| HB1102 | CONTRACTING FOR PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. (COMMONS M) Removes language restricting school corporations from entering into a contract with a religiously affiliated nonprofit preschool program. |
| | Current Status: | 4/3/2025 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 3/27/2025 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/24/2025 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| HB1248 | CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND. (ROWRAY E) Provides that a household is eligible for assistance under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program if the household includes a foster parent at the time of the office of the secretary of family and social services' initial determination regarding the household's CCDF eligibility. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to allocate 200 CCDF vouchers to be used for a child who is placed with a licensed foster parent. |
| | Current Status: | 4/10/2025 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/3/2025 - Signed by the President of the Senate
3/27/2025 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| HB1253 | CHILD CARE. (HEINE D) Provides that a granted waiver or variance expires three years after the date that the waiver or variance becomes effective. Removes the requirement that a child receiving child care from a school must be the child of a student or employee of the school. Provides that, not later than June 30, 2026, the division of family resources (division) shall establish an organizational license category for multi-site child care centers operating under one owner, and specifies obligations of the division with regard to the new license category. Provides that, subject to exceptions, certain properties may not be required to comply with a new or different set of building, fire safety, or equipment laws than were originally enforced by the department: (1) before July 1, 2025; or (2) two years after the earlier of the date of the: (A) initial inspection; or (B) plan review. Allows a child care home that was licensed to operate a Class 2 structure before July 1, 2025, to continue operating in the structure notwithstanding the building, fire safety, or equipment laws and regulations. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2025 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2025 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/22/2025 - Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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| SB213 | K-12 EDUCATION FUNDING. (QADDOURA F) Requires each school corporation to establish a minimum salary of $65,000 for each full-time teacher not later than July 1, 2027. Increases the income cap of a family that may participate in the On My Way prekindergarten program from 150% to 185% of the federal poverty level. Provides that a child who is otherwise eligible for participation in the federal CCDF voucher program may continue to participate unless the child's family income exceeds 300% of the federal income poverty level. Increases school funding by 6% in 2026 and 6% in 2027 for the following categories: (1) Foundation amount. (2) Complexity. (3) Academic performance grants. (4) Special education. (5) Career and technical training. Appropriates approximately $50,000,000 in both 2026 and 2027 for non-English speaking program grants. Appropriates (and increases from the previous budget) funding for the following programs each year of the biennium beginning July 1, 2025: (1) $35,000,000 each year for Indiana secured school safety grants. (2) $30,000,000 each year for summer school programs. (3) $200,000,000 each year to the curricular materials fund for purposes of the fund. Establishes the student support services and teacher retention grant program (program) and fund (fund) to be administered by the department of education. Provides that the purpose of the program is to address the ongoing challenges with teacher attraction and retention and shortages in critical student support service areas. Appropriates $50,000,000 to the fund for purposes of the program and for recruitment, hiring, and retention strategies for educators and support staff. Requires the program to be administered in conjunction with the: (1) school intervention and career counseling development program; (2) elementary school counselors, social workers, and school psychologists program; and (3) grants for mental health counselor licenses for school counselors; in a manner that streamlines these under the overall purposes of the program. Provides that a school employer may discuss certain items with the exclusive representative of certificated employees with regard to expenditures for education service centers of a public school corporation and expenditures from the Indiana secured school fund for school safety purposes. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2025 - DEAD BILL; Fails to advance by Senate 3rd reading deadline (Rule 79(a))
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| | Recent Status: | 2/6/2025 - added as third author Senator Ford J.D
1/8/2025 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
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| SB463 | CHILD CARE MATTERS. (CHARBONNEAU E) Extends the availability of the employer child care expenditure tax credit through July 1, 2027. Provides that under specified circumstances, an individual who: (1) is at least 15 years of age; and (2) is a student at a school corporation that operates a child care program; may volunteer as a caregiver for the child care program before completing the statutory requirements for individuals to act as a volunteer caregiver at a child care program. Adds two representatives of out-of-school-time programs to the membership of the early learning advisory committee. Provides for purposes of regulation of licensed child care centers that the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) shall: (1) ensure that: (A) Indiana's staff to child ratio for a specified age range is not more stringent than the average of the staff to child ratios permitted for that age range under the laws of Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio; and (B) Indiana's maximum group size for a specified age range is not more stringent than the average of the maximum group sizes permitted for that age range under the laws of Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio; and (2) annually publish on the office's website the: (A) staff to child ratio; and (B) maximum group size; that a licensed child care center is required to maintain for the specified age ranges. Provides exceptions to the bill's group size provisions for: (1) an indoor or outdoor area of a child care center that provides at least 75 square feet of space per child; and (2) a child care center's cafeteria. Provides that if the office has received at least five applications from child care providers wishing to participate in the micro center pilot program (pilot program) but has selected less than five applicants for participation in the pilot program, the office shall select additional applicants for participation in the pilot program such that at least five child care providers are participating in the pilot program. |
| | Current Status: | 5/1/2025 - Signed by the Governor
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| | Recent Status: | 4/23/2025 - Signed by the President of the Senate
4/22/2025 - Signed by the Speaker
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