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HB 1002 IN
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Various education matters.

IN · session 2025 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 13, 2025

Latest action (May 6, 2025) Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 563: yeas 61, nays 25

Summary

Removes and repeals various education provisions and expired education provisions, including provisions concerning the following: (1) Secretary of education criteria. (2) Certain department of education (department) requirements. (3) The advisory committee on career and technical education. (4) Use of hearing examiners by the state board of education (state board). (5) Credit for retaking a virtual course during certain time periods. (6) Children's social, emotional, and behavioral health plans. (7) Family friendly school designations. (8) The Indiana civic education commission. (9) Discretionary directives to the department. (10) The program for the advancement of math and science. (11) Access to telecommunication services. (12) Elementary school counselors, social workers, and school psychologists program and fund. (13) Grants for mental health counselor licenses for school counselors. (14) The arts education program. (15) The geothermal conversion revolving fund. (16) Clause requirements for certain charter school organizer documents. (17) Required acknowledgment by a current authorizer regarding a proposal by an existing charter school to another authorizer. (18) Requirements regarding a governing body of a school corporation (governing body) providing a noncharter school. (19) Charter requirements, including minimum year and annual performance target requirements. (20) Certain notice requirements from an authorizer to an organizer that is not in compliance. (21) Indiana school for the arts. (22) Allowing the board of trustees of Vincennes University to establish a grammar school. (23) Designation of certain committees by a governing body. (24) Governing body use of funds for associations. (25) Developing and reviewing evidence based plans with parents for improving student behavior and discipline. (26) Township trustees and the sale of schoolhouses. (27) School health advisory councils and adoption of a school corporation policy on child nutrition and physical activity. (28) Certain agreement requirements regarding joint programs. (29) Certain requirements regarding the transfer of a student to another school. (30) Freeway school corporation and freeway school program. (31) Policies, programs, and reports regarding criminal organization activity. (32) Transportation program discretion. (33) Recommendations regarding certain powers and duties of the department. (34) Culturally responsive methods. (35) Certain training and professional development requirements. (36) Certain teacher leave requirements. (37) Ineligibility for state funds for adopting residence requirements. (38) Certain compensation included in computing a teacher's retirement benefit. (39) Penalty for failing to comply with working schedule requirements. (40) Discretionary modification of graduation plan. (41) Required course on safety education. (42) Compilation of leaflets regarding hygiene, sanitary science, and disease prevention. (43) Making a violation regarding teaching certain disease information an infraction. (44) Certain elective courses and teachings. (45) Voluntary summer school program and joint summer school program requirements. (46) Technology preparation curriculum. (47) Community or volunteer service programs. (48) Nonsession school activities. (49) Requirements regarding Indiana academic standards. (50) Strategic and continuous improvement and achievement plans. (51) Cultural competency. (52) Student educational achievement grants. (53) Remediation grant program. (54) Postsecondary workforce training program remediation reduction. (55) Requirement to provide an enrollment form for the twenty-first century scholars program to certain students. (56) Governor's scholars academy. (57) Seminary township school fund. (58) Dual credit teacher stipend matching grant fund. (59) Student enrichment grants. (60) The study of ethnic and racial groups as a semester elective course. (61) Requirements regarding proposed charter school economic interest statements. (62) Certain charter requirements for adult high schools. (63) Required policies on contacting employment references. (64) Certain requirements concerning staff performance evaluations. (65) Authorizer responsibility for charter school compliance with applicable legal standards. (66) Certain nondiscrimination provisions regarding students who transfer from charter schools to public noncharter schools. Merges and amends provisions regarding fund distribution upon the termination of a charter and the cessation of a charter school. Amends the age eligibility for a member of a governing body. Amends the time period by which a governing body must organize by electing officers. Establishes information that must be included in a consolidated audit by an organizer. Provides adult high schools are excluded from all cohort based graduation rate calculations except to the extent required under federal law. Amends the termination and notice requirements with regard to terminating a transportation program. Relocates and amends a provision regarding classroom instruction curriculum in teacher preparation programs. Provides that the secretary of education (instead of the governor) shall appoint the director of special education. Amends required frequency of child abuse and neglect training. Requires the department to make a list of best practices and guidelines regarding classroom behavioral management strategies and a list of best practices to reduce student discipline. Permits the governing body of a school corporation or an organizer of a charter school to assess and collect a reasonable fee for certain supplies and materials. Amends certain financial statement filing requirements regarding school trusts to pool assets for insurance coverage. Repeals a provision regarding requiring certain CSA participating entities to provide evidence of certain unencumbered assets. Makes technical and conforming changes.

