Education or training of children of home; requirements

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Indiana Code › Title 16 › Article 33 › Chapter 4 › Section 16-33-4-9

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Sec. 9. (a) The children of the home shall be:

(1) taught and treated in a manner that promotes the children's physical, intellectual, and moral improvement; and

(2) trained in habits of industry, studiousness, and morality.

(b) The superintendent of the home:

(1) shall afford to the children of the home literary, art, technical, and industrial education as can reasonably be provided;

(2) may conduct a school at the home, which must be accredited, or may otherwise arrange for the education of the children in county reorganized schools near the institution; and

(3) shall make certain that a child attending a county school receives instruction that is not inferior in any respect to the curriculum offered in a school possessing a first class commission from the state.

(c) If a school is maintained at the home, the superintendent shall do the following:

(1) Cause to be provided the proper educational materials for use in the school.

(2) Employ the necessary teachers.

(d) A person who teaches in a department of the school must be qualified and properly certified by the Indiana state board of education.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6.5-5-17.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.16.

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