Sec. 12. (a) Except as provided under section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), a school corporation that enters into a contract under this chapter to be a freeway school corporation or to operate a freeway school must maintain the educational benefits that the school corporation agrees to achieve in the contract.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-26-15-12

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • contract: refers to a contract entered into under this chapter for the establishment of:

    Indiana Code 20-26-15-1

  • 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.
  • freeway school: refers to :

    Indiana Code 20-26-15-2

  • freeway school corporation: refers to a school corporation that enters into a contract under this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-26-15-3
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) Except as provided under section 15 of this chapter (before its expiration), if the state board determines that a freeway school corporation or freeway school has failed to maintain the educational benefits described in subsection (a) for two (2) consecutive or nonconsecutive school years beginning with the end of the sixth school year after a contract is signed under this chapter:

(1) the contract is void; and

(2) the school corporation ceases to be:

(A) a freeway school corporation; or

(B) eligible to operate a freeway school;

on July 1 following the second school year in which the freeway school corporation or freeway school failed to maintain the required educational benefits.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-62-12.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.108-2018, SEC.5.