IC 20-33-8-32: Locker searches

Sec. 32. (a) A school corporation must provide each:

(1) student; and

(2) student's parent;

a copy of the rules of the governing body on searches of students' lockers and locker contents.

(b) A student who uses a locker that is the property of a school corporation is presumed to have no expectation of privacy in:

(1) that locker; or

(2) the locker's contents.

(c) In accordance with the rules of the governing body, a principal may search:

(1) a student's locker; and

(2) the locker's contents;

at any time.

(d) A law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the geographic area having a school facility containing a student's locker may:

(1) at the request of the school principal; and

(2) in accordance with rules of the governing body of the school corporation;

assist a school administrator in searching a student's locker and the locker's contents.