Sec. 5. (a) Upon receiving a report under section 4 of this chapter, a school shall attach a notice to the child’s school records stating that the child has been reported missing. The school shall remove the notice when the school is notified under IC 31-36-2-6 that the child has been found.

     (b) If a request for the school records of a missing child is received, the school shall:

(1) obtain:

(A) the name, address, and telephone number of the person making the request; and

(B) the reason that the person is requesting the school records; and

(2) immediately notify the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults.

     (c) The school may not issue a copy of school records without authorization from the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults and may not inform the person making the request that a notice that the child has been reported missing has been attached to the child’s records.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-13-6.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.43-2009, SEC.22; P.L.40-2024, SEC.30.