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2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-5. Morals Instruction

Sec. 5. (a) Each public school teacher and nonpublic school teacher who is employed to instruct in the regular courses of grades 1 through 12 shall present the teacher's instruction with special emphasis on:
(1) honesty;
(2) morality;
(3) courtesy;
(4) obedience to law;
(5) respect for the national flag and the Constitution of the State of Indiana and the Constitution of the United States;
(6) respect for parents and the home;
(7) the dignity and necessity of honest labor; and
(8) other lessons of a steadying influence that tend to promote and develop an upright and desirable citizenry.
(b) The secretary of education shall prepare outlines or materials for the instruction described in subsection (a) and incorporate the instruction in the regular courses of grades 1 through 12.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.43-2021, SEC.98.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-5.5. Bullying Prevention; Student Instruction

Sec. 5.5. (a) Not later than October 15 of each year, each public school shall provide age appropriate, research based instruction as provided under IC 10-21-1-14(d) focusing on bullying prevention for all students in grades 1 through 12.
(b) The department, in consultation with school safety specialists and school counselors, shall prepare outlines or materials for the instruction described in subsection (a) and incorporate the instruction in grades 1 through 12.
(c) Instruction on bullying prevention may be delivered by a school safety specialist, school counselor, or any other person with training and expertise in the area of bullying prevention and intervention.
As added by P.L.285-2013, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.150-2023, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-5.7. Instruction on Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse

Sec. 5.7. (a) Not later than December 15, 2020, and each December 15 thereafter, each public school, including a charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall provide age appropriate:
(1) research and evidence based; or
(2) research or evidence based;
instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students in kindergarten through grade 12.
(b) The department, in consultation with school safety specialists, school counselors, school social workers, or school psychologists, shall identify outlines or materials for the instruction described in subsection (a) and incorporate the instruction in kindergarten through grade 12.
(c) Any outlines and materials identified under subsection (b) must be demonstrated to be effective and promising.
(d) Instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse may be delivered by a school safety specialist, school counselor, or any other person with training and expertise in the area of child abuse and child sexual abuse.
As added by P.L.115-2017, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.55; P.L.76-2020, SEC.1; P.L.32-2021, SEC.55.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-6. Good Citizenship Instruction

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies only to public schools.
(b) As used in this section, "good citizenship instruction" means integrating instruction into the current curriculum that stresses the nature and importance of the following:
(1) Being honest and truthful.
(2) Respecting authority.
(3) Respecting the property of others.
(4) Always doing the student's personal best.
(5) Not stealing.
(6) Possessing the skills (including methods of conflict resolution) necessary to live peaceably in society and not resorting to violence to settle disputes.
(7) Taking personal responsibility for obligations to family and community.
(8) Taking personal responsibility for earning a livelihood.
(9) Treating others the way the student would want to be treated.
(10) Respecting the national flag, the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(11) Respecting the student's parents and home.
(12) Respecting the student's self.
(13) Respecting the rights of others to have their own views and religious beliefs.
(c) The department shall:
(1) identify; and
(2) make available;
models of conflict resolution instruction to school corporations. The instruction may consist of a teacher education program that applies the techniques to the students in the classroom to assist school corporations in complying with this section.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-4.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.170.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-7. Curriculum; Ethnic and Racial Groups Course; Naturalization Examination Report; Posting Pass Rate

Sec. 7. (a) Each school corporation shall include in the school corporation's curriculum the following studies:
(1) Language arts, including:
(A) English;
(B) grammar;
(C) composition;
(D) speech; and
(E) second languages.
(2) Mathematics.
(3) Social studies and citizenship, including the:
(A) constitutions;
(B) governmental systems; and
(C) histories;
of Indiana and the United States, including an enhanced study of the Holocaust in each high school United States history course. As part of the United States government credit awarded for the general, Core 40, Core 40 with academic honors, and Core 40 with technical honors designation, each high school shall administer the naturalization examination provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
(4) Sciences, including, after June 30, 2021, computer science.
(5) Fine arts, including music and art.
(6) Health education, physical fitness, safety, and the effects of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and other substances on the human body.
(7) Additional studies selected by each governing body, subject to revision by the state board.
(b) Each:
(1) school corporation;
(2) charter school; and
(3) state accredited nonpublic school;
shall offer the study of ethnic and racial groups as a one (1) semester elective course in its high school curriculum at least once every school year.
(c) The course described in subsection (b) may be offered by the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school through a course access program administered by the department.
(d) Not later than November 1, 2022, and not later than November 1 each year thereafter, the department shall report to the general assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 the following:
(1) The number of students who took the naturalization examination described in subsection (a)(3).
(2) The number of students who passed the naturalization examination described in subsection (a)(3) by a score of not less than sixty percent (60%) on their first attempt.
(3) The pass rate of the naturalization examination regarding the students who passed as described in subdivision (2).
(e) Not more than thirty (30) days after the department reports to the general assembly the information under subsection (d), the department shall post the pass rate under subsection (d)(3) on the department's Internet web site.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.86-2007, SEC.1; P.L.231-2017, SEC.1; P.L.132-2018, SEC.2; P.L.97-2019, SEC.1; P.L.92-2020, SEC.56; P.L.86-2020, SEC.6; P.L.32-2021, SEC.56.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-7.3. Civics Education Course Required

