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Indiana Code Title 20. Education § 20-26-7-27.5

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 27.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if:

(1) as a result of an inspection of a school building under IC 22-14-2-11 that is not an inspection to determine compliance with a legal standard for accreditation, the department of homeland security determines that there is a violation of a fire safety law at the school building;

(2) the fire safety law that the department of homeland security determines has been violated at the school building incorporates a standard that:

(A) was not a fire safety law at the time of the construction or renovation of the school building and is being applied retroactively to the building by an employee of the department of homeland security;  or

(B) previously was not applicable to the building;  and

(3) the violation is not a condition that creates an immediate safety hazard and is monitored under daily maintenance and supervision;

the school corporation shall abate the violation before the earlier of one (1) year after the violation determination or six (6) months after the start of the school corporation's next budget year following the violation determination.

(b) The expense of the abatement may be paid out of funds appropriated for such purposes in the budget year following a violation determination under subsection (a).

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