| HB1001 | STATE BUDGET. (HUSTON T) Appropriates money for capital expenditures, the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes. Renames the build Indiana fund the lottery surplus fund. Eliminates all the build Indiana fund accounts. Declares the policy of the state that no person may be denied coverage for a preexisting condition under a plan of health coverage offered or administered by the state. Specifies that the preexisting condition exclusion provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) are in effect and enforced in Indiana, regardless of the legal status of the PPACA. Establishes the Indiana-Michigan boundary line commission to administer and oversee a survey and remonumentation of the Indiana-Michigan border. Eliminates the office of state based initiatives. Makes the budget agency responsible for coordinating federal assistance to state agencies. Prohibits certain state agency action regarding federal assistance. Requires state agencies to provide federal assistance information to the budget agency. Requires the budget agency to: (1) prepare an annual report summarizing the federal assistance received by state agencies during the preceding federal fiscal year; (2) publish a comprehensive federal assistance review plan; and (3) perform a review of the current impact and projected future impact of federal mandates and regulations on Indiana. Makes the budget agency the state's single point of contact to review and coordinate proposed federal financial assistance and direct federal development. Adds the two deputy budget directors as alternate members of the budget committee, and specifies that one of the deputy directors shall take the place of the budget director when the budget director is not present. Removes the restriction on the Indiana horse racing commission using money distributed under a distribution agreement for administrative purposes. Requires 0.45% of the adjusted gross receipts from each casino to be deposited in the horse racing commission's operating fund. Establishes the problem gambling program fund. Specifies that the part of the problem gambling fee that is retained annually by the Indiana gaming commission must be deposited into the fund. Provides that the money in the fund is continuously appropriated. Permits the trust fund for self-insurance for employees, including retired employees, for the state police department, conservation officers of the department of natural resources, and the state excise police to invest in the same investments as the state police pension plan instead of the public employees' retirement fund (the trust fund could not invest in equity securities). Permits the retiree health benefit trust fund to invest in the same investments as the public employees' retirement fund instead of in the same manner as public deposits may be invested. Requires a periodic actuarial study of the retiree health benefit trust fund. Provides that employer contributions to the retirement medical benefits account (RMBA) on behalf of a participant must be sufficient to provide the specified benefit. Changes the administration and investment decisions for the RMBA from the budget agency to the Indiana public retirement system (INPRS). Changes responsibility for reports concerning other post-employment benefits (OPEB) from the office of management and budget (OMB) to the INPRS. Changes responsibility for reports concerning local pensions from the OMB to the INPRS. Changes references to Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statements that apply to OPEB reports. Repeals the Indiana technology fund. Provides that a taxpayer may submit, beginning in 2021, a personal property tax return using an online submission system established by the department of local government finance in collaboration with county assessors. Replaces the postwar construction fund with a fund named the state construction fund. Dedicates $1,800,000 to the state construction fund from a part of the cigarette tax revenue formerly appropriated to the department of natural resources. Repeals the state police building account and directs the revenue formerly deposited in the account to the state construction fund. Establishes requirements to be eligible to claim the Indiana research expense income tax credit effective January 1, 2019. Increases the cap on the scholarship granting organization scholarship tax credit from $14,000,000 to $15,000,000 for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and to $16,500,000 for state fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2020. Repeals the income tax credit for property taxes paid by a for-profit acute care hospital. Provides various tax exemptions for the College Football Playoff Group for the College Football Playoff National Championship, including ancillary events. Provides that money in the department of state revenue pilot program fund for functions related to motor carrier services is continuously appropriated. Allocates a percentage of St. Joseph County innkeeper's tax revenue: (1) for the development and operation of an indoor sports complex in the city of Mishawaka; and (2) to finance projects for the Potawatomi Zoo in the city of South Bend. Expires both of these allocations and decreases the innkeeper's tax rate by the percentage allocated for the respective purposes on the later of: (1) July 1, 2024; or (2) a specified date to occur. Removes the reduction from the motor vehicle highway account fund for the appropriation to the department of transportation for traffic safety. Transfers $325,000 each month to the motor carrier regulation fund from the motor vehicle highway account fund. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to determine the allocation to counties from the motor vehicle highway account fund that is based on motor vehicle registrations. Provides that proceeds received under the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Indiana Toll Road Concession and Lease Agreement entered on September 21, 2018, are to be deposited in a new fund known as the toll road lease amendment proceeds fund for certain state highway projects. Appropriates $239,400,000 from the toll road lease amendment proceeds fund in state fiscal year 2019 to be used for the purposes of the fund. Terminates the appropriation to the state police department of part of the handgun license fees as of July 1, 2019. Transfers any balance remaining in the fund holding these fees to the state general fund on June 30, 2021. Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services to establish a cost participation schedule for purposes of the first steps program. Repeals the statutory cost participation schedule. Provides that the money in the division of family resources child care fund is continuously appropriated. Removes the requirement that a school corporation distribute to the state general fund 3% of the federal reimbursement for claims paid under the federal Medicaid program. (Under current law, these funds distributed to the state general fund are dedicated for consulting to encourage school participation in the Medicaid program.) Extends the prohibition on the office of Medicaid policy and planning from including certain Medicaid recipients who receive nursing facility services in a Medicaid risk based managed care program or a capitated managed care program through June 30, 2020. Specifies conditions that apply to a Medicaid disproportionate |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 657: yeas 67, nays 31; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 625: yeas 41, nays 8; Rules Suspended
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| HB1002 | CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. (SULLIVAN H) Makes various changes concerning the following: (1) The membership, duties, meetings, and deadlines of certain requirements concerning the governor's workforce cabinet (cabinet). (2) Eligibility and requirements regarding certain grants: (A) from the skills enhancement fund; and (B) under the next level jobs employer training grant program. (3) Eligibility for supplemental payment for certain teachers. (4) Requirements to renew a practitioner license or accomplished practitioner license. (5) Grant amounts, additional fund distributions (if funds are available), and the eligibility of instructor salary costs for grants and additional fund distributions under the work Indiana program. (6) Eligibility requirements to receive a high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant. (7) Requirements regarding a student's graduation plan. Establishes the career coaching grant program and fund. Provides that the cabinet shall receive, distribute, and account for all funds received for career and technical education under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act. Provides that, after June 30, 2019, a school corporation, school, or secondary school vocational program may employ an instructor who does not have a license if the instructor meets certain occupational and training requirements. Requires: (1) a public school to include a summary on implementing certain career curriculum in a public school's improvement plan; (2) the budget agency to estimate the costs incurred to implement the curriculum for each school corporation and submit a report regarding the costs; and (3) the department of education (department) to review the plans and assist schools in incorporating best practices. Allows a governing body of a school corporation to include a postsecondary level career and technical education course in the high school curriculum of certain schools. Provides that a contract between a career and technical education center and a school or school corporation is a public record under Indiana's open door law. Provides that: (1) a school that has entered into an agreement for a joint program of career and technical education may add a new career and technical education course to its curriculum without being approved by the joint program board or the governing body overseeing the joint program if the course is being offered in partnership with certain entities; and (2) if the added career and technical education course is offered after June 30, 2018, the course is eligible for career and technical education funding. Requires the Indiana economic development corporation to assemble and provide to the commission for higher education and the department of workforce development information concerning the economic benefits of residing and working in Indiana. Provides for certification by the cabinet of an industry collaboration organization (ICO). Provides that an organization qualifies as an ICO if the organization meets certain qualification requirements. Provides that contributions to an ICO may be used by the ICO for the following purposes: (1) To support the development and implementation of high school graduation pathways. (2) To provide money to the ICO to establish and operate a career counseling program for students. (3) To enhance career and technical education and training programs. (4) To expand apprenticeships and work based learning opportunities. (5) To provide grants to schools to be used by the school to pay the transportation costs for students to attend an eligible training program. (6) To provide grants for any other course or program, if the course or program leads to the attainment of a specific employment related credential that documents the student's skills for employment success. (7) To partner with other ICOs, nonprofits, public foundations, or other entities to provide workforce related educational programs or training for students. Requires that an ICO report certain information to the cabinet. Requires the cabinet to support an ICO in sharing and scaling best practices on a statewide basis by: (1) conducting an annual survey of the business, education, and community organizations participating in the ICO, in