IC 20-33-8.5-7: Hearing not a determination of whether student is child in need of services

Sec. 7. A hearing under this chapter is not a hearing to determine whether a student who has been suspended or expelled is a child in need of services. However, if a court determines that a student who has been suspended or expelled may:

(1) be a child in need of services (as described in IC 31-34-1); or

(2) have committed a delinquent act (as described in IC 31-37);

the court may notify the office of the secretary of family and social services or the prosecuting attorney.