Indiana Code 20-23-6-5. Petitions protesting consolidations; notice of election
(b) If a protest is filed in more than one (1) school corporation, the elections shall be held on the same day. Each county election board shall give notice by publication once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-23-6-5
- 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.
(A) township;
(B) town; or
(C) city;
the notice shall be published in the nearest newspaper published in the county or counties; or
(2) with the first publication of notice in the newspaper or newspapers as provided in subdivision (1) and the second publication of notice:
(A) in accordance with IC 5-3-5; and
(B) on the official web site of the school corporation.
Each notice shall state that on a day and at an hour to be named in the notice, the polls will be open at the usual voting places in the various precincts in the corporation for taking the vote of the legal voters upon whether the school corporation shall be consolidated with the other school corporations joining in the resolution.
(c) The public question shall be placed on the ballot in the form provided by IC 3-10-9-4 and must state: “Shall (insert name of school corporation) be consolidated with (insert names of other school corporations)?”.
(d) Notice shall be given not later than thirty (30) days after the petition is filed. The election shall be held not less than ten (10) days or more than twenty (20) days after the last publication of the notice.
(e) The governing body of each school corporation in which an election is held is bound by the majority vote of those voting. However, if the election falls within a period of not more than six (6) months before a primary or general election, the election shall be held concurrently with the primary or general election if the public question is certified to the county election board not later than the deadline set forth in IC 3-10-9-3.
(f) If a majority of those voting in any one (1) school corporation votes against the plan of consolidation, the plan fails. However, the failure does not prevent any or all the school corporations from taking further initial action for the consolidation of school corporations under this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-5-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.315; P.L.169-2017, SEC.4; P.L.278-2019, SEC.169; P.L.152-2021, SEC.28.