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IC 20-26-5-40 Required information on student identification card; required report
Sec. 40. (a) This section applies to a student identification card issued to a student after June 30, 2022:
(1) by a public school, including a charter school; and
(2) to each student of a school described in subdivision (1) who is in grade 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12.
(b) If a school issues a student identification card to a student, the school shall include on the student identification card the following:
(1) Except as provided under subsection (c), the 9-8-8 crisis hotline.
(2) A local, state, or national human trafficking hotline telephone number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
(3) A local, state, or national sexual assault hotline telephone number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
(4) A local, state, or national teen dating violence hotline telephone number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
(5) If a hotline specified in subdivisions (1) through (4) is capable of receiving a text message, the information to text the hotline.
(c) If the 9-8-8 crisis hotline is not in operation at the time a school issues a student identification card, the school shall include a local, state, or national suicide prevention hotline telephone number on the student identification card. However, if the 9-8-8 crisis hotline becomes operational at a later date, the school shall include the 9-8-8 crisis hotline on all student identification cards issued by the school after the 9-8-8 crisis hotline is in operation.
(d) A school may include the information described in subsections (b) and (c) on a student identification card by:
(1) printing the information on the student identification card; or
(2) affixing on the student identification card a sticker with the information printed on the sticker.
(e) Before December 1, 2021, the Indiana criminal justice institute (established under IC 5-2-6-3) shall submit a report to the legislative council with recommendations for the best telephone numbers, including any available texting options, to list on a student identification card for students to access support and resources to address suicide prevention, human trafficking, teen dating violence, and sexual assault. This report must consider the scope of services that will be offered by the 9-8-8 crisis hotline and must be submitted in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6. This subsection expires January 1, 2022.
As added by P.L.207-2021, SEC.21.