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Panel advances bill barring out-of-state choice-of-law clauses in school contracts, expands scouting access
Summary
Senate Bill 200 passed committee after sponsors said it protects school corporations (including charter schools) by ensuring contracts are governed by Indiana law and by invalidating certain indemnity clauses; it also expands authorized visits by certain civic organizations. Committee vote was 9-2.
Senate Bill 200, focused on school contracting and related provisions, advanced from committee after an amendment to explicitly include charter schools and wide-ranging testimony from education representatives.
Senator Rotz explained the bill aims to make clear that contracts entered into by school corporations should be governed by Indiana law and that indemnity clauses imposing open-ended obligations on schools…
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