Sec. 3. (a) A school corporation shall establish and implement an annual onboarding process and orientation for a parent of a student and a student participating in a virtual education program. As part of the annual onboarding process and orientation, the school corporation must provide to a parent of a student:

(1) the student engagement and attendance requirements or policies of the virtual education program; and

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-19-9-3

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • virtual education program: means a program provided by a school corporation in which more than fifty percent (50%) of instruction, other than instruction for recovery credit courses, to students participating in the program is provided in an interactive learning environment created through technology in which the student is separated from a teacher by time or space, or both. See Indiana Code 20-19-9-1
(2) notice that a person who knowingly or intentionally deprives a dependent of education commits a violation under IC 35-46-1-4.

     (b) A student who does not participate in a school corporation’s virtual education program before July 1, 2020, must complete the annual onboarding process and orientation established by the school corporation under subsection (a) with the student’s parent before the student may participate in the school corporation’s virtual education program. If a student or student’s parent does not participate in the school corporation’s annual onboarding process and orientation established under subsection (a), the student may not participate in the school corporation’s virtual education program.

     (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a student from otherwise receiving instructional services from the school corporation in which the student has legal settlement. However, a student who does not meet the requirements of subsection (b) may not participate in the school corporation’s virtual education program.

     (d) An individual who is employed as a licensed teacher for a virtual education program must comply with any mandatory licensed teacher training that is required under this title.

As added by P.L.211-2019, SEC.18.

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