consultation with the management performance hub; and (2) convening the ICOs on an ongoing basis in collaboration with Indiana's statewide business and industry associations. Provides that the cabinet shall annually compile lists of the: (1) industry sectors and geographic regions in which ICOs are operating, disaggregated by industry category and region; and (2) business, educational institutions, and community organizations affiliated with the ICOs established under this chapter, disaggregated by industry category and region. Provides that a high school may count: (1) an approved work based learning course, program, or experience; or (2) an approved career and technical education course, program, or experience; as satisfying an Indiana diploma with a Core 40 with academic honors designation or another designation requirement. Establishes the school accountability panel to study the topic of aligning school accountability with graduation pathways and recommend new indicators of school performance. Amends the definition of "work based learning course" for purposes of determining career and technical education funding. Provides that the commission for higher education, in consultation with the department of workforce development, shall consider a program's impact on public safety when determining which certificate programs are eligible for the high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant. Requires, not later than July 1, 2020, the state board of education to adopt teacher licensing examinations to replace the teacher licensing examinations administered on July 1, 2019. Requires, not later than September 1, 2021, the department to implement the adopted teacher licensing examinations. Requires the commission for higher education (commission) to establish, in coordination with the department of workforce development (department) and the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation), the Let Indiana Work for You program (program) to: (1) provide to colleges and universities information concerning workforce opportunities in Indiana and other benefits of residing and working in Indiana after graduating from the college or university; and (2) implement the program. Provides that, if a college or university approves of the information under the program for distribution to students of the college or university, the: (1) commission, in coordination with the department and the corporation, shall provide the information to the college or university; and (2) college or university shall present in person or use other communication mediums to provide the information to students of the college or university. Requires the corporation to assemble and provide to the commission and the department information concerning the economic benefits of residing and working in Indiana. Voids an administrative rule that requires a school corporation to ensure that a teacher of a secondary school vocational program is licensed by the department. Resolves a conflict between HEA 1074-2018 and HEA 1002-2018. |
| | Current Status: | 4/30/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 581: yeas 39, nays 9; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 601: yeas 64, nays 30; Rules Suspended
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| HB1003 | SCHOOL CORPORATION EXPENDITURE TARGETS. (DEVON D) Provides that a school must specify in its proposed budget the anticipated amount it will transfer from its education fund to its operations fund during the budget year and requires an acknowledgment at its budget hearing of whether it will transfer more than 15% from its education fund to its operations fund. Requires the Indiana education employment relations board to annually prepare, publish, and submit a report to the budget committee and the legislative council that covers various employment information for school employees. Provides that a school corporation shall make every reasonable effort to budget and spend for its education fund so that not more than 15% of the revenue deposited in its education fund is transferred to its operations fund. Requires the department of education (department) to identify and notify those school corporations that transfer more than the 15% amount for the previous calendar year beginning in 2020. Requires a school corporation's governing body to publicly acknowledge receipt of a notice that the school corporation is on the list and publish on the school corporation's Internet web site that it is on the list along with related items. Requires the Indiana education employment relations board and the division of finance of the department to be available to provide assistance to each school corporation that is included on the list. Requires a school corporation that is not on the list to publish this fact on the school corporation's Internet web site. Provides that, if a school corporation is over the transfer target, the school corporation is required to explain its expenditures to the department and the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee. Provides that the department may require the school corporation to present its explanation to the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee at a public meeting. Permits the fiscal and qualitative indicators committee to issue a recommendation to the school corporation, and requires posting of the recommendation on the school corporation's Internet web site. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 574: yeas 34, nays 14; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 597: yeas 67, nays 28; Rules Suspended
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| HB1004 | SCHOOL SAFETY. (MCNAMARA W) Provides that the Indiana safe schools fund may not be used to provide grants to employ a school resource officer or a law enforcement officer. Provides that an Indiana secured school fund matching grant may be used to employ a law enforcement officer. Provides that an accredited nonpublic school may receive a grant from the Indiana secured school fund (fund). Makes changes to the maximum grant amounts that a school corporation, charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or coalition of schools may receive from the fund. Provides that a virtual charter school or a virtual accredited nonpublic school may not receive a grant from the fund. Establishes minimum grant match percentages necessary to be eligible to receive a grant from the fund. Provides that, before July 1, 2021, each school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school shall certify to the department of homeland security that the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school has conducted a threat assessment for each school building used by the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school before applying for a fund matching grant. Requires that at least one of the manmade disaster drills that is required to be conducted by each school in a school corporation during each semester must be an active shooter drill and must be conducted within 90 days after the beginning of the school year. Provides that each: (1) accredited nonpublic school; and (2) charter school; must conduct at least one active shooter drill during each school year. |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 575: yeas 46, nays 2; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 598: yeas 92, nays 1; Rules Suspended
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| HB1005 | STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. (BOSMA B) Amends the date on which the office of the state superintendent of public instruction is abolished. Provides for the appointment of the secretary of education by the governor beginning January 11, 2021. (Current law provides that the governor does not appoint the secretary of education until January 11, 2025.) |
| | Current Status: | 4/3/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/1/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/28/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1005 |
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| HB1006 | DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES. (STEUERWALD G) Provides that an older youth who received foster care is eligible to receive collaborative care services until the individual becomes 21 years of age. Provides that the caseload of a family case manager may not be more than: (1) 12 active cases relating to initial assessments; (2) 12 families in active cases relating to ongoing in-home services; or (3) 13 children in active cases relating to ongoing services who are in out-of-home placements. Requires the department of child services (department) to initiate an assessment immediately, but not later than two hours (rather than one hour, under current law), after receiving a report of child abuse or neglect if the department believes the child is in immediate danger of serious bodily harm. Requires the department to provide a report concerning an assessment or investigation of a report of suspected child abuse or neglect not later than 45 days after the department initiates the assessment if the report of suspected child abuse or neglect was received from certain entities. Provides that a child is a child in need of services if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian has failed to supply the child with necessary food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, or supervision: (1) when the parent, guardian, or custodian is financially able to do so; or (2) due to the failure, refusal, or inability of the parent, guardian, or custodian to seek financial or other reasonable means to do so. (Current code does not consider financial ability.) |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/11/2019 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 437: yeas 48, nays 0
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| HB1008 | TEACHER CAREER LADDERS. (BEHNING R) Makes changes to the requirements necessary for a school corporation to receive a grant from the teacher and student advancement grant program (program). Provides that charter schools may receive grants under the program. Provides that not later than July 1, 2020, and each July 1 thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the general assembly regarding the program. Repeals provisions relating to the career pathways and mentorship program. Repeals provisions relating to the Indiana new educator induction pilot program. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/15/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| HB1009 | TEACHER RESIDENCY GRANT PILOT PROGRAM. (DEVON D) Establishes the: (1) teacher residency grant pilot program (pilot program); and (2) teacher residency grant pilot program fund. Requires the commission for higher education (commission) to administer the pilot program. Provides that the commission may award grants to school corporations and charter schools that: (1) apply to participate in the pilot program; (2) partner with one approved postsecondary educational institution to establish and implement a teacher residency program (program); (3) submit a teacher residency plan that establishes a program that meets certain requirements; and (4) provide other information required by the commission. Provides that a school corporation or charter school that is awarded a grant under the pilot program: (1) shall provide stipends to program participants and teachers who act as mentors to program participants; and (2) may use money from the grant award to pay the approved postsecondary educational institution with which the school corporation or charter school has partnered for administrative costs incurred by the approved postsecondary educational institution in developing and implementing the program. Requires the commission to submit a report regarding the pilot program and the retention and performance of program participants. