Indiana § 20-28-8-3 - Assistant superintendent, principal, and assistant principal contracts; renewal or refusal to renew; written notice
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§ 20-28-8-3. Assistant superintendent, principal, and assistant principal contracts; renewal or refusal to renew; written notice
Sec. 3. (a) Before March 1 of the year during which the contract of an assistant superintendent, a principal, or an assistant principal is due to expire, the governing body of the school corporation, or an attorney acting at the direction of the governing body, shall give written notice of renewal or refusal to renew the individual's contract for the ensuing school year.
(b) This section does not prevent the modification or termination of a contract by mutual agreement of the assistant superintendent, the principal, or the assistant principal and the governing body.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-4-17.2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.253-2013, SEC.2; P.L.233-2015, SEC.212; P.L.239-2015, SEC.5; P.L.118-2016, SEC.13.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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