§ 20-26-7.1-4.5 — School corporation responsibility to maintain vacant covered school building

Indiana § 20-26-7.1-4.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 26: SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL
• Ch. 7.1: Transfers of Vacant School Buildings to Charter

Text

5. (a) After a governing body passes a
resolution or takes official action to close, no longer use, or no longer
occupy a covered school building or the covered school building is
required to be closed under IC 20-26-7-47, a school corporation is
responsible for meeting the requirements described in subsection (b)
until the applicable covered school building is:
(1) sold or leased to a charter school or state educational
institution; or
(2) eligible to be sold or otherwise disposed in accordance with IC 36-1-11, IC 20-25-4-14, and IC 20-26-5-4(a)(7).
(b) During the period described in subsection (a), a school
corporation is:
(1) responsible for the maintenance of a covered school building,
including:
(A) protection against theft or vandalism;
(B) fire protection; and
(C) ensuring the covered school building is not damaged during
adverse weather conditions;
(2) responsible for maintaining the physical condition of the
covered school building in the same physical condition the
applicable covered school building was on the last day that it was
used for classroom instruction; and
(3) financially responsible for any damage or destruction that
occurs to the covered school building.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.155-2021, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.189-2023, SEC.17.