1. (a) A temporary teacher's contract shall be used only for employing:

   1. (1) a teacher to serve in the absence of a teacher who has been granted a leave of absence by the school corporation for:

      1. (A) engaging in defense service or in service auxiliary to defense service;
      2. (B) professional study or advancement;
      3. (C) exchange teaching;
      4. (D) extended disability to which a licensed physician has attested; or
      5. (E) serving in the general assembly;

   2. (2) a new teacher for a position:

      1. (A) that is funded by a grant outside the school funding formula for which funding is available only for a specified period or purpose; or
      2. (B) vacated by a teacher who is under a regular contract and who temporarily accepts a teacher position that is funded by a grant outside the school funding formula for which funding is available only for a specified period or purpose; or
   3. (3) a teacher who has been issued an emergency permit by the department.

2. (b) The temporary teacher's contract must contain:

   1. (1) the provisions of the regular teacher's contract except those providing for continued tenure of position;
   2. (2) a blank space for the name of the teacher granted the leave, which may not be used on another temporary teacher's contract for the same leave of absence; and

   3. (3) an expiration date that:

      1. (A) is the date of the return of the teacher on leave; and
      2. (B) is not later than the end of the school year.
3. (c) If a teacher is employed on the temporary teacher's contract for at least sixty (60) days in a school year, the teacher may, on request, receive the service credit that the teacher would otherwise receive with regard to the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund.

4. (d) A school corporation is not required to use a temporary teacher's contract for employing a teacher to serve in the absence of a teacher who has been granted a leave of absence.

   [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-4-7.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.48-2011, SEC.4; P.L.233-2015, SEC.206; P.L.74-2026, SEC.99.