Indiana § 20-34-9-6 Requirements to participate

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-34-9-6 — Requirements to participate

Indiana·Title 20 EDUCATION·Art. 34 STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES·Ch. 9 Student and Parent Support Services Grant Program

A school corporation, a charter school, or an accredited nonpublic school must do the following to participate in the program:

(1)Apply to the department to participate in the program.

(2)Submit to the department a student and parent support services plan that the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school intends to implement and that includes the following:

(A)A process for a teacher or school employee to notify a school official to contact a student's parent if the student demonstrates a repeated pattern of aberrant or abnormal behavior. The parental notification process described in this clause must also include that the school will hold a conference with the student and the student's parent.

(B)A requirement that the conference described in clause (A) must

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A school corporation, a charter school, or an
accredited nonpublic school must do the following to participate in the
program:
(1) Apply to the department to participate in the program.
(2) Submit to the department a student and parent support
services plan that the school corporation, charter school, or
accredited nonpublic school intends to implement and that
includes the following:
(A) A process for a teacher or school employee to notify a
school official to contact a student's parent if the student
demonstrates a repeated pattern of aberrant or abnormal
behavior. The parental notification process described in this
clause must also include that the school will hold a conference
with the student and the student's parent.
(B) A requirement that the conference described in clause (A)
must address the student's potential need for and benefit from:
(i) school based treatment services; or
(ii) treatment services provided by an outside professional
care provider that is contracted and paid for by the school
corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school.
(C) A procedure for a parent who chooses to seek services for
the student to follow that includes granting written parental
consent for the student to receive services by a service provider
described under clause (B).
(D) A requirement to ensure that a school shall maintain the
confidentiality of any medical records that result from a
student's participation in any treatment described in clause (B).
The school must adopt a policy that prohibits the school from:
(i) sharing any reports or notes resulting from the provision
of school based treatment services described in clause (B)(i)
with other school officials; and
(ii) maintaining any reports, notes, diagnosis, or appointments
that result from a student's participation in any treatment
described in clause (B)(i) through (B)(ii) in the student's
permanent educational file.