Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1519
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 9-24-2-1; IC 20-20-6-1; IC 20-33-2.
Synopsis: Compulsory school attendance. Requires a student to be at
least 18 years of age in order to drop out of school. Repeals provisions
permitting a student less than 18 years of age to drop out of school
under certain circumstances. Makes conforming changes.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
VanDenburgh
January 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
Introduced
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1519
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 9-24-2-1; (11)IN1519.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 9-24-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2006,
SECTION 165, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 1. (a) A driver's license or a
learner's permit may not be issued to an individual less than eighteen
(18) years of age who meets any of the following conditions:
(1) Is a habitual truant under IC 20-33-2-11.
(2) Is under at least a second suspension from school for the
school year under IC 20-33-8-14 or IC 20-33-8-15.
(3) Is under an expulsion from school under IC 20-33-8-14,
IC 20-33-8-15, or IC 20-33-8-16.
(4) Is considered a dropout under IC 20-33-2-28.5.
(b) At least
five (5) ten (10) days
before holding an exit interview
under IC 20-33-2-28.5, after the school year begins, the school
corporation shall give notice by certified mail or personal delivery to
the student, the student's parent, or the student's guardian that the
student's failure to
attend an exit interview under IC 20-33-2-28.5 or
return to school
if the student does not meet the requirements to
withdraw from school under IC 20-33-2-28.5 will result in the
revocation or denial of the student's:
(1) driver's license or learner's permit; and
(2) employment certificate.
SOURCE: IC 20-20-6-1; (11)IN1519.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 20-20-6-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.229-2007,
SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 1. The department may grant a state of Indiana
general educational development (GED) diploma to an individual who:
(1) is
(A) at least eighteen (18) years of age; or
(B) at least seventeen (17) years of age and not subject to
compulsory school attendance because the individual has
withdrawn from school under IC 20-33-2-28.5; and
(2) achieves satisfactory high school level scores on the general
educational development (GED) test or any other properly
validated tests of comparable difficulty designated by the board.
SOURCE: IC 20-33-2-6; (11)IN1519.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 20-33-2-6, AS ADDED BY P.L.242-2005,
SECTION 17, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 6. A student is bound by the requirements of this
chapter from the earlier of the date on which the student officially
enrolls in a school or, except as provided in section 8 of this chapter,
the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the
student becomes seven (7) years of age until the date on which the
student:
(1) graduates;
or
(2) becomes eighteen (18) years of age.
or
(3) becomes sixteen (16) years of age but is less than eighteen
(18) years of age and the requirements under section 9 of this
chapter concerning an exit interview are met enabling the student
to withdraw from school before graduation;
whichever occurs first.
SECTION 4. THE FOLLOWING ARE REPEALED [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2011]: IC 20-33-2-9; IC 20-33-2-28.5.