IC 20-30-6-1 Adult education; reimbursement for costs
Sec. 1. (a) The state board and the state superintendent may
prescribe a program of adult education. The state board shall adopt
rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for this program and to provide for
the state distribution formula for money appropriated by the general
assembly for adult education. Money appropriated by the general
assembly for adult education may be used only to reimburse a school
corporation 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 a
high school diploma; or
(3) have graduated from high school (or received a high school
equivalency certificate or a state of Indiana general educational
development (GED) diploma) but who demonstrate basic skill
deficiencies in mathematics or English/language arts.
For purposes of reimbursement under this section, the school
corporation may not count an individual who is also enrolled in the
school corporation's kindergarten through grade 12 educational
program. An individual described in subdivision (3) may be counted
for reimbursement by the school corporation only for classes taken
in mathematics and English/language arts.
(b) The state board shall provide for reimbursement to a school
corporation under this section for instructor salaries and
administrative and support costs. However, the state board may not
allocate more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total appropriation
under subsection (a) for administrative and support costs.
(c) A school corporation may conduct a program of adult
education.
(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's
expulsion from school under IC 20-33-8 on the grounds that the
student was:
(A) disorderly; or
(B) dangerous to persons or property;
to attend evening classes or classes established for students who are
at least sixteen (16) years of age. However, the school corporation
shall 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 school
corporation elects to educate with an appropriate special educational
program. 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 the
department of workforce development, implement the Indiana
program of adult competency.
(b) The department may, with approval by the department of
workforce development, do the following:
(1) Use funds available under the Job Training Partnership Act
under 29 U.S.C. 1500 et seq.
(2) Use funds available to the department of workforce
development to implement the Indiana program of adult
competency. 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 of
the station's facilities and staff.
(b) A governing body may budget and appropriate from the school
corporation's general fund for expenditures under this section in the
same 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 jointly
exercise the powers described in section 4 of this chapter. The school
corporations shall enter into an agreement as to the part of expenses
incurred under section 4 of this chapter that each school corporation
pays.
(b) A school corporation described in subsection (a) may pay into
a joint fund an amount computed annually under an agreement
described 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 executive
committee acting for the participating school corporations.
The treasurer shall give bond in an amount established by the
executive 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 same
manner 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 military
instruction in a high school and authorize the high school to receive
arms, ammunition, and equipment from the federal government under
regulations adopted by the United States Department of Defense.
(b) A governing body described in subsection (a) may pay the
following expenses from the school corporation's general fund:
(1) Freight charges on arms, ammunition, and equipment issued
by the federal government from the place of issue to the high
school.
(2) Insurance charges on property described in subdivision (1).
(3) Premiums on bonds executed by the governing body to
cover the care, safekeeping, and return of property described in
subdivision (1).
(4) The cost of constructing arms racks and other facilities for
the care and preservation of property described in subdivision
(1), scaling walls, indoor targets, and other equipment the
governing 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 competent
persons as military instructors. A military instructor is entitled to
compensation as an instructor in a high school if:
(1) a system of military instruction is established and a military
instructor is not detailed to the high school by the federal
government; or
(2) a system of military instruction is established with detailed
military instructors, but additional instructors are necessary.
(b) An individual who holds a certificate of eligibility issued by
the state board after an examination conducted by a board of three
(3) military officers, at least one (1) of whom is commissioned in the
United States regular army, is competent and suitable as a military
instructor. A qualified individual may serve as physical education
director, military instructor, and teacher in a high school.
(c) A high school may not institute or conduct military instruction
unless an instructor detailed by the federal government or a
competent and suitable military instructor supervises the military
instruction. 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 abridge
the right of school authorities to make proper rules and regulations
for 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 religious
observance if the school corporation follows sections 11 through 12
of this chapter and any additional procedures that the school
corporation 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 observance
authorized under section 10 of this chapter must be in addition to the
regular school day, which for these purposes is six and one-half (6
1/2) hours, excluding time for lunch.
(b) A religious or philosophical group that does not accept
voluntary religious observance at a school is entitled to use of school
facilities during the time set for voluntary religious observance.
