Indiana § 20-23-11-1 - Authorization to maintain joint school
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 20-23-11-1 — Authorization to maintain joint school, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-23-11-1. Authorization to maintain joint school
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;
(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.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 20-23-11-1 ("Authorization to maintain joint school") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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