Bill Text: IN HB1208 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: School corporation dress codes.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-10 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [HB1208 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-HB1208-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1208

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 20-33-8-12.

Synopsis: School corporation dress codes. Requires each school corporation to establish a dress code.

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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Ubelhor, Welch, Battles, Messmer

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    January 10, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1208

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    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 20-33-8-12; (11)IN1208.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 20-33-8-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.66-2009, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 12. (a) Except as provided under IC 20-33-8-16, the governing body of a school corporation must do the following:
        (1) Establish written discipline rules:
             (A) which must include:
                (i) a graduated system of discipline; and may include:
                (A) (ii) appropriate dress codes; and
            (B) which may include, (B) if applicable, an agreement for court assisted resolution of school suspension and expulsion cases;
        for the school corporation.
        (2) Give general publicity to the discipline rules within a school where the discipline rules apply by actions such as:
            (A) making a copy of the discipline rules available to students and students' parents; or
            (B) delivering a copy of the discipline rules to students or the

parents of students.
        This publicity requirement may not be construed technically and is satisfied if the school corporation makes a good faith effort to disseminate to students or parents generally the text or substance of a discipline rule.
    (b) The:
        (1) superintendent of a school corporation; and
        (2) principals of each school in a school corporation;
may adopt regulations establishing lines of responsibility and related guidelines in compliance with the discipline policies of the governing body.
    (c) The governing body of a school corporation may delegate:
        (1) rulemaking;
        (2) disciplinary; and
        (3) other authority;
as reasonably necessary to carry out the school purposes of the school corporation.
    (d) Subsection (a) does not apply to rules or directions concerning the following:
        (1) Movement of students.
        (2) Movement or parking of vehicles.
        (3) Day to day instructions concerning the operation of a classroom or teaching station.
        (4) Time for commencement of school.
        (5) Other standards or regulations relating to the manner in which an educational function must be administered.
However, this subsection does not prohibit the governing body from regulating the areas listed in this subsection.