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/15/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| HB1021 | EDUCATION FINANCE. (THOMPSON J) Replaces references to pre-2019 school funds with references to conform to the education funding and accounting changes made by HEA 1009-2017 and HEA 1167-2018. Extends (through 2023) the ability in current law for a school corporation to allocate circuit breaker credits proportionately (without taking protected taxes into account) under certain circumstances. Provides that credits attributable to new debt incurred by the school corporation after June 30, 2019, shall not be included in determining the school corporation's eligibility to allocate circuit breaker credits proportionately. Provides that the amount of credits that the school corporation may allocate proportionately is determined based on a calculation of the percentage amount of credits granted against the school corporation's levy for its operations fund compared to the school corporation's levy for its operations fund. Provides for the calculation of the growth in the maximum levy for a school corporation's operation fund to be based on an assessed value growth quotient (AVGQ) using the average annual growth in net assessed value over the most recent three year period. Provides for a ceiling of 4% plus the statewide AVGQ and a floor of the statewide AVGQ. Removes a requirement concerning an estimate of: (1) the source of all revenue to be dedicated to a school corporation's proposed capital expenditures in the upcoming calendar year; and (2) the amount of property taxes to be collected in the upcoming calendar year and retained in the fund for capital expenditures proposed for a later year; from the format of a school corporation's capital expenditures plan. Provides for an adjustment to the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation operations fund levy for 2020 to fund a historical society supporting Bosse Field (The 2019 operations fund levy did not recognize the historical society fund levy that was imposed in 2018). Makes technical corrections. Requires a school corporation to submit to the department of local government finance's computer gateway the school corporation's: (1) capital projects expenditure plan; and (2) school bus replacement plan. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 602: yeas 92, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 576: yeas 48, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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| HB1059 | SURVIVOR BENEFITS. (CARBAUGH M) Provides that a surviving spouse or a surviving dependent of a member of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) or the Indiana state teachers' retirement fund (TRF) who dies after June 30, 2018, and before the member retires from PERF or TRF is entitled to a survivor benefit, regardless of whether the member dies in service in a position covered by PERF or TRF or out of service, if: (1) the member has at least 10 years of creditable service; and (2) the surviving spouse or surviving dependent otherwise qualifies for the benefit. Makes conforming changes. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.) |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 593: yeas 49, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 616: yeas 96, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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| HB1060 | SCHOOL CORPORATION OPERATIONS FUND LEVY. (BARTELS S) Provides for an increase in the maximum permissible operations fund levy for the North Spencer County School Corporation. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/28/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| HB1063 | SCHOOL SAFETY EQUIPMENT. (FRYE R) Adds definition of a "bleeding control kit". Provides that, subject to an appropriation by the general assembly or a donation, each school corporation and charter school shall develop and implement a Stop the Bleed program (program). Provides that the department of education, in collaboration with the department of homeland security, shall develop and provide training for the use of bleeding control kits. Provides that, in all matters relating to the program, school corporation or charter school personnel are immune from civil liability for any act done or omitted in the use of a bleeding control kit unless the action constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Requires a school's safety plan to include the location of bleeding control kits. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/9/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| HB1089 | EDUCATION MATTERS. (THOMPSON J) Provides that a school corporation shall accept a transferring student who does not have legal settlement in the school corporation and who has a parent who is a current employee of the transferee school corporation with an annual salary of at least $8,000. (Under current law, a school corporation shall accept a transferring student who does not have legal settlement in the school corporation and who has a parent who is a current employee of the transferee school corporation.) Provides that each school corporation and charter school shall require certain applicants for employment and school employees to attend training concerning recognition of the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to these symptoms. Provides that, if a school corporation or charter school receives a seizure management and treatment plan for a student that was developed by the student's health care provider, certain requirements must be met by the school corporation or charter school and the school nurse or school nurse's designee. Requires the department of education to identify resources to assist public schools in implementing individual health plans for students with seizure disorders. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 564: yeas 48, nays 1
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 588: yeas 88, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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| HB1209 | DISCIPLINE OF COACHES. (SCHAIBLEY D) Requires the department of education (department) to notify the Indiana High School Athletic Association (association) of any license revocation or suspension involving a licensed teacher who has been convicted of certain offenses or committed certain misconduct. Provides that a school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school with at least one employee must report to the association when a nonteaching or volunteer coach has been convicted of certain offenses. Requires the association to revoke the accreditation of any coach who has been convicted of certain offenses. Provides that, before a school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school with at least one employee hires or allows an individual to coach an association recognized sport, the school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school shall: (1) ask the individual: (A) whether the individual is or has been accredited by the association; and (B) if the individual is or has been accredited by the association, whether the individual's accreditation has ever been suspended or revoked; (2) request references from the individual; (3) contact the references that the individual provides; and (4) contact the association to determine whether the individual's accreditation has ever been suspended or revoked. Requires expanded criminal history checks for volunteer coaches. Provides that school corporations, charter high schools, and nonpublic high schools with at least one employee are, regarding volunteer coaches, subject to a statute that establishes a penalty if an employer prevents a discharged employee from obtaining employment with any other person and provides civil immunity regarding certain disclosures. Provides that the: (1) association or its employees; (2) department or the department's employees; or (3) school corporation, charter high school, or nonpublic high school with at least one employee or its employees; are immune from civil liability for any act done or omitted unless the action constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2019 - House reconsidered and concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 544: yeas 92, nays 0
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| HB1224 | SCHOOL INTERGENERATIONAL SAFETY PILOT PROJECT. (GOODRICH C) Establishes the school intergenerational safety pilot project (project) to foster positive youth development through intergenerational relationships between individuals who are at least 55 years of age and students and to improve school safety. Provides that the project expires July 1, 2021. Provides that a school corporation selected by the department of education is eligible to receive a grant from the Indiana safe schools fund to administer the project. |
| | Current Status: | 4/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/15/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| HB1225 | SAFE SCHOOLS. (STEUERWALD G) Provides that school corporations, charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools with the sheriff for the county in which the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school is located, may apply for a grant from the Indiana secured school fund to provide for the initial set up costs for an active event warning system. Requires guidelines published by the department of homeland security to include information about implementing: (1) universal electronic access to school property for law enforcement in all schools within each county; and (2) access to closed circuit cameras from a central location to be used in an emergency situation. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/28/2019 - Returned to the House without amendments
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| HB1245 | VARIOUS HIGHER EDUCATION MATTERS. (SULLIVAN H) Changes the name of Bethel College to Bethel University and Manchester College to Manchester University and removes Saint Joseph's College with regard to the definitions of an "authorizer" of a charter school and an "approved postsecondary educational institution". Makes changes concerning the name of Purdue University Fort Wayne. (Current law references the university as Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.) Provides that: (1) the commission for higher education (commission) shall provide each high school in Indiana with the names of the students of that high school who have filed for financial aid if the high school has entered into an agreement with the commission; and (2) each Indiana high school shall enter into an agreement to allow the commission to share the information with the Indiana high school. Removes a provision that requires the insurance commissioner to deposit fees collected for certain insurance producer certificates into the insurance education scholarship fund (which is being repealed). Repeals provisions concerning the following: (1) Hoosier scholar award program. (2) Insurance education scholarship fund. (3) Teacher loan repayment program and fund. Repeals provisions that require: (1) the board of trustees of Indiana University to facilitate the development and operation of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne as a multisystem metropolitan university; and (2) each state educational institution to provide the commission with a report concerning participation in the senior citizen tuition exemption. Repeals provisions concerning the board of trustees of Indiana University and the Fort Wayne Art Institute. Repeals a provision that requires Ivy Tech Community College to enter into a lease with the owners of the Fort Wayne Regional Public Safety Center to further its partnership with certain entities to offer public safety related degree programs. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/9/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| HB1284 | SELF-DEFENSE, DEFENSE OF OTHERS, AND FIREARMS MATTERS. (LUCAS J) Designates the following as voter registration offices: (1) Each office affiliated with the Indiana state police. (2) Each office affiliated with the sheriff of a county. (3) Each office affiliated with a municipal law enforcement agency. Provides immunity for a justified use of force in certain instances. Requires a court to award, in certain instances, reasonable attorney's fees and costs to a defendant when the justified use of force immunity is successfully raised. Permits a person who may legally possess a firearm to possess a firearm on school property if the person possesses the firearm: (1) as an employee or volunteer of a house of worship located on the school property; or (2) while attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Provides that an individual may simultaneously hold both a five year license and a lifetime license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to consult available local, state, and federal criminal history data banks, including the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), when determining whether possession of a firearm by an applicant would be a violation of state or federal law. Modifies the fees for five year licenses beginning July 1, 2020. Makes conforming amendments. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/23/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1284 |
