§ 20-33-2-1 Legislative intent
§ 20-33-2-3 Application
§ 20-33-2-3.2 “Attend”
§ 20-33-2-4 Compulsory attendance
§ 20-33-2-5 Days of attendance
§ 20-33-2-6 Students required to attend
§ 20-33-2-7 Minimum age for kindergarten enrollment; appeals
§ 20-33-2-8 Students not bound by requirements
§ 20-33-2-9 Exit interviews; withdrawal requirements
§ 20-33-2-10 Enrollment documentation; notice to clearinghouse for information on missing children
§ 20-33-2-11 Driver’s license or learner’s permit for habitual truants
§ 20-33-2-12 Nonpublic, nonaccredited, and nonapproved schools; curriculum or content requirements; student enrollment or participation
§ 20-33-2-13 High school transcripts; required contents
§ 20-33-2-14 Compulsory attendance; school corporation policy; exceptions; service as page or honoree of general assembly
§ 20-33-2-15 Attendance exception; service on precinct election board or for political candidates or parties
§ 20-33-2-16 Attendance exception; witness in judicial proceeding
§ 20-33-2-17 Attendance exception; active duty
§ 20-33-2-17.2 Attendance exception; duty with Indiana wing of civil air patrol
§ 20-33-2-17.5 Compulsory school attendance; exceptions; educationally related nonclassroom activity; nonclassroom activity
§ 20-33-2-17.7 Compulsory attendance; exceptions; exhibiting or participating in state fair
§ 20-33-2-18 Parent to produce certificate of child’s incapacity on demand
§ 20-33-2-19 Attendance; public school children; religious instruction
§ 20-33-2-20 Attendance records
§ 20-33-2-21 Attendance reports
§ 20-33-2-22 List of students no longer enrolled
§ 20-33-2-23 Powers of certain officers to take children into custody
§ 20-33-2-24 Principal; duties when truant child received
§ 20-33-2-25 Habitual absence from school; report to juvenile intake officer or department of child services
§ 20-33-2-26 Enforcement of chapter
§ 20-33-2-27 Compulsory attendance; parent’s responsibility
§ 20-33-2-28 Compulsory attendance for full term; duty of parent
§ 20-33-2-28.5 Requirements for exit interview; reporting requirement
§ 20-33-2-28.6 Transfer to nonaccredited nonpublic school; acknowledgment of legal requirements; notification to bureau of motor vehicles
§ 20-33-2-28.7 Department’s compilation of statistics concerning likely consequences of withdrawing from school before graduation
§ 20-33-2-29 Children in certain institutions or facilities; compulsory school attendance; reimbursement for space used within facilities for court placed student expenses
§ 20-33-2-30 Separate attendance district; requirement
§ 20-33-2-31 Attendance officers; appointment
§ 20-33-2-35 Ex officio attendance officers
§ 20-33-2-38 Attendance officers; appointment of additional officers
§ 20-33-2-39 Attendance officers; duties
§ 20-33-2-40 Attendance officers; special powers
§ 20-33-2-41 Attendance officers; licensing required; exception
§ 20-33-2-42 Attendance; duties of secretary of education
§ 20-33-2-43 State attendance officer; appointment; removal; duties; powers
§ 20-33-2-44 Penalty
§ 20-33-2-45 State board; supervision; rules
§ 20-33-2-46 Compulsory attendance; exceptions; physical or mental fitness
§ 20-33-2-47 School corporations; notification of absences; reports to local health departments
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 20 > Article 33 > Chapter 2 - Compulsory School Attendance

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • attend: means to be physically present:

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  • Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • 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.
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5