Indiana § 20-33-12-3 Expression of religious beliefs in school work

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-33-12-3 — Expression of religious beliefs in school work

Indiana § 20-33-12-3

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 33STUDENTS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Ch. 12Indiana Student Religious Civil Liberties

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Ind. Code § 20-33-12-3 (2026).

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Students may express their beliefs about
religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments
free from discrimination based on the religious content of their
submissions. Homework and classroom assignments must be judged by
ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance and against
other legitimate pedagogical concerns identified by the public school.
Students may not be penalized or rewarded on account of the religious
content of their work. If an assignment requires a student's viewpoint
to be expressed in course work, artwork, or other written or oral
assignments, a public school shall not penalize or reward a student on
the basis of religious content or a religious viewpoint. In such an
assignment, a student's academic work that expresses a religious
viewpoint

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Students may express their beliefs about
religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments
free from discrimination based on the religious content of their
submissions. Homework and classroom assignments must be judged by
ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance and against
other legitimate pedagogical concerns identified by the public school.
Students may not be penalized or rewarded on account of the religious
content of their work. If an assignment requires a student's viewpoint
to be expressed in course work, artwork, or other written or oral
assignments, a public school shall not penalize or reward a student on
the basis of religious content or a religious viewpoint. In such an
assignment, a student's academic work that expresses a religious
viewpoint shall be evaluated based on ordinary academic standards of
substance and relevance to the course curriculum or requirements of
the course work or assignment.