§ 20-30-5-4 — System of government; American history; competency based requirements

Indiana § 20-30-5-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 30: CURRICULUM
• Ch. 5: Mandatory Curriculum

Text

(a) Each public school and nonpublic school
shall provide within the two (2) weeks preceding a general election for
all students in grades 6 through 12 five (5) full recitation periods of
class discussion concerning:
(1) the system of government in Indiana and in the United States;
(2) methods of voting;
(3) party structures;
(4) election laws; and
(5) the responsibilities of citizen participation in government and
in elections.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) and IC 20-32-4-13, a
student may not receive an Indiana diploma unless the student has
completed a two (2) semester course in American history.
(c) If a public school superintendent violates this section, the
secretary of education shall receive and record reports of the violations.
The general assembly may examine these reports.
(d) If the state board establishes competency based requirements as
part of a diploma established under IC 20-19-2-21 that cover the
content in the American history course required under subsection (b),
a student may satisfy the requirement under subsection (b) by obtaining
the diploma.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.251-2017, SEC.10; P.L.192-2018, SEC.17; P.L.43-2021, SEC.97; P.L.150-2024, SEC.30.