Indiana § 20-33-1-4 - Segregation prohibited; pupils
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§ 20-33-1-4. Segregation prohibited; pupils
Sec. 4. (a) A student is entitled to be admitted and enrolled in a public school in the school corporation in which the student resides without regard to race, creed, color, socioeconomic class, or national origin.
(b) A student may not be prohibited, segregated, or denied attendance or enrollment in a public school in the student's school corporation because of the student's race, creed, color, or national origin.
(c) Every student is free to attend a public school, including a department or division of a public school within the laws applicable alike to noncitizen and nonresident students.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-2-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.227.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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