Sec. 10. (a) Each public school shall and each private school may require a student who initially enrolls in the school to provide:

(1) the name and address of the school the student last attended; and

(2) a certified copy of the student’s birth certificate or other reliable proof of the student’s date of birth.

     (b) Each public school, charter school, and nonpublic school with at least one (1) employee shall provide upon request of another school a copy of a particular student’s disciplinary records that are relevant to the safety of students, if the particular student currently attends the requesting school and is currently enrolled in the requesting school.

     (c) Not more than fourteen (14) days after initial enrollment in a school, the school shall request the student’s records from the school the student last attended.

     (d) If the document described in subsection (a)(2):

(1) is not provided to the school not more than thirty (30) days after the student’s enrollment; or

(2) appears to be inaccurate or fraudulent;

the school shall notify the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults established under IC 10-13-5-5 and determine if the student has been reported missing.

     (e) A school in Indiana receiving a request for records shall send the records promptly to the requesting school. However, if a request is received for records to which a notice has been attached under IC 31-36-1-5 (or IC 31-6-13-6 before its repeal), the school:

(1) shall immediately notify the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults;

(2) may not send the school records without the authorization of the clearinghouse; and

(3) may not inform the requesting school that a notice under IC 31-36-1-5 (or IC 31-6-13-6 before its repeal) has been attached to the records.

     (f) Notwithstanding subsection (e), if a parent of a child who has enrolled in a state accredited nonpublic school is in breach of a contract that conditions release of student records on the payment of outstanding tuition and other fees, the state accredited nonpublic school shall provide a requesting school sufficient verbal information to permit the requesting school to make an appropriate placement decision regarding the child. However, the state accredited nonpublic school must provide the information described in subsection (b) to the requesting school.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-3-17.1.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.43-2009, SEC.18; P.L.144-2012, SEC.1; P.L.92-2020, SEC.75; P.L.155-2020, SEC.17; P.L.32-2021, SEC.62; P.L.40-2024, SEC.26.