Indiana § 20-32-4-5 Failure to meet graduation requirements; student with a disability;
eligibility to graduate

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-32-4-5 — Failure to meet graduation requirements; student with a disability; eligibility to graduate

Indiana § 20-32-4-5

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 32STUDENT STANDARDS, ASSESSMENTS, AND

Ch. 4Graduation Requirements

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 20-32-4-5 (2026).

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(a)This section applies to a student who is a student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8).

(b)If the student fails to meet a postsecondary readiness competency requirement established by the state board under section 1.5(c) of this chapter, the student's case conference committee may determine that the student is eligible to graduate if the case conference committee finds the following:

(1)The student's teacher of record, in consultation with a teacher of the student in each subject area in which the student has not successfully completed a postsecondary readiness competency established by the state board under section 1.5(c) of this chapter, makes a written recommendation to the case conference committee. The recommendation must:

(A)be aligned with the governing body's rele

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(a) This section applies to a student who is a
student with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-8).
(b) If the student fails to meet a postsecondary readiness
competency requirement established by the state board under section
1.5(c) of this chapter, the student's case conference committee may
determine that the student is eligible to graduate if the case conference
committee finds the following:
(1) The student's teacher of record, in consultation with a teacher
of the student in each subject area in which the student has not
successfully completed a postsecondary readiness competency
established by the state board under section 1.5(c) of this chapter,
makes a written recommendation to the case conference
committee. The recommendation must:
(A) be aligned with the governing body's relevant policy;
(B) be concurred in by the principal of the student's school; and
(C) be supported by documentation that the student has attained
the academic standard in the subject area based on:
(i) tests or competencies other than the postsecondary
readiness competencies established by the state board under
section 1.5(c) of this chapter; or
(ii) classroom work.
(2) The student meets all the following requirements:
(A) Completes remediation opportunities provided to the
student by the student's school to the extent required by the
student's individualized education program.
(B) Maintains a school attendance rate of at least ninety-five
percent (95%) to the extent required by the student's
individualized education program with excused absences not
counting against the student's attendance.
(C) Maintains at least a "C" average or the equivalent in the
courses comprising the credits specifically required for
graduation by rule of the state board.
(D) Otherwise satisfies all state and local graduation
requirements.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-16-13.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.268-2013, SEC.7; P.L.233-2015, SEC.239; P.L.242-2017, SEC.37; P.L.192-2018, SEC.29; P.L.150-2024, SEC.40.