Indiana § 20-26-17-9 - Repealed

§ 20-26-17-9. Repealed

As added by P.L.200-2011, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.179.

IC 20-26-18Chapter 18. RepealedRepealed by P.L.214-2025, SEC.97.

IC 20-26-18.2Chapter 18.2. School Resource Officers

20-26-18.2-0.5Definitions 20-26-18.2-1"School resource officer"; training requirements 20-26-18.2-2Employment of school resource officer; memorandum of understanding; duties 20-26-18.2-3School resource officer's police powers 20-26-18.2-4Reporting use of restraints and seclusion 20-26-18.2-5Reporting; school resource officer; secured school safety board

IC 20-26-18.2-0.5Definitions Sec. 0.5. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:

(1) "Safe school committee" refers to the requirements set forth in IC 10-21-1-14.

(2) "School safety plan" refers to the requirements set forth in IC 10-21-1-10.

(3) "School safety specialist" refers to the requirements set forth in IC 10-21-1-9.

As added by P.L.150-2023, SEC.20.

IC 20-26-18.2-1"School resource officer"; training requirements Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "school resource officer" means a law enforcement officer who:

(1) has completed the training described in subsection (b);

(2) is assigned to one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools during school hours to:

(A) assist school safety specialists and the safe school committees with the development and implementation of the school safety plan; and

(B) carry out any additional responsibilities assigned to the school resource officer under the employment engagement, contract, or memorandum of understanding and to provide law enforcement services to:

(i) protect against outside threats to the physical safety of students;

(ii) prevent unauthorized access to school property; and

(iii) secure schools against violence and natural disasters; and

(3) is:

(A) employed by a law enforcement agency;

(B) appointed as a police reserve officer (as described in IC 36-8-3-20) or as a special deputy (as described in IC 36-8-10-10.6) if the police reserve officer or special deputy:

(i) is subject to the direction of the sheriff or appointing law enforcement agency;

(ii) is required to obey the rules and orders of the sheriff's department or appointing law enforcement agency;

(iii) is required to complete all training required of regular full-time law enforcement officers employed by the sheriff's department or appointing law enforcement agency; and

(iv) may be removed by the sheriff or appointing law enforcement agency at any time, with or without cause; or

(C) a school corporation police officer appointed under IC 20-26-16-3.

The term does not include a law enforcement officer who is assigned to a school to provide security outside a school building for protection from outside threats, traffic duty, or other duties not consistent with the duties of a school resource officer.

(b) Before being appointed as a school resource officer, an individual must have successfully completed the minimum training requirements established for law enforcement officers under IC 5-2-1-9.

(c) The law enforcement officer appointed as a school resource officer must receive at least forty (40) hours of school resource officer training through:

(1) the Indiana law enforcement training board established by IC 5-2-1-3;

(2) the National Association of School Resource Officers; or

(3) another school resource officer training program approved by the Indiana law enforcement training board;

within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the individual is initially assigned the duties of a school resource officer. However, if the current ADM of a school corporation is less than one thousand (1,000) students, the individual shall complete the school resource officer training within three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the date the individual is initially assigned the duties of a school resource officer.

(d) Training described in subsection (c) must include instruction regarding skills, tactics, and strategies necessary to address the special nature of:

(1) school campuses; and

(2) school building security needs and characteristics.

As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.30-2014, SEC.2; P.L.139-2022, SEC.10; P.L.150-2023, SEC.21.

IC 20-26-18.2-2Employment of school resource officer; memorandum of understanding; duties Sec. 2. (a) A school resource officer may be employed:

(1) by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools through a contract between a local law enforcement agency and the school corporation or school corporations or the charter school or charter schools;

(2) by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools;

(3) by a local law enforcement agency that assigns the school resource officer to one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools through a memorandum of understanding between the local law enforcement agency and the school corporation or school corporations or the charter school or charter schools; or

(4) through a contract between an Indiana business that employs persons who meet the qualifications of a school resource officer and the school corporation or school corporations or the charter school or charter schools.

(b) This subsection does not apply to a school corporation that only has full-time school resource officers who are either employees of the school corporation's school police department or are employees of the school corporation who have successfully completed the law enforcement basic training requirements described in IC 5-2-1-9(d). After June 30, 2023, if a school corporation or charter school enters into a contract for a school resource officer, the school corporation or charter school must enter into a memorandum of understanding with the law enforcement agency that employs or appointed the law enforcement officer who will perform the duties of a school resource officer. The memorandum of understanding must state the nature and scope of a school resource officer's duties and responsibilities. A school resource officer's duties and responsibilities include the duty to assist the school corporation's or charter school's school safety specialists and safe school committees with the development and implementation of school safety plans.

