Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1015
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-33-8-15.
Synopsis: School safety. Provides that a student may be disciplined for
committing a delinquent, criminal, or tortious act against another
student or a teacher that violates school discipline rules and that is
committed while the student is on or off school grounds, including
during periods when the student is not attending classes or school
functions.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
Introduced
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1015
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-33-8-15; (13)IN1015.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-33-8-15, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
SECTION 17, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 15. In addition to the grounds specified in section
14 of this chapter, a student may be
suspended or expelled subject to
school discipline, including suspension and expulsion, for engaging
in
unlawful activity a delinquent, criminal, or tortious act
committed by the student against another student or a teacher on
or off school grounds if:
(1) the
unlawful activity delinquent, criminal, or tortious act
violates school rules adopted under section 12 of this chapter
and may reasonably be considered to be
an a substantial
interference with school purposes or an educational function; or
(2) the student's removal is necessary to restore order or protect
persons on school property;
including
an unlawful activity a delinquent, criminal, or tortious act
committed by the student against another student or a teacher that
violates school rules adopted under section 12 of this chapter and
that is committed during weekends, holidays, other school breaks, and
the summer period when a student may not be attending classes or
other school functions.