2021 Indiana Code
Title 20. Education
Article 30. Curriculum
Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum
20-30-5-4. System of Government; American History

Universal Citation: IN Code § 20-30-5-4 (2021)

Sec. 4. (a) Each public school and nonpublic school shall provide within the two (2) weeks preceding a general election for all students in grades 6 through 12 five (5) full recitation periods of class discussion concerning:

(1) the system of government in Indiana and in the United States;

(2) methods of voting;

(3) party structures;

(4) election laws; and

(5) the responsibilities of citizen participation in government and in elections.

(b) Except as provided in IC 20-32-4-13, a student may not receive an Indiana diploma unless the student has completed a two (2) semester course in American history.

(c) If a public school superintendent violates this section, the secretary of education shall receive and record reports of the violations. The general assembly may examine these reports.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-3.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.251-2017, SEC.10; P.L.192-2018, SEC.17; P.L.43-2021, SEC.97.

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