§ 20-23-6-6 — Election procedure; form of ballot

Indiana § 20-23-6-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 23: ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS
• Ch. 6: Consolidation of School Corporations

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(a) On the day and hour named in the notice
filed under section 5 of this chapter, polls shall be opened and the votes
of the registered voters shall be taken upon the public question of
consolidating school corporations. The election shall be governed by
IC 3, except as provided in this chapter.
(b) The county election board shall conduct the election. The public
question shall be placed on the ballot in the form prescribed by IC 3-10-9-4 and must state "Shall (here insert the names of the school
corporations that the resolution proposes to consolidate) be
consolidated into a consolidated school corporation?".
(c) A brief statement of the provisions in the resolution for
appointment or election of a governing body may be placed on the
ballot in the form prescribed by IC 3-10-9-4. A certificate of the votes
cast for and against the consolidation of the school corporations shall
be filed with:
(1) the governing body of the school corporations subject to the
election;
(2) the secretary of education; and
(3) the county recorder of each county in which a consolidated
school corporation is located;
together with a copy of the resolution.
(d) If a majority of the votes cast at each of the elections is in favor
of the consolidation of two (2) or more school corporations, the trustees
of the school corporations shall proceed to consolidate the schools and
provide the necessary buildings and equipment. In any school
corporation where a petition was not filed and an election was not held,
the failure on the part of the voters to file a petition for an election shall
be considered to give the consent of the voters of the school
corporation to the consolidation as set out in the resolution.
(e) If the special election is not conducted at a primary or general
election, the expense of the election shall be borne by the school
corporation or each of the school corporations subject to the election
and shall be paid out of the school corporation's operations fund.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-4-5-5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.95; P.L.244-2017, SEC.23; P.L.43-2021, SEC.61.