Outline of the state of Indiana
State
Indiana
Addressed

Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Safety and Injury Prevention—ES

Category
Health Education K-12 Curriculum—Safety and Injury Prevention—ES

State law addresses safety and injury.

Indiana Academic Standard for Health & Wellness 2017

In 2017, a team of professionals comprised of Indiana educators, post-secondary professors and community partners, collaborated to develop the latest edition of the Indiana Academic Standard for Health & Wellness Education.

Policy Type
Non-codified

Indiana Code 20-30-5-20 Instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator

(c) Except as provided in subsection (f), each school corporation, charter school, and accredited nonpublic school shall include in the charter school’s, school corporation’s, or accredited nonpublic school’s high school health education curriculum instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator for its students. The instruction must incorporate the psychomotor skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use an automated external defibrillator and must include either of the following:

  • (1) An instructional program developed by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.
  • (2) An instructional program that is nationally recognized and is based on the most current national evidence based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator.
Policy Type
Statute

Indiana Code 20-30-5-7. Curriculum; ethnic and racial groups course

Sec. 7. (a) Each school corporation shall include in the school corporation's curriculum the following studies:

  • (6) Health education, physical fitness, safety, and the effects of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and other substances on the human body.
Policy Type
Statute