Sec. 26. (a) A common school corporation:
(1) has the same powers; and
(2) is subject to the same duties and liabilities;
concerning municipal assessments for the cost of public improvements affecting the common school corporation's real estate that private owners of real estate possess or to which private owners of real estate are subject.
(b) The real estate of a common school corporation is subject to liens for municipal assessments for public improvements if the real estate:
(1) had been owned by a private owner; and
(2) would have been subject to a lien at the time the lien was attached.
(c) A penalty or an attorney's fee concerning a municipal assessment may not be collected from a school corporation.