Indiana § 20-28-6-2 Basic contract requirements

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-28-6-2 — Basic contract requirements

Indiana § 20-28-6-2

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 28SCHOOL TEACHERS

Ch. 6Contracts

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Ind. Code § 20-28-6-2 (2026).

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(a)Except as provided under section 7.3 of this chapter, a contract entered into by a teacher and a school corporation must:

(1)be in writing;

(2)be signed by both parties; and

(3)contain the:

(A)beginning date of the school term as determined annually by the school corporation;

(B)number of days in the school term as determined annually by the school corporation;

(C)total salary to be paid to the teacher during the school year;

(D)number of salary payments to be made to the teacher during the school year; and

(E)number of hours per day the teacher is expected to work.

(b)The contract may provide for the annual determination of the teacher's annual compensation based on a local compensation plan specifying a salary range, which is part of the contract. The compensation plan may b

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(a) Except as provided under section 7.3 of this
chapter, a contract entered into by a teacher and a school corporation
must:
(1) be in writing;
(2) be signed by both parties; and
(3) contain the:
(A) beginning date of the school term as determined annually
by the school corporation;
(B) number of days in the school term as determined annually
by the school corporation;
(C) total salary to be paid to the teacher during the school year;
(D) number of salary payments to be made to the teacher during
the school year; and
(E) number of hours per day the teacher is expected to work.
(b) The contract may provide for the annual determination of the
teacher's annual compensation based on a local compensation plan
specifying a salary range, which is part of the contract. The
compensation plan may be changed by the school corporation before
the later of May 1 of a year, with the changes effective the next school
year, or the date specified in a collective bargaining agreement
applicable to the next school year. A teacher affected by the changes
shall be furnished with printed copies of the changed compensation
plan not later than thirty (30) days after the adoption of the
compensation plan.
(c) A contract under this section is also governed by the following
statutes:
(1) IC 20-28-9-5 through IC 20-28-9-6.
(2) IC 20-28-9-9 through IC 20-28-9-11.
(3) IC 20-28-9-13.
(4) IC 20-28-9-14.
(d) A governing body shall provide the blank contract forms,
carefully worded by the secretary of education, and have them signed.
The contracts are public records open to inspection by the residents of
each school corporation.
(e) An action may be brought on a contract that conforms with
subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), and (d).
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-4-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.3; P.L.6-2012, SEC.137; P.L.213-2015, SEC.177; P.L.233-2015, SEC.205; P.L.118-2016, SEC.11; P.L.43-2021, SEC.89; P.L.168-2022, SEC.12; P.L.200-2023, SEC.12.