Sec. 9. (a) A teacher serving under a regular contract at a laboratory school operated under IC 20-24.5-2 who is offered and accepts a position in the local school corporation that is a party to the agreement with the university operating the laboratory school is entitled to:

(1) transfer to the local school corporation any years served as a regular teacher at the laboratory school; and

Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-28-6-9

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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) receive credit for the years in meeting the five (5) year requirement for an indefinite contract contained in section 8 of this chapter.

     (b) If the teacher accepting a position with the local school corporation has served as a regular teacher at the laboratory school for at least five (5) successive years, the teacher’s contract with the local school corporation is an indefinite contract under section 8 of this chapter.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-4-9.1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.218.

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