Indiana § 20-26-21-4 - Written request regarding personal analysis, evaluation, or survey; consent form; notice; posting; explanation

§ 20-26-21-4. Written request regarding personal analysis, evaluation, or survey; consent form; notice; posting; explanation

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to a personal analysis, evaluation, or survey for which consent is required under IC 20-30-5-17(c).

(b) Before a school corporation or qualified school may administer a personal analysis, evaluation, or survey described in section 3 of this chapter, the school corporation or qualified school must provide the parent of the student or the student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, with a written request for consent for administration. A consent form provided to a parent of a student or a student under this subsection must accurately summarize the contents and nature of the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey that will be provided to the student and indicate that a parent of a student or an adult or emancipated minor student has the right to review and inspect all materials related to the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey. The written consent form may be sent in an electronic format. The parent of the student or the student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, may return the consent form indicating that the parent of the student or the adult or emancipated student:

(1) consents to the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey; or

(2) declines the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey.

If a student does not participate in the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey, the school corporation or qualified school shall provide the student with alternative academic instruction during the same time frame that the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey is administered.

(c) If the parent of the student or the student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, does not respond to the written request provided by the school corporation or qualified school under subsection (b) within twenty-one (21) calendar days after receiving the request under subsection (b), the school corporation or qualified school shall provide the parent of the student or the student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, a written notice requesting that the parent of the student, or the student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, indicate, in a manner prescribed by the school corporation or qualified school, whether the parent of the student or the adult or emancipated student:

(1) consents to the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey; or

(2) declines the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey.

A notice provided to a parent of a student or a student under this subsection must accurately summarize the contents and nature of the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey that will be provided to the student and indicate that a parent of a student or an adult or emancipated minor student has the right to review and inspect all materials related to the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey. The notice may be sent in an electronic format. If the school corporation or qualified school does not receive a response within ten (10) days after the notice, the student will receive the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey unless the parent or the adult or emancipated student subsequently opts out of the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey for the student.

(d) Each school corporation or qualified school shall:

(1) post a copy of a personal analysis, evaluation, or survey described in subsection (b) on the school corporation's or qualified school's website; and

(2) send with each notice an explanation of the reasons that the school corporation or qualified school is administering the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey.

(e) The department and the governing body shall give parents and students notice of the parents' and students' rights under this section.

As added by P.L.234-2023, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.204-2025, SEC.1.