Indiana § 20-19-3-4 Duties of department; suspension and expulsion statistics; provision of
data necessary for audit or evaluation of education programs;
identification numbers for new schools

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-19-3-4 — Duties of department; suspension and expulsion statistics; provision of data necessary for audit or evaluation of education programs; identification numbers for new schools

Indiana § 20-19-3-4

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 19STATE ADMINISTRATION OF ELEMENTARY

Ch. 3Department of Education

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Ind. Code § 20-19-3-4 (2026).

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(a)The department shall:

(1)perform the duties required by statute;

(2)implement the policies and procedures established by the state board;

(3)conduct analytical research to assist the state board in determining the state's educational policy;

(4)compile statistics concerning the ethnicity, gender, and disability status of students in Indiana schools, including statistics for all information that the department receives from school corporations on enrollment, number of suspensions, and number of expulsions; and

(5)provide technical assistance to school corporations.

(b)In compiling statistics by gender, ethnicity, and disability status under subsection (a)(4), the department shall also categorize suspensions and expulsions by cause as follows:

(1)Alcohol.

(2)Drugs.

(3)Deadly wea

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(a) The department shall:
(1) perform the duties required by statute;
(2) implement the policies and procedures established by the state
board;
(3) conduct analytical research to assist the state board in
determining the state's educational policy;
(4) compile statistics concerning the ethnicity, gender, and
disability status of students in Indiana schools, including statistics
for all information that the department receives from school
corporations on enrollment, number of suspensions, and number
of expulsions; and
(5) provide technical assistance to school corporations.
(b) In compiling statistics by gender, ethnicity, and disability status
under subsection (a)(4), the department shall also categorize
suspensions and expulsions by cause as follows:
(1) Alcohol.
(2) Drugs.
(3) Deadly weapons (other than firearms).
(4) Handguns.
(5) Rifles or shotguns.
(6) Other firearms.
(7) Tobacco.
(8) Attendance.
(9) Destruction of property.
(10) Legal settlement (under IC 20-33-8-17).
(11) Fighting (incident does not rise to the level of battery).
(12) A battery offense included in IC 35-42-2.
(13) Intimidation (IC 35-45-2-1).
(14) Verbal aggression or profanity.
(15) Defiance.
(16) Other.
(c) The department shall provide the state board any data, including
fiscal data, as determined by the state board, in a reasonable time frame
established by the state board after consultation with the department,
necessary to conduct an audit or evaluation of any federal or state
supported program principally engaged in the provision of education,
including, but not limited to:
(1) early childhood education;
(2) elementary and secondary education;
(3) postsecondary education;
(4) special education;
(5) job training;
(6) career and technical education; and
(7) adult education;
or for the enforcement of or compliance with federal legal requirements
related to those education programs as determined by the state board.
The state board and the department are considered state educational
authorities within the meaning of the federal Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g and 34 CFR Part 99) for the purpose
of allowing the free exchange of information between the department
and the state board.
(d) The department may, upon request by a new school, assign an
identification number for the new school.
(e) The department shall develop guidelines necessary to implement
this section.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-1-1.1-5.]