Title 20, EDUCATION

Sec. 4. Subject to the specific exceptions under this chapter, a student shall attend either: (1) a public school that the student is entitled to attend under IC 20-26-11; or (2) another school taught in the English language. A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this …

Sec. 40. (a) Each attendance officer may serve original and other process in cases arising under this chapter. (b) An attendance officer may enter any place where a child is employed to determine whether violations of this chapter have occurred. When an attendance officer or a sc…

Sec. 41. With the exception of ex officio attendance officers, an individual may not hold the position of attendance officer unless the individual has complied with all standards of the department and has been properly licensed by the department. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondar…

Sec. 42. The secretary of education shall: (1) prescribe duties for the state attendance officer not provided by law; (2) design and require use of a system of attendance reports, records, and forms necessary for the enforcement of this chapter; (3) establish guidance regarding t…

Sec. 43. (a) The secretary of education shall appoint a state attendance officer. The state attendance officer serves at the pleasure of the secretary of education and may be removed by the secretary of education at any time. (b) The state attendance officer shall: (1) exercise g…

Sec. 44. (a) This section does not apply to section 18 or 47 of this chapter. (b) Except as otherwise provided, a person who knowingly violates this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-3-37.] As added…

Sec. 45. (a) The state board shall exercise general supervision by resolution over the attendance system of the state. (b) The state board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 pertaining to the state attendance system and the enforcement of this chapter. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secon…

Sec. 46. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a superintendent or school leader may exclude or excuse a student found mentally or physically unfit for school attendance. An exclusion or excuse under this section is valid only for the school year during which it is issued and…

Sec. 47. (a) A school corporation may develop and implement a system of notifying the parent of a student when: (1) the student fails to attend school; and (2) the student does not have an excused absence for that day. (b) A school corporation or a state accredited nonpublic scho…

Sec. 5. A student for whom education is compulsory under this chapter shall attend school each year for the number of days public schools are in session: (1) in the school corporation in which the student is enrolled in Indiana; or (2) where the student is enrolled if the student…

Sec. 6. A student is bound by the requirements of this chapter from the earlier of the date on which the student officially enrolls in a school or, except as provided in section 8 of this chapter, the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student beco…

Sec. 7. (a) In addition to the requirements of sections 4 through 6 of this chapter, a student must be at least five (5) years of age on August 1 of the school year to officially enroll in a kindergarten program offered by a school corporation. However, subject to subsection (c),…

Sec. 8. A student is not bound by the requirements of this chapter until the student becomes seven (7) years of age, if, upon request of the superintendent of the school corporation, the parent of a student who would otherwise be subject to compulsory school attendance under sect…

Sec. 9. (a) The governing body of each school corporation shall designate the appropriate individuals to attend the exit interviews for students described in section 6(3) of this chapter. (b) A student who is at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of…

Sec. 1. (a) There is established under the department a division of special education. The division shall exercise all the power and duties set out in this chapter, IC 20-35-3 through IC 20-35-6, and IC 20-35-8. (b) The secretary of education shall appoint a director of special e…

Sec. 1. (a) The department shall establish a state resources program using designated state resources that: (1) supports school corporations in the development of local programs for high ability students; (2) enables educational opportunities that encourage high ability students …

Sec. 2. A governing body shall develop and periodically update a local plan to provide appropriate educational experiences to high ability students in the school corporation in kindergarten through grade 12. The plan must include the following components: (1) The establishment of…

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "career and technical education course" means a career and technical education course that is an approved course under the rules of the state board. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a school corporation that has entered into an agree…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 13. (a) As used in this section, "applicable high school" means a high school at which all the students participate in a work based learning course (as def…

Sec. 14. (a) The definitions in IC 20-51.4-2 apply throughout this section. (b) A school corporation or a career and technical education cooperative may not charge: (1) a career scholarship student enrolled in the CSA program; or (2) an intermediary (as defined in IC 21-18-1-3.5)…

Sec. 2. (a) A governing body may: (1) establish career and technical education centers, schools, or departments in the manner approved by the state board; and (2) maintain these schools or departments from the education fund and operations fund in accordance with the categories o…

Sec. 3. (a) The governing body of a school corporation may contract with a nonprofit corporation to establish and maintain a career and technical education program in the building trades solely to teach the principles of building construction to students enrolled in grades 9 thro…

Sec. 5. Attendance in: (1) day and part-time classes is restricted to persons who are at least fourteen (14) years of age; and (2) evening classes is restricted to persons who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Cita…

