Sec. 1. If a school trustee or board of school trustees of any school corporation in Indiana that is adjacent to a school corporation of another state believes the best interests of the public schools can be promoted by purchasing school grounds, repairing or erecting a schoolhouse or schoolhouses, and maintaining a school jointly between the two (2) adjacent school corporations, the school trustee or school trustees of the school corporation of Indiana so situated may enter into an agreement with the school authorities of the adjacent school corporation to:

(1) purchase school grounds or repair or construct a school building;

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-23-11-1

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) purchase school furniture, equipment, appliances, or fuel; or

(3) employ teachers and maintain a school;

if, in the judgment of the school trustee or trustees of Indiana, the best interests of the public school can be promoted by doing so.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-56-1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.