Court upholds law allowing charter schools to buy buildings for
INDIANAPOLIS — Three Indiana school corporations have failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana to overturn a law requiring them to sell v...
INDIANAPOLIS — Three Indiana school corporations have failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana to overturn a law requiring them to sell vacant public school buildings to charter schools for $1. The appeals court agreed with a lower court that the corporations are prohibited from pursuing 'takings clause claims,' which can prevent private property from being taken for public use without just compensation. Between 2018 and 2020, Lake Ridge School Corp., the School City of Hammond and West Lafayette Community School Corp.