Indiana school mapping law

Does Indiana require schools to share floor plans?

Yes, for public school corporations and charter schools, through their school safety plans. Each school corporation and each charter school must develop a school safety plan. That plan must include an attestation (a signed statement) that floor plans for each building were given to the law enforcement agency and fire department with jurisdiction. Instead, the plan may attest that the school did critical incidence digital mapping (digital maps of buildings and grounds for first responders) for each school building. Separately, each charter school and state accredited nonpublic school shall give the law enforcement agency and fire department with jurisdiction a copy of the floor plans for each building on its property. A charter or accredited nonpublic school that has done critical incidence digital mapping may share that mapping to meet this floor-plan duty. A charter school that develops a school safety plan under the safety-plan section has met this separate floor-plan duty. The school safety chapter does not apply to virtual charter schools or virtual accredited nonpublic schools.

What must the floor plans show?

The safety-plan floor plans must clearly show each entrance and exit, the interior rooms and hallways, and the location of any hazardous materials in the building. The charter and accredited nonpublic school floor plans must clearly show each exit, the interior rooms and hallways, and the location of any hazardous materials.

What counts as digital mapping?

State law defines critical incidence digital mapping as digitized mapping of a school building and grounds to best help first responders in an emergency, and the mapping must meet a list of standards. It must include accurate floor plans laid over current aerial imagery. It must label rooms, hallways, doors, stairwells, hazardous materials, key utilities, key boxes, AEDs (defibrillators) and trauma kits. It must label the school grounds, including parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding roads and neighboring properties. It must work with the platforms and apps used by local, state and federal public safety agencies. It must be checked for accuracy by a walk-through of the building and grounds. It must not require buying extra software, and it must be available in a printable format.

Who receives the plans and maps?

Under the definition, the mapping is shared with the law enforcement agency and fire department with jurisdiction over the mapped building. Under the digital-mapping option, the mapping information also goes to the statewide 911 system through the PSAP (the 911 call center) with jurisdiction. The school safety plan itself must be given to the law enforcement agency and fire department with jurisdiction. It must be filed with the county school safety commission. It must be available for inspection by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) office of school safety. County school safety commission duties include best practices and procedures for using critical incidence digital mapping in an emergency in the county.

How often must floor plans or maps be updated?

The safety-plan attestation sets no interval for updating, re-checking or re-sending floor plans or mapping. The charter and accredited nonpublic school floor-plan duty sets no interval for updating or re-sending the floor plans either. The digital-mapping definition requires a walk-through check, but sets no schedule for repeating that check or updating the maps.

Are school maps confidential?

By definition, critical incidence digital mapping must be kept confidential and withheld from public disclosure. Entities that receive school safety plan information must keep it confidential and withhold it from public disclosure. The school corporation or charter school must keep its school safety plan confidential. Indiana's public records act lets a public agency, at its discretion, withhold school safety and security measures, plans and systems.

Can grants pay for school mapping?

The Secured School Safety Board may award matching grants to school corporations, charter schools and accredited nonpublic schools, or a coalition of schools applying jointly. Critical incident digital mapping of school buildings is an allowed use of a matching grant. A grant application must say whether the school did critical incidence digital mapping for each building and whether it shared the mapping. A coalition of schools applying jointly may receive at most $100,000 a year. The 2025 budget act lists $27,100,000 for the Indiana Secured School Safety line in each of its two fiscal-year columns; that is the whole grant program, not money set aside for mapping.

Has the law changed recently?

No 2026 act amended the safety-plan section that holds the floor-plan and digital-mapping attestation; its last amendment is P.L.238-2025. The section that sets the digital-mapping standards has not been amended since 2023. The charter and accredited nonpublic school floor-plan duty has not been amended since 2023.