Sec. 6. If a governing body has established an approved career and technical education center, school, or department for instruction in part-time classes for regularly employed persons who are at least fourteen (14) years of age, the governing body may formally choose to require …

Sec. 7. (a) A school corporation, through the school corporation's appropriate officials, may enter into cooperative programs with employers. These programs must include an agreement by the employer to provide employment for students enrolled in school directed career and technic…

Sec. 8. (a) A student in career and technical education and employed under section 7 of this chapter: (1) is entitled to the rights of recovery of a worker of at least seventeen (17) years of age under the worker's compensation and occupational diseases laws (IC 22-3-2 through IC…

Sec. 9. (a) A career and technical education youth organization fund is established to assist in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the secretary of education. (b) The secretary of education may award grants from the career and technical …

Sec. 1. The following compact for education, which has been negotiated by the representatives of the fifty (50) states, is approved, ratified, adopted, enacted into law, and entered into by the state as a party and a signatory state, namely: COMPACT FOR EDUCATION ARTICLE 1. PURPO…

Sec. 2. In accordance with Article 3(I) of the compact for education adopted by the state under section 1 of this chapter, the governor shall appoint one (1) of the commissioners designated under section 4 of this chapter to file a copy of the bylaws adopted by the education comm…

Sec. 3. (a) Each state officer shall do whatever is necessary within the officer's respective jurisdiction in order to carry out the purposes of the compact for education adopted by the state under this chapter. (b) All officers, bureaus, or departments of state government shall …

Sec. 4. (a) In accordance with the compact for education adopted by the state under this chapter, the following seven (7) individuals are designated to represent the state as commissioners on the education commission of the states: (1) The governor. (2) One (1) member of the sena…

Sec. 5. (a) Each commissioner who is not a state employee is not entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). Such a member is, however, entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's…

Sec. 1. (a) The secretary of education shall exercise the supervision over school funds and revenues that is necessary to ascertain their safety, secure their preservation, and secure their application to the proper object. (b) The secretary of education may cause to be institute…

Sec. 2. The secretary of education may require from the county auditors, school examiners, county treasurers, township trustees, county clerks, and county treasurers: (1) copies of all reports required to be made by them; and (2) all other information in relation to the duties of…

Sec. 3. The secretary of education may prepare and transmit to the proper officers: (1) suitable forms and rules for making all reports; (2) necessary blanks for all reports; and (3) all necessary instructions; for the better organization and government of common schools and cond…

Sec. 0.2. As used in this chapter, "DUAB" means the distressed unit appeal board established by IC 6-1.1-20.3-4. As added by P.L.184-2023, SEC.43 and P.L.236-2023, SEC.149.

Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "education fund transfer target percentage" refers to the threshold maximum education fund transfer percentage set forth in section 6 of this chapter. As added by P.L.161-2019, SEC.3.

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "excessive education fund transfer list" refers to the list required by section 6 of this chapter. As added by P.L.161-2019, SEC.4.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to a school corporation's or, if applicable, a charter school's education fund established under section 2 of this chapter. [2006 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.163. Amended by P.L.244-2017, SEC.66; P.L.20…

Sec. 10. (a) After the department completes the school corporation notice requirement under section 9 of this chapter, the department shall notify the state board, DUAB, and Indiana education employment relations board as soon as possible of all school corporations that received …

Sec. 2. (a) The governing body of each school corporation shall establish an education fund for the payment of expenses that are allocated to student instruction and learning under IC 20-42.5. (b) The governing body of a charter school that receives a distribution of revenue rece…

Sec. 3. Distributions of tuition support shall be received in the education fund. [Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-2-11-2 part.] As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.163. Amended by P.L.244-2017, SEC.68; P.L.136-2024, SEC.44; P.L.213-2025, SEC.183.

Sec. 4. Except as provided in IC 36-1-8-5.1 (school corporation rainy day fund), the education fund of the school corporation or, if applicable, a charter school, shall be used only to pay for expenses: (1) allocated to student instruction and learning under IC 20-42.5; and (2) r…

Sec. 5. Remuneration for athletic coaches, whether or not the athletic coaches are: (1) otherwise employed by the school corporation; and (2) licensed under IC 20-28-4 or IC 20-28-5; must be budgeted in the education fund and must be paid from the education fund. [Pre-2006 Recodi…

Sec. 5.5. The state board of accounts may take action, including the establishment of an account code, to track expenditures of money distributed for curricular materials. As added by P.L.136-2024, SEC.46.

Sec. 6. (a) Each school corporation and, if applicable, charter school, shall make every reasonable effort to transfer not more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total revenue deposited in the school corporation's or, if applicable, charter school's, education fund from the schoo…