Salem Community School Corp. v. Easterly

This case involves the question of whether public school authorities in the State of Indiana have the power to expel from such public schools a student under the age of sixteen years. The Trial Court held that the Indiana Compulsory School Attendance Act which is Acts 1921, Chapter 132, as amended, which is found in Ind. Stat. Ann. § 28-5310 (Burns 1970), I.C. 1971, 20-12-25-1 precluded the public school authorities from expelling a child under the age of sixteen years. The Trial Court held that only a court exercising juvenile court jurisdiction could cause such a student under the age of…