§ 20-45-7-2 — Policy

The following is declared to be the policy of
this chapter:
(1) That in certain areas in Indiana there exists a condition created
by the shift in population from urban centers to outlying areas that
has created administrative and financial problems in the
maintenance and operation of school systems in these areas,
resulting in maladjustment of taxable wealth in these areas for
levying taxes for the operation of the schools.
(2) That improvement in the administrative and financial
structures of the qualified school corporations existing in these
outlying areas to the urban centers is essential for the following:
(A) The establishment and maintenance of a general uniform
and efficient system of public schools to provide a more
equalized educational opportunity for public school pupils.
(B) The achievement of greater equity in school tax rates
among the inhabitants of the various existing qualified school
corporations in these areas.
(C) The provision for more use of the public funds expended
for the support of the public school system.
(3) That existing statutes with respect to the granting of financial
assistance on a countywide basis, allowing a more favorable use
of the taxable wealth of the county for the support of the various
school districts within the county, are inadequate to effectuate the
need for this improvement in those areas.
(4) That modification in the present statutory provisions
pertaining to the levying of tax rates for school purposes for the
areas that qualify within the definitions in this chapter is essential
to carry out the purposes of IC 20-23-4, and to that end it is the
intent of the general assembly, by this chapter, to make provision
for a more satisfactory use of the taxable wealth of counties that
qualify under this chapter for the promotion, betterment, and
improvement of their educational systems.
[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-12-2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.168.