§ 20-23-8-15 — Submission of plans to state board of education; publication of notice of plan

(a) Not more than thirty (30) days after the
expiration of the one hundred twenty (120) day period for filing a
petition, plans that have been published in accordance with section 14
of this chapter, whether the plans were initiated by the governing body
or in connection with a petition, shall be submitted to the state board.
(b) The state board shall:
(1) review a plan;
(2) revise a plan, if possible, to:
(A) cure ambiguities; and
(B) ensure that the plan complies with the limitations set out in
section 8 of this chapter;
(3) if a plan provides for electoral districts, verify that the districts
are, as near as practicable, equal in population according to the
decennial census immediately preceding the first petition or
resolution initiating the plan; and
(4) certify a plan, with revisions, to the governing body and to the
clerk.
The state board may combine plans if the state board determines that
the plans are substantially similar. In making its determinations, the
commission may, but is not obligated to, hold hearings and shall make
an investigation as it considers necessary. If the state board holds a
hearing, the state board may hear the evidence through hearing
examiners, who do not have to be members of the state board. The state
board shall send a certified record of its determinations to the
governing body, the clerk, and the county election board.
(c) Not more than sixty (60) days after receiving a plan submitted
by a governing body under section 14 of this chapter, the state board
shall publish notice of the plan in accordance with section 14 of this
chapter, unless the state board determines that the plan or the petition
does not meet the requirements of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-4-10.1-9.]

Legislative History

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