(c) A school corporation shall provide properly supervised
facilities for recreation and study during a voluntary religious
observance. 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 licensed
in 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 attendance
at 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 encourages
attendance at a voluntary religious observance commits an act of
insubordination, and appropriate action shall be taken against the
person.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a school shall provide written
notice to all students and the students' parents of a voluntary
religious observance and of any alternative activities provided under
section 11(c) of this chapter.
(c) A school corporation shall ensure that:
(1) students do not coerce attendance at a voluntary religious
observance; and
(2) no opprobrium attaches among the students or faculty for
not participating in a voluntary religious observance.
If a school corporation cannot avert the coercion or opprobrium
described in this subsection, the school corporation shall discontinue
the 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 teaching
geography in the public schools;
(2) provide school corporations with a list of textbooks that
have been adopted under IC 20-20-5 and are available for
geography instruction; and
(3) make available in-service training opportunities to teachers
who teach geography. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-15 American Sign Language; foreign language credit; teacher
certification; curriculum
Sec. 15. (a) A school corporation may offer classes in American
Sign 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 the
secondary level by a school corporation; and
(2) a student satisfactorily completes a class in American Sign
Language 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 section
must be taught by a teacher licensed in Indiana and:
(1) certified by the American Sign Language Teachers
Association; or
(2) holding a degree in American Sign Language.
(d) The state board shall establish a curriculum in American Sign
Language 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, or
programs regarding the potential risks and consequences of creating
and sharing sexually suggestive or sexually explicit materials through
cellular telephones, social networking web sites, computer networks,
and other digital media. As added by P.L.104-2010, SEC.3.
IC 20-30-6-1 Adult education; reimbursement for costs
Sec. 1. (a) The state board and the state superintendent may
prescribe a program of adult education. The state board shall adopt
rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for this program and to provide for
the state distribution formula for money appropriated by the general
assembly for adult education. Money appropriated by the general
assembly for adult education may be used only to reimburse a school
corporation 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 a
high school diploma; or
(3) have graduated from high school (or received a high school
equivalency certificate or a state of Indiana general educational
development (GED) diploma) but who demonstrate basic skill
deficiencies in mathematics or English/language arts.
For purposes of reimbursement under this section, the school
corporation may not count an individual who is also enrolled in the
school corporation's kindergarten through grade 12 educational
program. An individual described in subdivision (3) may be counted
for reimbursement by the school corporation only for classes taken
in mathematics and English/language arts.
(b) The state board shall provide for reimbursement to a school
corporation under this section for instructor salaries and
administrative and support costs. However, the state board may not
allocate more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total appropriation
under subsection (a) for administrative and support costs.
(c) A school corporation may conduct a program of adult
education.
(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's
expulsion from school under IC 20-33-8 on the grounds that the
student was:
(A) disorderly; or
(B) dangerous to persons or property;
to attend evening classes or classes established for students who are
at least sixteen (16) years of age. However, the school corporation
shall 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 school
corporation elects to educate with an appropriate special educational
program. 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 the
department of workforce development, implement the Indiana
program of adult competency.
(b) The department may, with approval by the department of
workforce development, do the following:
(1) Use funds available under the Job Training Partnership Act
under 29 U.S.C. 1500 et seq.
(2) Use funds available to the department of workforce
development to implement the Indiana program of adult
competency. 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 of
the station's facilities and staff.
(b) A governing body may budget and appropriate from the school
corporation's general fund for expenditures under this section in the
same 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 jointly
exercise the powers described in section 4 of this chapter. The school
corporations shall enter into an agreement as to the part of expenses
incurred under section 4 of this chapter that each school corporation
pays.
(b) A school corporation described in subsection (a) may pay into
a joint fund an amount computed annually under an agreement
described 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 executive
committee acting for the participating school corporations.
The treasurer shall give bond in an amount established by the
executive 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 same
manner 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 military
instruction in a high school and authorize the high school to receive
arms, ammunition, and equipment from the federal government under
regulations adopted by the United States Department of Defense.
(b) A governing body described in subsection (a) may pay the
following expenses from the school corporation's general fund:
(1) Freight charges on arms, ammunition, and equipment issued
by the federal government from the place of issue to the high
school.
(2) Insurance charges on property described in subdivision (1).
(3) Premiums on bonds executed by the governing body to
cover the care, safekeeping, and return of property described in
subdivision (1).
