Indiana § 20-33-8-31 Effect of suspension or expulsion on compulsory attendance laws

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-33-8-31 — Effect of suspension or expulsion on compulsory attendance laws

Indiana § 20-33-8-31

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 33STUDENTS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Ch. 8Student Discipline

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Ind. Code § 20-33-8-31 (2026).

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(a)If a student is suspended from school or from any educational function under this chapter, the student's absence from school because of the suspension is not a violation of:

(1)IC 20-33-2; or

(2)any other statute relating to compulsory school attendance.

(b)If a student is expelled from school or from any educational function under this chapter, the student's absence from school because of the expulsion is a violation of IC 20-33-2 or any other statute relating to compulsory school attendance if the student may enroll in:

(1)an alternative education program in the county or in a county immediately adjacent to the county containing the school corporation from which the student was expelled; or

(2)a virtual charter school; during the student's expulsion. In the event an alternative

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(a) If a student is suspended from school or
from any educational function under this chapter, the student's absence
from school because of the suspension is not a violation of:
(1) IC 20-33-2; or
(2) any other statute relating to compulsory school attendance.
(b) If a student is expelled from school or from any educational
function under this chapter, the student's absence from school because
of the expulsion is a violation of IC 20-33-2 or any other statute
relating to compulsory school attendance if the student may enroll in:
(1) an alternative education program in the county or in a county
immediately adjacent to the county containing the school
corporation from which the student was expelled; or
(2) a virtual charter school;
during the student's expulsion. In the event an alternative education
program or virtual charter school is not available for a student to attend
under this subsection, the student's expulsion is not a violation of IC 20-33-2 or any other statute relating to compulsory school attendance.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-24.]