§ 20-33-2-15 — Attendance exception; service on precinct election board or for political candidates or parties

Indiana § 20-33-2-15

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 33: STUDENTS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Ch. 2: Compulsory School Attendance

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(a) The governing body of a school
corporation and the chief administrative official of a nonpublic
secondary school system shall authorize the absence and excuse of
each secondary school student who serves:
(1) on the precinct election board; or
(2) as a helper to a political candidate or to a political party on the
date of each general, city or town, special, and primary election
at which the student works.
(b) Before the date of the election, the student must submit a
document signed by one (1) of the student's parents giving permission
to participate in the election as provided in this section, and the student
must verify to school authorities the performance of services by
submitting a document signed by the candidate, political party
chairman, campaign manager, or precinct officer generally describing
the duties of the student on the date of the election. 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(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17.