CHAPTER 2. EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY
IC 21-40-2
Chapter 2. Equal Education Opportunity
IC 21-40-2-1
Policy
Sec. 1. The following is the public policy of the state:
(1) To provide:
(A) equal;
(B) nonsegregated; and
(C) nondiscriminatory;
educational opportunities and facilities for all, regardless of
race, creed, national origin, color, or sex.
(2) To provide and furnish state educational institutions open
equally to all, and prohibited and denied to none because of
race, creed, color, or national origin.
(3) To reaffirm the principles of:
(A) the Bill of Rights;
(B) civil rights; and
(C) the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
(4) To provide a uniform democratic system of public education
to the state and the citizens of Indiana.
(5) To:
(A) abolish;
(B) eliminate; and
(C) prohibit;
segregated and separate departments or divisions of a state
educational institution on the basis of race, creed, or color.
(6) To eliminate and prohibit:
(A) segregation;
(B) separation; and
(C) discrimination;
on the basis of race, color, or creed in state educational
institutions.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-2-2
Supplemental effect of chapter
Sec. 2. This chapter is supplemental to:
(1) all common law, statutory law, and civil rights applicable to
state educational institutions; and
(2) the rights and remedies arising from these laws of the state
and to the citizens of Indiana.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-2-3
State educational institutions open to all
Sec. 3. State educational institutions are open to all children until
the children complete their courses of study, subject to the authority
vested in the state educational institutions by law.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-2-4
Segregation prohibited
Sec. 4. (a) The board of trustees of a state educational institution
may not build or erect, establish, maintain, continue, or permit any
segregated or separate state educational institutions on the basis of
race, color, creed, or national origin of students.
(b) The officials described in subsection (a) may take any
affirmative actions that are reasonable, feasible, and practical to
effect greater integration and to reduce or prevent segregation or
separation of races in state educational institutions for whatever
cause, including:
(1) site selection; or
(2) revision of:
(A) districts;
(B) curricula; or
(C) enrollment policies;
to implement equalization of educational opportunity for all.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-2-5
Segregation prohibited; pupils
Sec. 5. (a) A student may not be prohibited, segregated, or denied
attendance or enrollment to a state educational institution because of
the student's race, creed, color, or national origin.
(b) Every student is free to attend a state educational institution
within the laws applicable alike to noncitizen and nonresident
students.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-2-6
Segregation prohibited; state educational institutions
Sec. 6. (a) A state educational institution may not segregate,
separate, or discriminate against any of its students on the basis of
race, creed, or color.
(b) Admission to a state educational institution may not be
approved or denied on the basis of race, creed, or color.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.
IC 21-40-2-7
Segregation prohibited; teachers
Sec. 7. A state educational institution may not discriminate in any
way in the hiring, upgrading, tenure, or placement of any teacher on
the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.