Indiana § 20-26-3-3 School corporation powers; extent

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-26-3-3 — School corporation powers; extent

Indiana § 20-26-3-3

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 26SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL

Ch. 3Home Rule

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(a)The rule of law that a school corporation has only:

(1)powers expressly granted by statute;

(2)powers necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to powers expressly granted through rules adopted by the state board under IC 4-22-2 or otherwise; and

(3)powers indispensable to the declared purposes of the school corporation; is abrogated.

(b)A school corporation has:

(1)all powers granted to the school corporation by statute or through rules adopted by the state board; and

(2)all other powers necessary or desirable in the conduct of the school corporation's affairs, even if the power is not granted by statute or rule.

(c)The powers that school corporations have under subsection

(b)(1) are listed in various statutes. However, these statutes do not list the powers that school corpo

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(a) The rule of law that a school corporation
has only:
(1) powers expressly granted by statute;
(2) powers necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to powers
expressly granted through rules adopted by the state board under
IC 4-22-2 or otherwise; and
(3) powers indispensable to the declared purposes of the school
corporation;
is abrogated.
(b) A school corporation has:
(1) all powers granted to the school corporation by statute or
through rules adopted by the state board; and
(2) all other powers necessary or desirable in the conduct of the
school corporation's affairs, even if the power is not granted by
statute or rule.
(c) The powers that school corporations have under subsection
(b)(1) are listed in various statutes. However, these statutes do not list
the powers that school corporations have under subsection (b)(2). The
omission of a power from a list does not imply that school corporations
lack that power.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-5-1.5-3.]