Sec. 7.3. Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2023-2024 school year, each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall require each student of the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school to successfully complete in grade 6, 7, or 8 one (1) semester of a civics education course.
As added by P.L.39-2021, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-7.5. Physical Activities

Sec. 7.5. (a) This section does not apply to a student who:
(1) is in half-day kindergarten; or
(2) has a medical condition that precludes participation in the daily physical activity provided under this section.
(b) Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the governing body of each school corporation shall provide daily physical activity for students in elementary school. The physical activity may include the use of recess. On a day when there is inclement weather or unplanned circumstances have shortened the school day, the school corporation may provide physical activity alternatives or elect not to provide physical activity.
As added by P.L.54-2006, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.286-2013, SEC.94.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-8. Safety Education

Sec. 8. A course in safety education for at least one (1) full semester shall be taught in grade 8 of each public school and nonpublic school. The state board shall prepare a guide for this course that:
(1) the teacher shall use; and
(2) may be revised under the direction of the state board.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-6.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.73-2011, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-9. Hygiene and Sanitary Science; Leaflet; Excused From Instruction

Sec. 9. (a) The principles of hygiene and sanitary science must be taught in grade 5 of each public school and may be taught in other grades. This instruction must explain the ways that dangerous communicable diseases are spread and the sanitary methods for disease prevention and restriction.
(b) The state health commissioner and the secretary of education shall jointly compile a leaflet describing the principles of hygiene, sanitary science, and disease prevention and shall supply the leaflets to each superintendent, who shall:
(1) supply the leaflets to each school; and
(2) require the teachers to comply with this section.
(c) Each prosecuting attorney to whom the Indiana department of health or the Indiana department of health's agents report any violation of this section shall commence proceedings against the violator.
(d) Any student who objects in writing, or any student less than eighteen (18) years of age whose parent or guardian objects in writing, to health and hygiene courses because the courses conflict with the student's religious teachings is entitled to be excused from receiving medical instruction or instruction in hygiene or sanitary science without penalties concerning grades or graduation.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-7.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.43-2021, SEC.99; P.L.56-2023, SEC.179.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-10. Diseases

Sec. 10. (a) The governing body shall provide in each public school for the illustrative teaching of:
(1) the spread of disease by:
(A) rats;
(B) flies; and
(C) mosquitoes;
and the effects of disease; and
(2) disease prevention by proper food selection and consumption.
(b) A school official who fails to comply with this section commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-8.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-11. Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco, Prescription Drugs, and Controlled Substances; Instruction in Kindergarten Through Grade 12

Sec. 11. (a) For kindergarten through grade 12, the governing body of each school corporation shall provide instruction concerning the effects that:
(1) alcoholic beverages;
(2) tobacco;
(3) prescription drugs; and
(4) controlled substances;
have on the human body and society at large.
(b) The state board shall make available to all school corporations a list of appropriate available instructional material on the matters described in subsection (a).
(c) The department shall develop curriculum guides to assist teachers assigned to teach the material described in subsection (a).
(d) The state board shall approve drug education curricula for every grade from kindergarten through grade 12.
(e) The department shall provide assistance to each school corporation to train at least one (1) teacher in the school corporation in drug education.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-9.1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-12. Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Sec. 12. (a) Each school corporation shall:
(1) include in the school corporation's curriculum instruction concerning the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); and
(2) integrate this effort to the extent possible with instruction on other serious communicable diseases.
(b) Literature that is distributed to school children and young adults under this section must include information required by IC 20-34-3-17.
(c) The department, in consultation with the Indiana department of health, shall develop HIV educational materials. The department shall make the materials developed under this section available to school corporations.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-10.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.227; P.L.112-2020, SEC.55; P.L.56-2023, SEC.180.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-13. Instruction on Human Sexuality or Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Sec. 13. Throughout instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases, a state accredited school shall:
(1) require a teacher to teach abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage as the expected standard for all school age children;
(2) include in the instruction that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems; and
(3) include in the instruction that the best way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and other associated health problems is to establish a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-11.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.57.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-15. Breast Cancer and Testicular Cancer Instruction