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| HB1367 | HEALTH FACILITY REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING RESIDENTS. (AUSTIN T) Requires a health facility to disclose to each prospective resident in writing: (1) information concerning the long term care ombudsman, including contact information for the long term care ombudsman and the state department of health; and (2) any policy under which a resident would be required to pay a full monthly rate regardless of whether the resident resides at the facility for the whole month. Requires that in the development and execution of a care plan for the resident that a health facility facilitate, at the request of the resident, the inclusion of a resident representative. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 595: yeas 87, nays 0
4/23/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1367 |
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| HB1397 | SCHOOL CORPORATIONS. (COOK A) Provides that before September 15 of any year, a governing body may pass a one year resolution indicating that a portion or percentage of money transferred from the operations fund to the education fund may be considered education fund revenue for purposes of determining whether a teacher collective bargaining agreement would place the employer in a position of deficit financing. Makes a technical amendment. Provides that a school corporation shall submit a copy of the resolution to the department of local government finance on or before November 1. Provides that the resolution shall include: (1) all transfers between the operations fund and the education fund; and (2) a statement regarding whether or not the transfer is for the purpose of funding teacher contracts. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/15/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/11/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1397 |
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| HB1398 | INFORMATION CONCERNING THREATS TO SCHOOL SAFETY. (COOK A) Permits a law enforcement agency or private university police department to share private investigatory records with a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school for the purpose of enhancing the safety of a student or school facility, without losing the discretion to keep the records confidential from other records requesters. Provides that a school corporation or other entity to which the education records privacy provisions of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act apply may disclose or report on the education records of a child, including personally identifiable information contained in the education records, without the consent of the child's parent to appropriate officials in cases of health and safety emergencies as determined by school officials. Provides immunity from civil liability concerning the disclosure or report of education records of a student. Provides that in the case of a health or safety emergency, a law enforcement officer shall disclose or report a child's personally identifiable information contained in law enforcement records to a school corporation or an appropriate official. Provides that information concerning any suspicious activity or potential criminal activity related to a child that is shared between a law enforcement officer and a school corporation or an appropriate official shall not be stored or maintained in any type of data base. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/22/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/18/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 564: yeas 86, nays 1
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1398 |
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| HB1400 | EDUCATION STUDIES. (COOK A) Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on education during the 2019 through 2022 interims the following: (1) The study of how to: (A) eliminate, reduce, or streamline the number of education mandates placed on schools; and (B) streamline fiscal and compliance reporting to the general assembly on a sustainable and systematic basis. (2) The review of certain provisions relating to professional development, development of policies, reporting requirements, and curriculum requirements of schools. Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on education the task of studying in the 2019 interim the cost and benefits of virtual schools in relation to public school corporations and public school students. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/16/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/15/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 530: yeas 93, nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1400 |
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| HB1443 | TASK FORCE TO STUDY SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND. (BROWN T) Establishes the Indiana Schools for the Deaf and the Blind or Visually Impaired task force (task force) to evaluate and make recommendations to the budget committee relating to the operation of the physical plants of the Indiana School for the Deaf and the Indiana School for the Blind or Visually Impaired. Provides that the task force shall make its final recommendations to the budget committee on or before December 1, 2020. Establishes the task force advisory committee (advisory committee) to advise the task force on matters necessary for the task force to carry out its responsibilities. Provides that the department of administration shall provide staffing and administrative support for the task force and the advisory committee. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/15/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/11/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1443 |
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| HB1484 | LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING. (CLERE E) Provides that the director of the center for deaf and hard of hearing education (center) shall appoint an advisory committee. Requires the center to do the following: (1) Select language developmental milestones to include in a parent resource. (2) Approve tools and assessments for the assessment of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. (3) Develop and prepare a parent resource. (4) Prepare a report using data collected from the results of the assessments. Provides that the center may provide training and technical assistance concerning the use and administration of approved tools and assessments. Provides that the advisory committee shall do the following: (1) Collaborate with experts in: (A) selecting, for recommendation to the center, the language developmental milestones for inclusion in the parent resource; and (B) approving, for recommendation to the center, tools and assessments for children who are deaf or hard of hearing that are equivalent to tools and assessments for children who are not deaf or hard of hearing. (2) Provide to the center, not later than June 1, 2020, a list of the language developmental milestones that the advisory committee recommends that the center include in the parent resource and a list of tools and assessments that the advisory committee recommends the center approve for the assessment of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. (3) Conduct, at least once every five years, a review of the language developmental milestones selected and tools and assessments approved by the center. Provides that the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) may administer annually to a child who is: (1) less than three years of age; and (2) deaf or hard of hearing; at least one of the assessments approved by the center. Provides that each school corporation may administer annually to a child who: (1) is at least three years of age and less than 11 years of age; (2) is deaf or hard of hearing; and (3) has legal settlement in the school corporation; at least one of the assessments approved by the center. Allows a parent to opt out of the annual assessment if the parent provides, in writing, to the office or school corporation the parent's intent to opt out. Requires the office and each school corporation to provide to the center the results of any tools and assessments administered to a child. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - House reconsidered and concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 654: yeas 95, nays 2
4/24/2019 - House Concurred in Senate Amendments Concurred (95-2)
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1484 |
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| HB1627 | CURRICULUM MATTERS. (BEHNING R) Provides that a school corporation that is a member of the coalition of continuous improvement school districts may replace high school courses on the high school transcript with courses on the same subject matter with equal or greater rigor to the required high school course and may count such a course as satisfying the equivalent diploma requirements established by IC 20 and any applicable state board of education administrative rules or requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2019 - Returned to the House without amendments
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1627 |
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| HB1628 | PREKINDERGARTEN PILOT PROGRAM. (BEHNING R) Provides that, after June 30, 2019, in addition to the counties currently participating in the prekindergarten pilot program (program), the program includes eligible providers in any county in Indiana. Amends the definition of an "eligible child". Adds definitions of: (1) "extended enrollment period"; (2) "priority enrollment period"; and (3) "limited eligibility child". Provides that up to 20% of the grants provided may be used to provide grants to limited eligibility children. Provides that, during the priority enrollment period, the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) shall provide grants to eligible children in the program on a first-come, first-served basis. Provides that, during the extended enrollment period, the office shall provide grants to eligible children and limited eligibility children in the program on a first-come, first-served basis to the extent of available funding. Requires the office to post monthly on the office's Internet web site the total enrollment of and number of grants awarded to: (1) all eligible children (before January 1, 2020); and (2) all eligible children and all limited eligibility children (after December 31, 2019); for each county that participates in the program. Provides that a limited eligibility child may qualify for the grant if the child resides with a parent or guardian who receives Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits. Provides that the office may use money in the prekindergarten pilot program fund that is allocated for expansion plans to meet any state match amounts required for certain federal grants. Requires the office to include certain information in the office's annual report regarding the prekindergarten pilot program. Repeals a provision relating to income eligibility requirements to participate in the program. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 606: yeas 78, nays 11; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 579: yeas 40, nays 8; Rules Suspended
