Ind. Code ch. 20-39-2

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Ind. Code § 20-39-2-1 Supervision by secretary of education

Sec. 1. (a) The secretary of education shall exercise the supervision over school funds and revenues that is necessary to ascertain their safety, secure their preservation, and secure their application to the proper object. (b) The secretary of education may cause to be instituted, in the name of the state of Indiana, for the use of the proper fund or revenue, all suits necessary for the recovery of any part of the funds or revenues. The prosecuting attorney shall prosecute all the suits at the insistence of the secretary of education and without charge against the funds or revenue. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-62.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.162. Amended by P.L.43-2021, SEC.123.

Ind. Code § 20-39-2-2 Power to require reports

Sec. 2. The secretary of education may require from the county auditors, school examiners, county treasurers, township trustees, county clerks, and county treasurers: (1) copies of all reports required to be made by them; and (2) all other information in relation to the duties of their respective offices, so far as those duties relate to the: (A) condition of the school funds, school revenues, and property of the common schools; and (B) condition and management of the common schools; that the secretary of education determines is important. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-63.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.162. Amended by P.L.43-2021, SEC.124.

Ind. Code § 20-39-2-3 Prescription of forms

Sec. 3. The secretary of education may prepare and transmit to the proper officers: (1) suitable forms and rules for making all reports; (2) necessary blanks for all reports; and (3) all necessary instructions; for the better organization and government of common schools and conducting all necessary proceedings under this chapter and IC 20-42. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-1-1-64.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.162. Amended by P.L.43-2021, SEC.125.

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