Ind. Code ch. 20-33-13

Ind. Code ch. 20-33-13
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Ind. Code § 20-33-13-1 Application

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following: (1) An athletic team or sport that is organized, sanctioned, or sponsored by a school corporation or public school in which the students participating on the athletic team or in the sport compete against students participating on an athletic team or in a sport that is organized, sanctioned, or sponsored by another school corporation, public school, or nonpublic school. (2) An athletic team or sport that is organized, sanctioned, or sponsored by a nonpublic school that voluntarily competes against an athletic team or sport that is organized, sanctioned, or sponsored by a school corporation or public school. (3) An athletic team or sport approved or sanctioned by an association for purposes of participation in a high school interscholastic athletic event. As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 20-33-13-2 "Association"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "association" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-26-14-1. As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 20-33-13-3 "Public school"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "public school" means the following: (1) A school maintained by a school corporation. (2) A charter school. As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 20-33-13-4 Athletic team or sport designation; participation on athletic team or sport prohibited

Sec. 4. (a) A school corporation, public school, nonpublic school, or association that organizes, sanctions, or sponsors an athletic team or sport described in section 1 of this chapter shall expressly designate the athletic team or sport as one (1) of the following: (1) A male, men's, or boys' team or sport. (2) A female, women's, or girls' team or sport. (3) A coeducational or mixed team or sport. (b) A male, based on a student's biological sex at birth in accordance with the student's genetics and reproductive biology, may not participate on an athletic team or sport designated under this section as being a female, women's, or girls' athletic team or sport. As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 20-33-13-5 Submission of grievance; procedure

Sec. 5. (a) A student or parent of a student may submit a grievance to a school corporation, public school, nonpublic school, or association for a violation of section 4 of this chapter. (b) Each school corporation, public school, nonpublic school, and association described in section 4 of this chapter shall: (1) establish and maintain a grievance procedure; or (2) maintain a grievance or protest procedure that the school corporation, public school, nonpublic school, or association established before July 1, 2022; for the resolution of a grievance submitted under this section. As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 20-33-13-6 Civil action; adverse action prohibited

Sec. 6. (a) If a school corporation, public school, nonpublic school, or association violates this chapter, a student who is: (1) deprived of an athletic opportunity; or (2) otherwise directly or indirectly injured; as a result of the violation may bring a civil action against the school corporation, public school, nonpublic school, or association. (b) A school corporation, public school, nonpublic school, or association may not retaliate or otherwise take any adverse action against a student for reporting a violation or bringing a civil action for a violation of this chapter. As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 20-33-13-7 Award of injunctive relief, damages, or costs

Sec. 7. The court may award to a student who prevails in an action under section 6 of this chapter any of the following: (1) Injunctive relief. (2) The greater of: (A) actual and consequential damages resulting from the violation; or (B) liquidated damages of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (3) Costs and reasonable attorney's fees. (4) Any other appropriate relief determined by the court. As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 20-33-13-8 Immunity from liability

Sec. 8. A school corporation, a public school, a nonpublic school, and an association are not subject to liability in: (1) a civil; (2) an administrative; (3) a disciplinary; or (4) a criminal; action for acting in good faith in compliance with this chapter. As added by P.L.177-2022(ts), SEC.2.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/20Fetched: 10/17/2026