{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-20-23-10-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 20-23-10-5","heading":"Merger resolution; contents","body":"Sec. 5. School corporations in a county may merge in the following manner:\n(1) The governing bodies of the school corporations shall adopt a concurrent resolution providing for the merger.\n(2) The resolutions in subdivision (1) shall be adopted not later than sixty (60) days after the date the first concurrent resolution is adopted by a governing body. The resolutions must provide for the following:\n(A) The makeup of board member districts, including that:\n(i) board members shall be elected from the entire merged school corporation, but residence requirements may provide that members live in different districts;\n(ii) the board member districts need not be equal in size or population, and one (1) board member district may include the area in the merged school corporation;\n(iii) the number of members of the governing body of the merged school corporation to be elected from a board member district need not be equal in number; and\n(iv) concurrent resolutions may also eliminate requirements that there be board member districts.\n(B) The number of members on the governing body of the merged school corporation must be:\n(i) three (3);\n(ii) five (5); or\n(iii) seven (7);\nmembers.\n(C) The time the merged school corporation comes into existence.\nIf a time is not provided when the merged school corporation comes into existence or if a final judgment in the remonstrance proceeding is delayed beyond the time set in the concurrent resolutions, the merged school corporation comes into existence on July 1 following the adoption of the resolutions or the final judgment, whichever occurs last.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","ARTICLE 23. ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS","Chapter 10. Merger of School Corporations Within Counties"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_20.html#20-23-10-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-08-01T01:34:30Z","sha256":"69e0ac1fafcf0b73d786bc38d070584fde9eb1db1dce5077040a2371b8cf0b07","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-20-23-10-4","next":"us-in/ic-20-23-10-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}