeducation may purchase the bond from a reliable surety company andpay for it out of the special school revenue of the metropolitandistrict.
    (g) The powers set forth in this section shall not be considered asor construed to:
        (1) limit the power and authority of a school board; or
        (2) restrict or modify powers or authority granted by anotherlaw 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 ofspecial school funds
    Sec. 41. (a) School boards, boards of school trustees, boards ofschool commissioners, and school township trustees may hire and fixthe salaries for clerical personnel as necessary to assist principals ofschools 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 fundsbelonging to their respective school corporations in the mannerprovided by law for the payment of other school expenses.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.