Sec. 6. A student is bound by the requirements of this chapter from the earlier of the date on which the student officially enrolls in a school or, except as provided in section 8 of this chapter, the beginning of the fall school term for the school year in which the student becomes seven (7) years of age until the date on which the student:
(1) graduates;
(2) becomes eighteen (18) years of age; or
(3) becomes sixteen (16) years of age but is less than eighteen (18) years of age and the requirements under section 9 of this chapter concerning an exit interview are met enabling the student to withdraw from school before graduation;
whichever occurs first.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-3-17(b), (c).]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.242-2005, SEC.17.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 33. Students: General Provisions
Chapter 2. Compulsory School Attendance
20-33-2-4. Compulsory 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
20-33-2-13. High School Transcripts; Required Contents
20-33-2-16. Attendance Exception; Witness in Judicial Proceeding
20-33-2-17. Attendance Exception; Duty With Indiana National Guard
20-33-2-17.2. Attendance Exception; Duty With Indiana Wing of Civil Air Patrol
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
20-33-2-26. 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
20-33-2-30. 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
20-33-2-45. 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