§ 20-33-2-14 — Compulsory attendance; school corporation policy; exceptions; service as page or honoree of general assembly

(a) This section and sections 15 through 17.8
of this chapter apply to a student who attends either a public school or
a nonpublic school.
(b) The governing body of each school corporation shall adopt a
policy:
(1) outlining the conditions for excused and unexcused absences;
and
(2) providing for the categorization of excused absences in
accordance with the categorization framework established by the
department under IC 20-19-3-12.4.
(c) The governing body of each school corporation shall have a
policy regarding the participation of a habitually truant in
extracurricular and co-curricular activities.
(d) The policy under subsection (b) must include the grounds for
excused absences required by sections 15 through 17.8 of this chapter
or another law.
(e) Any absence that results in a person not attending at least one
hundred eighty (180) days in a school year must be in accordance with
the governing body's policy under subsection (b) to qualify as an
excused absence.
(f) Service as a page for or as an honoree of the general assembly is
a lawful excuse for a student to be absent from school, when verified
by a certificate of the secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the
house of representatives. A student excused from school attendance
under this section may not be recorded as being absent on any date for
which the excuse is operative and may not be penalized by the school
in any manner.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-3-18(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.185-2006, SEC.13; P.L.90-2011, SEC.42; P.L.150-2024, SEC.62; P.L.97-2025, SEC.1; P.L.208-2025, SEC.7.