Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 21-39-2-3 (2026)

Authority to govern by lawful means

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     Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to the board of trustees of the following state educational institutions:

(1) Ball State University.

(2) Indiana University.

(3) Indiana State University.

(4) Purdue University.

(5) University of Southern Indiana.

     (b) The board of trustees of a state educational institution may govern, by lawful means, the conduct of the state educational institution's students, faculty, and employees, wherever the conduct might occur, to prevent unlawful or objectionable acts that:

(1) seriously threaten the ability of the state educational institution to maintain the state educational institution's facilities; or

(2) violate the reasonable rules and standards of the state educational institution designed to protect the academic community from unlawful conduct or conduct presenting a serious threat to person or property of the academic community.

[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-1-2(a)(3).]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.280.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2013–2022 · leading case: Zimmerman v. Bd. of Trs. of Ball State Univ., 940 F. Supp. 2d 875 (S.D. Ind. 2013).
Zimmerman v. Bd. of Trs. of Ball State Univ., 940 F. Supp. 2d 875 (S.D. Ind. 2013). · cites it 42× “They also assert that Ball State’s actions in disciplining them for the sandwich prank and the events leading up to and culminating in the YouTube posting fall outside of the grant of authority to state-funded educational institutions provided by the Indiana General Assembly in…”
Doe v. Univ. of S. Indiana (S.D. Ind. 2022). · cites it 2× “(citing Ind. Code § 21-39-2-3 ). This statutory authority authorizes USI "to construct [its] own disciplinary procedures," and as a USI student, John contractually agreed to USI's procedures for deciding Jane's allegation, including USI's appeal process.”
— Ind. Code § 21-39-2-3(2) — 1 case
Zimmerman v. Bd. of Trs. of Ball State Univ., 940 F. Supp. 2d 875 (S.D. Ind. 2013). “They also assert that Ball State’s actions in disciplining them for the sandwich prank and the events leading up to and culminating in the YouTube posting fall outside of the grant of authority to state-funded educational institutions provided by the Indiana General Assembly in…”
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