Law / United States / 
Indiana
Student surveys on protected topics: parental inspection and consent
Ind. Code § 20-30-5-17(a), (c)
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Consent, Disclosure
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a school corporation, do not require a student to participate in a personal analysis, evaluation or survey that is not directly related to academic instruction and that reveals or attempts to affect the student's attitudes, habits, traits, opinions, beliefs or feelings concerning political affiliations, religious beliefs or practices, mental or psychological conditions that may embarrass the student or the student's family, sexual behavior or attitudes, illegal, antisocial, self-incriminating or demeaning behavior, critical appraisals of close family members, legally recognized privileged or confidential relationships, or income, without the prior consent of the student if an adult or emancipated minor, or the prior written consent of the student's parent if an unemancipated minor (Ind. Code 20-30-5-17(c)).
- If you are a school corporation, make the instructional materials used in connection with such a personal analysis, evaluation or survey available for inspection by the parent of a student, and make the parental consent form accurately reflect the contents and nature of the survey (Ind. Code 20-30-5-17(a) and (c)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Subsections (a) and (c) require inspection access and consent. They require no log or record of processing, set no retention period and give no regulator a right to a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 20-30-5-17(c) provides that a student shall not be required to participate in a personal analysis, evaluation or survey that is not directly related to academic instruction and that reveals or attempts to affect the student's attitudes, habits, traits, opinions, beliefs or feelings concerning political affiliations, religious beliefs or practices, mental or psychological conditions that may embarrass the student or the student's family, sexual behavior or attitudes, illegal, antisocial, self-incriminating or demeaning behavior, critical appraisals of close family members, legally recognized privileged relationships or income, without the prior consent of the student if an adult or emancipated minor or the prior written consent of the student's parent if an unemancipated minor.
Section 20-30-5-17(a) requires each school corporation to make available for inspection by the parent of a student any instructional materials used in connection with such a personal analysis, evaluation or survey. Section 20-30-5-17(g) provides that the governing body shall enforce the section.
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