Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-33-2-25

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
   Sec. 25. The superintendent or an attendance officer having jurisdiction shall report a child who is habitually absent from school in violation of this chapter to an intake officer of the juvenile court or the department of child services. The intake officer or the department of child services shall proceed in accord with IC 31-30 through IC 31-40.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-3-31.1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.90-2011, SEC.43.