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| HB1629 | VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS. (BEHNING R) Provides that a school corporation or charter school may not charge a fee for the first five hours required to search for a record that is in an electronic format. Provides, with an exception, that a school corporation or charter school may charge a search fee for any time spent searching for a record that is in an electronic format that exceeds five hours. Makes changes to the definition of "elementary school". Provides that each school corporation may encourage the development of a community service ethic among high school students in grades 9 through 12. (Current law provides that each school corporation may encourage the development of a community service ethic among high school students in grade 11 or 12.) Provides that the admission of a charter school or state accredited nonpublic school student to a technical education center will not result in the denial of a placement for a student enrolled in the school corporation. Beginning with the 2022-2023 cohort, expands the EARN Indiana program to include secondary school students. Provides that the department of education (department) shall make every reasonable attempt to provide the same voice-to-text, screen reader, or human reader accommodations to a particular student on every section of the statewide assessment program as provided as part of the student's: (1) individualized education program; (2) service plan; or (3) choice scholarship education plan. Provides that the state board of education (state board) shall provide a report the legislative council explaining in detail the extent that: (1) individualized education programs; (2) service plans developed; or (3) choice scholarship education plans were altered to align to the statewide assessment program. Provides that, on or before November 1, 2019, the state board shall review and submit a report to the legislative council summarizing how the 2019 statewide assessment program measures reading comprehension. Requires the commission for higher education to prepare a model notice of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Requires each school corporation to distribute the FAFSA model notice. Provides that the state board shall establish the education dispute resolution working group (EDR working group). Provides that not later than January 1, 2021, the department shall ensure that all mediators, administrative law judges, hearing officers, and other appointees, employees, and contractors who mediate or adjudicate disputes involving educational entities through the department or state board are effectively trained to serve as both mediators and adjudicators. Requires the state board to develop alternative benchmarks, performance indicators, and accountability standards to be used in the assessment of schools that focus primarily on providing an academic program for students with developmental, intellectual, or behavioral challenges. (Current law requires the state board to develop alternative benchmarks, performance indicators, and accountability standards to be used in the assessment of schools that focus primarily on providing an academic program for students with developmental, intellectual, or behavioral challenges.) Provides that an advocate (other than an attorney) for an individual or entity who initiates a lawsuit or administrative proceeding against a public school or a nonpublic school is prohibited from representing the individual or entity without first disclosing in writing to the: (1) advocate's client; and (2) court, administrative law judge, or hearing officer; any conflict of interest the advocate has in representing the individual or entity. Removes the authority to use money appropriated for secured school safety grants for the provision of school based mental health services and social emotional wellness services to students in K-12 schools. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 655: yeas 67, nays 31; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - House Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| HB1630 | VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS. (BEHNING R) Provides that the state board of education (state board) may approve assigning a new identification number for a school that is in operation and requests a new number. Provides that the department of education (department) may assign an identification number to a new school upon the new school's request. Requires the state board to adopt rules to establish criteria that a school must meet to be considered a new school for identification number purposes. Voids 511 IAC 6.2-10-10. Provides that, after June 30, 2019, the state board may not use student growth as the exclusive means used in determining a school's final accountability category. Provides that, upon request beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the department shall place certain innovation network schools and innovation network charter schools in a "null" or "no letter grade" category for purposes of assessing school performance for a certain number of years, consecutively, unless an innovation network school or innovation network charter school requests otherwise. Provides that, if requested by a school, the department may place the school in a "null" or "no letter grade" category for purposes of assessing school performance for the first three consecutive years of operation of the school. Provides that an innovation network school may request that the state board approve an issuance of a "null" or "no letter grade" for a school during its first three consecutive years of operation by an innovation network team. Provides that the state board must establish criteria that the state board may consider in determining whether an innovation network school that reconfigures an existing school is eligible to receive a "null" or "no letter grade". Adds Cambridge International exams as a postsecondary readiness competency that may be approved by the state board as a graduation pathway. Requires the state board to approve two or more benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessments to identify students that require remediation. (Current law requires that the state board approve two or more benchmark assessments to identify students that require remediation.) Prohibits the state board and department from contracting with, approving, or endorsing the use of a single vendor to provide benchmark, formative, interim, or similar assessments for kindergarten through grade 7. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 653: yeas 94, nays 0; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 620: yeas 35, nays 14; Rules Suspended
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| HB1641 | CHARTER SCHOOL MATTERS. (BEHNING R) Increases the membership of the Indiana charter school board (board) from seven to nine. Authorizes the governor to appoint four members to the board, not more than two of whom may be members of the same political party. (Under current law, the governor appoints two members who may not be members of the same political party.) Provides that the affirmative votes of a majority of the members present are required for the board to take action as opposed to the affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members appointed to the board. Adds a representative from the Arc of Indiana to the list of members who must be included on the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities. Allows a charter school to limit admissions to allow siblings of student alumni of a charter school or a charter school held by the same organizer to attend the same charter school. Provides that a student who attends a charter school co-located with the charter school may receive preference to admission to the charter school if the preference is specifically provided for in the charter school's charter and is approved by the charter school's authorizer. Adds educational service centers to a provision relating to employee wage payment arrangements. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may allow, by written authorization, the use of a school bus or a special purpose bus for the transportation of adults at least 65 years of age or disabled adults. Reduces the time frame that a school corporation must make a vacant or unused school building available to a charter school. Provides that, if a school corporation does not comply with the requirements regarding a vacant or unused school building and charter schools, the school corporation must submit any proceeds from the sale of the vacant or unused school building to the state board of education (state board) to provide grants under the charter school and innovation grant program. Requires a school corporation to sell certain vacant school buildings to an accredited nonpublic school or postsecondary educational institution for an amount not more than the minimum bid for the school building or an amount agreed to by both parties. Provides that, in determining whether to accept a proposal to purchase and redevelop a school building that has a square footage that exceeds 200,000 gross square feet and any adjacent property, the governing body must ensure that a charter school that has notified the governing body in writing of its interest in locating the charter school on the redeveloped site is provided adequate facilities on the redeveloped site. Provides that, if the state board directs a special management team to apply for charter school status for a school, the state board shall notify the charter school authorizer selected for application by the special management team of the state board's decision to direct the school to apply for charter status. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/22/2019 - House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 584: yeas 60, nays 31
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1641 |
