IC 20-28-6-6 — Temporary teacher's contract
Chapter 6. Contracts
Bills amending this section
Section text
Sec. 6. (a) A temporary teacher's contract shall be used only for employing: (1) a teacher to serve in the absence of a teacher who has been granted a leave of absence by the school corporation for: (A) engaging in defense service or in service auxiliary to defense service; (B) professional study or advancement; (C) exchange teaching; (D) extended disability to which a licensed physician has attested; or (E) serving in the general assembly; (2) a new teacher for a position: (A) that is funded by a grant outside the school funding formula for which funding is available only for a specified period or purpose; or (B) vacated by a teacher who is under a regular contract and who temporarily accepts a teacher position that is funded by a grant outside the school funding formula for which funding is available only for a specified period or purpose; or (3) a teacher who has been issued an emergency permit by the department. (b) The temporary teacher's contract must contain: (1) the provisions of the regular teacher's contract except those providing for continued tenure of position; (2) a blank space for the name of the teacher granted the leave, which may not be used on another temporary teacher's contract for the same leave of absence; and (3) an expiration date that: (A) is the date of the return of the teacher on leave; and (B) is not later than the end of the school year. (c) If a teacher is employed on the temporary teacher's contract for at least sixty (60) days in a school year, the teacher may, on request, receive the service credit that the teacher would otherwise receive with regard to the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund. (d) A school corporation is not required to use a temporary teacher's contract for employing a teacher to serve in the absence of a teacher who has been granted a leave of absence.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.4; P.L.233-2015, SEC.206; P.L.74-2026, SEC.99.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)