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Below you will find Indiana Code related to Safe and Drug-Free Schools as well as a link to the Indiana Department of Education’s Legal Section web page.

  • IDOE Legal Section
  • IC 20-34-2
    Drug-Free Schools Committee

    IC 20-34-2
         Chapter 2. Drug-Free Schools Committee

    IC 20-34-2-1
    "Committee"
        
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "committee" refers to a drug-free schools committee.
    As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.18.

    IC 20-34-2-2
    Establishing committee
        
    Sec. 2. To facilitate the establishment of drug-free schools in Indiana, the governing body of each school corporation shall establish a drug-free schools committee for each school in the school corporation.
    As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.18.

    IC 20-34-2-3
    Membership
        
    Sec. 3. Each committee must consist of not more than fifteen (15) members who represent the following from the school corporation:
            (1) School personnel.
            (2) Parents of students.
            (3) Representatives of the community.
    As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.18.

    IC 20-34-2-4
    Appointments
        
    Sec. 4. Appointments to the committee must be made in compliance with contractual provisions, discussion procedures, or past practice.
    As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.18.

    IC 20-34-2-5
    Duties
        
    Sec. 5. Each committee shall do the following:
            (1) Develop a drug-free school plan that:
                (A) requires each school to collect and report drug related activities in the school, including suspensions, expulsions, exclusions, police actions, or any other type of drug related behavior; and
                (B) addresses ways to eliminate illegal drugs and drug related behavior in schools.
            (2) Oversee the implementation of the school plan.
            (3) Oversee the implementation of the curriculum under IC 20-30-5-11.
    As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.18.

  • IC 20-30-5-11
    Alcoholic beverages, tobacco, prescription drugs, and controlled substances; instruction in kindergarten through grade 12
         Sec. 11. (a) For kindergarten through grade 12, the governing body of each school corporation shall provide instruction concerning the effects that:
            (1) alcoholic beverages;
            (2) tobacco;
            (3) prescription drugs; and
            (4) controlled substances; have on the human body and society at large.

    (b) The state board shall make available to all school corporations a list of appropriate available instructional material on the matters described in subsection (a).
    (c) The department shall develop curriculum guides to assist teachers assigned to teach the material described in subsection (a).
    (d) The state board shall approve drug education curricula for every grade from kindergarten through grade 12.
    (e) The department shall provide assistance to each school corporation to train at least one (1) teacher in the school corporation in drug education.

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

Federal Laws Related to Safe & Drug-Free Schools