Indiana Code 20-20-4-6. Employer obligations

Sec. 6. (a) The school where a teacher of the year is regularly employed shall do the following:

(1) Grant the teacher a one (1) year professional leave to provide service as described in section 5.5 of this chapter.

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Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5

(2) Allow the teacher to return to the school from the professional leave:

(A) to the same or a comparable position as the teacher held before the professional leave; and

(B) without loss of accrued benefits or seniority.

(3) Continue to provide the teacher all benefits of employment with the school other than salary.

(b) The department shall reimburse a school for the cost of benefits provided by the school to a teacher under subsection (a)(3).

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-11-6.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.24.