Sec. 11. (a) This section applies to:
(1) a school corporation;
(2) a charter school; and
(3) an entity:
(A) with which the school corporation contracts for services; and
(B) that has employees who are likely to have direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the employees' employment.
(b) A school corporation, charter school, or entity may use information obtained under section 10 of this chapter concerning an individual's conviction for one (1) of the following offenses as grounds to not employ or contract with the individual:
(1) Murder (IC 35-42-1-1).
(2) Causing suicide (IC 35-42-1-2).
(3) Assisting suicide (IC 35-42-1-2.5).
(4) Voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3).
(5) Reckless homicide (IC 35-42-1-5).
(6) Battery (IC 35-42-2-1) unless ten (10) years have elapsed from the date the individual was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is later.
(7) Aggravated battery (IC 35-42-2-1.5).
(8) Kidnapping (IC 35-42-3-2).
(9) Criminal confinement (IC 35-42-3-3).
(10) A sex offense under IC 35-42-4.
(11) Carjacking (IC 35-42-5-2) (repealed).
(12) Arson (IC 35-43-1-1), unless ten (10) years have elapsed from the date the individual was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is later.
(13) Incest (IC 35-46-1-3).
(14) Neglect of a dependent as a Class B felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 1 felony or Level 3 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014) (IC 35-46-1-4(b)(2)), unless ten (10) years have elapsed from the date the individual was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is later.
(15) Child selling (IC 35-46-1-4(d)).
(16) Contributing to the delinquency of a minor (IC 35-46-1-8), unless ten (10) years have elapsed from the date the individual was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is later.
(17) An offense involving a weapon under IC 35-47 or IC 35-47.5, unless ten (10) years have elapsed from the date the individual was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is later.
(18) An offense relating to controlled substances under IC 35-48-4, unless ten (10) years have elapsed from the date the individual was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is later.
(19) An offense relating to material or a performance that is harmful to minors or obscene under IC 35-49-3, unless ten (10) years have elapsed from the date the individual was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is later.
(20) An offense relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated under IC 9-30-5, unless five (5) years have elapsed from the date the individual was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is later.
(21) Domestic battery (IC 35-42-2-1.3), unless ten (10) years have elapsed from the date the individual was discharged from probation, imprisonment, or parole, whichever is latest.
(c) An individual employed by a school corporation, charter school, or entity described in subsection (a) shall notify the governing body of the school corporation, if during the course of the individual's employment, the individual is convicted in Indiana or another jurisdiction of an offense described in subsection (b).
(d) A school corporation, charter school, or entity may use information obtained under section 10 of this chapter concerning an individual being the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect as grounds to not employ or contract with the individual.
(e) An individual employed by a school corporation, charter school, or entity described in subsection (a) shall notify the governing body of the school corporation, if during the course of the individual's employment, the individual is the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-2-8.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.249; P.L.233-2015, SEC.100; P.L.65-2016, SEC.10; P.L.106-2016, SEC.5; P.L.85-2017, SEC.78; P.L.142-2020, SEC.21.