Sec. 15. (a) Each school corporation shall include in the school corporation's high school health education curriculum instruction regarding breast cancer and testicular cancer as adopted by the state board, including the significance of early detection of these diseases through:
(1) monthly self-examinations; and
(2) regularly scheduled mammographies in the case of breast cancer.
(b) The department shall, in consultation with the Indiana department of health, develop breast cancer and testicular cancer educational materials to be made available to school corporations to assist teachers assigned to teach the material described in this section.
(c) The:
(1) department shall develop guidelines; and
(2) state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2;
concerning the instruction required under this section to assist teachers assigned to teach the material described in this section.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-13.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.181.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-16. Human Organ and Blood Donor Program Instruction

Sec. 16. (a) Each school corporation shall include in the school corporation's high school health education curriculum instruction regarding the human organ donor program and blood donor program as adopted by the state board, including:
(1) the purpose of the human organ donor program and blood donor program;
(2) the statewide and nationwide need for human organ and blood donations; and
(3) the procedure for participation in the human organ donor program and blood donor program.
(b) The department shall, in consultation with the Indiana department of health or any other appropriate organization, develop human organ donor program and blood donor program educational materials to be made available to school corporations to assist teachers assigned to teach the material described in this section.
(c) The:
(1) department shall develop guidelines; and
(2) state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2;
concerning the instruction required under this section to assist teachers assigned to teach the material described in this section.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-14.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.182.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-18. Meningitis Information

Sec. 18. (a) The chief administrative officer of each:
(1) public school (including a charter school as defined in IC 20-24-1-4); and
(2) nonpublic school;
shall ensure that information concerning meningococcal disease and its vaccines is provided to students and parents or guardians of students at the beginning of each school year.
(b) The information provided under subsection (a) must include information concerning the:
(1) causes;
(2) symptoms; and
(3) spread;
of meningococcal disease and the places where parents and guardians of students may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children.
(c) The chief administrative officers and the department shall, in consultation with the Indiana department of health or any other appropriate entity, develop materials to be made available to schools to assist schools in providing the information described in this section.
(d) The department shall enforce this section.
As added by P.L.76-2005, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.183.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-19. Personal Financial Responsibility Instruction; Requirements of Course

Sec. 19. (a) Each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall include in its curriculum for all high school students instruction concerning personal financial responsibility.
(b) A school corporation, a charter school, and a state accredited nonpublic school must meet the requirements of subsection (a) by providing instruction on personal financial responsibility as a separate subject that addresses the following content areas:
(1) Basic principles of:
(A) money management, such as:
(i) spending and saving;
(ii) types of bank accounts;
(iii) opening and managing a bank account; and
(iv) assessing the quality of a depository institution's services;
(B) debt management;
(C) receiving an inheritance and related implications;
(D) savings, retirement, and investment accounts;
(E) federal and state income tax returns; and
(F) local tax assessments.
(2) Personal insurance policies.
(3) Loan applications.
(4) Interest rate computations.
(5) Credit and credit scores.
(6) Simple contracts.
(c) The state board shall adopt a curriculum that ensures personal financial responsibility is taught:
(1) in accordance with the requirements of subsection (b); and
(2) as a separate subject;
as determined by the state board.
(d) This subsection applies to an individual who is a student in a cohort that is expected to graduate in 2028 or thereafter from a school described in subsection (a). Beginning in 2028, an individual to whom this subsection applies must successfully complete instruction on personal financial responsibility, as described in subsection (b), as a separate subject to be eligible to graduate from high school.
(e) The state board may allow a personal financial responsibility course described in this section to satisfy one (1) or more diploma course requirements.
As added by P.L.154-2009, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.58; P.L.168-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-20. Instruction in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Use of an Automated External Defibrillator

Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section, "charter school" does not include a virtual charter school, as defined in IC 20-24-1-10.
(b) As used in this section, "psychomotor skills" means skills using hands on practice to support cognitive learning.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (f), each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall include in the charter school's, school corporation's, or state accredited nonpublic school's high school health education curriculum instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator for its students. The instruction must incorporate the psychomotor skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use an automated external defibrillator and must include either of the following:
(1) An instructional program developed by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.
(2) An instructional program that is nationally recognized and is based on the most current national evidence based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator.
(d) A school corporation, a charter school, or a state accredited nonpublic school may offer the instruction required in subsection (c) or may arrange for the instruction to be provided by available community based providers. The instruction is not required to be provided by a teacher. If instruction is provided by a teacher, the teacher is not required to be a certified trainer of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
(e) This section shall not be construed to require a student to become certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator. However, if a school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school chooses to offer a course that results in certification being earned, the course must be taught by an instructor authorized to provide the instruction by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or a similar nationally recognized association.
(f) A school administrator may waive the requirement that a student receive instruction under subsection (c) if the student has a disability or is physically unable to perform the psychomotor skill component of the instruction required under subsection (c).
As added by P.L.139-2014, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.222-2015, SEC.10; P.L.85-2017, SEC.80; P.L.228-2017, SEC.5; P.L.159-2019, SEC.19; P.L.92-2020, SEC.59.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-21. Program, Class, or Activity Contrary to Curriculum Prohibited

Sec. 21. A state accredited school may not offer, support, or promote any student program, class, or activity that provides student instruction that is contrary to a curriculum required to be provided to students under this chapter.
As added by P.L.219-2015, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.60.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-22. Elective Course on Indiana Studies

Sec. 22. (a) Each:
(1) school corporation;
(2) charter school; and
(3) state accredited nonpublic school;
shall offer Indiana studies as a one (1) semester elective course in its high school curriculum at least once every school year.
(b) The course described in subsection (a) may be offered by the school corporation, charter school, or state accredited nonpublic school through a course access program administered by the department.
As added by P.L.162-2017, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.61.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-23. Computer Science Course; Curriculum; Annual Report

Sec. 23. (a) After June 30, 2021, each public high school, including each charter school, shall offer at least one (1) computer science course as a one (1) semester elective in the public high school's curriculum at least once each school year for high school students.
(b) After June 30, 2021, each public school, including each charter school, shall include computer science in the public school's curriculum for students in kindergarten through grade 12. A public high school fulfills the requirements under this subsection by meeting the requirements under subsection (a).
(c) If a public school fails to comply with this section, the department shall assist the public school in meeting the requirements under this section.
(d) The department shall:
(1) prepare an annual report concerning the implementation of computer science courses in public high schools, including charter schools, that includes the information described in subsection (e); and
(2) submit, before December 1 of each year, the report to the following:
(A) The state board.
(B) The general assembly.
(C) The commission for higher education.
The department shall submit the written report to the general assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(e) The report under subsection (d) must include the following information:
(1) The total number and percentage of computer science unique student course enrollments and course completions for each public high school, including each charter school, and by each course title approved by the department.
(2) The number and percentage of unique student enrollments and course completions in a computer science course by each course title approved by the department and disaggregated by:
(A) race;
(B) gender;
(C) grade;
(D) ethnicity;
(E) limited English language proficiency;
(F) free or reduced price lunch status; and
(G) eligibility for special education.
(3) The number of computer science instructors at each school disaggregated by:
(A) gender;
(B) certification, if applicable; and
(C) academic degree.
(4) Any other pertinent matters.
(f) The department shall post the report described in subsections (d) and (e) on the department's Internet web site.
As added by P.L.132-2018, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.76-2020, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5. Mandatory Curriculum › 20-30-5-24. Curriculum Instruction Concerning Career Awareness; Career Planning and Coaching Standards; Criteria for Career Awareness Course; Online Learning Modules

