IC 20-37
    ARTICLE 37. CAREER AND TECHNICALEDUCATION

IC 20-37-1
    Chapter 1. Cooperative Career and Technical EducationDepartments

IC 20-37-1-1
Career and technical education; cooperating school corporations;board of management; withdrawal
    Sec. 1. (a) Two (2) or more school corporations may cooperate to:
        (1) establish; and
        (2) maintain or supervise;
schools or departments for career and technical education if thegoverning bodies of the school corporations agree to cooperate andapportion the cost of the schools or departments among the schoolcorporations.
    (b) If the cooperating school corporations agree to:
        (1) establish; and
        (2) maintain or supervise;
the schools or departments under subsection (a), the designatedrepresentatives of the school corporations constitute a board for themanagement of the schools or departments. The board may adopt aplan of organization, administration, and support for the schools ordepartments. The plan, if approved by the state board, is a bindingcontract between the cooperating school corporations.
    (c) The governing bodies of the cooperating school corporationsmay cancel or annul the plan described in subsection (b) by the voteof a majority of the governing bodies and upon the approval of thestate board. However, if a school corporation desires to withdraw acourse offering from the cooperative agreement after:
        (1) attempting to withdraw the course offering under awithdrawal procedure authorized by the school corporation'scooperative agreement or bylaw; and
        (2) being denied the authority to withdraw the course offering;
the school corporation may appeal the denial to the state board. In theappeal, a school corporation must submit a proposal requesting thewithdrawal to the state board for approval.
    (d) The proposal under subsection (c) must do the following:
        (1) Describe how the school corporation intends to implementthe particular career and technical education course.
        (2) Include a provision that provides for at least a two (2) yearphaseout of the educational program or course offering from thecooperative agreement.
Upon approval of the proposal by the state board, the schoolcorporation may proceed with the school corporation's withdrawal ofthe course offering from the cooperative agreement and shall proceedunder the proposal.    (e) The withdrawal procedure under subsections (c) and (d) maynot be construed to permit a school corporation to change any otherterms of the plan described in subsection (b) except those terms thatrequire the school corporation to provide the particular courseoffering sought to be withdrawn.
    (f) The board described in subsection (b) may do the following:
        (1) Enter into an agreement to acquire by lease or purchase:
            (A) sites;
            (B) buildings; or
            (C) equipment;
        that is suitable for these schools or departments. This authorityextends to the acquisition of facilities available underIC 20-47-2.
        (2) By resolution adopted by a majority of the board, designatethree (3) or more individuals from the board's membership toconstitute an executive committee.
    (g) To the extent provided in a resolution adopted undersubsection (f)(2), an executive committee shall do the following:
        (1) Exercise the authority of the full board in the managementof the schools or departments.
        (2) Submit a written summary of its actions to the full board atleast semiannually.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.231-2005,SEC.49; P.L.2-2006, SEC.160; P.L.234-2007, SEC.123.