Sec. 23. The superintendent or the person designated by the superintendent under section 19(a) of this chapter may continue suspension of a student for more than the ten (10) school day period of the principal‘s suspension and until the time of the expulsion decision under section 19 of this chapter if the superintendent or the designated person determines that the student’s continued suspension will prevent or substantially reduce the risk of:

(1) interference with an educational function or school purposes; or

Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-33-8-23

  • 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
  • expulsion: means a disciplinary or other action whereby a student:

    Indiana Code 20-33-8-3

  • 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

  • superintendent: includes a superintendent's designee. See Indiana Code 20-33-8-6
  • suspension: means any disciplinary action that does not constitute an expulsion under section 3 of this chapter, whereby a student is separated from school attendance for a period of not more than ten (10) school days. See Indiana Code 20-33-8-7
(2) a physical injury to the student, other students, school employees, or visitors to the school.

However, a student may not be suspended from school pending a meeting on a student’s proposed expulsion if the expulsion is ordered under section 17 of this chapter.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-16.]

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

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