Plain English Breakdown
The official source does not provide details about the enforcement or effectiveness of the bill.
Improper Supervision of Dangerous Children
This bill amends Indiana's criminal law by adding new rules for parents, guardians, or custodians who fail to report their child's intent to use a firearm illegally or cause bodily injury on school property.
What This Bill Does
- Includes teachers in the definition of 'public safety official' for certain battery offenses.
- Makes it against the law for parents, guardians, or custodians not to tell police if they know their child plans to use a gun in an illegal way or might hurt someone on school property or a bus.
- Says that if a child hurts another person seriously because of something like this, the parent, guardian, or custodian can be punished more severely.
Who It Names or Affects
- Parents and guardians who do not report their children's dangerous behavior to police.
- Teachers, as they are now considered public safety officials in certain situations.
Terms To Know
- public safety official
- A person like a teacher or police officer whose job involves protecting the community from harm.
- battery offense
- An act of violence against another person, such as hitting or threatening to hit someone.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify what happens if a parent reports their child's dangerous behavior but the police do not take action.
- It is unclear how this law will be enforced in practice and whether it will reduce incidents of violence involving children on school property.