IC 20-23-3-1 Name; corporate powers
Sec. 1. (a) A township is a school township.
(b) A school township is a body politic and corporate, by the
name and style of " _______ School _______ township of ________
county", according to the name of the township and of the county in
which the school township is organized.
(c) A school township may:
(1) contract and may be contracted with; and
(2) sue and be sued;
in the name of the school township in a court with jurisdiction. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-2 Employment of teachers; establishment of separate graded high
schools; joint graded high schools
Sec. 2. (a) The school trustees shall:
(1) take charge of the educational affairs of their respective
townships, towns, and cities;
(2) employ teachers;
(3) establish and locate conveniently a sufficient number of
schools for the education of the children; and
(4) build, or otherwise provide, suitable houses, furniture,
apparatus, and other articles and educational appliances
necessary for the thorough organization and efficient
management of the schools.
The school trustees may establish and maintain, as near the center of
the township as practical, at least one (1) separate graded high
school, to which sufficiently advanced students shall be admitted.
(b) The school trustees of two (2) or more school corporations
may establish and maintain one (1) or more joint graded high schools
instead of separate graded high schools. If a joint graded high school
is established, the participating school corporations are jointly
responsible for the care, management, and maintenance of the school.
(c) A trustee, instead of building a separate graded high school for
the trustee's township, shall transfer the students of the trustee's
township competent to enter a graded high school to another school
corporation.
(d) A graded high school may not be built unless there are, at the
time the graded high school is built, at least twenty-five (25)
common graduates of school age residing in the township. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-3
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.) IC 20-23-3-4 Management of property
Sec. 4. (a) School trustees have the care and management of all
real and personal property belonging to their respective corporations
for common school purposes. However, congressional township
school lands shall be under the care and management of the trustees
of the civil township to which the lands belong.
(b) School trustees shall provide janitorial help considered
necessary to properly care for the schools and premises under the
school trustees' control.
(c) Each janitor provided by the trustees under subsection (b) shall
be paid from the special school funds of the township. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-5
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-3-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-3-7
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-3-8 Kindergarten programs
Sec. 8. An educational program under this chapter must include
a kindergarten program that is at least a half day program. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-9 Appeal from determinations of township trustees
Sec. 9. Appeals shall be allowed from decisions of the township
trustees concerning school matters to the county superintendent. The
county superintendent shall receive and promptly determine the
appeals according to the rules that govern appeals to the court under
IC 4-21.5-5, so far as the rules are applicable. The county
superintendent's decisions of all local questions relating to:
(1) the legality of school meetings;
(2) establishment of schools;
(3) the location, building, repair, or removal of schoolhouses;
(4) transfers of persons for school purposes; and
(5) resignation and dismissal of teachers;
shall be treated as final. As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.91.
IC 20-23-3-1 Name; corporate powers
Sec. 1. (a) A township is a school township.
(b) A school township is a body politic and corporate, by the
name and style of " _______ School _______ township of ________
county", according to the name of the township and of the county in
which the school township is organized.
(c) A school township may:
(1) contract and may be contracted with; and
(2) sue and be sued;
in the name of the school township in a court with jurisdiction. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-2 Employment of teachers; establishment of separate graded high
schools; joint graded high schools
Sec. 2. (a) The school trustees shall:
(1) take charge of the educational affairs of their respective
townships, towns, and cities;
(2) employ teachers;
(3) establish and locate conveniently a sufficient number of
schools for the education of the children; and
(4) build, or otherwise provide, suitable houses, furniture,
apparatus, and other articles and educational appliances
necessary for the thorough organization and efficient
management of the schools.
The school trustees may establish and maintain, as near the center of
the township as practical, at least one (1) separate graded high
school, to which sufficiently advanced students shall be admitted.
(b) The school trustees of two (2) or more school corporations
may establish and maintain one (1) or more joint graded high schools
instead of separate graded high schools. If a joint graded high school
is established, the participating school corporations are jointly
responsible for the care, management, and maintenance of the school.
(c) A trustee, instead of building a separate graded high school for
the trustee's township, shall transfer the students of the trustee's
township competent to enter a graded high school to another school
corporation.
