Indiana § 20-33-12-3 - Expression of religious beliefs in school work
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 20-33-12-3 — Expression of religious beliefs in school work, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 20-33-12-3. Expression of religious beliefs in school work
Sec. 3. Students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions. Homework and classroom assignments must be judged by ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance and against other legitimate pedagogical concerns identified by the public school. Students may not be penalized or rewarded on account of the religious content of their work. If an assignment requires a student's viewpoint to be expressed in course work, artwork, or other written or oral assignments, a public school shall not penalize or reward a student on the basis of religious content or a religious viewpoint. In such an assignment, a student's academic work that expresses a religious viewpoint shall be evaluated based on ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance to the course curriculum or requirements of the course work or assignment.
As added by P.L.220-2017, SEC.2.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 20-33-12-3 ("Expression of religious beliefs in school work") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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