Sec. 9. (a) Before placing a student in a bilingual-bicultural program, the governing body of the school corporation in which the student resides shall notify the student’s parent of the placement.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-30-9-9

  • bilingual-bicultural program: means a course of bilingual-bicultural instruction for non-English dominant students, designed to meet the students' language skill needs as soon as possible. See Indiana Code 20-30-9-2
  • 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.
     (b) The notice required in subsection (a) must be in English and the appropriate non-English language. The notice must state the purposes, methods, and content of the program and must inform the parent of the parent’s right to:

(1) visit the program; and

(2) if the student is less than eighteen (18) years old, refuse the student’s placement or withdraw the student from the program.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-5.5-4.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14.

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