Indiana Code 20-33-8-31. Effect of suspension or expulsion on compulsory attendance laws
(1) IC 20-33-2; or
Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-33-8-31
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- 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
(b) If a student is expelled from school or from any educational function under this chapter, the student’s absence from school because of the expulsion is a violation of IC 20-33-2 or any other statute relating to compulsory school attendance if the student may enroll in:
(1) an alternative education program in the county or in a county immediately adjacent to the county containing the school corporation from which the student was expelled; or
(2) a virtual charter school;
during the student’s expulsion. In the event an alternative education program or virtual charter school is not available for a student to attend under this subsection, the student’s expulsion is not a violation of IC 20-33-2 or any other statute relating to compulsory school attendance.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-24.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.94-2019, SEC.4; P.L.133-2020, SEC.4.