West Clark Community Schools v. H.L.K.

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Today we revisit this court’s decision in Matter of P.J., a Child Alleged to be a Child in Need of Services, 575 N.E.2d 22 (Ind.Ct.App.1991), where we discussed the tension between the exclusive authority of the juvenile court over delinquent children and the exclusive authority of a school corporation over suspensions and expulsions of students. On appeal, appellant-respondent West Clark Community Schools (School Corporation) challenges the juvenile court’s grant of a permanent injunction prohibiting it from expelling appellee-petitioner H.L.K. Specifically, the School…