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5. Definitions
a. "Principal" includes a principal's designee.
b. "Superintendent" includes a superintendent's designee.
c. "Member of the administrative staff" or comparable language means a school corporation employee who:
(1) is certificated under the statutes relating to the licensing of teachers and administrators; and
(2) has supervisory authority."
d. "School purposes" refers to the purposes for which a school corporation operates, including the following:
(1) To promote knowledge and learning generally.
(2) To maintain an orderly and effective educational system.
(3) To take any action under the authority granted to school corporations and their governing bodies by IC 20-5-2 or by any other statute.
e. "Expulsion" means a disciplinary or other action whereby a student:
(1) Is separated from school attendance for a period in excess of five (5) school days; or
(2) is separated from school attendance for the balance of the current semester or current year unless a student is permitted to complete required examinations in order to receive credit for courses taken in the current semester or current year.
(3) is separated from school attendance under I.C. 20-8.1-5.1-10, which may include an assignment to attend an alternative school, an alternative educational program, or a homebound educational program.
Expulsion does not include situations where a student is:
(1) disciplined under I.C. 20-8.1-5.1-18 [general discipline];
(2) removed from school in accordance with I.C. 20-8.1-7-8 [illness, communicable disease, parasites]; or
(3) removed from school for failure to comply with the immunization requirements of I.C. 20-8.1-7-10.1.
f. "Suspension" means any disciplinary action that does not constitute an expulsion under Section E. above, where by a student is separated from school attendance for a period of not more than five (5) school days.
Suspension does not include situations where a student is:
(1) disciplined under I.C. 20-8.1-5.1-18 [general discipline];
(2) removed from school in accordance with I.C. 20-8.1-7-8 [illness, communicable disease]; or
(3) removed from school for failure to comply with the immunization requirements of I.C. 20-8.1-7-10.1
g. Detention is defined as the requirement that a student remain in school after the end of the regular school day, attend school on a day when regular classes are not in session, or arrive at school prior to the beginning of the regular school day, as a result of a minor violation of school rules or regulations.
h. Firearm is defined as:
any weapon that is capable of or designed to or that may readily be converted to expel a projectile by means of an explosion.
i. Deadly weapon is defined as:
(1) a loaded or unloaded firearm; or
(2) a weapon, device, laser (as defined in IC 35-47-8-3) or electronic stun weapon (as defined in IC 35-47-8-1), equipment, chemical substance, or other material that in the manner it is used, or could ordinarily be used, or is intended to be used, is readily capable of causing serious bodily injury.
(3) an animal (as defined in IC 35-46-3-3) that is:
(a) readily capable of causing serious bodily harm; and
(b) used in the commission or attempted commission of a crime.
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