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IN HB1355
Bill
Status
1/12/2016
Primary Sponsor
Sue Errington
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AI Summary
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The Indiana Department of Education must develop a one-page form for schools to document whether a student is in good standing or under suspension/expulsion.
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School corporations and charter schools must receive the form; accredited nonpublic schools receive it upon request.
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School corporations must provide a completed form to students changing legal settlement outside the district or transferring to charter or nonpublic schools.
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Charter schools and accredited nonpublic schools must provide completed forms to students transferring to any public, charter, or nonpublic school.
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Schools may delay enrollment of transferring students who fail to provide a completed form, and may require written certification of disciplinary status from students transferring from out-of-state schools; schools must include suspension/expulsion dates and duration in transfer records.
Legislative Description
Notice of pending discipline. Requires the department of education to: (1) develop a form on which a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school can provide information concerning whether a student is being disciplined by a suspension or expulsion, including whether the student is entitled to attend class; and (2) provide the form to: (A) all of the school corporations and charter schools; and (B) upon request, accredited nonpublic schools. Requires a school corporation to provide a completed form to a student: (1) whose legal settlement is changing to a location outside of the attendance area of the school
Last Action
Representative Wright added as coauthor
1/13/2016