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2020 Indiana Code
Title 20. Education
Article 33. Students: General Provisions
Chapter 8. Student Discipline
20-33-8-18. Maximum Term of Suspension; Procedure; Student Assignments

Universal Citation: IN Code § 20-33-8-18 (2020)
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Sec. 18. (a) A principal may suspend a student for not more than ten (10) school days under section 14, 15, or 16 of this chapter. However, the student may be suspended for more than ten (10) school days under section 23 of this chapter.

(b) A principal may not suspend a student before the principal affords the student an opportunity for a meeting during which the student is entitled to the following:

(1) A written or an oral statement of the charges against the student.

(2) If the student denies the charges, a summary of the evidence against the student.

(3) An opportunity for the student to explain the student's conduct.

(c) When misconduct requires immediate removal of a student, the meeting under subsection (b) must begin as soon as reasonably possible after the student's suspension.

(d) Following a suspension, the principal shall send a written statement to the parent of the suspended student describing the following:

(1) The student's misconduct.

(2) The action taken by the principal.

(e) If a student is suspended, the student is required to complete all assignments and school work assigned during the period of the student's suspension. The principal or the principal's designee shall ensure that the student receives:

(1) notice of any assignments or school work due;

(2) teacher contact information in the event the student has questions regarding the assignments or school work; and

(3) credit, in the same manner that a student who is not suspended would receive, for any assignments or school work assigned during the period of the student's suspension that the student completes.

A student may be allowed to make up missed tests or quizzes when the student returns to school.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-12.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.94-2019, SEC.2; P.L.155-2020, SEC.18.

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