IC 20-20.5-3-2: Employer obligations

Sec. 2. (a) The school where a teacher of the year is regularly employed shall do the following:

(1) Grant the teacher a one (1) year professional leave to provide service as described in section 1 of this chapter.

(2) Allow the teacher to return to the school from the professional leave:

(A) to the same or a comparable position as the teacher held before the professional leave; and

(B) without loss of accrued benefits or seniority.

(3) Continue to provide the teacher all benefits of employment with the school other than salary.

(b) The department shall reimburse a school for the cost of benefits provided by the school to a teacher under subsection (a)(3).