Indiana students punished for school rule violations that occur “anywhere at any time”
Streaking incident ends in suspension
A Washington Township High School (East Porter County School Corporation) student was suspended for streaking at Lace Central High School in Valparaiso, despite the action occuring outside of school hours and outside of his school district.
Although the streaker was not on school grounds, the event did not happen during school hours and did not involve any of the corporation’s schools, East Porter County was well within its legal right to suspend the student. Indiana law allows a school corporation to punish a student in violation of a school policy anywhere at any time, according to Dana Long, assistant director for legal services at the Indiana Department of Education.