§ 20-37-1-1 — Career and technical education; cooperating school corporations; board of management; withdrawal

(a) Two (2) or more school corporations may
cooperate to:
(1) establish; and
(2) maintain or supervise;
schools or departments for career and technical education if the
governing bodies of the school corporations agree to cooperate and
apportion the cost of the schools or departments among the school
corporations.
(b) If the cooperating school corporations agree to:
(1) establish; and
(2) maintain or supervise;
the schools or departments under subsection (a), the designated
representatives of the school corporations constitute a board for the
management of the schools or departments. The board may adopt a
plan of organization, administration, and support for the schools or
departments. The plan, if approved by the state board, is a binding
contract between the cooperating school corporations.
(c) The governing bodies of the cooperating school corporations
may cancel or annul the plan described in subsection (b) by the vote of
a majority of the governing bodies and upon the approval of the state
board. However, if a school corporation desires to withdraw a course
offering from the cooperative agreement after:
(1) attempting to withdraw the course offering under a withdrawal
procedure authorized by the school corporation's cooperative
agreement or bylaw; and
(2) being denied the authority to withdraw the course offering;
the school corporation may appeal the denial to the state board. In the
appeal, a school corporation must submit a proposal requesting the
withdrawal to the state board for approval.
(d) The proposal under subsection (c) must do the following:
(1) Describe how the school corporation intends to implement the
particular career and technical education course.
(2) Include a provision that provides for at least a two (2) year
phaseout of the educational program or course offering from the
cooperative agreement.
Upon approval of the proposal by the state board, the school
corporation may proceed with the school corporation's withdrawal of
the course offering from the cooperative agreement and shall proceed
under the proposal.
(e) The withdrawal procedure under subsections (c) and (d) may not
be construed to permit a school corporation to change any other terms
of the plan described in subsection (b) except those terms that require
the school corporation to provide the particular course offering sought
to be withdrawn.
(f) The board described in subsection (b) may do the following:
(1) Enter into an agreement to acquire by lease or purchase:
(A) sites;
(B) buildings; or
(C) equipment;
that is suitable for these schools or departments. This authority
extends to the acquisition of facilities available under IC 20-47-2.
(2) By resolution adopted by a majority of the board, designate
three (3) or more individuals from the board's membership to
constitute an executive committee.
(g) To the extent provided in a resolution adopted under subsection
(f)(2), an executive committee shall do the following:
(1) Exercise the authority of the full board in the management of
the schools or departments.
(2) Submit a written summary of its actions to the full board at
least semiannually.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-1-18-7.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.231-2005, SEC.49; P.L.2-2006, SEC.160; P.L.234-2007, SEC.123.