Sec. 9. (a) A teacher serving under a regular contract at a laboratory school operated under IC 20-24.5-2 who is offered and accepts a position in the local school corporation that is a party to the agreement with the university operating the laboratory school is entitled to:
(1) transfer to the local school corporation any years served as a regular teacher at the laboratory school; and
(2) receive credit for the years in meeting the five (5) year requirement for an indefinite contract contained in section 8 of this chapter.
(b) If the teacher accepting a position with the local school corporation has served as a regular teacher at the laboratory school for at least five (5) successive years, the teacher's contract with the local school corporation is an indefinite contract under section 8 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-4-9.1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.218.