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SB77 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Senator Greg Goode
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Introduced Senate Bill (S)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's text does not provide details on what happens if local governments do not purchase the building within the specified timeframe.

Sale of School Buildings in Small Counties

This bill allows school boards in counties with fewer than 150,000 people to sell unused buildings to local governments before offering them to charter schools or other educational institutions.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a governing body of a school corporation located in a county with less than 150,000 residents to sell a covered school building to a county or municipal government within one year after deciding at a public meeting not to use the building for classroom instruction.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School boards in counties with fewer than 150,000 people
  • Local governments in those counties

Terms To Know

Covered school building
A school building that is no longer used for classroom teaching.
Governing body of a school corporation
The group in charge of running the schools, like a school board.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if local governments do not buy the building within one year.
  • Only applies to counties with fewer than 150,000 people.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 Senate

    Authored by Senator Goode

  2. 2025-12-08 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
Sale of school buildings.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Sale of school buildings.

Provides that a governing body of a school corporation located in a county with a population of less than 150,000 has one year from the date the governing body determines at a public meeting to cease using a covered school building for classroom instruction on student instructional days to sell the covered school building to a county or municipal government at a mutually agreed upon price before the covered school building must be made available for lease or purchase to a charter school or state educational institution. Makes conforming changes.