Sec. 24. (a) Beginning July 1, 2024, each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic school shall include in its curriculum instruction for all students concerning career awareness.
(b) Not later than December 31, 2023, the state board, in cooperation with the commission for higher education, must create career planning and coaching standards for the course described in subsection (a). The state board, in cooperation with the commission for higher education, shall create criteria for a career awareness course that includes instruction on:
(1) career awareness regarding a broad range of occupations with an emphasis on high wage, high demand industry sectors;
(2) career pathways concerning current and emerging sectors including relevant education and training;
(3) career scholarship accounts and the availability of state financial aid and funding; and
(4) individualized career planning for each student.
(c) The department, in cooperation with the commission for higher education, shall develop a series of on-demand, online learning modules that may be integrated into the course described in subsection (a). The modules must include content on:
(1) Indiana's priority job sectors and their career pathways, funding options, and career planning; and
(2) the availability of career navigation resources from intermediaries and in-school sources.
(d) Beginning in 2030, for each school described in subsection (a), instruction on career awareness must be taught in grade 9.
As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.19.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5.6. Connecting Students With Careers › 20-30-5.6-0.5. "Approved Postsecondary Educational Institution"

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "approved postsecondary educational institution" has the meaning set forth in IC 21-7-13-6(b).
As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5.6. Connecting Students With Careers › 20-30-5.6-1. "Career Fair"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "career fair" means an event at which employers and labor organizations can meet with high school students to discuss future career opportunities.
As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5.6. Connecting Students With Careers › 20-30-5.6-4. "School"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "school" means the following:
(1) A school maintained by a school corporation.
(2) A charter school.
As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5.6. Connecting Students With Careers › 20-30-5.6-5. Required Meeting to Discuss Current and Future Career Opportunities; Opt Out; Request to Waive; Exceptions

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) through (f), during each school year, a student who is:
(1) enrolled in a school; and
(2) in grades 11 and 12;
shall meet with at least one (1) approved postsecondary educational institution, intermediary, employer, or labor organization for not less than thirty (30) minutes to discuss current and future career opportunities and the necessary education levels for various careers.
(b) In advance of the meeting required under subsection (a), the student shall select, from the list prepared under IC 21-18-19-1 or from a list of approved postsecondary educational institutions maintained by the student's school, at least one (1) approved postsecondary educational institution, intermediary, employer, or labor organization with which to meet.
(c) The parent of a student or an emancipated student may opt out of the meeting required under subsection (a).
(d) If a school determines that no approved postsecondary educational institutions, intermediaries, employers, or labor organizations are willing to meet with students under subsection (a), the school may submit to the commission for higher education a written request to waive the meeting requirement.
(e) The meeting requirement under subsection (a) does not apply to a student who is participating in a program approved by the student's school in which the student:
(1) works for an employer or labor organization for part of regular school hours; and
(2) attends school for part of regular school hours.
(f) The meeting requirement under subsection (a) does not apply to students who receive career coaching services through the career coaching grant under IC 21-18-20.
(g) An intermediary, employer, or labor organization may hold a meeting described in subsection (a) with not more than five (5) students at one (1) time.
As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5.6. Connecting Students With Careers › 20-30-5.6-6. In Person and on School Property Requirements; Space; Expanded Criminal History Check and Expanded Child Protection Index Check; Waiver

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided under subsection (d), the meeting required under section 5(a) of this chapter must occur:
(1) in person; and
(2) on school property;
during regular school hours.
(b) The school shall provide space for the meeting required under section 5(a) of this chapter. However, a school is not required to incur any expenses to comply with the meeting requirement under section 5(a) of this chapter.
(c) Before meeting with a student under section 5(a) of this chapter, an individual employed by an approved postsecondary educational institution, employer, individual employed by an intermediary, or individual employed by a labor organization must pass an:
(1) expanded criminal history check (as defined in IC 20-26-2-1.5); and
(2) expanded child protection index check (as defined in IC 20-26-2-1.3);
as provided under IC 20-26-5-10.
(d) The requirements under subsection (a) are waived if the student attended an in person meeting hosted by an approved intermediary (as defined in IC 21-18-1-3.5) at a time and place convenient for the student within the same school year.
As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5.6. Connecting Students With Careers › 20-30-5.6-7. Annual Report

Sec. 7. An intermediary, an employer, or a labor organization that meets with a student under section 5(a) of this chapter shall submit an annual report to the commission for higher education in the manner established by the commission for higher education under IC 21-18-19-1.
As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5.6. Connecting Students With Careers › 20-30-5.6-8. Career Fair Requirement

