CHAPTER 6. OPTIONAL CURRICULUM
IC 20-30-6
Chapter 6. Optional Curriculum
IC 20-30-6-1
Adult education; reimbursement for costs
Sec. 1. (a) The state board and the state superintendent mayprescribe a program of adult education. The state board shall adoptrules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for this program and to provide forthe state distribution formula for money appropriated by the generalassembly for adult education. Money appropriated by the generalassembly for adult education may be used only to reimburse a schoolcorporation for adult education that is provided to individuals who:
(1) need the education to master a skill that leads to:
(A) the completion of grade 8; or
(B) a state of Indiana general educational development(GED) diploma under IC 20-20-6;
(2) need the education to receive high school credit to obtain ahigh school diploma; or
(3) have graduated from high school (or received a high schoolequivalency certificate or a state of Indiana general educationaldevelopment (GED) diploma) but who demonstrate basic skilldeficiencies in mathematics or English/language arts.
For purposes of reimbursement under this section, the schoolcorporation may not count an individual who is also enrolled in theschool corporation's kindergarten through grade 12 educationalprogram. An individual described in subdivision (3) may be countedfor reimbursement by the school corporation only for classes takenin mathematics and English/language arts.
(b) The state board shall provide for reimbursement to a schoolcorporation under this section for instructor salaries andadministrative and support costs. However, the state board may notallocate more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total appropriationunder subsection (a) for administrative and support costs.
(c) A school corporation may conduct a program of adulteducation.
(d) A school corporation may require an individual who:
(1) is at least sixteen (16) years of age; and
(2) wishes to enroll in a school following the student'sexpulsion from school under IC 20-33-8 on the grounds that thestudent was:
(A) disorderly; or
(B) dangerous to persons or property;
to attend evening classes or classes established for students who areat least sixteen (16) years of age. However, the school corporationshall provide a child with a disability (as defined in IC 20-35-1-2)who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and whom the schoolcorporation elects to educate with an appropriate special educationalprogram.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-2
Program of adult competency; funds to implement program
Sec. 2. (a) The department shall, in cooperation with thedepartment of workforce development, implement the Indianaprogram of adult competency.
(b) The department may, with approval by the department ofworkforce development, do the following:
(1) Use funds available under the Job Training Partnership Actunder 29 U.S.C. 1500 et seq.
(2) Use funds available to the department of workforcedevelopment to implement the Indiana program of adultcompetency.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-3
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.)
IC 20-30-6-4
Educational television
Sec. 4. (a) A school corporation may:
(1) conduct educational television instruction; and
(2) contract with a commercial television station for the use ofthe station's facilities and staff.
(b) A governing body may budget and appropriate from the schoolcorporation's general fund for expenditures under this section in thesame manner as provided by law for other school expenditures.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-5
Educational television; joint programs
Sec. 5. (a) Two (2) or more school corporations may jointlyexercise the powers described in section 4 of this chapter. The schoolcorporations shall enter into an agreement as to the part of expensesincurred under section 4 of this chapter that each school corporationpays.
(b) A school corporation described in subsection (a) may pay intoa joint fund an amount computed annually under an agreementdescribed in subsection (a).
(c) The treasurer of a joint fund described in subsection (b) shall:
(1) deposit money in the fund as provided under IC 5-13; and
(2) make disbursements on claims allowed by an executivecommittee acting for the participating school corporations.
The treasurer shall give bond in an amount established by theexecutive committee.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-6
Educational television; credit
Sec. 6. The state board may approve credit in kindergarten
through grade 12 for educational television instruction in the samemanner as other credit is given under state rules.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-7
Military instruction
Sec. 7. (a) A governing body may institute a system of militaryinstruction in a high school and authorize the high school to receivearms, ammunition, and equipment from the federal government underregulations adopted by the United States Department of Defense.
(b) A governing body described in subsection (a) may pay thefollowing expenses from the school corporation's general fund:
(1) Freight charges on arms, ammunition, and equipment issuedby the federal government from the place of issue to the highschool.
(2) Insurance charges on property described in subdivision (1).
(3) Premiums on bonds executed by the governing body tocover the care, safekeeping, and return of property described insubdivision (1).
