Indiana Code 20-33-8-32. Locker searches

Sec. 32. (a) A school corporation must provide each:

(1) student; and

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.
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
Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5

(2) student’s parent;

a copy of the rules of the governing body on searches of students’ lockers and locker contents.

(b) A student who uses a locker that is the property of a school corporation is presumed to have no expectation of privacy in:

(1) that locker; or

(2) the locker’s contents.

(1) a student’s locker; and

(2) the locker’s contents;

at any time.

(d) A law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the geographic area having a school facility containing a student’s locker may:

(1) at the request of the school principal; and

(2) in accordance with rules of the governing body of the school corporation;

assist a school administrator in searching a student’s locker and the locker’s contents.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-25.]

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