Indiana § 20-27-9-3 - School and other activities
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 20-27-9-3 — School and other activities, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-27-9-3. School and other activities
Sec. 3. (a) The governing body of a school corporation may allow, by written authorization, the use of a school bus for transportation of eligible students and necessary adult chaperones or of adults to and from an activity that is sponsored, controlled, supervised, or participated in by the governing body. The number and qualifications of adult chaperones under this section may be determined by the governing body.
(b) The governing body may allow, by written authorization, the use of a school bus for transportation of students and necessary adult chaperones to and from an educational or recreational activity approved or sponsored by a political subdivision if:
(1) the transportation originates from a place within the geographical limits of the school corporation served by the affected bus;
(2) the persons transported are Indiana residents; and
(3) the trip does not involve more than two hundred (200) miles of travel out of state.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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