Hearing not a determination of whether student is child in

need of services Sec. 7. A hearing under this chapter is not a hearing to determine whether a student who has been suspended or expelled is a child in need of services. However, if a court determines that a student who has been suspended or expelled may: (1) be a child in need of services (as described in IC 31-34-1); or (2) have committed a delinquent act (as described in IC 31-37); the court may notify the office of family and children or the prosecuting attorney. As added by P.L.242-2005, SEC.23.