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ISBA Legal Resources

Top Resources
  • FAQ: Absenteeism & Truancy in Indiana Schools
  • Guide: Mandatory School Website Postings
  • FAQ: Understanding Indiana's Open Door Law​​​
  • FAQ: Employee Dismissal
  • Checklist: Permissible Topics for School Board Executive Sessions
  • ​FAQ: Teacher Adjuncts
  • Recent Legal Decisions
Employees and Employment​​
  • Changes to the Staff Performance Evaluation Law by Lisa Tanselle, June 2025
  • Hiring new teachers using the regular teacher contract by Lisa Tanselle, August 2024
  • Indiana laws on superintendent contracts by Lisa Tanselle, Spring 2024
  • Changes to the teacher termination process by Lisa Tanselle, November 2023
  • Hiring employees who have ongoing contact with children by Lisa Tanselle, May 2023​
  • Procedures and deadlines for non-renewal of administrative contracts by Julie Slavens, November 2022​​​
  • State laws on hiring school employees by Lisa Tanselle, May 2022​
  • ​Superintendent and other administrator contracts by Lisa Tanselle, May 2020​
Access to Public Records
  • ​School security camera footage by Lisa Tanselle, September 2023
  • Disclosure of employee discipline by Julie Slavens, February 2022​
  • Disclosure of information concerning threats to school safety by Julie Slavens, August 2019​
  • Video recordings of students by Lisa Tanselle, Spring 2019
Meetings​ & Open Door Law
  • Board authority and the legal exercise of that authority by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Winter 2025
  • School governance in real time: Livestreaming your meetings by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, February 2025
  • Parent recording of meetings by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, September 2024
  • Exception carved out for school board committees by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, June 2024
  • Executive session reminders by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, February 2023​
  • Virtual participation in school board meetings by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, ​March 2022
  • School board committees by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, February 2022​
  • Basic principles of school board meetings by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Winter 2019
School Board Elections​
  • Preparing for newly elected board members by Lisa Tanselle, November 2024
  • Oath of office can be taken prior to January by Lisa Tanselle, November 2022​
  • Reapportioning school board district boundaries by Lisa Tanselle, September 2021​​​
  • School board elections: Be sure you reside in the right district by Lisa Tanselle, June 2020​
  • Residency requirements for school board members by Lisa Tanselle, April 2020
Other Legal Guidance
  • Special education procedural safeguards by Bre'Anna Donaldson, e-Dition, September 2024
  • Changes to laws on school buildings by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Summer 2024
  • Campaigning on school grounds by Bre'Anna Donaldson, e-Dition, March 2024
  • Absenteeism, truancy, and Indiana's compulsory attendance laws by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Winter 2024
  • Legislative changes to the $1 building law by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Summer 2023
  • Accommodating employees' religious beliefs by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, August 2023
  • Ensuring equal athletic opportunities for students by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Spring 2023
  • Changes to the law on discussion by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, June 2023
  • Emergency action plans for sudden cardiac arrest and AEDs by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, June 2023​
  • School resource officer laws by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, June 2022
  • Adjunct teacher permits by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, ​May 2022
  • Deducting union dues for teachers by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, June 2021​
  • Sudden cardiac arrest and student athletes by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, June 2021
  • Temporary teacher contracts by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, May 2021​
  • Contracts for services -- purchasing procedures by Julie Slavens, e-Dition, February 2021​
  • 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​
  • Appropriate use of email by school board members by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, January 2020
  • Holiday celebrations by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, November 2019
  • ​Can a school board member be removed from office? by Lisa Tanselle, The Journal, Summer 2019​
  • Enrollment issues related to nonresident students by Lisa Tanselle, e-Dition, May 2019​
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