Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, "student property" refers to property belonging to a student that the student has stored in a locker, desk, or personal cubby that is located on school property and has been assigned to the student for the student's use.
(b) If a student enrolled in a school corporation has:
(1) died; or
(2) transferred, dropped out, or otherwise withdrawn from enrollment in the school corporation for any reason;
the school corporation may not remove the student's property without providing the student's parent with the opportunity to collect the student's property.
(c) Nothing in this section restricts or otherwise limits the authority of a law enforcement agency to:
(1) search an area containing student property; or
(2) seize student property;
pursuant to a law enforcement investigation.