Sec. 8. During each school year, a school that is a high school must hold, during regular school hours, at least one (1) career fair. A school may satisfy the requirement of this section by hosting or participating in a joint career fair involving at least one (1) other school if transportation to the joint career fair is provided to every student in grade 11 and grade 12.
As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 5.6. Connecting Students With Careers › 20-30-5.6-9. Approved Postsecondary Educational Institutions Not Subject to Requirements Regarding Intermediaries, Employers, and Labor Organizations

Sec. 9. An approved postsecondary educational institution that meets with a student under section 5(a) of this chapter is not subject to IC 21-18-19-1.
As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 6. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citations:
20-30-6-1formerly 20-10.1-7-120-30-6-2formerly 20-10.1-7-1.120-30-6-3formerly 20-10.1-7-1.520-30-6-4formerly 20-10.1-7-220-30-6-5formerly 20-10.1-7-320-30-6-6formerly 20-10.1-7-420-30-6-7formerly 20-10.1-7-520-30-6-8formerly 20-10.1-7-620-30-6-9formerly 20-10.1-7-720-30-6-10formerly 20-10.1-7-820-30-6-11formerly 20-10.1-7-920-30-6-12formerly 20-10.1-7-1020-30-6-13formerly 20-10.1-7-1120-30-6-14formerly 20-10.1-7-1520-30-6-15formerly 20-10.1-7-17.]
Repealed by P.L.233-2015, SEC.229.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 6.1. Optional Curriculum › 20-30-6.1-1. Religions of the World

Sec. 1. (a) Each school corporation may include as an elective in the school corporation's high school curriculum a course surveying religions of the world. The course must include as part of the course's curriculum:
(1) the historical study of religion;
(2) the cultural study of religion; and
(3) a literary study of writings, documents, or records relating to various religions.
(b) The curriculum described in subsection (a) must be neutral, objective, and balanced. It may not encourage or promote acceptance of any particular religion.
As added by P.L.220-2017, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 6.1. Optional Curriculum › 20-30-6.1-3. Presentation Relating to Autism

Sec. 3. A school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school with at least one (1) employee may provide a presentation or instruction to students explaining aspects of autism, including behaviors that students with autism may exhibit as well as student interaction with students with autism.
As added by P.L.155-2020, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-1. Summer School Education; Rules

Sec. 1. The state board may prescribe a program of summer school education for public schools. The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for:
(1) summer school programs; and
(2) the state distribution formula for any money appropriated by the general assembly for summer school education to allow for the reimbursement for:
(A) instructional costs; and
(B) costs of tuition for an applicable online summer school course.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.167-2018, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-2. Summer School Education; Online Provider

Sec. 2. (a) A school corporation may conduct a program of summer school education.
(b) A school corporation may provide summer school educational services through an online provider.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.167-2018, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-3. Voluntary Summer School Enrichment Program

Sec. 3. In addition to a program of summer school education described in section 1 of this chapter, a school corporation may conduct a voluntary summer school enrichment program in which educational programs that are not offered during the regular school year are offered to students.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-4. Content and Curriculum of Voluntary Summer School Enrichment Program

Sec. 4. A school corporation shall determine the contents and curriculum of a voluntary summer school enrichment program described in section 3 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.230.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-5. Joint Summer School Program

Sec. 5. A school corporation may enter into an agreement with:
(1) another school corporation;
(2) a state accredited nonpublic school; or
(3) both entities described in subdivisions (1) and (2);
to offer a joint summer school program for high school students.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.92-2020, SEC.62.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-6. Agreement

Sec. 6. An agreement under section 5 of this chapter must:
(1) designate one (1) participating school corporation as the local education agency for the joint educational program; and
(2) specify the allocation of costs of the joint summer school program, including teacher compensation, among the parties to the agreement.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-7. Educational Programs

Sec. 7. The parties to an agreement under section 5 of this chapter may provide educational programs:
(1) that are not regularly provided as part of the established curriculum during the school year; and
(2) for which a student who successfully completes a program may receive high school and college credit under an articulation agreement or dual credit provision under IC 20-32-3-9 or IC 21-43-2.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.221; P.L.1-2010, SEC.79.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-8. Instructor Qualifications

Sec. 8. Except as provided in section 9 of this chapter, an instructor for an educational program described in section 7 of this chapter must be:
(1) licensed under IC 20-28; or
(2) granted a substitute teacher's license by the department.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.172.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-9. Issuance of Substitute Teacher's License

