§ 20-26-5-40 — Required information on student identification card

(a) This section applies to a student
identification card issued to a student after June 30, 2022:
(1) by a public school, including a charter school; and
(2) to each student of a school described in subdivision (1) who
is in grade 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12.
(b) If a school issues a student identification card to a student, the
school shall include on the student identification card the following:
(1) Except as provided under subsection (c), the 9-8-8 crisis
hotline.
(2) A local, state, or national human trafficking hotline telephone
number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven
(7) days a week.
(3) A local, state, or national sexual assault hotline telephone
number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven
(7) days a week.
(4) A local, state, or national teen dating violence hotline
telephone number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a
day, seven (7) days a week.
(5) If a hotline specified in subdivisions (1) through (4) is capable
of receiving a text message, the information to text the hotline.
(c) If the 9-8-8 crisis hotline is not in operation at the time a school
issues a student identification card, the school shall include a local,
state, or national suicide prevention hotline telephone number on the
student identification card. However, if the 9-8-8 crisis hotline
becomes operational at a later date, the school shall include the 9-8-8
crisis hotline on all student identification cards issued by the school
after the 9-8-8 crisis hotline is in operation.
(d) A school may include the information described in subsections
(b) and (c) on a student identification card by:
(1) printing the information on the student identification card; or
(2) affixing on the student identification card a sticker with the
information printed on the sticker.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.207-2021, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.390.