Citations Affected:
IC 20-8.1-5.1.
Synopsis: School discipline. Requires a school corporation to provide
in its disciplinary rules for a meeting between the principal of a school
and the person having care of a dependent student: (1) if the student is
physically or verbally abusive to another individual on school grounds;
or (2) in the case of certain other school related circumstances.
Effective: July 1, 2001.
January 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
SECTION 1.
IC 20-8.1-5.1-7
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 7. (a) The governing
body of a school corporation must do the following:
(1) Establish written discipline rules, which may include
appropriate dress codes, for the school corporation.
(2) Give general publicity to the discipline rules within a school
where the discipline rules apply by actions such as:
(A) making a copy of the discipline rules available to students
and students' parents; or
(B) delivering a copy of the discipline rules to students or the
parents of students.
This publicity requirement may not be construed technically and
is satisfied in any case when the school corporation makes a good
faith effort to disseminate to students or parents generally the text
or substance of a discipline rule.
(b) The superintendent of a school corporation and the principals of
each school in a school corporation may adopt regulations establishing
lines of responsibility and related guidelines in compliance with the
discipline policies of the governing body.
(c) The governing body of a school corporation may delegate rule
making, disciplinary, and other authority as reasonably necessary to
carry out the school purposes of the school corporation.
(d) Subsection (a) does not apply to rules or directions concerning
the following:
(1) Movement of students.
(2) Movement or parking of vehicles.
(3) Day-to-day instructions concerning the operation of a
classroom or teaching station.
(4) Time for commencement of school.
(5) Other standards or regulations relating to the manner in which
an educational function must be administered.
However, this subsection does not prohibit the governing body from
regulating the areas listed in this subsection.
(e) The rules adopted under subsection (a) must include a
requirement that the principal of a school meet with a person
having care of a dependent student under section 19 of this chapter
if the student is physically or verbally abusive to another individual
while the student is:
(1) on school grounds immediately before or during school
hours, immediately after school hours, or at any other time
when the school is being used by a school group;
(2) off school grounds at a school activity, function, or event;
or
(3) traveling to or from school or a school activity, function,
or event.
SECTION 2.
IC 20-8.1-5.1-19
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 19. The governing body
of a school corporation may shall 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.