Sec. 9. If the superintendent of the school corporation that is the local education agency determines that:
(1) a qualified licensed teacher is not available from the entities entering into an agreement under section 5 of this chapter; and
(2) a qualified postsecondary instructor is available;
to instruct in an educational program described in section 7 of this chapter, the superintendent may request the department to issue a substitute teacher's license to the instructor of an educational program described in section 7 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.173.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-10. Unavailability of Qualified Licensed Teacher

Sec. 10. If the department finds that a qualified licensed teacher is not available from the entities entering into an agreement under section 5 of this chapter to instruct in an educational program described in section 7 of this chapter, the department may issue a substitute teacher's license to the instructor of an educational program described in section 7 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.174.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-11. Compensation

Sec. 11. An instructor for an educational program described in section 7 of this chapter must be compensated at the same rate as the rate determined for a teacher under IC 20-28-6-7 and the local education agency's contract with certificated employees.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-12.5.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 7. Summer School Programs › 20-30-7-12. Repealed

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-7-13.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Repealed by P.L.2-2006, SEC.199.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 8. Alternative Program for Certain Students › 20-30-8-1. "Alternative Education Program"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "alternative education program" refers to an alternative school or educational program that is described in section 6 of this chapter. The term includes:
(1) an alternative education program described in section 5(a)(1) of this chapter; or
(2) an area alternative education program described in section 5(a)(2) of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.6-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 8. Alternative Program for Certain Students › 20-30-8-2. "Disruptive Student"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "disruptive student" means an eligible student who has a documented record of frequent disruptions of the traditional school learning environment despite repeated attempts by the school corporation to modify the student's behavior in conformity with a progressive disciplinary program approved by the department.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.6-1.6.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 8. Alternative Program for Certain Students › 20-30-8-3. "Eligible Student"

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), as used in this chapter, "eligible student" refers to a student who qualifies as an eligible student under section 9 of this chapter.
(b) As used in section 16 of this chapter, "eligible student" means an eligible pupil (as defined in IC 20-43-1-11) who meets the criteria for enrollment in an alternative education program under section 9 of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.6-2.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.2-2006, SEC.141.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 8. Alternative Program for Certain Students › 20-30-8-3.5. "Full-Time Equivalent Students"

Sec. 3.5. As used in this chapter, "full-time equivalent students" means the number of students determined under section 16 of this chapter.
[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-3-11-3.]
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.142.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 8. Alternative Program for Certain Students › 20-30-8-4. "Program Organizer"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "program organizer" means the following:
(1) The governing body of a school corporation that establishes an alternative education program described in section 5(a)(1) of this chapter.
(2) The governing bodies of each of the school corporations that:
(A) participate in an area alternative education program described in section 5(a)(2) of this chapter; and
(B) take an official action under this chapter by adopting substantially identical resolutions.
(3) The governing body or administrative body of an area alternative education program described in section 5(a)(2) of this chapter.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.6-2.7.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 8. Alternative Program for Certain Students › 20-30-8-4.6. "Qualifying School Corporation"

Sec. 4.6. As used in this chapter, "qualifying school corporation" means a school corporation, including a charter school, that has been approved under section 8 of this chapter to receive a grant under this chapter.
[Pre-2006 Recodification Citation: 21-3-11-5.]
As added by P.L.2-2006, SEC.143.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 8. Alternative Program for Certain Students › 20-30-8-5. Election to Establish Program or to Participate in Joint Program; Site

Sec. 5. (a) The governing body may elect to:
(1) establish an alternative program on its own; or
(2) participate in an area alternative program through a joint program under IC 20-26-10.
(b) An alternative program is not required to be located at a site that is different than the site at which the traditional school instruction is offered.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.6-3.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 20. Education › Article 30. Curriculum › Chapter 8. Alternative Program for Certain Students › 20-30-8-6. Qualification as Alternative Education Program

Sec. 6. To qualify as an alternative education program, the program must:
(1) be an educational program for eligible students that instructs the eligible students in a different manner than the manner of instruction available in a traditional school setting; and
(2) comply with the rules that are adopted under IC 4-22-2 by the state board to govern:
(A) alternative education programs; and
(B) admission of eligible students to alternative education programs.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4.6-4.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.