(c) A school resource officer shall consult with local law enforcement officials and first responders when assisting the school corporation's or charter school's school safety specialists and safe school committees in the development of the school safety plan.

(d) A school resource officer shall participate in the development and implementation of programs designed to identify, assess, and provide assistance to youth who are at high risk of experiencing a mental health crisis or becoming juvenile offenders.

(e) A school resource officer may not be reassigned to other duties by the school corporation.

As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.44-2019, SEC.1; P.L.211-2019, SEC.22; P.L.272-2019, SEC.4; P.L.139-2022, SEC.11; P.L.150-2023, SEC.22; P.L.200-2023, SEC.6; P.L.250-2023, SEC.21.

IC 20-26-18.2-3School resource officer's police powers Sec. 3. (a) A school resource officer may:

(1) make an arrest;

(2) conduct a search or a seizure of a person or property using the reasonable suspicion standard;

(3) carry a firearm on or off school property;

(4) pursue a person who flees from a school resource officer after the school resource officer has, by visible or audible means, including the operation of the school resource officer's siren or emergency lights, identified themself and ordered the person to stop; and

(5) exercise other police powers with respect to the enforcement of Indiana laws.

(b) A school resource officer who has completed Tier I or Tier II basic training requirements established by the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 has statewide jurisdiction.

As added by P.L.172-2013, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.238-2025, SEC.56.

IC 20-26-18.2-4Reporting use of restraints and seclusion Sec. 4. A school corporation, a state accredited nonpublic school, or a charter school shall report all instances of:

(1) seclusion (as defined in IC 20-20.5-13-9);

(2) chemical restraint (as defined in IC 20-20.5-13-2);

(3) mechanical restraint (as defined in IC 20-20.5-13-4); and

(4) physical restraint (as defined in IC 20-20.5-13-5);

involving a school resource officer in accordance with the restraint and seclusion plan adopted by the school corporation, state accredited nonpublic school, or charter school under IC 20-20.5-13-16.

As added by P.L.227-2017, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.39; P.L.74-2026, SEC.86.

IC 20-26-18.2-5Reporting; school resource officer; secured school safety board Sec. 5. (a) Beginning on September 1, 2023, and each September 1 thereafter, each school corporation or charter school served by a school resource officer employed for the protection of the school corporation or charter school under section 2 of this chapter shall report on a form prescribed by the department of homeland security:

(1) the number of school resource officers serving the school corporation or charter school;

(2) the amount budgeted and the sources of the funds to employ a school resource officer or school resource officers to serve the school corporation or charter school;

(3) the number of school resource officers serving the school corporation or charter school employed by one (1) or more school corporations or charter schools;

(4) an attestation that the school resource officers employed by the school corporation or charter school have met the training requirements under section 1 of this chapter;

(5) the number of school resource officers serving the school corporation or charter school through a contract or memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency or an Indiana business that employs persons who meet the qualifications of a school resource officer under section 2 of this chapter; and

(6) if applicable, the number of law enforcement officers who are not school resource officers also serving the school corporation or charter school through a contract or memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency;

to the department of homeland security.

(b) The department of homeland security shall:

(1) annually compile the information reported under subsection (a); and

(2) retain the information reported under subsection (a).

(c) For purposes of IC 5-14-3, the department of homeland security shall keep information compiled and retained under subsection (b) confidential and shall withhold the information from public disclosure.

(d) The secured school safety board established by IC 10-21-1-3 shall include the following aggregate level information in the review and report submitted to the governor and legislative council as required under IC 10-21-1-8:

(1) The total number of school resource officers employed:

(A) in Indiana, including the number of unique school corporations and charter schools employing a school resource officer;

(B) exclusively by a school corporation;

(C) by one (1) or more school corporations;

(D) exclusively by a charter school;

(E) by a coalition of charter schools; and

(F) by a combination of one (1) or more school corporations and one (1) or more charter schools.

(2) A statewide overview of how school corporations and charter schools are budgeting for the employment of school resource officers and the employment of law enforcement officers.

As added by P.L.57-2020, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.150-2023, SEC.23.

IC 20-26-19Chapter 19. Temporary Exception to Residency Requirements

20-26-19-1"Active duty" 20-26-19-2"Military installation" 20-26-19-3"Parent" 20-26-19-4"Public school" 20-26-19-5Requirements for enrollment of students regarding transfer or pending transfer to military installation 20-26-19-6Acceptance of application of enrollment; electronic means 20-26-19-7Proof of residence; address; exclude student from attendance 20-26-19-8Adoption of administrative rules