First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1660
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1. IC 20-33-2-14, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2024,
SECTION 62, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 14. (a) This section and sections 15 through 17.5
17.8 of this chapter apply to a student who attends either a public
school or a nonpublic school.
(b) The governing body of each school corporation shall have a
policy outlining the conditions for excused and unexcused absences.
(c) The governing body of each school corporation shall have a
policy regarding the participation of a habitually truant in
extracurricular and co-curricular activities.
(d) The policy under subsection (b) must include the grounds for
excused absences required by sections 15 through 17.5 17.8 of this
chapter or another law.
(e) Any absence that results in a person not attending at least one
hundred eighty (180) days in a school year must be in accordance with
the governing body's policy under subsection (b) to qualify as an
excused absence.
(f) Service as a page for or as an honoree of the general assembly is
a lawful excuse for a student to be absent from school, when verified
by a certificate of the secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the
house of representatives. A student excused from school attendance
under this section may not be recorded as being absent on any date for
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which the excuse is operative and may not be penalized by the school
in any manner.
SECTION 2. IC 20-33-2-17.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 17.8. (a) Except as provided in
subsections (b) and (c), the governing body of a school corporation
or the chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school system
shall authorize the absence and excuse of each school student if the
student participates in a scheduled competition, exhibition, or
event offered by:
(1) the National FFA Organization;
(2) the Indiana FFA Association; or
(3) a 4-H club;
for educational purposes as evidenced in writing by the student's
parent and as approved in writing by the student's school
principal. A student excused from school attendance under this
section may not be recorded as being absent on any date for which
the excuse is operative and may not be penalized by the school in
any manner.
(b) The number of excused absences a student may receive
under subsection (a) may not exceed six (6) instructional days in a
school year.
(c) In order for a student to receive an excused absence under
subsection (a), the student must be in good academic standing, as
determined by the school corporation or nonpublic school.
HEA 1660 Speaker of the House of Representatives
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date: Time:
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