§ 20-28-6-6 — Temporary teacher's contract

(a) A temporary teacher's contract shall be used
only for employing:
(1) a teacher to serve in the absence of a teacher who has been
granted a leave of absence by the school corporation for:
(A) engaging in defense service or in service auxiliary to
defense service;
(B) professional study or advancement;
(C) exchange teaching;
(D) extended disability to which a licensed physician has
attested; or
(E) serving in the general assembly; or
(2) a new teacher for a position:
(A) that is funded by a grant outside the school funding formula
for which funding is available only for a specified period or
purpose; or
(B) vacated by a teacher who is under a regular contract and
who temporarily accepts a teacher position that is funded by a
grant outside the school funding formula for which funding is
available only for a specified period or purpose.
(b) The temporary teacher's contract must contain:
(1) the provisions of the regular teacher's contract except those
providing for continued tenure of position;
(2) a blank space for the name of the teacher granted the leave,
which may not be used on another temporary teacher's contract
for the same leave of absence; and
(3) an expiration date that:
(A) is the date of the return of the teacher on leave; and
(B) is not later than the end of the school year.
(c) If a teacher is employed on the temporary teacher's contract for
at least sixty (60) days in a school year, the teacher may, on request,
receive the service credit that the teacher would otherwise receive with
regard to the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund.
(d) A school corporation is not required to use a temporary teacher's
contract for employing a teacher to serve in the absence of a teacher
who has been granted a leave of absence.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-4-7.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.4; P.L.233-2015, SEC.206.