Indiana Code 20-34-6-1. School corporation reports; department reports
(1) The number of arrests of students on school corporation property, including arrests made by law enforcement officers, security guards, school safety specialists, and other school corporation employees, and any citizen arrests.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-34-6-1
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- 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.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) The number of contacts with law enforcement personnel from a school corporation employee that have resulted in arrests of students not on school corporation property.
(4) Statistics concerning the age, race, and gender of students arrested on school corporation property and categorizing the statistics by offenses.
(5) Whether the school corporation has established and employs a school corporation police department under IC 20-26-16, and if so, report:
(A) the number of officers in the school corporation police department; and
(B) the training the officers must complete.
(6) If the school corporation employs private security guards to enforce rules or laws on school property, a detailed explanation of the use of private security guards by the school corporation.
(7) If the school corporation has an agreement with a local law enforcement agency regarding procedures to arrest students on school property, a detailed explanation of the use of the local law enforcement agency by the school corporation.
(8) The number of reported bullying incidents involving a student of the school corporation by category. However, nothing in this subdivision may be construed to require all bullying incidents to be reported to a law enforcement agency.
(b) By August 1 of each year, the department shall submit a report to:
(1) the legislative council;
(2) the board for the coordination of programs serving vulnerable individuals established by IC 4-23-30.2-8; and
(3) the criminal justice institute;
providing a summary of the reports submitted to the department under subsection (a). The report to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(c) By August 1 of each year, the department must post the reports described in subsections (a) and (b) on the department’s Internet web site.
(d) Information reported under subsection (a)(8) may not be used in the calculation of a school corporation’s improvement under IC 20-31-8.
As added by P.L.74-2010, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.285-2013, SEC.7; P.L.213-2015, SEC.201; P.L.83-2018, SEC.2.