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| SB2 | SCHOOL BUS SAFETY. (HEAD R) Requires a school bus to be equipped with black reflective tape mounted on certain areas of the school bus. Provides that if a school bus is in operation and transporting passengers, the driver of the school bus shall have the daytime running lights illuminated at all times. Provides, in the case of an individual who commits a school bus stop arm infraction, that the court may suspend the individual's driving privileges: (1) for 90 days; or (2) if the individual has committed at least one previous school bus stop arm infraction, for one year. Increases the penalty, from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor, for an individual who recklessly passes a school bus when its stop arm is extended on a roadway or a private road. Increases the penalty, from a Class A misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony for an individual who recklessly passes a school bus when its stop arm is extended if the action results in injury, and to a Level 5 felony for an individual who recklessly passes a school bus when its stop arm is extended if the action results in death. Provides that the court may suspend the driving privileges of a person who recklessly passes a school bus when its stop arm is extended: (1) for 90 days; or (2) if the person has committed at least one previous school bus arm offense, for one year. Provides that a person who has the person's license suspended may not obtain specialized driving privileges. Requires a school bus driver to: (1) use an arm signal device, which must be extended while the bus is stopped, whenever a school bus is stopped on a roadway or a private road to load or unload a student; and (2) use flashing lights to give adequate warning that the school bus is stopped or about to stop on the roadway or the private road to load or unload a student. Provides that on or before September 1, 2019, and each September 1 thereafter, each school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school that provides transportation for students must review each school's school bus routes and school bus safety policies to improve the safety of students and adults. Provides that the state school bus committee, in consultation with the department of education (department), shall develop and post on the department's Internet web site school bus safety guidelines or best practices. Provides that the department, in consultation with the department of transportation, shall include on the department's Internet web site information on how an individual or school may petition to reduce maximum speed limits in areas necessary to ensure that students are safely loaded onto or unloaded from a school bus. Provides that, with certain exceptions, when a school bus is operated on a: (1) U.S. route or state route, the driver may not load or unload a student at a location that requires the student to cross a roadway unless no other safe alternatives are available; and (2) street or highway other than a U.S. route or state route, the driver shall load and unload a student as close to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway as practicable. Provides that, if a school bus driver must load or unload an elementary school student at a location on a U.S. or state route, the superintendent or superintendent's designee must present the school bus route to the school board for approval. Adds school bus safety to the topics required to be on an examination for a learner's permit or driver's license. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may allow, in certain situations, the use of a school bus or special purpose bus for the transportation of adults with physical or intellectual disabilities. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may allow, by written authorization, the use of a school bus owned in whole or in part by the school corporation for the transportation needs of a nonprofit organization exempt from certain provisions related to federal taxation under the Internal Revenue Code. Expands the list of purposes for which a school corporation may use a special purpose bus to provide transportation and makes a corresponding change to the requirements for an operator of a special purpose bus. Provides that the court may assess a safe schools fee, of at least $200 but not more than $1,000, to an individual convicted of recklessly passing a school bus when the stop arm is extended. Provides that 25% of the safe schools fees collected by a circuit court shall be deposited in the county general fund. Provides that 25% of the safe schools fees collected by a city or town court shall be deposited in the city's or town's general fund. Provides that a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school (collectively, referred to "qualified school district") with at least one employee may purchase, install, and operate school bus stop arm cameras. Provides that if a qualified school district purchases or uses certain school bus equipment, the qualified school district may petition the county council or township board (in a county containing a consolidated city) to receive reimbursement to pay for in full certain school bus equipment. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 600: yeas 90, nays 4; Rules Suspended
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 560: yeas 49, nays 0
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| SB22 | PENSION MATTERS. (BOOTS P) Makes additional conforming changes with previous legislation for the purpose of allowing a retired member of PERF or TRF to make partial withdrawals from the member's annuity savings account. Rephrases provisions concerning the election to begin receiving PERF or TRF benefits while employed that applies to certain elected officials and other employees who have attained the age of 70. Rephrases the method for calculating service credit for leaves of absence taken by PERF members. Provides that money in the pension relief fund may be used for reasonable administrative expenses approved by the Indiana public retirement system. Rephrases certain provisions in the statutes governing the public employees' defined contribution plan and the teachers' defined contribution plan to remove references to the annuity savings accounts in PERF and TRF, which are no longer used to implement the two defined contribution plans. Adds the public employees' defined contribution plan and the teachers' defined contribution plan to the list of public pension and retirement funds that comprise the Indiana public retirement system. Provides that assets of the judges' retirement system and the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund are exempt from legal process and that a member may assign benefit payments only for certain medical insurance premiums and association dues for certain associations. Specifies that any postretirement benefit increase to the PERF part of a prosecuting attorney's retirement benefit has no effect on the part of the retirement benefit that is paid from the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund. Makes clarifying additions to certain provisions of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund relating to the purchase of service credit by or on behalf of members. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on pension management oversight.) |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2019 - Public Law 27
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
4/17/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
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| SB29 | SCHOOL MATERIALS FOR JUVENILE DETAINEES. (BOHACEK M) Provides that, if a child is or will be detained in a juvenile detention facility (facility) for more than seven calendar days, the school corporation must, upon the child's parent or facility's request, provide to the facility the school materials for the grade level or courses that the child is or would be enrolled in if the child were not detained. Requires the school corporation, upon the child's parent or facility's request, to deliver the school materials at least once every seven calendar days, excluding any days that are not student instructional days. Provides that the school corporation may provide the school materials in an electronic format. Provides that, except for the assessment of rental fees for curricular materials, the school corporation is responsible for the costs associated with preparing and delivering the school materials. Provides that the school corporation is not required to provide the school materials if the: (1) child is released from the facility; or (2) facility requests that the school corporation no longer provide the school materials. Provides that if a student is suspended, the student is required to complete all assignments and school work assigned during the period of the student's suspension. Provides that the principal or the principal's designee shall ensure that the student receives notice of any assignments or school work due and teacher contact information in the event the student has questions regarding the assignments or school work. Provides that a school is required to provide a student who is expelled with a list of available alternative education programs or virtual charter schools which the student may attend during the student's expulsion. Provides that if a student is expelled from school or from any educational function, the student's absence from school because of the expulsion provisions requiring compulsory school attendance if the student may enroll in: (1) an alternative education program in the county or in a county immediately adjacent to the county containing the school corporation from which the student was expelled; or (2) a virtual charter school if the student does not enroll in a program or virtual charter school during the student's expulsion. |
| | Current Status: | 4/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/16/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| SB85 | 1977 FUND RETIREMENT AND SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFITS. (FORD J) Increases the basic monthly pension benefit payable to a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund) who retires after June 30, 2019, with 20 years of service from 50% to 52% of the monthly salary of a first class patrolman or firefighter in the year the member ended active service. Increases from 60% to 70% of the member's monthly benefit the monthly benefit paid to a surviving spouse of a 1977 fund member who dies after June 30, 2019, other than in the line of duty. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 538: yeas 44, nays 0
4/18/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 560: yeas 89, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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| SB119 | MACHINE GUNS. (TOMES J) Defines "machine gun". Provides that a person may not sell, give, or in any other manner transfer ownership or possession of a machine gun to any person under 18 years of age. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally sells, provides, or in any other manner transfers ownership or possession of a machine gun to a person under 18 years of age commits a: (1) Level 5 felony; (2) Level 4 felony if the person has a prior conviction for the offense; or (3) Level 3 felony if a person under 18 years of age uses the machine gun to commit murder. Makes conforming amendments and a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/22/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 550: yeas 45, nays 3
4/22/2019 - , (Bill Scheduled for
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| SB127 | REFERENDUM FOR SCHOOL SAFETY LEVY. (HOLDMAN T) Allows a school corporation to adopt a resolution to place a referendum on the ballot to impose a school safety referendum tax levy to improve school safety.
Allows a school corporation to impose a school safety referendum tax levy if approved by a majority of the voters. Requires a school corporation to certify a copy of: (1) the resolution to place a referendum for a school safety referendum tax levy on the ballot; and (2) the language for the question; to the department of local government finance (department) for review and approval. Provides that voters may not approve a school safety referendum tax levy that is imposed for more than 8 years. Provides that a school safety referendum tax levy may be reimposed or extended. Requires a county auditor to distribute proceeds attributable to property taxes imposed after being approved by the voters in a referendum to the school corporation.
Specifies when a referendum is to be held. Requires the circuit court clerk of each county to certify the results of the referendum for a school safety referendum tax levy to the department.
