2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 20. Education
ARTICLE 30. CURRICULUM
CHAPTER 5. Mandatory Curriculum
20-30-5-17. Access to materials relating to personal analysis, evaluation, or survey of students; consent for participation

     Sec. 17. (a) A school corporation shall make available for inspection by the parent of a student any instructional materials, including:

(1) teachers' manuals;

(2) curricular materials;

(3) films or other video materials;

(4) tapes; and

(5) other materials;

used in connection with a personal analysis, an evaluation, or a survey described in subsection (b).

     (b) A student shall not be required to participate in a personal analysis, an evaluation, or a survey that is not directly related to academic instruction and that reveals or attempts to affect the student's attitudes, habits, traits, opinions, beliefs, or feelings concerning:

(1) political affiliations;

(2) religious beliefs or practices;

(3) mental or psychological conditions that may embarrass the student or the student's family;

(4) sexual behavior or attitudes;

(5) illegal, antisocial, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;

(6) critical appraisals of other individuals with whom the student has a close family relationship;

(7) legally recognized privileged or confidential relationships, including a relationship with a lawyer, minister, or physician; or

(8) income (except as required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under a program);

without the prior consent of the student if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor or the prior written consent of the student's parent if the student is an unemancipated minor. A parental consent form for a personal analysis, an evaluation, or a survey described in this section shall accurately reflect the contents and nature of the personal analysis, evaluation, or survey.

     (c) The department and the governing body shall give parents and students notice of their rights under this section.

     (d) The governing body shall enforce this section.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-15.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.95.