§ 20-33-2-10 — Enrollment documentation; notice to clearinghouse for information on missing children

(a) Each public school shall and each private
school may require a student who initially enrolls in the school to
provide:
(1) the name and address of the school the student last attended;
and
(2) a certified copy of the student's birth certificate or other
reliable proof of the student's date of birth.
(b) Each public school, charter school, and nonpublic school with
at least one (1) employee shall provide upon request of another school
a copy of a particular student's disciplinary records that are relevant to
the safety of students, if the particular student currently attends the
requesting school and is currently enrolled in the requesting school.
(c) Not more than fourteen (14) days after initial enrollment in a
school, the school shall request the student's records from the school
the student last attended.
(d) If the document described in subsection (a)(2):
(1) is not provided to the school not more than thirty (30) days
after the student's enrollment; or
(2) appears to be inaccurate or fraudulent;
the school shall notify the Indiana clearinghouse for information on
missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered
adults established under IC 10-13-5-5 and determine if the student has
been reported missing.
(e) A school in Indiana receiving a request for records shall send the
records promptly to the requesting school. However, if a request is
received for records to which a notice has been attached under IC 31-36-1-5 (or IC 31-6-13-6 before its repeal), the school:
(1) shall immediately notify the Indiana clearinghouse for
information on missing children, missing veterans at risk, and
missing endangered adults;
(2) may not send the school records without the authorization of
the clearinghouse; and
(3) may not inform the requesting school that a notice under IC 31-36-1-5 (or IC 31-6-13-6 before its repeal) has been attached to
the records.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (e), if a parent of a child who has
enrolled in a state accredited nonpublic school is in breach of a contract
that conditions release of student records on the payment of
outstanding tuition and other fees, the state accredited nonpublic school
shall provide a requesting school sufficient verbal information to
permit the requesting school to make an appropriate placement
decision regarding the child. However, the state accredited nonpublic
school must provide the information described in subsection (b) to the
requesting school.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-3-17.1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.43-2009, SEC.18; P.L.144-2012, SEC.1; P.L.92-2020, SEC.75; P.L.155-2020, SEC.17; P.L.32-2021, SEC.62; P.L.40-2024, SEC.26.