§ 20-23-7-4 — Metropolitan school district; division into board member districts; redistricting; recertification of boundaries

Indiana § 20-23-7-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 23: ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS
• Ch. 7: Consolidation of County School Corporations and

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(a) At the first meeting of the board of
commissioners of the county after the creation of the metropolitan
school district as provided in this chapter, the board of commissioners
shall divide the district into three (3) governing body districts
approximately equal in population. During the first year after a year in
which a federal decennial census is conducted, the board of
commissioners shall:
(1) readjust the boundaries of the districts to equalize the districts
by population; or
(2) recertify that the boundaries of the districts as drawn comply
with this subsection.
(b) Instead of the division provided under subsection (a), any
resolution or petition provided in section 2(a) or 2(b) of this chapter
may:
(1) provide that the metropolitan school district to be created shall
be divided into two (2) or more governing body districts;
(2) describe the governing body member districts;
(3) provide that one (1) or more members of the governing body
must reside within each of the governing body member districts;
(4) set out the number of members to serve from each designated
district;
(5) provide that the governing body member districts need not be
equal in size or population, and that one (1) board member district
may include all the area in the metropolitan school district;
(6) specify that the number of governing body members to be
resident in each district need not be an equal number; and
(7) eliminate all requirements that there be governing body
member districts.
(c) If the resolution or petition:
(1) does not provide for governing body member districts and
designate the number of governing body members to be resident
in each district; or
(2) provides for the elimination of governing body member
districts;
subsection (a) controls. If either subsection (a) or (b) applies,
candidates shall be voted upon by all the registered voters of the
metropolitan school district voting at any governing body member
election.
(d) The limitations set forth in this section are part of the plan, but
do not have to be specifically set forth in the plan. The plan must be
construed, if possible, to comply with this chapter. If a provision of the
plan or an application of the plan violates this chapter, the invalidity
does not affect the other provisions or applications of the plan that can
be given effect without the invalid provision or application. The
provisions of the plan are severable.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-4-8-14.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.271-2013, SEC.38.