§ 20-33-8-26 — Rules requiring participation in disciplinary action by person caring for dependent student

Indiana § 20-33-8-26

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 33: STUDENTS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Ch. 8: Student Discipline

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(a) The governing body of a school
corporation may adopt rules that require a person having care of a
dependent student to participate in an action taken under this chapter
in connection with a student's behavior. The rules must include the
following:
(1) Procedures for giving actual notice to the person having care
of the dependent student.
(2) A description of the steps that the person must take to
participate in the school corporation's action.
(3) A description of the additional actions in connection with the
student's behavior that are justified in part or in full if the person
does not participate in the school corporation's action.
(b) A dependent student is a child in need of services under IC 31-34-1-7 if, before the student child becomes eighteen (18) years of
age:
(1) the student's parent fails to participate in a disciplinary
proceeding in connection with the student's improper behavior, as
provided for by this section, if the behavior of the student has
been repeatedly disruptive in the school; and
(2) the student needs care, treatment, or rehabilitation that the
child:
(A) is not receiving; and
(B) is unlikely to be provided or accepted without the coercive
intervention of the court.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-19.]

Legislative History

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