(4) The cost of constructing arms racks and other facilities for
the care and preservation of property described in subdivision
(1), scaling walls, indoor targets, and other equipment the
governing 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 competent
persons as military instructors. A military instructor is entitled to
compensation as an instructor in a high school if:
(1) a system of military instruction is established and a military
instructor is not detailed to the high school by the federal
government; or
(2) a system of military instruction is established with detailed
military instructors, but additional instructors are necessary.
(b) An individual who holds a certificate of eligibility issued by
the state board after an examination conducted by a board of three
(3) military officers, at least one (1) of whom is commissioned in the
United States regular army, is competent and suitable as a military
instructor. A qualified individual may serve as physical education
director, military instructor, and teacher in a high school.
(c) A high school may not institute or conduct military instruction
unless an instructor detailed by the federal government or a
competent and suitable military instructor supervises the military
instruction. 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 abridge
the right of school authorities to make proper rules and regulations
for 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 religious
observance if the school corporation follows sections 11 through 12
of this chapter and any additional procedures that the school
corporation 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 observance
authorized under section 10 of this chapter must be in addition to the
regular school day, which for these purposes is six and one-half (6
1/2) hours, excluding time for lunch.
(b) A religious or philosophical group that does not accept
voluntary religious observance at a school is entitled to use of school
facilities during the time set for voluntary religious observance.
(c) A school corporation shall provide properly supervised
facilities for recreation and study during a voluntary religious
observance. 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 licensed
in 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 attendance
at 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 encourages
attendance at a voluntary religious observance commits an act of
insubordination, and appropriate action shall be taken against the
person.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a school shall provide written
notice to all students and the students' parents of a voluntary
religious observance and of any alternative activities provided under
section 11(c) of this chapter.
(c) A school corporation shall ensure that:
(1) students do not coerce attendance at a voluntary religious
observance; and
(2) no opprobrium attaches among the students or faculty for
not participating in a voluntary religious observance.
If a school corporation cannot avert the coercion or opprobrium
described in this subsection, the school corporation shall discontinue
the 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 teaching
geography in the public schools;
(2) provide school corporations with a list of textbooks that
have been adopted under IC 20-20-5 and are available for
geography instruction; and
(3) make available in-service training opportunities to teachers
who teach geography. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-15 American Sign Language; foreign language credit; teacher
certification; curriculum
Sec. 15. (a) A school corporation may offer classes in American
Sign 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 the
secondary level by a school corporation; and
(2) a student satisfactorily completes a class in American Sign
Language 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 section
must be taught by a teacher licensed in Indiana and:
(1) certified by the American Sign Language Teachers
Association; or
(2) holding a degree in American Sign Language.
(d) The state board shall establish a curriculum in American Sign
Language 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, or
programs regarding the potential risks and consequences of creating
and sharing sexually suggestive or sexually explicit materials through
cellular telephones, social networking web sites, computer networks,
and other digital media. As added by P.L.104-2010, SEC.3.
IC 20-30-6-1 Adult education; reimbursement for costs
Sec. 1. (a) The state board and the state superintendent may
prescribe a program of adult education. The state board shall adopt
rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for this program and to provide for
the state distribution formula for money appropriated by the general
assembly for adult education. Money appropriated by the general
assembly for adult education may be used only to reimburse a school
corporation 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 a
high school diploma; or
(3) have graduated from high school (or received a high school
equivalency certificate or a state of Indiana general educational
development (GED) diploma) but who demonstrate basic skill
deficiencies in mathematics or English/language arts.
For purposes of reimbursement under this section, the school
corporation may not count an individual who is also enrolled in the
school corporation's kindergarten through grade 12 educational
program. An individual described in subdivision (3) may be counted
for reimbursement by the school corporation only for classes taken
in mathematics and English/language arts.
(b) The state board shall provide for reimbursement to a school
corporation under this section for instructor salaries and
administrative and support costs. However, the state board may not
allocate more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total appropriation
under subsection (a) for administrative and support costs.
(c) A school corporation may conduct a program of adult
education.
(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's
expulsion from school under IC 20-33-8 on the grounds that the
student was:
(A) disorderly; or
(B) dangerous to persons or property;
to attend evening classes or classes established for students who are
at least sixteen (16) years of age. However, the school corporation
shall 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 school
corporation elects to educate with an appropriate special educational
program. 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 the
department of workforce development, implement the Indiana
program of adult competency.
