Indiana Code
Chapter 4. Community School Corporations
20-23-4-1. Purpose and Policy of School Reorganization

Sec. 1. It is the sense of the general assembly:
(1) that the establishment and maintenance of a general, a uniform, and an efficient system of public schools is the traditional and current policy of the state;
(2) that improvement in the organization of school corporations of the state will:
(A) provide a more equalized educational opportunity for public school students;
(B) achieve greater equity in school tax rates among the existing school corporations; and
(C) provide a more effective use of the public funds expended for the support of the public school system;
(3) that existing statutes with respect to the combination and the reorganization of school corporations are inadequate to effectuate the needed improvement;
(4) that modifications in the provisions for the combination and the reorganization of school corporations in this chapter are necessary in order to assure the future maintenance of a uniform and an efficient system of public schools in the state;
(5) that local electors:
(A) have an interest in the boundaries of the school corporation in which they reside; and
(B) will exercise their privileges, as provided in this chapter, to establish an efficient and economical reorganization plan best suited to local conditions; and
(6) that:
(A) the state board; and
(B) the:
(i) committees; and
(ii) public officers;
charged with authority under this chapter;
will perform their duties wisely in view of the objective of this chapter as set forth in the title of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.

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