Authority: IC 20-20-40-13; IC 20-20-40-16

Affected: IC 20-20-40

Sec. 20. (a) "Staff" means any person, working within a school, who has regular and direct contact with students, including:

1. (1) a school employee;
2. (2) a volunteer;
3. (3) a contract employee;
4. (4) a consultant;
5. (5) a school resource officer or any law enforcement employed by a school or providing services through a school's subcontractor; or
6. (6) any other agent;

of a school corporation, charter school, or an accredited nonpublic school.

(b) An agency relationship exists when there is:

1. (1) a manifestation of consent by the school to the agent;
2. (2) an acceptance of the authority by the agent; and
3. (3) control exerted by the school over the agent.

(Commission on Seclusion and Restraint in Schools; 513 IAC 1-1-20; filed Aug 5, 2014, 1:32 p.m.: 20140903-IR- 513130408FRA; errata filed Sep 30, 2014, 9:10 a.m.: 20141022-IR-513140385ACA; filed Dec 21, 2018, 3:05 p.m.: 20190116-IR-513180063FRA; readopted filed Nov 30, 2020, 12:07 p.m.: 20201230-IR-513200367RFA)