(b) The department may, with approval by the department of
workforce development, do the following:
(1) Use funds available under the Job Training Partnership Act
under 29 U.S.C. 1500 et seq.
(2) Use funds available to the department of workforce
development to implement the Indiana program of adult
competency. 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 of
the station's facilities and staff.
(b) A governing body may budget and appropriate from the school
corporation's general fund for expenditures under this section in the
same 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 jointly
exercise the powers described in section 4 of this chapter. The school
corporations shall enter into an agreement as to the part of expenses
incurred under section 4 of this chapter that each school corporation
pays.
(b) A school corporation described in subsection (a) may pay into
a joint fund an amount computed annually under an agreement
described 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 executive
committee acting for the participating school corporations.
The treasurer shall give bond in an amount established by the
executive 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 same
manner 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 military
instruction in a high school and authorize the high school to receive
arms, ammunition, and equipment from the federal government under
regulations adopted by the United States Department of Defense.
(b) A governing body described in subsection (a) may pay the
following expenses from the school corporation's general fund:
(1) Freight charges on arms, ammunition, and equipment issued
by the federal government from the place of issue to the high
school.
(2) Insurance charges on property described in subdivision (1).
(3) Premiums on bonds executed by the governing body to
cover the care, safekeeping, and return of property described in
subdivision (1).
(4) The cost of constructing arms racks and other facilities for
the care and preservation of property described in subdivision
(1), scaling walls, indoor targets, and other equipment the
governing 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 competent
persons as military instructors. A military instructor is entitled to
compensation as an instructor in a high school if:
(1) a system of military instruction is established and a military
instructor is not detailed to the high school by the federal
government; or
(2) a system of military instruction is established with detailed
military instructors, but additional instructors are necessary.
(b) An individual who holds a certificate of eligibility issued by
the state board after an examination conducted by a board of three
(3) military officers, at least one (1) of whom is commissioned in the
United States regular army, is competent and suitable as a military
instructor. A qualified individual may serve as physical education
director, military instructor, and teacher in a high school.
(c) A high school may not institute or conduct military instruction
unless an instructor detailed by the federal government or a
competent and suitable military instructor supervises the military
instruction. 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 abridge
the right of school authorities to make proper rules and regulations
for 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 religious
observance if the school corporation follows sections 11 through 12
of this chapter and any additional procedures that the school
corporation 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 observance
authorized under section 10 of this chapter must be in addition to the
regular school day, which for these purposes is six and one-half (6
1/2) hours, excluding time for lunch.
(b) A religious or philosophical group that does not accept
voluntary religious observance at a school is entitled to use of school
facilities during the time set for voluntary religious observance.
(c) A school corporation shall provide properly supervised
facilities for recreation and study during a voluntary religious
observance. 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 licensed
in 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 attendance
at 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 encourages
attendance at a voluntary religious observance commits an act of
insubordination, and appropriate action shall be taken against the
person.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a school shall provide written
notice to all students and the students' parents of a voluntary
religious observance and of any alternative activities provided under
section 11(c) of this chapter.
(c) A school corporation shall ensure that:
(1) students do not coerce attendance at a voluntary religious
observance; and
(2) no opprobrium attaches among the students or faculty for
not participating in a voluntary religious observance.
If a school corporation cannot avert the coercion or opprobrium
described in this subsection, the school corporation shall discontinue
the 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 teaching
geography in the public schools;
(2) provide school corporations with a list of textbooks that
have been adopted under IC 20-20-5 and are available for
geography instruction; and
(3) make available in-service training opportunities to teachers
who teach geography. As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
IC 20-30-6-15 American Sign Language; foreign language credit; teacher
certification; curriculum
Sec. 15. (a) A school corporation may offer classes in American
Sign 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 the
secondary level by a school corporation; and
(2) a student satisfactorily completes a class in American Sign
Language 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 section
must be taught by a teacher licensed in Indiana and:
(1) certified by the American Sign Language Teachers
Association; or
(2) holding a degree in American Sign Language.
(d) The state board shall establish a curriculum in American Sign
Language 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, or
programs regarding the potential risks and consequences of creating
and sharing sexually suggestive or sexually explicit materials through
cellular telephones, social networking web sites, computer networks,
and other digital media. As added by P.L.104-2010, SEC.3.
