Ind. Code § 20-33-8-32

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 20-33-8-32 - Locker searches
(a) A school corporation must provide each:
(1) student; and
(2) student's parent;

a copy of the rules of the governing body on searches of students' lockers and locker contents.

(b) A student who uses a locker that is the property of a school corporation is presumed to have no expectation of privacy in:
(1) that locker; or
(2) the locker's contents.
(c) In accordance with the rules of the governing body, a principal may search:
(1) a student's locker; and
(2) the locker's contents;

at any time.

(d) A law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the geographic area having a school facility containing a student's locker may:
(1) at the request of the school principal; and
(2) in accordance with rules of the governing body of the school corporation;

assist a school administrator in searching a student's locker and the locker's contents.

IC 20-33-8-32

Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-5.1-25.

As added by P.L. 1-2005, SEC.17.