Indiana § 20-23-4-26 Community school corporations; powers and duties; officers

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-23-4-26 — Community school corporations; powers and duties; officers

Indiana § 20-23-4-26

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 23ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS

Ch. 4Community School Corporations

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Ind. Code § 20-23-4-26 (2026).

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(a)This section applies to each community school corporation.

(b)A community school corporation established under this chapter or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5, is a body corporate and politic. The corporation may:

(1)sue and be sued; and

(2)acquire, hold, and convey real and personal property necessary to the community school corporation's establishment and operation.

(c)A corporation has:

(1)all the powers, rights, duties, and obligations of the school cities of any class in which the school corporation would fall if it were organized as a school city; and

(2)the additional powers granted school corporations:

(A)in general; or

(B)school corporations in the population or other classifications in which the school corporation falls.

(d)The officers of the governing body are

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(a) This section applies to each community
school corporation.
(b) A community school corporation established under this chapter
or IC 20-23-16-1 through IC 20-23-16-5, is a body corporate and
politic. The corporation may:
(1) sue and be sued; and
(2) acquire, hold, and convey real and personal property necessary
to the community school corporation's establishment and
operation.
(c) A corporation has:
(1) all the powers, rights, duties, and obligations of the school
cities of any class in which the school corporation would fall if it
were organized as a school city; and
(2) the additional powers granted school corporations:
(A) in general; or
(B) school corporations in the population or other
classifications in which the school corporation falls.
(d) The officers of the governing body are a:
(1) president;
(2) secretary;
(3) treasurer; and
(4) vice president, if the board of trustees consists of more than
three (3) members.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-26.1.]