Sec. 21.6. (a) This section applies to a proposed community school corporation reorganization approved by the:

(1) state board; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-23-4-21.6

  • community school corporation: means a school corporation:

    Indiana Code 20-23-4-3

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) registered voters in the proposed community school corporation in an election held before July 1, 2020.

     (b) A teacher who:

(1) is employed in a school corporation subject to this chapter;

(2) loses his or her job in the school corporation because of a reorganization under this chapter; and

(3) not later than one (1) year after the teacher loses his or her job as described in subdivision (2), is subsequently employed by a community school corporation created by a reorganization under this chapter;

retains the rights and privileges under IC 20-28-6 through IC 20-28-10 that the teacher held at the time the teacher lost his or her job in the original school corporation.

     (c) This section expires July 1, 2023.

As added by P.L.155-2020, SEC.4.