All laws enacted pertaining to the consolidation of school corporations shall be liberally construed to effect the following purposes for which the laws were enacted:

1. (1) Better schools.
2. (2) Ease of administration.

3. (3) Economy of operation.

   [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-4-7-2.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.7.