Section 20-20-4-6 - Employer obligations(a) The school where a teacher of the year is regularly employed shall do the following: (1) Grant the teacher a one (1) year professional leave to provide service as described in section 5.5 of this chapter.(2) Allow the teacher to return to the school from the professional leave: (A) to the same or a comparable position as the teacher held before the professional leave; and(B) without loss of accrued benefits or seniority.(3) Continue to provide the teacher all benefits of employment with the school other than salary.(b) The department shall reimburse a school for the cost of benefits provided by the school to a teacher under subsection (a)(3).Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-6.1-11-6.
Amended by P.L. 286-2013, SEC. 24, eff. 7/1/2013.As added by P.L. 1-2005, SEC.4.