Provides that if a school safety referendum tax levy is approved by the voters in a school corporation in a calendar year, another school safety referendum levy question may not be placed on the ballot in the school corporation in the following calendar year. Provides that if a school corporation imposes a school safety referendum tax levy approved in a referendum, the school corporation may not simultaneously impose more than one additional school safety referendum tax levy approved in a subsequent referendum. Provides that during the period beginning with the adoption of a resolution by a school corporation to place a school safety referendum tax levy question on the ballot and continuing through the day on which the referendum is submitted to the voters, the school corporation may not promote a position on the referendum by taking certain actions. Provides that a school board member, school corporation superintendent, school corporation assistant superintendent, or chief school business official of a school corporation may discuss and personally advocate a position on a referendum for a school safety referendum tax levy outside a regular school day as long as public funds are not used. Requires the governing body of a school corporation for which a school safety referendum tax levy is approved to establish a school safety referendum tax levy fund (fund). Specifies purposes for which money from the fund may be used. Requires the governing body of a school corporation for which a school safety referendum tax levy is approved to establish a school safety referendum debt service fund. Specifies purposes for which money from the school safety referendum debt service fund may be used. Provides that if a school safety referendum tax levy has been approved by the voters in a school corporation at any time in the previous three years, the school corporation may not adopt a resolution to place a school referendum tax levy on the ballot. Requires a school corporation to include in a controlled project any capital improvements necessary to complete components of the most recent threat assessment of the buildings within the school corporation or school safety plan that have not been completed or that require additional funding to be completed. Expands the use of a matching grant from the Indiana secured school fund by a school corporation or charter school (school) to allow the school to use the matching grant to provide a response to a threat in a manner that the school sees fit, including the use of firearms training or other self-defense training. Requires that a school resource officer participate in the development of programs designed to identify, assess, and provide assistance to troubled youth. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Rules Suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 566: yeas 41, nays 8
4/23/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | SB127 |
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| SB132 | CIVICS. (KRUSE D) Provides that as part of the United States government credit awarded for the general, Core 40, Core 40 with academic honors, and Core 40 with technical honors designation, each high school shall administer the naturalization examination provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Requires an enhanced study of the Holocaust in each high school United States history course. |
| | Current Status: | 4/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/16/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB132 |
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| SB189 | EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISORDER PERMITS. (BECKER V) Allows the department of education to issue an emergency communication disorder permit to an individual to serve the needs of certain students who are eligible for speech and language services. Provides that the director of a graduate program in communication disorders shall confirm to the department of education that an individual is complying with certain emergency communication disorder permit requirements. Requires the Indiana professional licensing agency, in consultation with the department of education, the office of educator effectiveness and licensing, the Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education (ICASE), the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS), the speech-language pathology and audiology board, and the Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ISHA) to: (1) examine the requirements for licensure as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in Indiana; and (2) not later than July 1, 2020, issue to the general assembly a report containing recommendations for streamlining the process for obtaining a license as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in Indiana. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/2/2019 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| | State Bill Page: | SB189 |
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| SB216 | EDUCATIONAL COSTS EXEMPTIONS. (BOOTS P) Amends the eligibility requirements for educational costs exemptions for children of and certain individuals related to certain veterans. Provides that a spouse or dependent of a qualified veteran is eligible to pay the resident tuition rate of a state educational institution if certain requirements are met. Removes the following: (1) Provisions concerning cumulative grade point average requirements for individuals who qualify for an exemption because of a father or mother (or other relation for certain individuals) who enlisted or otherwise initially served in the armed forces of the United States after June 30, 2011. (2) A provision requiring the commission for higher education to consider other higher education financial assistance in determining the amount of an exemption. (Another provision in current law requires any other financial assistance specifically designated for educational costs to be subtracted from the amount an applicant is exempt from paying.) Repeals and relocates, with changes to the eligibility requirements, the following categories of individuals exempted from educational costs at state educational institutions: (1) Children or surviving spouses of public safety officers. (2) Children or spouses of members of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund who sustain a catastrophic physical personal injury in the line of duty. (3) Children and spouses of Indiana National Guard members who suffer a service connected death while serving on state active duty (including a provision that a determination as to whether an applicant is eligible for an educational costs exemption is vested exclusively in the military department and a provision concerning appealing a determination by the military department). (4) Purple Heart recipients (and adds individuals who were wounded as a result of enemy action). Repeals provisions that list tuition and fee exemptions and reductions outside of the higher education provisions. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 519: yeas 47, nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | SB216 |
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| SB281 | SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTS. (HOUCHIN E) Provides that, unless a provision in a contract entered into or renewed between the governing body of a school corporation and a principal or an assistant principal before July 1, 2019, provides otherwise, the governing body of a school corporation may not pay to a principal or an assistant principal to buy out a contract an amount that exceeds an amount equal to the principal's or assistant principal's salary for any one year under the contract. Provides that, unless a provision in a contract entered into or renewed between the governing body of a school corporation and an assistant superintendent before July 1, 2019, provides otherwise, a governing body may not pay to an assistant superintendent to buy out a contract an amount that exceeds an amount equal to the lesser of: (1) the assistant superintendent's salary for any one year under the contract; or (2) $250,000. Requires that an initial employment contract entered into between the governing body of a school corporation and an assistant superintendent, a principal, or an assistant principal be at least one year and not more than three years. (Current law requires the initial contract between the governing body of a school corporation and a principal or assistant principal be the equivalent of at least two years.) Provides that a contract with an assistant superintendent, a principal, or an assistant principal may be extended for an additional three years. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/17/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 522: yeas 37, nays 9
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| | State Bill Page: | SB281 |
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| SB325 | STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH. (CRIDER M) Adds additional purposes for which matching grants made under the Indiana secured school fund (fund) may be used. Amends the uses relating to school security for which the fund may be used. Establishes the student and parent support services grant program. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying school districts, within and outside of Indiana, that have: (1) implemented trauma informed approaches in the school districts; and (2) worked with community partners to provide systems of care for students. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 529: yeas 46, nays 0
4/17/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | SB325 |
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| SB373 | ACADEMIC CREDITS FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. (KRUSE D) Provides that a public secondary school student may receive not more than two elective academic credits for released time religious instruction classes if certain conditions are met. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/16/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
4/8/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 413: yeas 40, nays 8
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| | State Bill Page: | SB373 |
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| SB390 | EDUCATION MATTERS. (HOUCHIN E) Provides that if: (1) a school employee files a complaint that alleges that an exclusive representative or school employer has engaged in certain unfair practices; and (2) the Indiana education employment relations board determines that the exclusive representative or school employer engaged in the unfair practice; the board may assess a civil penalty of at least $500 but not more than $5,000 for each violation. Provides that, before a school employer and school employees may privately negotiate during the time period for formal collective bargaining, the parties must hold at least one public hearing and take public testimony. Requires the school employer to conduct a public meeting to discuss a tentative collective bargaining agreement at least 72 hours before it is ratified. Provides that notice of a public meeting and a tentative collective bargaining agreement must be posted on the school employer's Internet web site at least 72 hours before the public meeting. Provides that a school employer must allow for public comment at the meeting at which a tentative collective bargaining agreement is ratified. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 619: yeas 62, nays 34; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | SB390 |
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| SB438 | VARIOUS EDUCATION MATTERS. (ZAY A) Amends requirements to be eligible for a career specialist permit. Establishes requirements to be eligible for a workplace specialist license. (The current requirements to be eligible for a workplace specialist license are in rules adopted by the state board of education.) Requires the department of education to enter into the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) Interstate Agreement. Requires the commission for higher education to establish a dual credit advisory council (council) to review and update, as needed, the requirements under HEA 1370-2016 (P.L.175-2016) concerning ensuring that a teacher who currently teaches a high school dual credit course on behalf of or under an agreement with a state educational institution can, by July 1, 2022, meet accreditation requirements established by the state educational institution's regional accrediting agency or an association recognized by the United States Department of Education. Requires, not later than November 1, 2019, the council to submit a report to the legislative council concerning the council's findings and recommendations. Removes, for purposes of obtaining an initial practitioner teaching license, the requirement that an individual must pass a written examination in basic reading, writing, and mathematics (CASA examination). Provides that the state board of education may create a method or model to align currently used performance evaluation plan factors with certain indicators. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 615: yeas 39, nays 10; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 646: yeas 93, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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| | State Bill Page: | SB438 |
