Sec. 10. (a) A principal may take action concerning the principal’s school or a school activity within the principal’s jurisdiction that is reasonably necessary to carry out or prevent interference with an educational function or school purposes.

     (b) Subsection (a) allows a principal to write regulations that govern student conduct.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-33-8-10

  • educational function: means the performance by a school corporation or its officers or employees of an act or a series of acts in carrying out school purposes. See Indiana Code 20-33-8-2
  • 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.
  • principal: includes a principal's designee. See Indiana Code 20-33-8-1
  • school purposes: refers to the purposes for which a school corporation operates, including the following:

    Indiana Code 20-33-8-4

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