Sec. 1. It is the sense of the general assembly: (1) that the establishment and maintenance of a general, a uniform, and an efficient system of public schools is the traditional and current policy of the state; (2) that improvement in the organization of school corporations of the state will: (A) provide a more equalized educational opportunity for public school students; (B) achieve greater equity in school tax rates among the existing school corporations; and (C) provide a more effective use of the public funds expended for the support of the public school system; (3) that existing statutes with respect to the combination and the reorganization of school corporations are inadequate to effectuate the needed improvement; (4) that modifications in the provisions for the combination and the reorganization of school corporations in this chapter are necessary in order to assure the future maintenance of a uniform and an efficient system of public schools in the state; (5) that local electors: (A) have an interest in the boundaries of the school corporation in which they reside; and (B) will exercise their privileges, as provided in this chapter, to establish an efficient and economical reorganization plan best suited to local conditions; and (6) that: (A) the state board; and (B) the: (i) committees; and (ii) public officers; charged with authority under this chapter; will perform their duties wisely in view of the objective of this chapter as set forth in the title of this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-1-1.]
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