Legal Resources

FAQs and Checklists

• FAQ: Understanding Indiana's Open Door Law​
• Drafting a Superintendent Contract
• FAQ: Student Transfers and Transfer Tuition
• FAQ: Employee Dismissal
• Checklist: Permissible Topics for School Board Executive Sessions
• ​FAQ: Teacher Adjuncts

Legal Guidance

• Major Changes to Provisions Impacting Hiring of Employees Who Have Ongoing Contact with Children by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, May 2023
• Laws That Board Members Should Know by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Winter 2023
• Reminders on Executive Sessions by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, February 2023
• Procedures and deadlines for non-renewal of administrative contracts by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, November 2022
• Oath of office can be taken prior to January by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, November 2022
• Restrictions on the superintendent's contract by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, September 2022
• School resource officer laws by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, June 2022
• State laws on hiring school employees by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, May 2022
• Adjunct teachers: Another tool to address shortages by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, ​May 2022
• School boards and mandatory discussion with teachers' associations by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, March 2022
• Virtual participation in school board meetings by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, ​March 2022
• School board committees and the Open Door Law by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, February 2022
• Disclosure of employee discipline by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, February 2022
• Religious objections to COVID-19 protocols by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, October 2021
• Reapportioning school board district boundaries by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, September 2021
• Deducting union dues for teachers by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, June 2021
• The use of temporary teacher contracts by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, May 2021
• Board member electronic participation in school board meetings by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, May 2021 
• COVID-19 immunity bill signed by Governor by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, February 2021
• Contract for services statutory procedures by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, February 2021
• Understanding the school board's role in personnel matters by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, January 2021
• Preparing for newly elected board members by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, November 2020
• Board member conflict of interest, criminally speaking by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, September 2020
• Verification of residency of students by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, September 2020
• School board elections: Be sure you reside in the right district by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, June 2020
• ​Superintendent and other administrator contracts by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, May 2020
• Residency requirements for school board members by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, April 2020
• Legal age for tobacco and e-liquid products changes to 21 by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, March 2020
• Appropriate use of email by school board members by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, January 2020
• Happy (and legal) holiday celebrations by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, November 2019
• Disclosure of information concerning threats to school safety by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, August 2019
• Changes to public access laws by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, June 2019
• Can a school board member be removed from office? by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Summer 2019
• Video recordings of students: Are they education records and who may access the recordings? by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Spring 2019
• Enrollment issues related to nonresident students by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, May 2019
• School Resource Officer duties and agreements by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, February 2019
• Basic principles of school board meetings by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Winter 2019