(d) A graded high school may not be built unless there are, at the
time the graded high school is built, at least twenty-five (25)
common graduates of school age residing in the township. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-3
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.) IC 20-23-3-4 Management of property
Sec. 4. (a) School trustees have the care and management of all
real and personal property belonging to their respective corporations
for common school purposes. However, congressional township
school lands shall be under the care and management of the trustees
of the civil township to which the lands belong.
(b) School trustees shall provide janitorial help considered
necessary to properly care for the schools and premises under the
school trustees' control.
(c) Each janitor provided by the trustees under subsection (b) shall
be paid from the special school funds of the township. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-5
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-3-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-3-7
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-3-8 Kindergarten programs
Sec. 8. An educational program under this chapter must include
a kindergarten program that is at least a half day program. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-9 Appeal from determinations of township trustees
Sec. 9. Appeals shall be allowed from decisions of the township
trustees concerning school matters to the county superintendent. The
county superintendent shall receive and promptly determine the
appeals according to the rules that govern appeals to the court under
IC 4-21.5-5, so far as the rules are applicable. The county
superintendent's decisions of all local questions relating to:
(1) the legality of school meetings;
(2) establishment of schools;
(3) the location, building, repair, or removal of schoolhouses;
(4) transfers of persons for school purposes; and
(5) resignation and dismissal of teachers;
shall be treated as final. As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.91.
IC 20-23-3-1 Name; corporate powers
Sec. 1. (a) A township is a school township.
(b) A school township is a body politic and corporate, by the
name and style of " _______ School _______ township of ________
county", according to the name of the township and of the county in
which the school township is organized.
(c) A school township may:
(1) contract and may be contracted with; and
(2) sue and be sued;
in the name of the school township in a court with jurisdiction. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-2 Employment of teachers; establishment of separate graded high
schools; joint graded high schools
Sec. 2. (a) The school trustees shall:
(1) take charge of the educational affairs of their respective
townships, towns, and cities;
(2) employ teachers;
(3) establish and locate conveniently a sufficient number of
schools for the education of the children; and
(4) build, or otherwise provide, suitable houses, furniture,
apparatus, and other articles and educational appliances
necessary for the thorough organization and efficient
management of the schools.
The school trustees may establish and maintain, as near the center of
the township as practical, at least one (1) separate graded high
school, to which sufficiently advanced students shall be admitted.
(b) The school trustees of two (2) or more school corporations
may establish and maintain one (1) or more joint graded high schools
instead of separate graded high schools. If a joint graded high school
is established, the participating school corporations are jointly
responsible for the care, management, and maintenance of the school.
(c) A trustee, instead of building a separate graded high school for
the trustee's township, shall transfer the students of the trustee's
township competent to enter a graded high school to another school
corporation.
(d) A graded high school may not be built unless there are, at the
time the graded high school is built, at least twenty-five (25)
common graduates of school age residing in the township. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-3
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.) IC 20-23-3-4 Management of property
Sec. 4. (a) School trustees have the care and management of all
real and personal property belonging to their respective corporations
for common school purposes. However, congressional township
school lands shall be under the care and management of the trustees
of the civil township to which the lands belong.
(b) School trustees shall provide janitorial help considered
necessary to properly care for the schools and premises under the
school trustees' control.
(c) Each janitor provided by the trustees under subsection (b) shall
be paid from the special school funds of the township. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-5
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-3-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-3-7
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-23-3-8 Kindergarten programs
Sec. 8. An educational program under this chapter must include
a kindergarten program that is at least a half day program. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-23-3-9 Appeal from determinations of township trustees
Sec. 9. Appeals shall be allowed from decisions of the township
trustees concerning school matters to the county superintendent. The
county superintendent shall receive and promptly determine the
appeals according to the rules that govern appeals to the court under
IC 4-21.5-5, so far as the rules are applicable. The county
superintendent's decisions of all local questions relating to:
(1) the legality of school meetings;
(2) establishment of schools;
(3) the location, building, repair, or removal of schoolhouses;
(4) transfers of persons for school purposes; and
(5) resignation and dismissal of teachers;
shall be treated as final. As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.91.
