2021 Indiana Code
Title 20. Education
Article 33. Students: General Provisions
Chapter 2. Compulsory School Attendance
20-33-2-47. School Corporations; Notification of Absences; Reports to Local Health Departments
Sec. 47. (a) A school corporation may develop and implement a system of notifying the parent of a student when:
(1) the student fails to attend school; and
(2) the student does not have an excused absence for that day.
(b) A school corporation or a state accredited nonpublic school shall report to the local health department the percentage of student absences above a threshold determined by the department by rule adopted under IC 4-22-2.
(c) If a school corporation implements a notification system under this chapter, the attendance officer or the attendance officer's designee shall make a reasonable effort to contact by telephone the parent of each student who has failed to attend school and does not have an excused absence for that day.
(d) If an attendance officer or an attendance officer's designee has made a reasonable effort to contact a parent under subsection (c), the school corporation is immune from liability for any damages suffered by the parent claimed because of failure to contact the parent.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citations: 20-8.1-13-1; 20-8.1-13-2; 20-8.1-13-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.76.
