{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-20-27-5-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 20-27-5-5","heading":"Driver furnishing body or chassis of school bus; transportation contract; benefits; transportation agreement with transportation network company; requirements","body":"Sec. 5. (a) If a school bus driver is required to furnish the school bus body or the school bus chassis, or both, the governing body of the school corporation may enter into a transportation contract with the school bus driver under IC 5-22.\n(b) The transportation contract may include a provision allowing the school bus driver to be eligible for the life and health insurance benefits and other fringe benefits available to other school personnel.\n(c) The governing body of a school corporation may enter into a transportation agreement with a transportation network company (as defined by IC 8-2.1-17-18) to transport students of the school corporation if the school corporation conducts an expanded criminal history check and expanded child protection index check as provided under IC 20-26-5-10 of every TNC driver (as defined by IC 8-2.1-17-19) who will transport students of the school corporation.","path":["TITLE 20. EDUCATION","ARTICLE 27. SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION","Chapter 5. Transportation Contracts"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_20.html#20-27-5-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-08-01T01:34:30Z","sha256":"7194e23b05a8d12418c0bfdf95c2e1fd89877d8ded86666829fa637320b6cc09","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-20-27-5-4","next":"us-in/ic-20-27-5-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}