Indiana § 20-23-5-9 - Notice requirements
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 20-23-5-9 — Notice requirements, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-23-5-9. Notice requirements
Sec. 9. (a) The notice by publication required by section 8 of this chapter shall be made two (2) times a week apart:
(1) with each notice by publication in two (2) daily newspapers of general circulation, published in the English language and of general circulation in the acquiring school corporation and in the losing school corporation; or
(2) with the first publication of notice in the newspapers described in subdivision (1) and the second publication of notice:
(A) in accordance with IC 5-3-5; and
(B) on the official web sites of the acquiring school corporation and the losing school corporation.
(b) If there is only one (1) or no daily newspaper in either school corporation, a weekly newspaper may be used.
(c) If there is only one (1) daily or weekly newspaper, publication in the newspaper is sufficient.
(d) If a newspaper is of general circulation in both the acquiring school corporation and the losing school corporation, publication in the newspaper qualifies as one (1) of the required publications in the acquiring school corporation and the losing school corporation.
(e) Publication in a newspaper may be made jointly by the losing school corporation and acquiring school corporation.
(f) The remonstrance period runs from the second publication.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-4-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.152-2021, SEC.26.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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