(4) The cost of constructing arms racks and other facilities forthe care and preservation of property described in subdivision(1), scaling walls, indoor targets, and other equipment thegoverning body considers necessary.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-8
Military instruction; staff
Sec. 8. (a) A governing body may employ suitable and competentpersons as military instructors. A military instructor is entitled tocompensation as an instructor in a high school if:
(1) a system of military instruction is established and a militaryinstructor is not detailed to the high school by the federalgovernment; or
(2) a system of military instruction is established with detailedmilitary instructors, but additional instructors are necessary.
(b) An individual who holds a certificate of eligibility issued bythe state board after an examination conducted by a board of three(3) military officers, at least one (1) of whom is commissioned in theUnited States regular army, is competent and suitable as a militaryinstructor. A qualified individual may serve as physical educationdirector, military instructor, and teacher in a high school.
(c) A high school may not institute or conduct military instructionunless an instructor detailed by the federal government or acompetent and suitable military instructor supervises the militaryinstruction.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-9
Military instruction; noncompulsory
Sec. 9. Sections 7 and 8 of this chapter do not authorize
compulsory military instruction in a public school and do not abridgethe right of school authorities to make proper rules and regulationsfor the government of the school's students.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-10
Voluntary religious observance authorized
Sec. 10. A school corporation may permit a voluntary religiousobservance if the school corporation follows sections 11 through 12of this chapter and any additional procedures that the schoolcorporation adopts to ensure that the observance is voluntary.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.78-2005, SEC.7.
IC 20-30-6-11
Voluntary religious observance; time, facilities, and supervision
Sec. 11. (a) The time used for voluntary religious observanceauthorized under section 10 of this chapter must be in addition to theregular school day, which for these purposes is six and one-half (61/2) hours, excluding time for lunch.
(b) A religious or philosophical group that does not acceptvoluntary religious observance at a school is entitled to use of schoolfacilities during the time set for voluntary religious observance.
(c) A school corporation shall provide properly supervisedfacilities for recreation and study during a voluntary religiousobservance. The supervised facilities must include the following:
(1) The library.
(2) If the school has no library, a study room.
(3) The gymnasium or playground.
(4) Music and art facilities.
An individual who supervises a facility does not have to be licensedin the activity that the individual supervises.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-12
Voluntary religious observance; prohibitions
Sec. 12. (a) The following may not cause or encourage attendanceat a voluntary religious observance:
(1) A school corporation.
(2) A superintendent.
(3) A principal.
(4) A teacher.
(5) A clerical employee.
(6) A custodial employee.
(7) A school employee or official.
A person described in this subsection who causes or encouragesattendance at a voluntary religious observance commits an act ofinsubordination, and appropriate action shall be taken against theperson.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a school shall provide writtennotice to all students and the students' parents of a voluntary
religious observance and of any alternative activities provided undersection 11(c) of this chapter.
(c) A school corporation shall ensure that:
(1) students do not coerce attendance at a voluntary religiousobservance; and
(2) no opprobrium attaches among the students or faculty fornot participating in a voluntary religious observance.
If a school corporation cannot avert the coercion or opprobriumdescribed in this subsection, the school corporation shall discontinuethe voluntary religious observances.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-13
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.78-2005, SEC.8.)
IC 20-30-6-14
Geography; teaching guides; textbooks; in-service training
Sec. 14. The state board shall:
(1) provide school corporations with guides for teachinggeography in the public schools;
(2) provide school corporations with a list of textbooks thathave been adopted under IC 20-20-5 and are available forgeography instruction; and
(3) make available in-service training opportunities to teacherswho teach geography.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-15
American Sign Language; foreign language credit; teachercertification; curriculum
Sec. 15. (a) A school corporation may offer classes in AmericanSign Language as a first or second language for students who hear,students who are deaf, and students who are hard of hearing.
(b) If:
(1) classes in American Sign Language are offered at thesecondary level by a school corporation; and
(2) a student satisfactorily completes a class in American SignLanguage as a second language;
the student is entitled to receive foreign language credit for the class.
(c) A class in American Sign Language offered under this sectionmust be taught by a teacher licensed in Indiana and:
(1) certified by the American Sign Language TeachersAssociation; or
(2) holding a degree in American Sign Language.
(d) The state board shall establish a curriculum in American SignLanguage as a first or second language.
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.99-2007,SEC.176.
IC 20-30-6-16
Sharing explicit material by cellular telephone or computer
Sec. 16. A school corporation may offer classes, instruction, orprograms regarding the potential risks and consequences of creatingand sharing sexually suggestive or sexually explicit materials throughcellular telephones, social networking web sites, computer networks,and other digital media.
As added by P.L.104-2010, SEC.3.