Indiana § 20-26-7.1-3 Disposal, sale, hold without operating, lease, or demolition of covered
school building

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-26-7.1-3 — Disposal, sale, hold without operating, lease, or demolition of covered school building

Indiana § 20-26-7.1-3

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 26SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL

Ch. 7.1Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter

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Ind. Code § 20-26-7.1-3 (2026).

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(a)Except as provided in section 1 of this chapter or subsection (b), (c), or (d), before a governing body may sell, exchange, lease, demolish, hold without operating, or dispose of a covered school building, a governing body shall make available for lease or purchase by a charter school or state educational institution any covered school building owned by the school corporation or any other entity that is related in any way to, or created by, the school corporation or the governing body, including a building corporation, that the governing body elects to close or the school corporation is required to close under IC 20-26-7-47, in order for the covered school building to be used by a:

(1)charter school to conduct prekindergarten through grade 12 classroom instruction; or

(2)state educat

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(a) Except as provided in section 1 of this
chapter or subsection (b), (c), or (d), before a governing body may sell,
exchange, lease, demolish, hold without operating, or dispose of a
covered school building, a governing body shall make available for
lease or purchase by a charter school or state educational institution
any covered school building owned by the school corporation or any
other entity that is related in any way to, or created by, the school
corporation or the governing body, including a building corporation,
that the governing body elects to close or the school corporation is
required to close under IC 20-26-7-47, in order for the covered school
building to be used by a:
(1) charter school to conduct prekindergarten through grade 12
classroom instruction; or
(2) state educational institution for an academic purpose.
(b) The following are not required to comply with this chapter:
(1) A governing body that vacates a covered school building in
order to:
(A) renovate the covered school building for a future allowable
use by the school corporation as permitted under IC 20-26-7-47; or
(B) demolish the covered school building, in whole or part, and
build a new school building or an addition to a school building
on the same site as the demolished building.
(2) An emergency manager of a distressed school corporation
under IC 6-1.1-20.3.
(3) The governing body of the School City of East Chicago school
corporation for the Carrie Gosch Elementary School building.
(4) A school corporation that has had a designation as a distressed
political subdivision under IC 6-1.1-20.3 within the previous three
(3) years.
(c) This section does not apply to a covered school building in
which a governing body under IC 20-26-5-4(a)(7) entered a lease prior
to January 1, 2019, with a state accredited nonpublic school. In
addition, the governing body may, during or at the expiration of the
term of such lease, sell the school building leased under IC 20-26-5-4(a)(7) to the nonpublic school at a purchase price mutually
agreed to by the governing body and the nonpublic school.
(d) This section does not apply to a covered school building of a
school corporation to which the following apply:
(1) The school corporation had, before January 1, 2023, entered
into a lease or memorandum of understanding with a nonprofit
organization exempt from federal taxation under Section
501(c)(3) through 501(c)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code for the
use of the covered school building.
(2) The lease or memorandum of understanding described in
subdivision (1):
(A) continues in effect;
(B) is renewed; or
(C) is replaced by a new lease or memorandum of
understanding that is entered into between the school
corporation and the nonprofit organization described in
subdivision (1).
(3) The nonprofit organization described in subdivision (1) uses
the covered school building for an educational purpose
throughout the term of any lease or memorandum of
understanding.
If at any time the conditions under subdivisions (2) and (3) are not met,
the covered school building is subject to IC 20-26-7-47 and this
chapter.
(e) A covered school building that a school corporation closes or is
required to close may not be retained by the school corporation for
storage or office use unless the conditions of IC 20-26-7-47(e)(3), IC 20-26-7-47(e)(4), or IC 20-26-7-47(e)(5) are met.