§ 20-23-4-1 — Purpose and policy of school reorganization

It is the sense of the general assembly:
(1) that the establishment and maintenance of a general, a
uniform, and an efficient system of public schools is the
traditional and current policy of the state;
(2) that improvement in the organization of school corporations
of the state will:
(A) provide a more equalized educational opportunity for
public school students;
(B) achieve greater equity in school tax rates among the
existing school corporations; and
(C) provide a more effective use of the public funds expended
for the support of the public school system;
(3) that existing statutes with respect to the combination and the
reorganization of school corporations are inadequate to effectuate
the needed improvement;
(4) that modifications in the provisions for the combination and
the reorganization of school corporations in this chapter are
necessary in order to assure the future maintenance of a uniform
and an efficient system of public schools in the state;
(5) that local electors:
(A) have an interest in the boundaries of the school corporation
in which they reside; and
(B) will exercise their privileges, as provided in this chapter, to
establish an efficient and economical reorganization plan best
suited to local conditions; and
(6) that:
(A) the state board; and
(B) the:
(i) committees; and
(ii) public officers;
charged with authority under this chapter;
will perform their duties wisely in view of the objective of this
chapter as set forth in the title of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.