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(a)This section applies to an individual:
(1)who:
(A)attends or last attended a public school;
(B)is at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than eighteen
(C)has not completed the requirements for graduation;
(2)who:
(A)wishes to withdraw from school before graduation;
(B)fails to return at the beginning of a semester; or
(C)stops attending school during a semester; and
(3)who has no record of transfer to another school.
(b)An individual to whom this section applies may withdraw from
school only if all of the following conditions are met:
(1)An exit interview is conducted.
(2)The individual's parent consents to the withdrawal.
(3)The school principal approves of the withdrawal.
(4)The withdrawal is due to:
(A)financial hardship and the individu
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5. (a) This section applies to an individual:
(1) who:
(A) attends or last attended a public school;
(B) is at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than eighteen
(18) years of age; and
(C) has not completed the requirements for graduation;
(2) who:
(A) wishes to withdraw from school before graduation;
(B) fails to return at the beginning of a semester; or
(C) stops attending school during a semester; and
(3) who has no record of transfer to another school.
(b) An individual to whom this section applies may withdraw from
school only if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) An exit interview is conducted.
(2) The individual's parent consents to the withdrawal.
(3) The school principal approves of the withdrawal.
(4) The withdrawal is due to:
(A) financial hardship and the individual must be employed to
support the individual's family or a dependent;
(B) illness; or
(C) an order by a court that has jurisdiction over the child.
During the exit interview, the school principal shall provide to the
student and the student's parent a copy of statistics compiled by the
department concerning the likely consequences of life without a high
school diploma. The school principal shall advise the student and the
student's parent that the student's withdrawal from school may prevent
the student from receiving or result in the revocation of the student's
employment certificate and driver's license or learner's permit.
(c) For purposes of this section, the following must be in written
form:
(1) An individual's request to withdraw from school.
(2) A parent's consent to a withdrawal.
(3) A principal's consent to a withdrawal.
(d) If the individual's principal does not consent to the individual's
withdrawal under this section, the individual's parent may appeal the
denial of consent to the governing body of the public school that the
individual last attended.
(e) Each public school, including each school corporation and each
charter school (as defined in IC 20-24-1-4), shall provide an annual
report to the department setting forth the following information:
(1) The total number of individuals:
(A) who withdrew from school under this section; and
(B) who either:
(i) failed to return to school at the beginning of a semester; or
(ii) stopped attending school during a semester;
and for whom there is no record of transfer to another school.
(2) The number of individuals who withdrew from school
following an exit interview.
(f) If an individual to which this section applies:
(1) has not received consent to withdraw from school under this
section; and
(2) fails to return to school at the beginning of a semester or
during the semester;
the principal of the school that the individual last attended may deliver
by certified mail or personal delivery to the bureau of youth
employment a record of the individual's failure to return to school so
that the bureau of youth employment revokes any employment
certificates issued under IC 22-2-18 (before its expiration on June 30,
2021) to the individual and does not issue any additional employment
certificates to the individual. For purposes of IC 22-2-18-20 (before its
expiration on June 30, 2021), the individual shall be considered a
dropout.
(g) At the same time that a school principal delivers the record
under subsection (f), the principal may deliver by certified mail or
personal delivery to the bureau of motor vehicles a record of the
individual's failure to return to school so that the bureau of motor
vehicles revokes any driver's license or learner's permit issued to the
individual and does not issue any additional driver's licenses or
learner's permits to the individual before the individual is at least
eighteen (18) years of age. For purposes of IC 9-24-2-1, the individual
shall be considered a dropout.
(h) If:
(1) a principal has delivered the record required under subsection
(f) or (g), or both; and
(2) the school subsequently gives consent to the individual to
withdraw from school under this section;
the principal of the school shall send a notice of withdrawal to the
bureau of youth employment and the bureau of motor vehicles by
certified mail or personal delivery and, for purposes of IC 22-2-18-20
(before its expiration on June 30, 2021) and IC 9-24-2-1, the individual
shall no longer be considered a dropout.