Indiana § 20-33-1-7 - Supplementary nature of chapter

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§ 20-33-1-7. Supplementary nature of chapter

Sec. 7. This chapter is supplemental to:

(1) all common law, statutory law, and civil rights applicable to the public schools; and

(2) the rights and remedies arising from these laws of Indiana and to Indiana's citizens.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-2-7.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.230.

IC 20-33-1.5Chapter 1.5. Neutrality Regarding Certain Activities

20-33-1.5-1"Qualified school" 20-33-1.5-2"State agency" 20-33-1.5-3Requiring student to adopt, affirm, affiliate, or take any action favoring position prohibited; alternative option offering

IC 20-33-1.5-1"Qualified school" Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "qualified school" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-21-1.

As added by P.L.234-2023, SEC.4.

IC 20-33-1.5-2"State agency" Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "state agency" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-13-1.4-2.

As added by P.L.234-2023, SEC.4.

IC 20-33-1.5-3Requiring student to adopt, affirm, affiliate, or take any action favoring position prohibited; alternative option offering Sec. 3. If a state agency, school corporation, or qualified school or an employee of a state agency, school corporation, or qualified school requires, makes part of a course, awards a grade or course credit, including extra credit, or otherwise incentivizes a student to engage in:

(1) political activism;

(2) lobbying; or

(3) efforts to persuade members of the legislative or executive branch at the federal, state, or local level;

the state agency, school corporation, or qualified school or the employee of the state agency, school corporation, or qualified school shall not require the student to adopt, affirm, affiliate, or take any action that would result in favoring any particular position on the issue or issues involved without offering an alternative option for the student to complete the assignment or receive extra credit or other incentivization that allows for the favoring of an alternative position.

As added by P.L.234-2023, SEC.4.

IC 20-33-2Chapter 2. Compulsory School Attendance

20-33-2-1Repealed 20-33-2-2Repealed 20-33-2-3Application 20-33-2-3.2"Attend" 20-33-2-4Compulsory attendance 20-33-2-5Days of attendance 20-33-2-6Students required to attend 20-33-2-7Minimum age for kindergarten enrollment; appeals 20-33-2-8Students not bound by requirements 20-33-2-9Exit interviews; withdrawal requirements 20-33-2-10Enrollment documentation; notice to clearinghouse for information on missing children 20-33-2-11Driver's license or learner's permit for habitual truants 20-33-2-12Nonpublic, nonaccredited, and nonapproved schools; curriculum or content requirements; student enrollment or participation 20-33-2-13High school transcripts; required contents 20-33-2-14Compulsory attendance; school corporation policy; exceptions 20-33-2-15Attendance exceptions 20-33-2-16Repealed 20-33-2-17Repealed 20-33-2-17.2Repealed 20-33-2-17.5Repealed 20-33-2-17.7Repealed 20-33-2-17.8Repealed 20-33-2-18Parent to produce certificate of child's incapacity on demand 20-33-2-19Attendance; public school children; religious instruction 20-33-2-20Attendance records 20-33-2-21Attendance reports 20-33-2-22List of students no longer enrolled 20-33-2-23Powers of certain officers to take children into custody 20-33-2-24Principal; duties when truant child received 20-33-2-25Habitually truant from school; report to intake officer of juvenile court or department of child services 20-33-2-26Enforcement of chapter 20-33-2-27Compulsory attendance; parent's responsibility 20-33-2-28Compulsory attendance for full term; duty of parent 20-33-2-28.5Requirements for exit interview; reporting requirement 20-33-2-28.6Transfer to nonaccredited nonpublic school; acknowledgment of legal requirements; notification to bureau of motor vehicles 20-33-2-28.7Department's compilation of statistics concerning likely consequences of withdrawing from school before graduation 20-33-2-29Children in certain institutions or facilities; compulsory school attendance; reimbursement for space used within facilities for court placed student expenses 20-33-2-30Separate attendance district; requirement 20-33-2-31Attendance officers; appointment 20-33-2-32Repealed 20-33-2-33Repealed 20-33-2-34Repealed 20-33-2-35Ex officio attendance officers 20-33-2-36Repealed 20-33-2-37Repealed 20-33-2-38Attendance officers; appointment of additional officers 20-33-2-39Attendance officers; duties 20-33-2-40Attendance officers; special powers 20-33-2-41Attendance officers; licensing required; exception 20-33-2-42Attendance; duties of secretary of education 20-33-2-43State attendance officer; appointment; removal; duties; powers 20-33-2-44Penalty 20-33-2-45State board; supervision; rules 20-33-2-46Compulsory attendance; exceptions; physical or mental fitness 20-33-2-47School corporations; notification of absences; reports to local health departments

Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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