1. (a) A teacher who is subject to section 8 of this chapter is not subject to this section.

2. (b) A teacher who:

   1. (1) serves under contract as a teacher in a school corporation;
   2. (2) is in the teacher's first or second year of full-time teaching in a classroom; and

   3. (3) has not at any time before July 1, 2012, entered into a teaching contract for further service with the school corporation;

      shall be considered a probationary teacher.

3. (c) A teacher who:

   1. (1) is not a probationary teacher under subsection (b); and

   2. (2) enters into a contract described in section 2 of this chapter;

      becomes a professional teacher.

As added by P.L.90-2011, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.200-2023, SEC.13; P.L.214-2025, SEC.122; P.L.74-2026, SEC.100.