§ 10-21-1-1 — Definitions

The following definitions apply throughout this
chapter:
(1) "Accredited nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school that:
(A) has voluntarily become accredited under IC 20-31-4.1; or
(B) is accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency
that is recognized by the state board of education.
(2) "Active event warning system" refers to a system that includes
services and technology that will notify available law enforcement
agencies in the area of a school building of a life threatening
emergency.
(3) "ADM" refers to average daily membership determined under
IC 20-43-4-2. In the case of a school corporation career and
technical education school described in IC 20-37-1-1, "ADM"
refers to the count on a full-time equivalency basis of students
attending the school on the date ADM is determined under IC 20-43-4-2.
(4) "Board" refers to the secured school safety board established
by section 3 of this chapter.
(5) "Bullying prevention program" refers to a program that must
contain one (1) or more of the following components:
(A) Offers students and school personnel opportunities to
develop the skills and strategies to prevent bullying and
potential bullying situations in digital and physical spaces,
including the usage of research based models.
(B) Enables school personnel, including school safety
specialists, safe school committee members, and school
resource officers, to identify and acquire the programs,
technology software, resources, and training necessary
concerning the:
(i) development and implementation of bullying and
cyberbullying prevention programs and school violence,
human trafficking, and self-harm mitigation programs;
(ii) establishment of bullying and cyberbullying investigation,
intervention, and reporting procedures;
(iii) adoption of discipline rules that comply with IC 20-33-8-13.5; and
(iv) integration of the program into wider school efforts,
including a school safety plan, to promote educational
progress and the physical safety and well-being of school
students, families, faculty, and staff.
(6) "County school safety commission" has the meaning set forth
in section 12 of this chapter.
(7) "Critical incidence digital mapping" means the digitized
mapping of a school building and school grounds to best assist
first responders in an emergency that must:
(A) include accurate floor plans overlaid on or current aerial
imagery of a school building or school plan with surrounding
school grounds;
(B) include site-specific labeling that matches:
(i) the structure of the school building, including room labels,
hallway names, room numbers, external doors, interior doors,
stairwell numbers, locations of hazardous materials, key
utility locations, key boxes, automated external defibrillators,
and trauma kits; and
(ii) the school grounds, including parking areas, athletic
fields, surrounding roads, and neighboring proprieties;
(C) be compatible with platforms and applications used by
local, state, and federal public safety agencies;
(D) be verified for accuracy through a walk through of a school
building and school grounds;
(E) not require the purchase of additional software for use;
(F) be accessible in a printable format;
(G) be shared with:
(i) the law enforcement agency and fire department that have
jurisdiction over the mapped school building; and
(ii) the statewide 911 system as described in IC 36-8-16.7-22
through the public safety answer point, or "PSAP", described
in IC 36-8-16.7-20 that has jurisdiction over the mapped
school building; and
(H) be kept confidential and withheld from public disclosure.
(8) "Fund" refers to the Indiana secured school fund established
by section 2 of this chapter.
(9) "Law enforcement agency" refers to a state, local, or federal
agency or department that would respond to an emergency event
at a school, including both on duty and off duty officers within the
agency or department.
(10) "Multi-disciplinary threat assessment team" means a group
of individuals with expertise in school physical security, school
administration, educational instruction, youth counseling, mental
health and behavioral health, and law enforcement established by
the leadership of the school corporation or charter school that may
serve one (1) or more schools, that must meet the following
requirements:
(A) Be comprised of at least:
(i) a school safety specialist or an individual designated by
the school safety committee;
(ii) a member of a safe school committee;
(iii) a school building level administrator;
(iv) a school resource officer, if one (1) is either employed by
or assigned to the school corporation or charter school;
(v) an individual with expertise in special education; and
(vi) a school counselor or social worker.
(B) Conduct multi-disciplinary threat assessments that shall:
(i) provide guidance to students, faculty, and staff regarding
the recognition of threatening or aberrant behavior that may
represent a threat to the community, school, or self;
(ii) identify members of the school community to whom
threatening behavior should be reported;
(iii) establish procedures to assess, identify, and intervene
with individuals whose behavior may pose a threat to the
safety of school students, families, faculty, and staff; and
(iv) inform the adoption, implementation, and updating of
policies adopted by the school corporation or charter school,
including school safety plans and the policies of a safe school
committee for a particular school.
(11) "Safe school committee" means a safe school committee
established under section 14 of this chapter.
(12) "School corporation or charter school" refers to an individual
school corporation, a school corporation career and technical
education school described in IC 20-37-1-1, or a charter school
but also includes:
(A) a coalition of school corporations;
(B) a coalition of charter schools; or
(C) a coalition of both school corporations and charter schools;
that intend to jointly employ a school resource officer or to jointly
apply for a matching grant under this chapter, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise.
(13) "School official" refers to an employee of a school
corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school who
has access to an active event warning system.
(14) "School resource officer" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-18.2-1.
(15) "School safety plan" means the school safety plan described
in section 10 of this chapter.
(16) "School safety specialist" means a school safety specialist
designated under section 9 of this chapter.
(17) "Site vulnerability assessment" means an examination of the
physical safety, security, accessibility, and emergency
preparedness of buildings and grounds.
(18) "Student safety management technology" refers to an
information technology platform and related services to improve
student safety by mitigating cyberbullying, school violence,
human trafficking, and self-harm.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.40-2014, SEC.6; P.L.109-2015, SEC.30; P.L.50-2019, SEC.1; P.L.92-2020, SEC.8; P.L.150-2023, SEC.2.