Sec. 17. (a) A teacher who:
(1) has not retained a status as a semipermanent, permanent, or nonpermanent teacher with a participating school corporation; and
(2) loses the teacher's job in a special education cooperative because of a reduction in services or discontinuance of the cooperative;
shall be considered for any job opening for which the teacher is qualified that occurs in any of the participating school corporations in the school year immediately following the reduction in services or discontinuance of the cooperative.
(b) A teacher employed under this section has the same rights and privileges as teachers employed under IC 20-26-10-5 and IC 20-26-10-6.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-1-6-21.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.19.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 5. Special Education Cooperatives
20-35-5-2. Formation of Special Education Cooperative
20-35-5-3. Modification of Special Education Cooperative Agreement
20-35-5-4. Special Education Cooperative Agreement Terms
20-35-5-7. Termination of Agreement
20-35-5-8. Employment of Teachers
20-35-5-9. Rights and Privileges of Teachers in Participating School Corporation
20-35-5-11. Teacher Recall Lists
20-35-5-12. Rights and Privileges of Laid-Off Teacher
20-35-5-13. Fiscal Accountability
20-35-5-17. Teachers; Discontinuance of Special Education Cooperative