Section 20-33-8-31 - Effect of suspension or expulsion on compulsory attendance laws(a) If a student is suspended from school or from any educational function under this chapter, the student's absence from school because of the suspension is not a violation of: (2) any other statute relating to compulsory school attendance.(b) If a student is expelled from school or from any educational function under this chapter, the student's absence from school because of the expulsion is a violation of IC 20-33-2 or any other statute relating to compulsory school attendance if the student may enroll in: (1) an alternative education program in the county or in a county immediately adjacent to the county containing the school corporation from which the student was expelled; or(2) a virtual charter school; during the student's expulsion. In the event an alternative education program or virtual charter school is not available for a student to attend under this subsection, the student's expulsion is not a violation of IC 20-33-2 or any other statute relating to compulsory school attendance.
Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-24.
Amended by P.L. 133-2020,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2020.Amended by P.L. 94-2019,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2019.As added by P.L. 1-2005, SEC.17.