Sponsors (3)

3 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (54)

  1. Jan 13, 2025 Authored by Representative Behning · lower
  2. Jan 13, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Education · lower
  3. Jan 13, 2025 Coauthored by Representatives Teshka and Smith H · lower
  4. Jan 27, 2025 Representative Jordan added as coauthor · lower
  5. Jan 27, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
  6. Jan 30, 2025 Amendment #3 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 38: yeas 28, nays 63 · lower
  7. Jan 30, 2025 Amendment #7 (Klinker) failed; Roll Call 41: yeas 28, nays 62 · lower
  8. Jan 30, 2025 Amendment #6 (Smith V) prevailed; Roll Call 40: yeas 88, nays 3 · lower
  9. Jan 30, 2025 Amendment #5 (Smith V) prevailed; Roll Call 39: yeas 91, nays 0 · lower
  10. Jan 30, 2025 Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 37: yeas 30, nays 60 · lower
  11. Jan 30, 2025 Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; voice vote · lower
  12. Jan 30, 2025 Amendment #9 (Behning) prevailed; Roll Call 36: yeas 63, nays 27 · lower
  13. Jan 30, 2025 Amendment #8 (Teshka) prevailed; voice vote · lower
  14. Jan 30, 2025 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · lower
  15. Feb 3, 2025 Cosponsor: Senator Rogers · lower
  16. Feb 3, 2025 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 64: yeas 75, nays 16 · lower
  17. Feb 3, 2025 Senate sponsor: Senator Raatz · lower
  18. Feb 4, 2025 Referred to the Senate · lower
  19. Feb 18, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development · upper
  20. Mar 10, 2025 Senator Rogers removed as cosponsor · upper
  21. Mar 10, 2025 Senator Rogers added as second sponsor · upper
  22. Mar 27, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations · upper
  23. Apr 3, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
  24. Apr 10, 2025 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
  25. Apr 10, 2025 Amendment #9 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 378: yeas 11, nays 32 · upper
  26. Apr 10, 2025 Amendment #15 (Yoder) failed; Roll Call 380: yeas 9, nays 34 · upper
  27. Apr 10, 2025 Amendment #21 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 379: yeas 9, nays 32 · upper
  28. Apr 10, 2025 Amendment #17 (Yoder) failed; voice vote · upper
  29. Apr 10, 2025 Amendment #11 (Hunley) failed; voice vote · upper
  30. Apr 10, 2025 Amendment #7 (Qaddoura) prevailed; voice vote · upper
  31. Apr 15, 2025 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 420: yeas 31, nays 18 · upper
  32. Apr 24, 2025 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate · upper
  33. Apr 16, 2025 House dissented from Senate amendments · lower
  34. Apr 16, 2025 Returned to the House with amendments · upper
  35. Apr 16, 2025 House conferees appointed: Behning and Smith V · lower
  36. Apr 16, 2025 House advisors appointed: Davis, McGuire, Smith H, DeLaney, Klinker and Pfaff · lower
  37. Apr 16, 2025 Motion to dissent filed · lower
  38. Apr 17, 2025 Senate advisors appointed: Qaddoura and Rogers · upper
  39. Apr 17, 2025 Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Yoder · upper
  40. Apr 23, 2025 Representative Davis removed as advisor · lower
  41. Apr 23, 2025 Representative Smith V removed as conferee · lower
  42. Apr 23, 2025 Representative Davis added as conferee · lower
  43. Apr 28, 2025 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
  44. Apr 24, 2025 Senator Rogers removed as advisor · upper
  45. May 6, 2025 Signed by the Governor · executive
  46. Apr 24, 2025 Senator Rogers added as conferee · upper
  47. Apr 24, 2025 Senator Yoder removed as conferee · upper
  48. Apr 24, 2025 CCR # 1 filed in the House · lower
  49. May 6, 2025 Public Law 214 · lower
  50. Apr 29, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  51. Apr 24, 2025 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 530: yeas 27, nays 21 · upper
  52. Apr 25, 2025 Signed by the Speaker · lower
  53. Apr 24, 2025 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate · upper
  54. Apr 24, 2025 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 563: yeas 61, nays 25 · lower
Subjects
AGENCIES; Commission for Higher Education (CHE)AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of EducationAGENCIES; Department of Insurance (IDOI)BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COUNCILS; GenerallyCOUNTIES; VanderburghCRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Human TraffickingEDUCATION; GenerallyEDUCATION; State Board of Education (SBOE)HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Behavioral HealthHIGHER EDUCATION; Colleges and Universities (Including Ivy Tech)LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining, Benefits, and WagesLOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Township TrusteesSCHOOLS; Charter SchoolsSCHOOLS; CurriculaSCHOOLS; DisciplineSCHOOLS; Health and Safety IssuesSCHOOLS; TeachersSOCIAL SERVICES; Social Workers

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