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| SB527 | LICENSED PROFESSIONALS AND CHILD SERVICE AGENCIES. (HOUCHIN E) Provides for the behavioral health and human services licensing board to issue a temporary permit to practice bachelor's degree social work to an individual who meets the educational requirements for a license as a bachelor's degree social worker. Exempts from licensure individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree in social work and are employed in a position for which the department of child services (department) has specified that other individuals with a bachelor's degree in certain other fields of study do not need to be licensed. Requires the department to prepare and submit to the general assembly a report: (1) concerning the department's progress in collaborating with providers that are subject to audits; and (2) that includes a plan for streamlining the auditing process for accredited and non-accredited providers. Requires the department to implement the streamlined auditing plan not later than July 1, 2020. |
| | Current Status: | 5/2/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 526: yeas 46, nays 0
4/17/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments;
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| | State Bill Page: | SB527 |
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| SB546 | INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE. (SPARTZ V) Urges the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on education the topic of studying: (1) the feasibility of integrating the membership of and merging the responsibilities of the Indiana state board of education and the governor's workforce cabinet to continue the process of aligning Indiana's education system; and (2) the governance structure and legislative oversight of education, including the composition of the state board of education, the governor's workforce cabinet, and the commission for higher education. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 535: yeas 38, nays 8
4/18/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | SB546 |
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| SB549 | SCHOOL FINANCIAL MATTERS. (SPARTZ V) Requires the superintendent of a school corporation to submit a written report to the local board of finance for the school corporation. Provides that the report must assess the financial condition of the school corporation using certain fiscal and qualitative indicators. Provides that the report must be received and reviewed at the annual meeting of the local board of finance for the school corporation. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of identifying and studying best practices in: (1) the governance structure and oversight of tax increment financing to promote transparency and economic development in Indiana; and (2) reporting mechanisms between local government units to facilitate better collaboration and decision making. |
| | Current Status: | 4/25/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/16/2019 - Signed by the Speaker
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| | State Bill Page: | SB549 |
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| SB562 | EDUCATION MATTERS. (RAATZ J) Requires each teacher preparation program to report the following to the department of education (department): (1) The number of teacher candidates in each content area who complete the teacher education program during the year, disaggregated by ranges of cumulative grade point average. (2) The number of teacher candidates in each content area who, during the year: (A) do not pass a content area licensure examination; and (B) do not retake the content area licensure examination. (This is in addition to other information each teacher preparation program is required to report under current law.) Provides that a teacher preparation program must provide underlying data, as determined by the department, used as part of calculating the teacher preparation program's retention rates. Requires the department to: (1) annually prepare a report that includes certain information regarding teachers licensed in Indiana; (2) submit, before October 1 each year, the report to the legislative council and the interim study committee on education; and (3) post the report on the department's Internet web site. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (S) Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 561: yeas 48, nays 1
4/23/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 591: yeas 96, nays 0; Rules Suspended
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| | State Bill Page: | SB562 |
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| SB567 | EDUCATION MATTERS. (RAATZ J) Provides that the state board of education (state board) may adopt rules regarding virtual education programs of school corporations. Provides that a student who does not participate in a school corporation's virtual education program before July 1, 2020, must complete the school corporation's annual onboarding process and orientation with the student's parent before the student may participate in the school corporation's virtual education program. Provides that, if the lesser of at least: (1) 100 students of a school corporation; or (2) 30% of the total number of students enrolled in the school corporation; receive at least 50% of instruction through a school corporation's virtual education program, the school corporation shall establish a dedicated virtual education school. Provides that an individual who is employed as a licensed teacher for a virtual education program or virtual charter school must comply with any mandatory licensed teacher training that is required. Provides that a virtual charter school that has a charter on June 30, 2019, may renew a charter only with a statewide authorizer. Provides that a student, who is not enrolled in a virtual charter school before July 1, 20209, must complete the virtual charter school's annual onboarding process and orientation with the student's parent before the student may enroll in the virtual charter school. Requires a virtual education program or virtual charter school to withdraw a student who is a habitual truant. Requires a student of a virtual education program or virtual charter school to be an Indiana resident. Provides that as part of the onboarding process and orientation, a school corporation or virtual charter school must provide to a student's parent: (1) the student engagement and attendance requirements or policies; and (2) notice that a person who knowingly or intentionally deprives a dependent of education commits neglect of a dependent. Requires an authorizer to establish certain requirements or guidelines for a virtual charter school. Requires a virtual charter school to report the methodology used to determine attendance to the virtual charter school's authorizer. Requires a virtual charter school's annual report to include: (1) the methodology used by the virtual charter school to determine attendance; and (2) the virtual charter school's student engagement requirements. Establishes actions that the state board may implement if a charter school is placed in the lowest category or designation of school performance for four consecutive years. Provides that the state board may adjust the formula used in the calculation of a high school's graduation rate if a certain percentage of students in a particular cohort: (1) transfer to a nonaccredited nonpublic school that does not have at least one employee; and (2) are not on track to graduate with their cohort. Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee the task of studying and analyzing the financing and expenditures of virtual schools, including but not limited to virtual charter schools. Makes a technical correction. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 536: yeas 39, nays 7
4/18/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | SB567 |
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| SB606 | TEACHER SALARIES. (RAATZ J) Makes changes to requirements used to determine increases or increments for a teacher salary range. |
| | Current Status: | 4/29/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/17/2019 - Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 527: yeas 46, nays 0
4/17/2019 - Concurrences Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | SB606 |
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| SB607 | WORKFORCE DIPLOMA REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. (RAATZ J) Provides that the governor's workforce cabinet (cabinet), in coordination with the department of workforce development (department), shall administer the program. Provides that the purpose of the fund is to provide payments to eligible program providers that assist adults who are more than 22 years of age in: (1) developing employability and career technical skills; and (2) obtaining high school diplomas. Provides that: (1) the cabinet shall approve eligible program providers to participate in the program; and (2) the department shall publish a list of approved eligible program providers and other information concerning the program on the department's Internet web site. Requires the cabinet to include in the report the cabinet submits concerning workforce related programs the cabinet's review, analysis, and evaluation of the program, including the cabinet's and department's activities related to the development of the program. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/24/2019 - Conference Committee Report Adopted (H) Report 1: adopted by the House;; Rules Suspended
4/24/2019 - Senate Conference Committees Eligible for Action
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| | State Bill Page: | SB607 |
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| SB632 | RADON IN SCHOOLS. (BASSLER E) Requires the state department of health (department) to distribute a manual of best practices for managing indoor air quality at schools, including recommendations for radon testing, to the legislative council, the department of education, the facilities manager and superintendent of each school corporation, and the chief administrative officer of each accredited nonpublic school. Requires the department to revise and distribute the manual to each school every three years. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2019 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
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| | Recent Status: | 4/9/2019 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/26/2019 - Third reading passed; Roll Call 359: yeas 92, nays 0
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| | State Bill Page: | SB632 |
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| SR64 | URGING LSA TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE, DATA-FOCUSED STUDY EXAMINING FACTORS THAT HAVE LED TO SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND VIOLENCE IN INDIANA AND THE U.S. (RUCKELSHAUS J) A SENATE RESOLUTION urging Legislative Services Agency ("LSA") to conduct a comprehensive, data-focused study examining factors that have led to school shootings and violence in Indiana and the United States. |
| | Current Status: | 4/11/2019 - Second reading adopted voice vote
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| | Recent Status: | 4/11/2019 - Senate Resolutions Eligible for Adoption Adopted
4/11/2019 - Senate Resolutions Eligible for Adoption
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| | State Bill Page: | SR64 |
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| SR72 | IN HONOR OF SENATOR FRANK MRVAN AND URGING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO ASSIGN TO THE APPROPRIATE INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE THE TOPIC OF THE SHORTAGE OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN INDIANA'S HIGH SCHOOLS. (MRVAN F) A SENATE RESOLUTION in honor of Senator Frank Mrvan and urging the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the topic of the shortage of school counselors in Indiana's high schools. |
| | Current Status: | 4/15/2019 - Second reading adopted voice vote
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| | Recent Status: | 4/15/2019 - Senate Resolutions Eligible for Adoption
4/11/2019 - Committee Report amend do pass, adopted
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| | State Bill Page: | SR72 |
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